In my family I’ve always been the biggest, but that’s not saying much. In high school I wrestled 152 and hovered around 160 in the off season. When I graduated into adulthood I hung out with the 160s until my early 30s. By then I was running less, working a sit down job, and maintaining the same high-calorie diet I did when I ran 50+ miles per week.

Needless to say, I got fat. It didn’t really hit me until I stepped on the scale and saw 2-0-0. Enough! I set goals. Got back into running. Dropped habits. And relied on an iPhone app named  Lose It! to keep my eating habits sensible.

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