I Am Fat Again — 285 Pounds is Too Much

Even a beast needs to lose weight sometimes

A Beast? Photo by Ricky Kharawala on Unsplash

Ten years ago, I arrived in the Philippines weighing 320 lbs. I’d just lost 40 pounds in the months before I came, so, before that time, I was around 360 lbs. All the years of overeating and taking medication had blown me up like a balloon.