My Doctor Said, “You’re Fat.” And Then He Cut Me.

Cartoon-style 3D man angrily throwing a broken bathroom scale out of a window. The top half of the scale reads "241," while the shattered digital half says "LOSE WEIGHT NOW." A trash can below is filled with fast food and diet books

Surgery was the beginning of change for me. There it was—right there on the scale. A number I had never seen before on any scale I’d ever stepped on: 241 For me, that number was—and still is—unacceptable. Am I a professional athlete? No. And if I was, that weight would only make sense if a […]