Even at just 8 years old, Kyle Brown-Latham could remember being ridiculed for his weight. He was always the “funny fat kid” because he made himself the butt of jokes before anyone else could. If he couldn’t fit into a seat, or the occasional button popped off of his shirt, he always had the first laugh.
“I think that led to, in my adult life, me being complacent with being fat,” he says.
Latham’s weight fluctuated his entire life. One yo-yo diet and weight loss pill after another left him feeling heavier than ever—but after an accident left him nearly crippled at the age of 30, Latham ballooned up an extra 95 pounds in just four months. He suffered a double blowout to his knee and twisted his spine, herniating three discs and fracturing a vertebrae. The only way he could cope was through food.
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“I think that led to, in my adult life, me being complacent with being fat,” he says.
Latham’s weight fluctuated his entire life. One yo-yo diet and weight loss pill after another left him feeling heavier than ever—but after an accident left him nearly crippled at the age of 30, Latham ballooned up an extra 95 pounds in just four months. He suffered a double blowout to his knee and twisted his spine, herniating three discs and fracturing a vertebrae. The only way he could cope was through food.
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