What led me to finally take off the pounds for good continued....

                     This a continuation of my entry from Sept. 10th.  I had mentioned my discovery of all you can eat cafeterias while a student at the University of Miami.  Well, let me continue.  While a student at UM I definitely took advantage of the ready availability of food, lol.  I'm not going to mislead you by making you think I didn't really eat all that much.  To the contrary,  I was completely out of control to the nth degree.  In reality I knew that even then,  because I would always attempt to get to the Cafeteria when it first opened for breakfast because I was very self conscious concerning other students watching me as I engorged myself.  This is not an exaggeration but my typical breakfast would consist of 2 cheese omelets, 4 biscuits, sausage, bacon, hash browns, 2 to 4 doughnuts, and soda to wash it down.  Oh yeah, I would usually grab two more doughnuts before leaving.  That was only breakfast.
                    That was the time during which my weight began to skyrocket.  During college I could no longer shop in regular stores for clothes and was doomed to the selection found in the Tall and Big Mens shop.  Along with this came a collapse in my social life, admittedly worsened by me due to my being self conscious about my ballooning size.  My daily wardrobe consisted of some green surgical scrub pants and a green sweater.  I mean, I'd wear that every single day because it was all I had that would fit comfortably.  Its funny, when I reflect back on those times I always wonder why I didn't have the strength to make a change in light of my sad state of affairs socially.  You know something?  I actually did, lol.  During my junior year at UM I actually lost about 80 to 90 pounds but sadly gained all of it back by the time graduation came around.  Thats right, I've been the victim of yo yo dieting until my last loss of 160 pounds where I have kept it off for over 10 years, but I digress, lol......



To be continued......