Pat M.
I'm a writer, single and have two great dogs, Ashley and Charlie. I've had produced TV scripts and am currently working on a novel and some feature spec scripts. My brother never really had a weight problem. Yup, it was all on me! Lucky me. Only "lottery" I've ever won in my life. 
Oh well... I've had weight problems all my life. I was a chubby kid, I slimmed down by my Senior year in high school but started gaining weight again in college. I know, what a cliche. On the plus side I've never been a yo-yo dieter. I either go up and stay there for a long time, or I'd lose it for a few years. Like the years I was figure skating. Boy, I was doing great there. Hockey guys at the rink flirted with me, I was skating 4 hours a day, life was looking good. But like all good things that come to an end... I started gaining and here I am. Lapband was my last chance at being normal. I'm lucky in that I never had any health issues with my fat. So that's me in a nutshell. I know, I know, for a writer this wasn't very interesting... 
