The one where Spencer reflects on a decade of change

10 years ago this morning I checked myself into South Crest Hospital tipping the scales at 525 lbs. What happened that morning changed my life, I had made the decision about a year before this to have the Gastric Bypass. It was a very hard decision to make, not the easy way out as SO many people said it was.

At the age of 26 I was at what I thought was the lowest point of my life. I could not walk from my car to my desk without stopping for a break to catch my breath. I knew what the problem was and it was food. A lot of people would say "just stop eating", well that to a normal person is easy but to someone who is addicted to food not so much. I was ready to change. I was ready to deal with what was going on "inside my head".

Now that a decade has passed I look back on all the things I have done since making the decision to change my lifestyle. Yes, there have been a LOT of ups and downs, even coming to the realization that I was an alcoholic. (That is a whole other story for another time.) For now, FINALLY I live life.

Thank you to all who have loved and supported be over the past decade. I couldn't have made it without you.

This was me 10 years ago....