"I had been a big guy all my life," Darrell told POPSUGAR. "I had tried and failed many times throughout high school and college to lose weight and, except for one notable but temporary success in high school, I was never actually successful. It never stuck. I had sort of resigned myself to my fate of being uncomfortably big forever."
After college, Darrell said he hit a breaking point. He was working at a restaurant, which meant he was on his feet and walking around a lot. His thighs would rub together and his pants would get holes in the inner thigh area. After having to replace his pants every few months, he invested in a tougher pair of Dickies work pants, but wore through those after five months.
"All of a sudden, I just couldn't deal with it anymore," he said. "I simply could no longer exist like that. So I talked to my girlfriend, told her I had to do something, and she decided to do it with me."
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