“Formerly Fat, Latterly Lapsed 1” and the three subsequent posts trace the journey of the (previously) world’s fattest man from England to the USA and back to his homeland. Paul Mason had not yet been authorized for gastric bypass ... [Continue Reading]
Formerly Fat, Latterly Lapsed 4
By the fall of 2019, weighing 500 pounds and coming up fast on 60 years of age, a broken man financially, physically and mentally, Paul Mason was back in England, in taxpayer-funded housing, with round-the-clock care. Journalist Adam Aspinall wrote ... [Continue Reading]
Formerly Fat, Latterly Lapsed 3
But the plans that Paul Mason and Rebecca Mountain had made for their mutual future soon dissolved. (For the backstory, see our previous posts about Paul Mason). Mason got tired of small portion sizes, healthful foods, and no potato chips. He was ... [Continue Reading]
Formerly Fat, Latterly Lapsed 2
On a day in 2010, Paul Mason lay on the largest available surgical bed, and yet fat still cascaded off both sides. He was prepped for a bariatric procedure called a keyhole gastric bypass. Because of his pre-existing conditions, mainly morbid ... [Continue Reading]
Formerly Fat, Latterly Lapsed 1
Paul Mason, born a subject of the British queen, has lived one of the saddest obesity stories of all time, and also one of the most frustrating. His biography has caused people to mutter, “How much help does one person deserve, anyway?” ... [Continue Reading]
What in the World Is a Dread List? (Continued)
The previous post finished up with a quotation worth repeating, about the innovative method known as BrainWeighve: The app helps you deal with both immediate and ongoing difficult life situations and resulting eating urges. One of the ways ... [Continue Reading]
What in the World Is a Dread List?
As we have seen, it is quite likely that a person’s overeating problems stem from mental frustration with situations that seem insoluble. While commonplace frustration is intensely annoying, the real trouble starts when two competing drives are ... [Continue Reading]