20 years old like I remember in my head and I'm I'm dead serious when I say this like I

absolutely thought that I was gonna die before I was 40 years old like I remember I would I would think about my future and my future didn't I didn't even want to get there

like I was just like I'd rather not because in my head I was going to be that person that

they'd have to airlift out of their house you know what I mean or get a crane like

you've seen though I'm like you've seen those videos.

And like, that was like, that's going to happen.

That's 100% that's going to be me.

I just, because I just didn't believe that I could ever lose weight.

And I was gaining weight so fast fast I didn't know what to do

you know even knowing that and saying I'm gonna die before I'm 40 I'm probably gonna have a heart attack I just

accepted it.

This is episode number 69 with John Clark. Welcome to Pursuing Health. I'm Julie Fushe, Family Medicine resident and former Crossvigames

athlete. Here I bring to you information and

inspiration from experts and everyday individuals for how to use lifestyle to

maximize health. Thank you so much for joining me. Now let's get started with this week's episode.

Hey guys, welcome back to pursuing health.

In this episode I get to sit down with a very interesting individual named John

Claude. So John weighed 360 pounds when he was just 20 years old and after years

of struggling with his weight,

he was sure he was headed towards a future

of significant sickness and probably an early death.

But he didn't know how he was going to change his course.

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