At my heaviest I weighed 370 pounds.I had a very poor relationship with food：I used it to 16 bad feelings，to make myself feel better，and to celebrate.Worried about my health，I tried many different kinds of 17 but nothing worked.I came to believe that I could do nothing about my 18 .
When I was 50，my weight problem began to affect me 19 .I didn’t want to live the rest of my life with this 20 weight any more.
That year，I 21 a seminar where we were asked to create a project that would touch the world.A seminar leader shared her 22 story—she had not only lost 125 pounds，but also raised 25,000 for homeless children.
