It’s been said that the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Brent’s journey felt like it was starting with a thousand-mile walk. At 500lbs, any amount of walking felt like an eternity, and that was why he was determined to lose weight. This was his first trip to the grocery store in a long time. At 19 years old, he had only ever really ordered delivery, and it showed. He had to tuck his enormous gut into his sweatpants, otherwise it would peak out under his hoodie. His blonde hair was clean but unkempt and uncut. He had to push it out of his blue eyes while waddling up to the storefront. Brent had always been the fat kid and living on his own with a work from home job at an investment firm had made it easier to indulge the bad habits that made him so big. But it was time for that to change. He was going to be more active, eat healthier, and then once he had gotten in shape, he would find the man of his dreams. It’s not like anyone would want to be with a barely