Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction xiii
Chapter 1 Ron: It Was Love at First Sight 1
Chapter 2 Becky: Together, We'll Never Be Fat Again 27
Chapter 3 Ron and Becky: A Future as Sweet as Candy 43
Chapter 4 Becky: How We Became a Fat Family 63
Chapter 5 Ron: Sick and Sad without My Eating Buddy 77
Chapter 6 Mike: We Ate Enormous Portions 85
Chapter 7 Max: Baseball Dreams Strike Out 101
Chapter 8 Mike and Ron: The Chance of a Lifetime 113
Chapter 9 Mike and Ron: The Game Master Rules 125
Chapter 10 Mike and Ron: Fighting to the Final Four 151
Chapter 11 Max: I Can't Be the Only Fat One 185
Chapter 12 Mike: Fighting Fat and Getting Fit in College 189
Chapter 13 Max: Fighting Fat and Getting Fit in High School 201
Chapter 14 Becky: Make Health a Family Affair 207
Chapter 15 Ron: No More Fear, No More Excuses 215
Chapter 16 Fit Family: We're Beating Obesity, and You Can Too 223
Staples in Our Kitchen 225
Recipes 227