This is the story of Chester's struggle with weight from youth to adulthood. Learn about his weight loss success & how you can follow in his footsteps towards a healthier you!  To read Chester's complete story, refer to the article index below.

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The Childhood Years & Chester's Activity Level

Chester loved many sports: basketball, soccer, dodge ball, football, running and jumping the hurdles and volleyball, but his favorite sport was baseball. He was the captain of the boy's class team. His new teacher had allowed the boys and the girls to each choose a team captain, and that is how Chester came to be captain.

It wasn't easy being captain of the boy's baseball team. Chester loved to pitch the ball, so he pitched every game and that didn't set well with the team. In fact, they were so upset about it, that the next time a captain was chosen, Chester was ousted. He cried so hard that his Mom and Dad took him out for pizza and ice cream, to help make it all better. And it did!

But Chester's bad experience didn't interfere with his love for baseball. Even though he wasn't the team captain anymore, he could outrun, out-hit and outpace any player on the team. The boys on the team respected him for his abilities, and got over being angry with him very quickly.

Chester was so relieved that he played even better than before. The teacher told him that she thought he might be a famous sport's player one day. She saw him as a golf star. It was at that moment that Chester decided that he wasn't going to marry his teacher when he grew up - not after that ridiculous statement.

Playing baseball contributed to Chester's strong legs, his firm muscles, his balance, his endurance, his strong lungs and his healthy heart. But Teacher's comments spurred thoughts of other fish in the sea....

Throughout these young years of Chester's life, he continued to be very active.  He was so active that he burned off every morsel of food that he ate. And when he was hit with a sudden growth spurt, he found that it was hard to get enough food into his body. He was always hungry, yet as he grew and as he enjoyed his active schedule, he continued to remain thin.

Chester was rarely ill. Other than a bout with the red measles, mumps and chicken pox, his Health Card had very high marks.

He was also enjoying school now more than ever. There were several young girls that had captured his eye, but not his heart. He planned to get married, but not until he was old - at least 25.

Young Adulthood & Chester's Activity Level

Although Chester was very active, he didn't enjoy raking the fall leaves or shoveling the snow from the driveway during the winter months. Nor did he enjoy mowing the lawn during his early teen years. Even at this young age, Chester realized that there was a distinct difference between being active in the things that one likes to do, and being active in the things that one does not like to do.

Chester enjoyed a good deal of fishing during his young adulthood. He also enjoyed watching television and playing with a new item that had hit the market called video games. He particularly liked paying a game called Pac Man.

Most of the men in the neighborhood had Hibachis, but his new wife, Bertha, had surprised Chester with a domed deluxe grill for Christmas. He didn't even wait for warmer weather to try out his new grill. Dressed in earmuffs and long handles, Chester bar-b-qued brisket during one of the worst snow storms of the year. His passion for grilling would continue throughout his life.

Adulthood & Chester's Activity Level

In the spring of his 33rd year of life, Chester played with gardening, and although it was something that he truly enjoyed, there wasn't enough time in the day to properly garden.

And because he spent so many hours at work, Chester was too tired to enjoy quality time off. His last few vacations had been spent with his parents, tending to his sick Dad who was losing the battle with diabetes as kidney disease had settled in. His Mom was also fighting heart disease, even though she had strictly maintained her weight over the years.

Chester spent less and less time at the office and more time incorporating activities into his daily life plan. He was still working on managing his eating pattern, but at least he was getting his muscles and heart back to par.

He spent a lot of time with Chester Jr. flying kites, bowling, playing volleyball and baseball. He even got his dormant wife, Bertha, involved in hiking and as a family, they enjoyed many camping trips together.

Like Chester, Bertha enjoyed getting out and about. She talked with Chester and they both recognized that even though they hadn't changed their diets, they felt much better because they had been more active.

As he aged, Chester realized that favorite activities don't always need to be aggressive or busy. Some of his favorite new activities are actually quite sedate.

Chester enjoys reading, playing solitaire on the computer, watching the sun rise and the sun set, looking for shells on the beach, paying with his new metal detector and walking his cat. Doing things that one enjoys brings about the biggest release of stress.

Chester changed dramatically over the years in the area of activity and no longer craved the action of baseball in person, although he did spend hours over the weekend glued to any type of sporting event, including baseball.

These days when he ventures into The Great Outdoors, his sport of choice is fishing. His wife, Bertha, had surprised him with a small fishing boat on his birthday, which Chester was quite fond of.

On the lake, he enjoyed quite times to reflect on his life. But most of the time, he wouldn't think about anything except fishing. The great thing about fishing was that it allowed Chester a mode of release for harmful stress.

Bertha always packed him a fat picnic basket to take along which included some of Chester's favorite things: Bertha's famous fried chicken, thick-cut potato chips, cupcakes, cookies and soda. Yes, the only thing thin on this boat were the worms.  

But soon, things would change....

Chester decided to go fishing the weekend after he learned he had diabetes. He reflected upon many things that he could do to turn his health problems around.

He had diabetes and he had high cholesterol. His Dad had died in his 50's with complications from diabetes, and his Mom in her 50's due to heart problems. Chester definitely had a double dose of his parent's health woes.

He knew that diet alone would not solve his health problems. He would also need to exercise - like he did when he was younger.  Perhaps play baseball again? Maybe take his kids out to fly a kite, or for a long hike. These were all good options to help bring Chester back to life.

Chester began playing baseball, just as he had during his childhood days. A group of men and women from his workplace had jumped at the idea of starting up a company team and playing against other local teams.

Chester was still quite good. However, he didn't limit his sport's activities to baseball. He still enjoyed walking on the beach with his wife, Bertha, and especially taking long hikes through the woods. He also enjoyed camping.

Chester's love for sports grew with time; growth is always important to success of any type.

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