At age 42 & 50 pounds overweight, Michael saw a 5-part series covering obesity. Each day throughout the week, CBS linked obesity to a different condition for which he was taking daily medications: high blood pressure, high cholesterol, acid reflux and asthma. On Friday they summed it up by saying that obesity was 'socially contagious' and that if you were obese it was ‘OK’ because you could not do much about it. That infuriated Michael and changed his life.  Michael... Full Bio