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Andrew Marquez
Issue date: 9/26/07 Section: News
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Fogle came to Castleton on Sept. 17 to speak about how important being healthy truly is and how he reached his goal.
Tipping the scales at 425 pounds, Fogle was morbidly obese.
"Maybe one day [these pants] will be in the Smithsonian," said Fogle, starting off the speech holding up what looked to be a specially made pair of size 60 pants.
Fogle grew up in Indianapolis, Ind. Until around fourth grade, he was the typical kid who liked to play sports, hang out with friends and play outside.
Around fourth grade, however, Fogle admitted he became heavily into video games. He claimed he would spend hours upon hours playing and he quickly lost interest in exercise related activities.
Once he got into high school, his confidence level had been completely shot down. He resorted to food for comfort.
"In high school, getting my license was not about being able to hang out with friends and going to parties, it was about being able to get fast food any time of the day and no one had to know," Fogle said.
His grades began to drop with his confidence, although not to the point where he couldn't get into Indiana University.
Little known fact: Indiana University was the first university in America to have a full service McDonald's, open until 3 a.m., Fogle said. And he admitted that the ability to ride an elevator down to a McDonald's open that late did him no justice.
Fogle's obesity quickly began to be very deadly. He developed sleep apnea. One night, his roommate recorded his snoring and how bad it was. Fogle said this was when he knew he had to change is life.
He moved off campus into a small studio apartment, sharing a common wall with you guessed it, a Subway shop. At the age of 20, Fogle began his Subway diet. He ate two subway meals a day: turkey sub for lunch, veggie sub for dinner and no condiments, of course.
He also ate baked chips and diet drinks. Within the first three months, he lost 94 pounds.
"Obviously, I didn't start off wanting to be the Subway guy, it wasn't my plan," Fogle said.
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Ashton
posted 11/28/07 @ 12:39 AM EST
How would one go about getting Jared to speak at their school? I am currently doing a health awareness project at school and I would like to have him speak. (Continued…)
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