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News & ArtsWednesday, January 20, 2010
Life How He Lost 138 Pounds
Posted by Eli Sanders on Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 1:53 PM
I know how much you all like to talk about the politics of weight and what people should do with their own damn bodies. Well, meet Michael Schechter. He used to look like this. Now he looks something more like this:
- Michael Schechter
In this year's Strangercrombie auction, Schechter bought a one-page feature written by me, so that I could tell all of you about his formerly immense weight and his inspiring fat-reduction story—and, in the process, get you interested in donating to his cause.
What's his cause? I'll give you a hint: it's not himself.
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