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When my mother finally married the man I most consider my father, I was a grown woman.

There's nothing worse than trying to lose weight and having a craving, so I didn't ignore that craving, I fed it.

"I only had one bank-robbing outfit," he quipped years later.

With a family history heavy with heart attack, stroke, and breast cancer, I figured it was time.

I broke down and cried. I was terrified. I was physically, mentally, and emotionally depleted.