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| John Memmer has struggled with his weight for quite some time, but recently dropped from 300 to 185 pounds. |
John Memmer said his light bulb moment occurred when he couldn't fit on an amusement park ride with his son.
The 39-year-old auto insurance underwriter from Bloomington, Illinois, was on a family outing at a theme park in Missouri and his son, Alex, desperately wanted him to share a seat next to him.
"The attendant tried to push and squeeze me into the seat, but to no avail. I was too big to fit," said Memmer. "So there I was with hundreds of people staring at me as all of this was going on, and then I heard my son start to cry as I had to climb off the ride," he said.