Dorothy Bryant, an American author and playwright, said, “Change happens very slowly and all of a sudden.”
This is exactly how Royal Canadian Air Force Capt. Phil Desmarais, 533rd Training Squadron Student Operations flight chief, described the revelation he had before his recent weight loss journey.
“I weighed around 190 pounds when I joined the military,” Desmarais said. “After university, going to technical training, getting married and having kids, the weight just slowly added up. I never had an exercise program or stuck with one. I also never had a sport to fall back on that would keep me active. I guess poor eating habits over the course of 13 years led to gradual weight gain.”
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