The Weight I Carry

In a piece adapted from his forthcoming book, The Elephant in the Room: One Fat Man’s Quest to Get Smaller in a Growing America, Tommy Tomlinson shares the physical and emotional costs of weighing 460 lbs, the emotions that drive him to eat, and the uplifting litany of activities he looks forward to doing as he loses weight.

Source: The Atlantic
Published: Jan 9, 2019
Length: 19 minutes (4,934 words)

‘Jared Lorenzen and I Are in Love with the Same Woman’

Tommy Tomlinson meets Jared Lorenzen, a former New York Giants quarterback whose struggles with weight gain meant an early end to his NFL career.

Source: ESPN
Published: Aug 23, 2014
Length: 14 minutes (3,678 words)