Twenty years ago, I was a skinny, young lad. My only dream in life was to become bigger. I tried eating huge amounts of protein-rich foods in the desperate attempt to gain weight. Nothing worked; I was really at the end of my rope.

Well, one day, I saw a commercial that was advertising a new diet. They showed two pictures of someone side-by-side; a before and after picture. On the left, the picture of the person who was very skinny. On the right, the same person, only much larger. Naturally thinking that this diet helped people gain weight (from the arrangement of the pictures), I thought I had found path to freedom. I immediately called the phone number listed and ordered their meal plan. Several weeks into this new diet, I was somewhat discouraged because it almost felt as though I was losing weight!! Undeterred, I would not give up. I would continue on for another 7 1/2 years. After losing an additional 83 lbs., I finally gave up. About 2 months later, I had a sudden realization. When I saw the commercial, I was visiting my relatives in England at the time. I ignorantly forgot that things are reversed.

Please learn from my mistake.