re: I can't imagine anything worse than the Paleo diet.

Honestly it took effort to get that big. My normal day consisted of a pound of boudin, bag of cracklings and chocolate milk for breakfast. Triple cheeseburger with fries or a plate lunch for lunch, then dinner was usually some type of pasta or other high carb/fat/calorie meal. I also stopped working out and had moved to more of an office position as this was before I graduated. Still kept eating like I was still on my tools all day. Combined with going to school full time, having my first kid on the way and yeah it was the perfect storm. But it was still my fault and my responsibility to not be your typical average fatty. It's why I decided to change.