Courtesy of August Miller.
- August Miller was told by his doctor that he was morbidly obese.
- It was a wake-up call for the dad who'd already been diagnosed with pre-diabetes.
- Miller lost 163 pounds on the Weight Watchers plan and said he is glad to be alive.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with August Miller. It has been edited for length and clarity.
I'm 6ft 2 tall and maintained a healthy weight growing up. I was pretty athletic and served in the military after high school.
Then, in my early 20s, I started getting heavier. My wife, Teresa, got pregnant with our daughter, Sarah, now 33, and I did the classic thing of gaining sympathy weight.