My name is Mike Smaldon and I am 29 years old and I have been battling my weight since I was a young child. I smell food and gain weight. I have always been the funny jokester fat guy. I have lost the weight before on Atkins diet, but it was not a lifestyle that I could stay with. I regained all the weight plus 70lbs. I am very competitive and I look forward to finally learning how to eat and to lose the weight the right way. I have always worked a lot of hours in the oil and gas industry and made excuses to not go to the gym, putting everything and everyone else first before my health. I am engaged to be married and we have an 8 week old daughter that I am afraid that I will not live to see her grow up if I do not get my health under control. One of my biggest fears is passing on my poor eating and exercise habits to our daughter and future children. I want to set the correct example for my family and hopefully inspire others to do the same.