At my heaviest I weighed 370 pounds. I had a very poor relationship with food: I used it to kill bad feelings, to make 16 feel better and I tried many different kinds of ways but they didn't work. I came to believe that I could do 17 about my weight. When I was 57, my weight problem began to affect me 18 . I had spent more time in the hospital and I 19 catch up with my 7-year-old grandson when we took a walke. l couldn't see the steps when I 20 ! I didn't want to live the rest of my life like that! That year, I joined a club where we were asked to create a project, that would touch the world. 21 I began to carry on my project, to my joy, after two weeks' hard work, there were some encouraging 22 showing that I was going on the right way: I could sleep much better at night and I could walk farther 23 the path in the park! 24 , a year later, I 25 my goal: I lost 150 pounds and raised S50,000 ! I feel that I've been given a second life to do to something that is meaningful and helpful!