I was away from my hometown for a couple of years, and had gained quite a bit of weight. My long-time, long-distance girlfriend wrote me a letter telling me tha

I was away from my hometown for a couple of years, and had gained quite a bit of weight. My long-time, long-distance girlfriend wrote me a letter telling me that she'd gotten engaged to someone else and it sent me into a spiral. I lost somewhere on the order of 50 pounds over 6 months. I was depressed, I had very little appetite. I didn't have a car, so I was walking and biking everywhere. And I was in my early 20s, which makes a bigger difference than most of us are willing to admit. It's a really lousy way to lose weight, but very effective.