Brother of a guy my wife works with, age 40, 5'10" 400+ lbs. Kids found him dead in the bathroom. He left behind two young kids.

There really is stuff you can do. The cycling world has tons of examples where people rode hundreds of pounds off their bodies. Google LFOAB for example.

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