{"id":245693,"date":"2017-06-20T00:51:29","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T00:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dreyercoaching.com\/beardeddragonmedia\/life-in-america\/fat-man-bikes-america\/"},"modified":"2021-09-26T03:42:57","modified_gmt":"2021-09-26T03:42:57","slug":"fat-man-bikes-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dreyercoaching.com\/beardeddragonmedia\/life-in-america\/fat-man-bikes-america\/","title":{"rendered":"“Fat man rides bike across America”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Lots of news is about the “big items”: war, the economy, politics, etc. But some news stories are called “human interest.” They might be the kids who were selling lemonade but had to stop, because they did not have a business license, or the kid who grew the biggest pumpkin for the county fair. This story is one of those “human interest” stories.<\/p>\n

Language note: The word “fat” is considered rude, and is not favorably used to describe people. More commonly-accepted words are “heavy-set, overweight, large, obese.” But in this case, the man in the article uses the word “fat” to describe himself.<\/p>\n

Eric Hites from the US State of Indiana weighed 565 pounds (about 257 kg).<\/p>\n

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US State of Indiana<\/p>\n

His wife had been a widow<\/strong>, and did not want the mental anguish of having another husband die. So, they were separated<\/strong>. In his desire to save his marriage, Hites took the drastic step to change himself by riding his bike across the US to lose weight!<\/p>\n

Notice what Hites did NOT do:<\/p>\n

– blame his wife
– blame or sue<\/strong> McDonald’s or other fast food restaurants for “making him fat.” (Don’t laugh: some people have done this!)
– blame his parents for how they raised him
– ask the government to create some new program to help him<\/p>\n

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He took personal responsibility<\/strong> to solve the problem!<\/p>\n

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Hites said his weight caused him job and emotional problems<\/strong>, and his life had been going downhill<\/strong>. However, not long after he started his ride, he did accomplish one goal: his wife took him back! She saw he was willing to pay the price<\/strong> to improve himself<\/strong> and their marriage relationship.<\/p>\n

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He kicked off his bike trip in the wealthy resort of Martha’s Vineyard<\/a>, Massachusetts<\/a>, and he plans to ride all the way across the US to the Pacific Ocean<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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While riding in Connecticut, he had to stop because he broke a wheel rim, but a bike shop gave him a newer, stronger rim, for free, to help him on his way.<\/p>\n

Source: “Fat Guy” cycling across US<\/a><\/p>\n

His blog: www.fatguyacrossamerica.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Do you want to improve your English and knowledge of the US? Join one of our online classes<\/a> today!<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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