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Have you ever taken a medication or seen a commercial for some prescription drug?

Okay, I know, it's almost impossible not to have.

Here's how it works...you have an allergy or high blood pressure or achy joints. But don't worry, there's a pill for that. So you take the allergy pill, which gives you high blood pressure...or a rash...or something that just might kill you. So you get another pill/cream/ointment to treat the new (potentially life threatening) sympton. The dance has begun.

The 'do this and that will happen' rumba.

There is no denying the law of Unintended Consequences. It's the way things are...you throw a rock in a lake and you are going to get ripples.

That's what this blog is about. The ripples or what I think of as The Other Side Effects.

In this case, it's about the The Other Side Effects of Being Fat.

I know, 'fat' isn't very PC but it's okay, people, I am Fat. It's not news to me. I am really well aware of it. Calling it 'overweight'  just doesn't cover it. I am fluffy. Under tall. Fat sounds so much more real and to be honest, happy, then overweight. I am okay with that label. You may call it whatever you like.

I am about to embark on a big ol' weight loss journey to lose about 160 lbs. Yes, you read that right...160 lbs. I want to weigh less than half my current weight. I am going to share my yellow brick road to the promised land of THIN with you. In real time. Good or bad. Easy or hard. Successes and failures.

We have all heard the horrors of what being overweight will do to you. Google it if you don't know or want to know more 'cause you ain't gonna read about those things here.

Here you will read about The Other Side Effects, known now as OSE. At least the OSE according to my experience. WARNING: they aren't what you think! I promise.

Tomorrow...your introduction The Other Side Effects and the one that I am currently dedicating my life to. Thanks for coming along for the ride...