It became obvious in 1957 that I was endangering my health by carrying so much weight.
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I'd just turned 50, weighed 285, and my doctor had read me the riot act about my health.
When I was on Broadway, I got really sick with walking pneumonia. I decided not to take my health for granted anymore and make it a priority. The great thing is, the pounds just started to fall off.
When I became of service to other people I stopped worrying about my weight so much.
No matter how old you are, no matter how much you weigh, you can still control the health of your body.
Like most severely overweight people, I had to hit a rock-hard bottom before I'd take responsibility for the consequences of neglecting my own health.
For 'The Trip To Bountiful,' I was worried about being too heavy, because I supposedly had just gotten out of the hospital.
I'm sure that my father becoming seriously ill when I was 14 had a lot to do with my going from chubby to fat.
When I was larger, people said I was fat. Now that I've lost weight, they say I died.
I considered obesity a disease. It can destroy you from within. It almost destroyed me, and I do not want that to happen to anybody.
I had all kinds of food issues, including health concerns and weight concerns.
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