The Weight You Carry: My 125-Pound Weight-Loss Transformation takes readers on a journey with Tanner Jay, growing up overweight and desperate to gain his self-worth through the approval of others. To do so, he identifies as the “funny, fat kid” who always makes people laugh. Motivated to lose weight because of his desire for a girlfriend, Tanner researches and tests countless diet plans and exercise regimens to find his weight-loss secret sauce. Remarkably, it’s the relationships ...