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Sports Biggest Loser: TV Sportscaster Bob Barry Jr.

 
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Used to be, Bob Barry Jr. polished off a family-size bag of chips from Sam’s Club in a day or two.

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In the past year and a half, he’s eaten less than half a bag.

The sports television anchor and radio personality had gastric bypass surgery in June 2007. When his weight ballooned to 321 pounds, Barry realized something had to change.

Some folks have told him that he took the easy way out.

"This is the absolutely hardest way out for me,” Barry said of the surgery that reduces the stomach’s capacity. "I was forced to give up my best friend.”

Food was a constant companion, making Barry’s life more and more difficult. Clothes were tight, airplane seats impossible. He even struggled making it home after his morning radio show.

"Just couldn’t wait for that nap,” he said.

Now, energy abounds. Barry walks everywhere, even avoids escalators and elevators.

He has lost 80-plus pounds.

Still, giving up foods he once loved has been an adjustment. He becomes violently ill if he eats certain things or eats too much. Gone are the days of McDonald’s French fries and Sam’s Club chips.

"It was anything but easy,” Barry said.

And he wouldn’t change a thing.

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