[donna]

Studies have shown that chickens and mice infected with AD-36 put on weight quicker than uninfected animals, even when they were not given extra food.

Maybe not . . .

[mysterio]

I don't doubt it. I can draw a line probably at the month where weight started to be an issue for me. Early spring 1988. I was 13. Just started bulking up, and I was in a growth spurt at the time. The time in life when you can sit around all day eating hamburger and hot dogs and be skinny as a rail. Not me.

I can tell you one thing, though. I'm not letting myself get heavy ever again. My fat period in my 20s could have killed me. I'm probably too thin now. Good.