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Following Fat Steve

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Everyone undertakes big adventures for their own reasons. For some, it's a matter of personal accomplishment, for others they just want to see the world, others might want to spread some kind of message. I know one guy whose goal was to sleep with a woman on every continent.

Steve Vaught has a goal, too. The 350-pounder has set out on a grand adventure to lose weight and gain self-respect. Vaught, who calls himself "Forrest Lump", is walking across the country to shed weight in a culturally iconic mixture of Forrest Gump and the Subway Guy.

And of course, no such exercise in self-flagellation/promotion could possibly go off without a Web site where you can tune in and watch in real, or semi-real-time, the poignant struggle of a man seeking socieital acceptance through self-induced torture.

And of course I don't mean to be cynical, but one does wonder what marvelous food-industry or footwear sponsorships lie in wait for our corpulent crusader.


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