Freshman year was not good to me.

The rigors of my harsh academic schedule ate away at my soul, leaving me on the fast track to the dreaded Freshman 15.

I was fat -- a pudgy, rotund man without a shred of self-esteem.

Naturally, the university doctors told me to lose weight, because I was overweight and “unhealthy.” As it turns out, however, they were wrong.

According to two studies by the Archives of Internal Medicine, “some obese people are, in fact, healthy.” It’s the location of the fatty deposits in a person’s body that determines their health.

“’Both reports emphasize the benign nature of fat accumulation outside the abdomen,’ Dr. Lewis Landsberg, of the Northwestern University Comprehensive Center on Obesity in Chicago, said”

That’s right – that nerdy guy in the back of class that you lovingly call “lard butt” might actually be healthier than you.

Ironic, isn't it? 

You spent months eating lettuce to stay "healthy" and the guy eating twinkies for breakfast might have less of a risk at getting heart disease.