Narrative: The Life of Jared Fogle

A man known on T.V. as the “Subway Guy,” is most remembered for dropping from 425 pounds to 245 pounds by just eating Subway sandwiches. Jared Fogle, now at the age of 32, is a man who has taken obesity seriously and completely turned his life around. Jared had just been a normal kid in school with a normal family. He had attended Indiana University in 1998 and on. The reason why Jared had become obese was that he was eating huge portions of junk food and not exercising. This contributed greatly to his former 60 inch waistline. Losing those 245 pounds was not very easy, but Jared Fogle has shown the world that anyone can lose weight if they set their mind to it.
Jared had found that he could turn to food as a source of satisfaction. He even says, “Food was a comfort to me. It replaced personal relationships. It replaced extra-curricular activities. It replaced everything in my life. (Leung)” This tells people that problems in someone’s personal life can affect the amount of food people eat. The systems involved in this injustice would be Jared’s family because they did not take the steps to preventing Jared from eating so much as well as not educating him in the right foods to eat, especially since his dad was a doctor. Fast food companies are also to blame for making all of these fatty foods accessible to anyone at any time. Jared was eating close to 10,000 calories a day because he had access to food at anytime.
Realizing that he needed to get healthier, Jared decided to try some diets. The first few diets he had tried failed to do anything, so he thought about eating healthy at one his favorite fast food restaurants – Subway. Jared started “skipping breakfast, and ate just two subs a day, a small turkey and a large veggie, along with some baked potato chips, and diet soda. (Leung)” This diet along with exercising helped Jared drop 245 pounds in a year. Although Subway might be an injustice to some people, considering it is a fast food chain, it helped Jared become a healthier man. Other fast food chains, however, are the injustices that attack the nation’s youth.
Fogle now tours the country speaking on behalf of Subways diet and about his new eating lifestyle. Subway has hired Jared to speak to people about his story and participate in promotional commercials for the company. Along with speaking about his story does Jared speak about childhood obesity and how that is the root of obesity. “This is the age that they start to make their lifelong habits, in elementary school,” Jared says (Leung). What Jared is saying about how children in elementary school develop lifelong eating habits is true. Kids who start eating bad foods when they are younger usually have a harder time breaking away from that pattern when they are older.
Jared Fogle is now being supported by the millions of people across the United States as well as Subway. Jared Fogle is a leader and a role model for those people who are looking to become healthier. Back when Jared was heavier was a scary problem that some Americans face. We, as caring people, should be looking out for those who have weight problems by educating and guiding those who need help.