Steve Vaught, a roughly 400-pound man, is walking from Oceanside, CA to New York City, because, as he says, he wants to “lose weight and regain my life.” According to his website, he has made it over a thousand miles so far and is now in Texas. As the media has seized on his story, he has grown more weary of the attention than of his journey. From his journal:

Lately, I have found myself trapped in a seemingly inescapable chaos. I am being hounded by people from all directions. Supporters, reporters, family, businessmen with endorsement, book deals, magic pills, boingy-boingy shoes and just about everything else. Basically, everyone and his brother. They all want it now, now, now! I honestly can’t tell sometimes whether I am coming, going or already been there. So, I decided to do the most responsible thing that I could think of. Turn off the phone and go to the movies. I went to see “The 40 Year Old Virgin”.

Sounds like a good man, and he seems to have dropped 50-75 pounds already. Best wishes to him.