1,189 days ago, on April 24,2006, I began a quest that was doomed to fail like so many times before. I weighed over 220 lbs. At some point during the preceding winter, I weighed over 230 lbs (at just under 5’8″).  That’s a BMI of 35.5–obese. Something was different this time.  My 20-month-old daughter might…