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   Tommy Tomlinson is a journalist, author, and podcaster who has written about life as an overweight man in a growing America and the Westminster Dog Show. He is the author of The Elephant In the Room (2019) and Dogland (2024), and the host of the podcast SouthBound at WFAE, Charlotte's NPR station.

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3. www.npr.org › 2019/01/20 › 686945060He Was 460 Pounds. What Confronting His Weight Taught Him ...

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   Jan 20, 2019 · By Tommy Tomlinson. Purchase. That was Tomlinson four years ago. Today, for the first time in 50 years, he's been able to lose weight and successfully keep it off. Getting there wasn't easy....

4. www.theatlantic.com › ideas › archiveWhy a Dog’s Death Hits So Hard - The Atlantic

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   Apr 23, 2024 · Tommy Tomlinson is the author of the memoir The Elephant in the Room and the host of the podcast SouthBound. He lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, with his wife, her mother, and a cat named...

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7. www.npr.org › podcasts › 563130946SouthBound : NPR

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   Apr 24, 2024 · Hosted by journalist Tommy Tomlinson, SouthBound features conversations with notable Southerners from all walks of life – from artists and athletes to preachers and politicians. New episodes...

8. www.axios.com › local › charlotteCharlotte writer Tommy Tomlinson releases new book about the ...

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   Apr 22, 2024 · Tomlinson is a Pulitzer Prize finalist, host of the podcast "SouthBound" at WFAE, and former reporter and columnist for the Charlotte Observer. Between the lines: Tomlinson spent years traveling to over 100 dog show competitions, including small shows, like one in Concord, where top dogs rack up points to qualify for bigger shows.

9. tommytomlinson.com › the-elephant-in-the-roomThe Elephant In the Room – Tommy Tomlinson

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   Tommy Tomlinson, author of The Elephant in the Room, acclaimed journalist and host of WFAE’s SouthBound podcast. Photo by Jeff Cravotta for WFAE. When he was almost fifty years old, Tommy Tomlinson weighed an astonishing — and dangerous — 460 pounds, at risk for heart disease, diabetes, and stroke, unable to climb a flight of stairs ...

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    How much does Tommy Tomlinson weigh?

    • For as long as he can remember, Tommy Tomlinson has understood his identity as inseparable from his body. "I weigh 460 pounds," Tomlinson begins in an essay published this month in The Atlantic, and adapted from his upcoming book, The Elephant in the Room: One Fat Man's Quest to Get Smaller in a Growing America.

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    Who is Tommy Tomlinson?

    • Tommy Tomlinson is the author of the memoir The Elephant In the Room (Simon & Schuster, 2019), about life as an overweight man in a growing America. His new book, Dogland, about the Westminster Dog Show, comes out in April 2024.

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    Did Tomlinson lose weight?

    • That was Tomlinson four years ago. Today, for the first time in 50 years, he's been able to lose weight and successfully keep it off. Getting there wasn't easy. He knew how to drop the pounds. He would eat fewer calories and burn more.

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    Why did Tomlinson study his family history?

    • He spoke about how he studied his family history to better understand his relationship with food. Tomlinson grew up poor in the Deep South, with parents who picked cotton as kids and moved into factory work by the time he was born. "Every workday their whole lives they burned off thousands and thousands of calories just at work," he said.

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    This week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson sits in the guest's chair. Mike Collins, the host of “Charlotte Talks,” interviews Tommy about his new book, “Dogland.” It’s about the Westminster Dog Show and the bond between dogs and their people.