'If you want it bad enough, it's yours': WA officer's 197-pound weight loss journey becomes a book

'If you want it bad enough, it's yours': WA officer's 197-pound weight loss journey becomes a book

A former Marysville police officer who once weighed 408 pounds says he lost nearly 200 pounds over three years without injections or weight-loss drugs — and he’s kept it off for 15 years. David Vasconi, a 30-year veteran of the Marysville Police Department, said his wake-up call came in 2007 when he strained his back in his sleep and stepped on a scale at the doctor’s office. “I saw a number that changed my life, and that number was 408,” Vascon…