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April 28, 2006, 9:53 am PDT
Hmmm....something to think about
Quote From: rtroubleThe reason why so many people are morbidly obese is because some are genetically predisposed to being large, but then there are the ones who don't take responsibility for their own well being and health and turn into gluttons, boo-hooing about how it's not their fault they can't even barely move, let alone breathe. And the family members add to the problem by tolerating the person's over indulgence instead of saying no, or go get it yourself. Maybe she wouldn't be 700 lbs. and nobody else in the world would become this way if people learned how to be stubborn in a good way and not encourage such bad habits. You can't make a person active, but you can create a lethargic existence by yielding to their desires, thus making them inactive, ineffective and adding to their low self esteem. My advice for people who are in the position of being so overweight they can't do anything is to just start focusing on doing anything you are interested in and start to do it, other than eating mass quantities of food. It makes me sick that people in families don't care enough to motivate someone by neglecting to feed their obesity, not offering any alternatives of activity, even if it's spending time w/ them and not allowing them to make excuses for such a poor lifestyle. I'm sure that something made her shut herself down in a room and nobody came to rescue her from her situation and they just fed her to shut her up instead of make her get it out in the open and refuse to over feed her and help her cope. She has issues, but the family hasn't done anything until she's 700 lbs.? Why didn't they help when she was 300 lbs.? It's a sad situation when food= love. I am overwieght and would be considered morbidly obese. I have been going to weightwatchers. I work out at the gym 7 days a week 2 hours a day with a possible one day away from the gym here and there, but not very often. Let me say I don't enjoy being overweight by any means , but I do not sit home and "gorge" myself and I am not a closet eater. In all honesty I follow a pretty strict guideline to my eating habits and have not even been to a fast food restaurant since I was young. I am large but in charge of my life. If I had my choice I would love to have the weight off. My cardiovasicular stamina is very impressive, in fact I will go to the length of stating that I could probably run a lot longer and farther then some of my smaller friends. I pride myself in being a none smoker and drink alcohol seldomly if at all. I am not making any excuses for the size that I am , but I have never had high blood pressure, I am not in danger thus far of having diabetes, I do not have sleep apnea, If I fall I can pick myself up and not have the fear of having to be assisted. I can bathe myself. I am self sufficient. I know that there are smaller people out there that abuse there bodies by not eating healthy and don't exercise to say the least, are we to praise them for being smaller even if they are in poor health. I think not. I do not agree with a "spide bite" being the cause of her weight demise. It is when we take ownership of our own lives can we truly help ourselves. I wish both woman good luck in their journey to better health. Thank you, Jennifer in CA
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