Replies to '08/07 Big Burden'

If a person is 200-300 lbs. to begin with, it don't take long to become 400-600 lbs. since they are already hereditarily obese. Fat don't appear from nowhere, it appears from all the fattening food we stuff our faces with everyday!! And their metabolism don't allow it to be burned (plus they have a hard time moving effectively to begin with), so they become morbidly obese from the combination. 

I personally am 5'3" and weigh 130 lbs. I am considered overweight according to the "health experts". When I weighed 120-125 lbs. everyone thought I looked anorexic!! The epidemic we have going on is fat vs. thin and it should be healthy vs. unhealthy. Being over 300 lbs. is just totally astonishing to me. As people get older, they gain so many lbs. per year, it's a proven fact. These morbidly obese people just do it faster and need some hypno-therapy to refocus their thoughts so they can lead good, healthy lives instead of lay in a bed and become like beached whales. Occasionally I do see people who weigh over 300 lbs. out and about and I at least give them some credit for getting up and out of bed everyday. Their problem is that they binge eat and are addicted to food. I hope Dr. Phil can help more people who are suffering from this disorder. 

One thing I am taking you to task on is that there are people pre-disposed in being obese I am one of them I only eat what is good and healthy foods in moderation, I have had Doctors tell me not to worry because none of my mother's side of the house weighted under 250 and all were healthy up until they hit their mid 70's and they never had over eating issues.  In medical dictionaries the definitions of morbid obesity is as follows: Morbid Obesity that is sufficient to prevent normal activity or physiologic function, or to cause the onset of a pathologic condition. The condition of weighing two, three, or more times the ideal weight, so called because it is associated with many serious and life-threatening disorders. The term for simple obesity is this: Simple obesity obesity resulting when caloric intake exceeds energy expenditure. So I guess what I want to say is that even someone that is 60 lbs you can be considered morbidly obese.