Morbidly Obese

Hey Guys

I am a reformed morbidly obese person. What I mean by reformed is that like alcoholism, overeating is an addiction.. Unlike alcohol, though, food is a necessary thing in our lives. It is a tremendous struggle for someone who suffers food addiction to live a normal life. They suffer ridicule on a daily basis, and most morbidly obese people are self-loathing as well. They hate themselves for overindulgence but at the same time they want more. All of us are guilty of pointing at or whispering about an obese person we see eating at a buffet or see riding one of the electric chairs in the grocery store, or shudder when we have to sit next to them on an airplane. Most of these folks know they are being viewed as undesirable and it hurts them to the core, but they still can’t help themselves. They still want to eat ‘til they can’t hold anymore. It is hard for the obese person to do things fit people or average people take for granted like standing up from sitting in a chair or walking around a mall or amusement park.

Morbidly obese people are in denial. They tell themselves they don’t eat that much when in fact they eat enough for two. Is there an answer to their problem? Not ‘til they can look at themselves in the mirror and admit they have a problem and its not about anyone but themselves. I know there are some special cases where a medical condition can cause weight problems, but the majority of them have a normal healthy metabolism that just can’t burn all the food put into the system. I truly believe most obese people are afraid to take the first step out of fear. They want to lose weight but are afraid of failing. Even when they do start to lose the weight, others are still critical and whisper nasty things like “they lost weight but they will just gain it back.“ I have a young lady in my community I talk to every once in awhile about her weight. She weighs 345 lbs and is living in misery, but she just will not commit to trying to change her life. We all know somebody in our communities that are afflicted with this problem. I would challenge anyone with enough interest to read this, to reach out to one of these folks and talk to them. Try and find out who they really are, it may be that somebody taking an interest in them can be the spur they need to change their life.

Cya soon

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ThanksGiving Thoughts

HEY GUYS

The big day is almost here, everybody will get in there cars and travel many miles sometimes, to have a Thanksgiving feast with there family. When Dinner is served everyone will dig in and enjoy each and every bite. The sad part is this after the meal which was good no doubt, most of us will be miserable hardly able to move.

I believe there is a better way to enjoy your dinner, and still enjoy it all, use a smaller plate with proportionately smaller portions of the things you love, you will have the same enjoyment of the flavors but you will not have the bloated belly that really needs to burp just to get some space in it to work.

I have embraced a healthy lifestyle for several years and I cannot recall the last time I was miserable from eating a meal, I have enjoyed many meals and not being miserable is a bonus for sure. The best thing is you can look forward to the next meal and not be laying around on furniture waiting on your poor body that thought it was used for a garbage disposal unit to have to process the unexpected windfall.

Overeating is like trying to put 5 extra gallons of gas in your car, the difference being your poor body will accommodate the extra, and you will just be miserable for a few hours.

Ok Thats all I am going to say, go forth enjoy your day if you do fall off the fitness wagon and over indulge, it is a wagon and not a jet plane, you can climb right back on Friday and continue your journey .

Cya Soon

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I CAN

Hey Guys
The worst thing a person can do is say I can't do something. I was an obese person and I know from experience that what I say is true, I was convinced that I was supposed to be a Morbidly Obese person. That sounds a lot worse than being fat or overweight. MORBIDLY OBESE that's when it becomes a medical condition and a difference between living and dieing. If you read this and think you are fat or overweight, there is a good chance you are morbidly obese.

I found out 4.5 years ago that being MORBIDLY OBESE was my choice in life. I weighed 345lbs and lived the life of a fat man I didn't exercise, I couldn't do normal things just walking around taxed my system and made me tired. I couldn't sleep in the bed, it was a recliner for me. I could go to a restaurant and eat a huge meal or a buffet.

I am happy to say I can exercise , I can walk where I choose or run if I want . I can go to a restaurant and order a normal portion. I can sleep in a bed , I can avoid the Dr's office.

I am happy to say I am a normal guy at a healthy weight, and there was nothing physically keeping me from being Normal it was choices, I chose to be Morbidly Obese , I now choose to be fit and healthy.

Most people who are Morbidly obese are in the same boat I was, no ailments other than lack of willpower. If the lack of will can make me die early, do I deserve to die? The simple answer is a question who does deserve to die ? My answer is this Nobody deserves to die BUT given free will
who flirts with death , the smoker , the alcoholic , the obese , all these things may not kill you But I am sure they decrease your odds of a long life, or at least a long HEALTHY LIFE.

What do we do to increase the odds of living a LONG HEALTHY life? We make choices, the choices to Exercise, abstain from smoking, excessive alcohol or drugs to Eat Healthy to make the most of the one body and life God gave us. Its not the easy road. You may feel you are depriving yourself, you may think I can wait till tomorrow , you might think well if I gain 5 more lbs I am going on a diet, all of these things are excuses and shorten your life that much more.

I challenge those that read this and think that they can't be healthy or think its to hard to exercise to reevaluate your life, look around,decide if you want to be in a nursing home for your happy golden years IF you get that far. Better yet go visit a nursing home or a cancer ward and see if that's where you want to visualize yourself, go see the people in a dialysis center who have to go every few days to have there blood filtered. Its very scary to think you have taken a perfectly good body and turned it into a shambles that if not for modern medicine would be dead.

Exercise Nutrition Abstinence I believe in my heart are the Big three to a long and healthy life.
I may drop dead tomorrow But it wont be account of abusing my body the way I did for 45 years
Please help yourselves, Get off the couch and on your feet, make the choice to live.

I CAN BE HEALTHY AND FIT
I CAN
Cya soon
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