Obesity is not a Disease! <- RANT.

[Bojangles69]

Heres my take....from personal experience..I was morbidly obese at 330 lbs at 5'10"s...my situation was one of no self control..not unlike an addiction to drugs or alcohol...for me food was comfort...it was a way to fix myself...if I was happy..I ate...if I was sad or angry ..I ate...as my weight increased so did the the attitude of.."fu*k it""...it wasn't until my health got so bad that I had to do something about it...it was either continue to eat uncontrollably and die or take charge of my life and hope for the best. I took charge and well...long story short I lost 143 lbs at my peak. I..being the addict that I am... took it to an extreme and got into a workout routine and diet that to this day I still keep up. Am I the norm?? I don't think so....If it was easy to do...then everyone would do it..Now......there are some morbidly obese people that have thyroid issues that don't allow them to lose weight or actually stop from gaining...in those cases I would say that their obesity is disease related. I have to say that sometimes I forget from where I came..and I catch myself judging obese people and actually being disgusted at the mere sight of them...that is totally wrong!! So...although I understand the point of the OP...if it was THAT easy to lose weight.. then there would be no obese people....the fact is that its hard as Fukk!! And when people actually make an effort to lose..and don't see immediate results..well then they give up and put back more weight. The last thing that I would do is go up to someone that is MO and tell them that they should lose weight or exercise or anything...its not my business...just as when I was MO..if some musclehead approached me and said some shit to me...he surely would have regretted it. So ...live and let live...although if I am approached as I often am in the gym...I will gladly give pointers and advice..but I am not so bold as to go up to someone and just start ranking on them...because I am fully aware that if I am not careful...I can easily fall back into my old ways and in no time be that fat bastard that I was. And then all the good shiit I talked will seem like just that...bullshhit! Anyways ...thats my 2 cents.

Awesome! And yeh I think losing weight can be the SAME as ditching a drug habit. Physical withdrawls are nothing, its the mind game thats the hardest and endures the longest.

Which is why people with addictive personalities can sometimes be much better off imo. Its not always as hard for them to find a new habit when they drop an old one.

Only thing with me I guess is any time I'm anxious or in a bad mood I never eat. And I get anxious if I overeat so it sort of works itself out I guess. Good for you though losing all that weight.

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Awesome! And yeh I think losing weight can be the SAME as ditching a drug habit. Physical withdrawls are nothing, its the mind game thats the hardest and endures the longest.

Which is why people with addictive personalities can sometimes be much better off imo. Its not always as hard for them to find a new habit when they drop an old one.

Only thing with me I guess is any time I'm anxious or in a bad mood I never eat. And I get anxious if I overeat so it sort of works itself out I guess. Good for you though losing all that weight.

I absolutely agree...I transferred my food addiction into a exercise and healthy eating addiction....all things considered...I'll take the new addiction over the old one any day!! lol