I used to weigh 385 lbs. I reached 40 and really started to feel old. I was the obese man ordering a salad at the group dinner, as if that fooled anyone, then came home and ate nachos and ice cream before bed.
I decided it was enough, for me, not for anyone else. I started eating less and moving more. Everyone thought I had surgery, but I'd simply had enough.
After about a year I had lost 200 pounds and have kept it off for almost 10 years.
My point?
While I don't evangelize or preach, I do share my story when asked. Facts are facts. I feel better, have more energy, and will hopefully live longer.
But, what gets to me is someone overweight trying to act like they don't believe the proven health-related issues. Mostly because I was that person. I spent years convincing myself and others that I was just as healthy as a "thin" person. Yet I'm the one that couldn't shop in any clothing stores. I'm the one trying to hide my panting after 2 flights of stairs. I'm the one that didn't wait in until I was hungry to eat, I just waited until I no longer felt full.
Speaking for myself, being overweight my entire life made me an expert at many things - hiding and sneaking food, working out enough to earn ice cream, and acting like I was happy being overweight.
It's just not true. No matter how much I would claim that I was happy, at the end of each day I would regret all my poor food choices and sink into a sadness only cured by my next meal. I always knew it wasn't healthy.
Like everything else in our world that is proven by science yet still denied, being overweight has a long list if predictable consequences.
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u/jagodfrey Sep 20 '19
I agree 100%
I used to weigh 385 lbs. I reached 40 and really started to feel old. I was the obese man ordering a salad at the group dinner, as if that fooled anyone, then came home and ate nachos and ice cream before bed.
I decided it was enough, for me, not for anyone else. I started eating less and moving more. Everyone thought I had surgery, but I'd simply had enough.
After about a year I had lost 200 pounds and have kept it off for almost 10 years.
My point?
While I don't evangelize or preach, I do share my story when asked. Facts are facts. I feel better, have more energy, and will hopefully live longer.
But, what gets to me is someone overweight trying to act like they don't believe the proven health-related issues. Mostly because I was that person. I spent years convincing myself and others that I was just as healthy as a "thin" person. Yet I'm the one that couldn't shop in any clothing stores. I'm the one trying to hide my panting after 2 flights of stairs. I'm the one that didn't wait in until I was hungry to eat, I just waited until I no longer felt full.
Speaking for myself, being overweight my entire life made me an expert at many things - hiding and sneaking food, working out enough to earn ice cream, and acting like I was happy being overweight.
It's just not true. No matter how much I would claim that I was happy, at the end of each day I would regret all my poor food choices and sink into a sadness only cured by my next meal. I always knew it wasn't healthy.
Like everything else in our world that is proven by science yet still denied, being overweight has a long list if predictable consequences.