Posted on 06/23/2009 10:04:31 PM PDT by Chet 99
Help for some mental/emotional problems was obviously needed and should have been sought.
That these women would pose for a picture tells me they need professional help.
Don't get me wrong--obesity of others is really none of my business--but I don't believe it is in and of itself any kind of disability.
I agree that some people need psychological help. But I would think that the problem there is something mentally wrong that just manifests itself in obsessive, excessive eating. Mostly those people it seems, either seek that help or a loved one intervenes on their account, when they reach an emotional breaking point.
“The cure for obesity doesn’t cost a penny or require any medicine.”
Granted, but the cure for some of the side effects of obesity (wrecked joints, diabetes, etc) does require medicine.
Just like the cost of procedures for folks who have heart disease, cancers, immune problems, or psych issues due to their misbehavior. If they stop the behavior they may heal or not get worse, but there are still physical problems left over that need to be dealt with.
Did obesity cause the nuropothy?
So if obesity is officially branded a disability, doctors can be sued if a patient takes offense if the doctor discusses obesity. Wonderful. Soon nobody will want to be a doctor. Who in their right mind will feel that it’s “worth it?”
The hostility toward obese people in these kinds of threads is always fascinating. According to the Surgeon General, 2 out of every 3 Americans are obese. I don’t see any reason to believe that the posters here are exceptions. Therefore, many or most of the people calling others lard-asses, lazy, weak, etc. are themselves weak, lazy lard-asses. There’s obviously an obesity problem in the US, and the weird hatred for obese people exhibited by obese people probably isn’t helping.
Bingo! As I admitted in an earlier post, I am twice the size of the young Miss England runner-up, but I am mostly healthy, other than diabetes type 2, which millions have, fat and thin. Having lived in Iowa, Mississippi and now Texas in the last 10 years, I can tell you that obesity is EVERYWHERE and growing at a staggering rate. Back in the 1960’s, a 300+lb. person (male or female) would’ve been a rare curiosity, but I don’t recall ever seeing anyone even near that size until at least the 1980’s. Today, I go into ANY Wal-Mart and am surrounded by shoppers and employees who outweigh me, some by 50% or more (remember, I’m over 350) and the same at malls, restaurants, churches, etc..
As a child, I lived on my bicycle and couldn’t have gained excess weight had I wanted to. Kids today play Xbox, eat junk, lounge around and are driven everywhere for fear of pedophiles.
I agree that there is a lot of hostility but I think it’s because obese people use it as an excuse to gain sympathy and special treatment. Some people DO have legitimate weight issues related to their health, but for the most part I think Americans are just too damn lazy to take care of themselves, and I personally know a few of them. I love them to pieces and they’re always complaining about their weight, but always too “tired” to take a walk around the block for some fresh air and exercise. I get tired of their whining. If you don’t like it, DO something about it! If you don’t try to lose the weight, you have no right to complain about it or use it as an excuse for special treatment. For most people, obesity is a choice, not a disability.
You’re right and I’m sorry. I was talking about the very obese, but you are right. It is really none of my business, as I mentioned. Please accept my apologies. I need to step away from the keyboard. Good night—and again, I’m sorry and will be thinking about it all. I understand if you don’t accept—I need an attitude adjustment. Good night.
And as the parent of two children who have a real disease, type 1 diabetes, this sends me into orbit.
I do accept. No hard feelings.
I was crippled off and on for more than ten years and told by Army surgeons that the damage from the injuries would not be completely corrected by surgeries. ...opted not to do the surgeries. I discovered later on, after getting overweight, that the answer was proper, daily exercise. ...had to endure the pain for a couple of years, keep moving and never did go on disability (even after being told to do so). Now I can run pretty well at high altitude and sub-0 weather with only some occasional pain.
So yeah, those of you who can do so at all, get your fat rear ends outside, and start moving around every day. And remember, I’m not laughing at you. I’m laughing with you!
I am sorry, BCBD. I hope that it all gets better for you (the nuropothy.) My sweet 11 year old nephew is Type 1 Diabetes and it’s a hard row to hoe. Sorry. Nite.
Thank you, BCBD.
I do owe you an apology and thank you for what you say. I stay fit and active but have many other flaws. You are a bigger person than I (no pun intended.). Nite.
Where I wrote, “I discovered later on, after getting overweight, that the answer was proper, daily exercise, make that obese instead of overweight. I was obese and could hardly walk (injuries, arthritis,...). ...no more. It was a terrible way to live. I was dying. Now I do things that most people wouldn’t try to do at my age (high altitude running, swinging a pickax all day, stone masonry, snowboarding, etc.).
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