Posted on 10/08/2015 5:00:01 AM PDT by lowbridge
a men bro. hardly ever saw a fat person back then.food was scarce in the 40s and 50s.
Me too - And I am still fighting weight. For me it was pain. I got well over 450lbs on a plate of food per day. It hurt too bad to move, so I didn't move. I spent 7 years in bed, in a wheelchair, or on a couch in my bedroom, with very few exceptions. And even without the junk food fetish you describe, once one is fat enough to make moving difficult, it becomes incredibly difficult to lose weight. It isn't so much the calories, but rather the sedentary condition, and the lifestyle that engenders.
Today Im a healthy weight and can run marathons but it took a heart attack and months of someone watching me 24/7 until the insane cravings finally stopped. Once my brain chemistry was restored, I felt like an entirely different person.
When the pain left me (God is good!, A miracle story for another day) I began to walk it off... It was, by far, the most difficult thing I have ever done. Congratulations on your success, from one who knows exactly how understated your comment is. It is nothing short of conquering. And that in a thankless environment where successes are tiny and so incremental that no one else can even see them, and where defeat lurks at every turn...
Kudos to you! I may never run a marathon again, but that you did (and do) is an inspiration.
Wait.. what kind of pizza.. and from Domino’s, or who? /s
Yes. He is an entirely new man.
No, he should not be left for dead. The hospital should have given him a warning and made sure no other enabling occurs again.
Yes, we all have weaknesses, it is man’s nature. Mine is sweets. But I ration them so I don’t have to deal with the undesired effects of being 400 lbs.
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