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so you had a weight problem?...it really shows ...sort of like an ex-smoker or ex-Catholic....not many people more self -absorbed and self-righteous in their vanity....

No, not a weight problem like michael moore, but I’ve had periods where I’ve gone up to weigh more than I’d like. When that happened, it was a result of what I ate and what I did, not any genetics.

It’s like how rush says people tell him he can’t understand what it’s like to be poor because he’s rich now. But he was poor, and he knows what it takes to get out of it. I know what it takes to lose weight. I’ve done it and I’ve helped other people do it. I helped someone who was “chronically overweight” and lose a good deal of weight by designing an exercise plan and going over their diet. When they followed it, they lost weight fast and looked great. When they fell off because they “just didn’t have the time right now” they gained it all back. It wasn’t the fault of genetics, if was their fault. Some people don’t like to hear it but it’s the truth.

Rush has said this in the past, and I’ll echo it here: The absolute BEST thing you can do in your life is to refuse to let anyone or anything take credit for your circumstances in life. Once you blame genetics, being ‘big boned’, or whatever for your lot in life, you cede control over that part of your life. That thing got you into it and only that thing can get you out of it. You lose power and control over your life when you do that. The most liberating thing is saying “I got myself into this, so I can get myself out of this”. In weight, work, whatever.

Now the usual suspects on this thread will bash me for saying that and tell me I’m being an anti-fat bigot or I just don’t understand, but if someone were to heed my advice, they’d be able to free themselves. But I know I’ll be attacked for speaking the truth. Fudge ‘em.

When I quit smoking my children were so proud of me and it took prayer and with Gods help. And yes cigarette smoke gives me a headache,see my husband still smokes. And he hates when I tell him how bad it is for him,since he has high blood pressure. And most ex-catholics I know just plain don't like the rules. Right now I have medical problems that started getting worse 3 years ago, so I have gained weight. But it has always been that way for me. But up until 3 years ago I walked 3 miles a day six days a week. But I have fibro and arthritics,I can hardly walk and have to use a cane now to go anywhere. My husband has always been able to eat anything he wanted and he is not into any exercise at all believe me.Now I know plenty of people who smoke and will not quit because they don't want to put on weight. But how I loved to get up in the morning and walk,I miss it so much. I even tried to walk on my treadmill with my cane and almost killed myself. lol Sometimes in life we have to accept things about ourselves that we don't like. But the judgment of other people hurts more than how we actually feel about ourselves.

Or, perhaps, an ex-Episcopalean who is now a Catholic (Roman or Orthodox), and has taken up smoking to ward off Alzheimers (even though it is clearly too late).

Now that's sanctimony ~