OriginalShroom
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Being obese is from other factors...not just "choosing" to put food in their mouths. I eat, every day: 1 Ensure for the vitamins, 1 thin slice bacon, 1 egg over medium sometimes on top of a tiny potatoe I dice up and cook, no lunch, snacks are a banana or a handful of cool ranch chips (cuz they are gluten free), and I drink a lot of water in between. For dinner, I usually have one corn tortilla with ground turkey and sprinkle of cheese and 1 cup of hot green tea.
I should be like Twiggy. But I am not. I am also not obese but some of you might think I am. I have thyroid probs, rheumatoid arthritis so I can't walk like I used to because my hips give out on me, high blood pressure, am a cancer survivor so far. I WAS at 210 lbs and my height is 5'8". I am now at 180. And no, I did not look huge at 210. Even my doctors gaped at the scales and asked where the hell I was carrying that weight and I said my heart...and my brain. lol. I would like to get down to 170 but that is kinda hard to do when I can lift anything due to my wrists and hands, or walk due to my hips, ankles,knees. The pic I posted of me in the other "fatty" thread was me at 170. For 3 years I have been trying to get 10 friggin pounds off and I can't. I'm stuck.
So...my point is..some people just can't help their weight if they have medical issues..the thyroid being one. And mine is shot to hell and back.
I feel bad for the guy targeted in that jerks complaint. I understand his complaint, but the terms he used were crude and rude to all those who suffer...like I do.
I can sympathize.
I'm 6'3" and when I "retired" back in 1998, I retired with 14 hernias, a bad back, bad knees, a bad shoulder, and nerve damage in my hands and legs.
I managed to keep my weight gain down a measly pound a month. Which I was pretty proud of.. except that after 10 years, that's an additional 120lbs I'm now lugging around.
Breakfast is fruit, lunch is more fruit and a sandwich, and supper is what ever .. tonight it was grilled chicken breasts and broccoli.
Sure I splurge on occasion, a couple slices of pizza or a slice of pie or even a nice juicy burger and fries... But that splurge is once a month at most.
When I had to fly home for my brother's funeral, I spent most of the flight sitting sideways so that I wouldn't bother the person next to me.
A most miserable way to spend three hours.
I will also say this, I have to wonder exactly how honest he was in describing his row mate.. Seems to me he was more interested in crafting a "pretty" picture than being honest.