How Do You Visualize Obesity?

When I see an obese or morbidly obese person, I visualize them as a normal sized person encased in a mountain of   lard.  Layer upon layer of fat surrounding and trapping their bodies.  Sadly I don't have far to look.....my son is morbidly obese.  Because of this he has had a very sad and lonely life.  I wish he would find a way to break out of obesity but, as yet, he has not.
 
I have been obese most of my life and  am currently working hard on getting rid of my layers.  I am feeling better and better about my results.  It's not fast enough but it is there. I am noticing changes and  they are improving my life.  Removing layers is fun and exciting.  It is a lot of hard work.  Actually as I say it is a lot of hard work, I realize that no, it is a way of life.  A way of life that requires one to be "mindful" of what and how much you are eating and how you are moving your body.  To be successful, I think it is essential that mindful eating and exercising become second nature.  Just one more thing to add to your daily schedule.

Obesity and morbid obesity are horrible problems and giant burdens to live with.  I don't care what anyone says..nobody wants to have this problem and unfortunately, it has become "runaway".  The problem is rampant in our society.  How did it get to be so incredibly common place?  Why did our society become so fat?  I suspect the reasons are as diverse as the people that are carrying around these tons of unwanted pounds.  I grew up on a farm and my daily life included physical activity, unfortunately, I see today's kids as not having physical activity as part of their daily life.  On top of that, way too many people decide that "take out" food is "what's for dinner", breakfast, and lunch too for that matter.  And most of that food is high fat, carb loaded, "super" sized portioned, or just plain unhealthy.  There is certainly no shortage of reasons of why we got in this sorry state but what are we going to do about it?  There is a ton of information out there to tell us what to do.  The problem, as I see it, is we all have to get over our laziness and our lack of commitment and our willingness to make excuses.  If you want to change your "obesity" status, you have to make the commitment and change the way you live your life.  It is not easy (at first) but it is DO-ABLE!!

I can, I will!!

You can too!!  Will you??


I can, I will!!