Posts by minnieannie

Hmmmm...... just had to share this.

I got very curious about some of the posters who were so aggressively biased against overweight people.  I went looking at their profiles........  One actually said in their profile:  "Things I hate:.... fat people...."

I was a little concerned for that person, considering that the person had to have "hated themselves" at one point, since they had once been overweight and were currently in a maintenance phase.  I really hope they can at least be a little kinder to themselves if they ever gain weight again.  We all know that age is not kind to the waist.

It really confirms my point that a hateful, or even distasteful, attitude towards the overweight can come back to haunt someone if they adopt that viewpoint. 

Hi There,

I would also like to share the experience I have had with my mother.  She is disabled and completely immobile now.  She was heavy when things started going downhill, around 250 lbs.  The doctors don't even know what the problem is, other than that she has severe nervous damage, most possibly from years of medicines for various health and mental problems and diabetic damage.

When she first went into a nursing/recovery home (multiple times for a broken leg, falling, etc.), she was not that large that the weight alone kept her in bed.  However, even with physical therapy she soon became too shaky to transfer herself without danger of falling and she eventually lost all muscle control. 

We wanted to get her to a lower weight, so we could bring her home and still move her without two people and a lift.  So... we worked with the hospital to reduced her caloric intake but could never get her below 200 pounds in 3-4 years.  By the time she became immobile, the weight became very difficult to lose.  My guess is that her immobility had drastically slowed her metabolism. 

My point:  People should keep in mind that this documentary portrays an extreme type of obesity, where immobile people are not only dealing with an eating disorder but may also have a metabolism issue, either genetic or the result of the time in bed.  Regardless of how they got there, the extreme stress of being in that place would make any one of us despair.  Perhaps we should be keeping them in our thoughts and/or praying to the entity of our choice, and actively supporting those around us who are fighting eating disorders?

P.S.  My mother finally dropped below 200 lbs after 4 years, but not by much.  By the time that happened, she had developed swallowing issues (muscle control again) that require her to be kept under constant medical supervision.  

As a fat child (160-220 lbs) and 5'5", 37 year old adult (165-195 lbs), I have struggled my whole life to be thin.  Even at a 1200 calorie diet, with every "plateau" breaking trick tried, and running 3-6 miles, 5-6 times a week, while mixing in other activities (weights, kayaking, hiking, etc.), including 5 or 10ks, I have not been able to break the size 12, 165 lbs barrier.  

Since age 10, I have periodically had my thyroid and other things checked and according to the doctors I am very healthy, with little belly fat, great blood and heart rate levels, etc.  Although I don't have the medical issues my mother did, I do have the weight problem. 

I am dreading that my weight will bite me in the future.  Is it possible that 165 is my ideal body weight?  If 165 isn't right for me, the tricks that work for people that have been thin before don't seem to work for me.  I could use some CONSTRUCTIVE suggestions from people that have had a similar life experience and overcame the weight.