I remember several years ago reading a news article about someone who was bedridden and was so large and needed to go to the hospital. They were too large to fit through the door and they had to either cut a hole in the wall or enlarge the door frame to get this person out. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not a “fatty hater”, I just don’t understand how someone could let themselves get so big when there are so many things that can help you lose weight. There is diet and exercise, extreme weight loss pills, stomach stapling or gastric banding.
I understand that some people eat when stressed but my goodness how much stress does one person have to be under to eat themselves into certain death? It has to be so humiliating to be so large that you can’t get through a doorway.
My own mother is about 5′ 2″ tall and weighs over 200 lbs. She gets out of breath just walking across the room. Her bones can’t support the weight very well and her back and knees bother her. She has a hard time getting up out of a chair without a struggle. She’s 89 years old and has been big for the last half of her life. She says she just has big bones. Denial is another thing that contributes to her weight. I just know that I never want to get that big.
