Ask a fat person if he or she has ever been on a diet and they will say yes. Ask them if they are ever lost weight and they will again say yes. The problem isn't the ability to lose weight, because we all have that ability, the problem is keeping it off. Being fat is an addiction, and probably the most difficult addiction to ever over come.
Temptations are everywhere, and yes food can kill you. We have all seen the morbidly obese people that can't walk or leave their homes, now argue with me about how it is NOT an addiction. The reason why food addiction is so prevalent and hard to stop is because you can't go to rehab for it. Of course you can cut your calories and exercise, but unlike cocaine, alcohol, or meth, you can't cut food completely out of your life. We have to eat to survive. Everyday I am tempted by Food Network, cookbooks, candy racks at Wal-Mart etc. And guess what? People don't give a damn that I eat, or eat a lot. The world is one giant enabler just waiting to hand me a piece of cake. When I gain back any weight, or pick up my favorite peanut butter filled cup, I am in a relapse.
To believe that all fat people are lazy and don't want to change is a big lie. I have spent the entirety of my life playing sports, eating pretty healthy, and healthier than my peers, but I still am fat. There are some of us that have to work to be a "normal" and acceptable weight. That is me!
I could complain and go on and on about how my life is not fair, but I chose not too. I know that I am blessed that I am even able to be fat, when there are millions of people that are starving in the world. If I could donate my fat to malnourished children, believe me I would be the first to do it, but it doesn't quite work that way. I just keep trucking on this journey of mine, trying to better my self, my future, my body, and my life.
Still fighting the fight,
Tiffany
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