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Does anybody else eat while watching "My 600lb Life?"

Cicerogirl, The PhD
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on 3/27/15 4:35 am - OH

RNY on 08/27/07

Yes, I knew that you didn't intend to be hurtful. It's all good.

14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained

You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.

Paul C.
on 3/27/15 6:18 am - Cumming, GA

RNY on 07/16/10

Paul C. has deleted this message.

Paul C.
on 3/27/15 6:49 am - Cumming, GA

RNY on 07/16/10

damn I missed you

Paul C.
First 5K 9/27/20 46:32 - 11 weeks post op (PR 28:55 8/15/11)
First 10K 7/04/2011 1:03 First 15K 9/18/2011 1:37
First Half Marathon 10/02/2011 2:27:44 (PR 2:24:35)
First Half Ironman 9/30/12 7:32:04

marymo362
on 3/28/15 4:02 am

RNY on 03/18/14

Beautiful response, thank you. Thoughtful, insightful, and recognizable.

H/W: 312 S/W: 280 C/W: 196 Surgery date: 3/18/2014

SkinnyScientist
on 3/30/15 1:31 am

"Well, I have a hard time understanding how I allowed MYSELF to get to 330+ pounds at 45 years old."

-I feel this way too. And sometimes, I really hate not fighting harder for myself when **** wa****ting the fan.

RNY Surgery: 12/31/2013;

Current weight (2/27/2015) 139lbs, ~14% body fat

Three pounds below Goal!!! Yay !

CerealKiller Kat71
on 3/27/15 2:24 am, edited 3/27/15 2:25 am

RNY on 12/31/13

How lucky for you that "you don't understand."

Well, I was never 600 pounds, but I certainly do understand how it can get to that point.

Remember lightweight, someone who has never been more than 10 or 15 pounds overweight looked at you and wondered, "How could she let herself get 80+ pounds overweight?" --

For someone who should view this as "there but for the grace of god, go I..." -- you sure come off as awfully judgmental.

I get that you don't mean to -- but, consider this:

If I burned down a house thinking that it was empty and killed someone who was inside -- does it really matter when I say, "But I didn't mean to hurt anyone!! I thought the house was empty!!" --

Not really. The end result is the same.

Taste your words before you spit them out.

"What you eat in private, you wear in public." --- Kat

Chilipepper
on 3/27/15 2:44 am

I think the op was extremely judgemental and condescending. It felt reading the post like they were speaking down to the SMO, while sitting there eating their carby bean burger.

Addiction is addiction. Would they walk into an AA meeting while drinking a Chardonnay and tell the people it amazes her how "you drunks have no self control".

"The first thing I do in the morning is brush my teeth and sharpen my tongue." --- Dorothy Parker

"You may not like what I say or how I say it, but it may be just exactly what you need to hear." ---Kathryn White

CerealKiller Kat71
on 3/27/15 2:48 am

RNY on 12/31/13

Did you mean the OP? Because I was referring to JB...

"What you eat in private, you wear in public." --- Kat

Chilipepper
on 3/27/15 3:03 am, edited 3/27/15 3:46 am

To clarify, I personally did not care for the origional post. I thought it was condescending and judgmental.

"The first thing I do in the morning is brush my teeth and sharpen my tongue." --- Dorothy Parker

"You may not like what I say or how I say it, but it may be just exactly what you need to hear." ---Kathryn White

CerealKiller Kat71
on 3/27/15 3:10 am, edited 3/27/15 3:10 am

RNY on 12/31/13

I wonder why you can't see the post? No, I wasn't referring to the original poster and neither was Lora. However, JB did respond nicely to Lora's very personal and thoughtful response. I am not certain why you are unable to see these posts?