can't stop with the candy
I've just today set-up an account here but have been reading the forums fir a few weeks.
I haven't had my surgery yet (By-Pass) but have been approved by my insurance company.
After reading so much about the on-going struggle everyone has even after going through this major surgery, it saddens my heart.
While it is about will power, i really don't believe it is our fault at all. I finally heard a news spot the other day stating something that i've believed for along time. They have - possibly - maybe - perhaps - linked obesity to genetics and the chemical make up of certain individuals. It's not necessarily bad habits or emotions. It's our own bodies that drive us to unhealthy eating. Our bodies don't tell us "if i eat one more bite i'm going to be sick" until we've finished the entire bag of chips! I'm just very tired of everyone that doesn't deal with this problem being so ignorant. They are fortunate enough to have the chemical make up that warns them to stop at a reasonable portion or they also will be sick. We don't have the appropriate switch. They don't have to struggle with "will power". I doubt most of them know what that battle is.
This is my first post and i'm already ranting!
Sorry, just please everyone realize "we" didn't FAIL and make ourselved obese. We are fighting our bodies each and every day. That is exactly why i finally decided to go for surgery. I want my body to work WITH me. Just like the skinny people's bodies work for them! or at least as close as surgery can make it!
Unfortunately, our fight will never end but i cannot wait any longer for science to wake up and do something for us!
I haven't had my surgery yet (By-Pass) but have been approved by my insurance company.
After reading so much about the on-going struggle everyone has even after going through this major surgery, it saddens my heart.
While it is about will power, i really don't believe it is our fault at all. I finally heard a news spot the other day stating something that i've believed for along time. They have - possibly - maybe - perhaps - linked obesity to genetics and the chemical make up of certain individuals. It's not necessarily bad habits or emotions. It's our own bodies that drive us to unhealthy eating. Our bodies don't tell us "if i eat one more bite i'm going to be sick" until we've finished the entire bag of chips! I'm just very tired of everyone that doesn't deal with this problem being so ignorant. They are fortunate enough to have the chemical make up that warns them to stop at a reasonable portion or they also will be sick. We don't have the appropriate switch. They don't have to struggle with "will power". I doubt most of them know what that battle is.
This is my first post and i'm already ranting!
Sorry, just please everyone realize "we" didn't FAIL and make ourselved obese. We are fighting our bodies each and every day. That is exactly why i finally decided to go for surgery. I want my body to work WITH me. Just like the skinny people's bodies work for them! or at least as close as surgery can make it!
Unfortunately, our fight will never end but i cannot wait any longer for science to wake up and do something for us!
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