Confessions of a Weird Fat Guy

Ok I am a weird fat guy. I am weird because I am also a very picky eater, yet I weigh over 300 pounds. My biggest cause of fatness is poor diet. I get lots of exercise at work so I actually have dropped a few lbs of late. This article is kind of a reply to Jill Elaine Hughes's article Obesity in America: The awful truth fat people are destroying America http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/93514/obesity_in_america_the_awful_truth.htmlwhich also spawned an excellent rebuttal article by Michelle L Devon seen here http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/95591/rebuttal_to_the_argument_that_fat_people.html

As a fat guy who is honest with himself, I wasn't overly offended by the article. I was offended by her removing remarks about the article that she didn't agree with. It was very petty. If you write an article like that, expect some flack about it.

Back to why I am weird. I don't blame being fat on anything but me. Like I say when somebody makes a comment about it to me. If I wanted to lose weight I would. In my case it is not a disease. I sit and drink soft drinks or very sugary cool aid. I really don't eat much. My idea of a meal is 2 hot dogs with just ketchup and a bowl of popcorn (don't even add butter) I don't eat pizza, steak, hamburgers or chicken or many, other things most people eat. I guess my very limited diet probably is a major cause of my fatness. I do eat a lot of bread which is bad for you.

Do I think I am destroying America? Hell no I may be destroying myself but not America. Corporate America is failing due to greed and sending jobs overseas. Cost of health coverage is a good excuse for doing this. Everywhere I have worked, when insurance costs go up, the worker pays more as well.

I don't have any major health problems. My blood pressure is fine, my doc called me the healthiest overweight guy he knows. I am getting some bad knees now days though from lugging my girth around.

The lady claims that fat people have turned a social stigma into a glorified state of normalcy. Ok that was pretty stupid. I don't think of being fat as normal. It IS unhealthy to be fat. I don't choose to be fat to be normal. I just am too lazy to change my lifestyle.

She says that junk food should be taxed and compares fat people to smoking in public and letting babies ride without car seats. I also smoke 2 packs a day by the way. What America needs is more people offering constructive criticism and not just butting into other people's business with a snotty holier than thou attitude. Give a solution to obesity and not just insulting fat people.

If I get ready to lose weight I will do it. And some article by a chubby hater won't cause me to do it. As I write this I am eating a pack of Ritz Crackers dipped in a glass of whole milk, in between chain smoking. And I am enjoying the hell out of my self. I will live the lifestyle I choose, until I have that grabber that calls me home.