Obesity Intro
Artwork: blog.beekley.com
fightin' the fat
(Obligatory Caution: always talk to your healthcare provider before changing eating habits)
Obesity has its own special segment on this website,
because obesity can cause isolation, yet obesity can be intentional,
and intentional obesity has causes:
1) Some people use food to make up for shortcomings in life.
For many people, abundant food is surrogate success.
2) Obesity can also be a strategy to self-protect a person from abuse.
Yes, some people engineer their own obesity as a form of self-defense.
a) Many women, who were sexual abuse victims when younger,
become obese to prevent a reoccurrence of rape. I've read their own stories.
Their intent is to be so unattractive - no man would want to touch them.
b) Many young males who have been bullied, use food to 'bulk-up' against bullying.
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OBESITY INTRO
My journey...
August 2024, me, wearing the largest pair of pants I've ever worn, 40" waist.
In 2017, at 5'11,
In 2017, at 5'11,
My belly hung over my waistline. I couldn't fasten those 40" pants over my belly-button.
Estimated weight: 265-275 lbs.
I am now 5'11', weigh in at 200 lbs. and wear a 34' waist.
The last section on Obesity will include my 'secrets' for weight loss.
The last section on Obesity will include my 'secrets' for weight loss.
Being part introvert, I did this solo, without a bonafide program.
(But January 2025, I joined a gym, once I saw that I could lose weight.
I joined to help me sustain my weight through the winter and develop upper body strength).
In a curious turn, we will consider Down syndrome people (DS) and obesity.
Down syndrome adults are the people group with the highest level of obesity in the USA.
Surprised?
In a curious turn, we will consider Down syndrome people (DS) and obesity.
Down syndrome adults are the people group with the highest level of obesity in the USA.
Surprised?
OBESITY INTRO
A foolproof diet?
Dieters are looking to follow someone who has succeeded at weight loss.
Yet if someone lost a lot of weight, but didn't keep it off, they suppose that method failed.
Not true.
One thing every diet lacks - is a foolproof method of overpowering one's own free will.
Sure, calorie-math is important to weight loss,
but a properly harnessed free will - this is what drives sustainable weight loss.
My methods will work for me -
only to the degree - that my free will submit to my metabolism -
instead of surrendering to my impulses, my ego and my fears.
