[Kristy26302]

I was reading a post here and it got me wondering. How is it that people perceive the obese, whose problem is obviously the unhealthy over-indulgence in food, so differently from those who over-indulge in tobacco products or alcohol? Smokers subject not only themselves to harm but others as well by polluting the environment. Those who drink alcohol in any but the most moderate amounts harm themselves and often harm or kill others by driving themselves home from the bar/restaurant/party. Yet it is the overweight, who only cause themselves pain with their indulgence, that receive most of societies scorn and discrimination. Just wondering about everyones HONEST feelings on this… Also, here’s my take on my problem – after reading another post where someone (thin) identified the obese as being similar to drug addicts, with food as the drug: In my case, this is very true. I was chubby during my teens but extremely self-concious and depressed about my weight (I was very active but tended to eat too much of the wrong foods). That depression in my adult years led to periods of inactivity and weight gain. I am a binge-eater – always in private, always guilt-laden – after the ‘high’ of indulging. I use food for so many reasons, chiefly numbing feelings and soothing myself – even though rational thought should intervene and tell me the eating is only causing more pain in the long run. The short term relief of soothing with food is something I desperately crave. So, YES, it’s like a drug for many overweight people, and it involves extreme psychological addiction. I hope to conquer it one day – for good, instead of the yo-yo dieting I’ve done for years. Please be kind to overweight people – they are generally hard enough on themselves. And do realize, while our appearance my bother you – if you could see the smoker in the offices lungs blacken with each puff or the drinker’s liver disintegrate – you might have the same reaction. We’re not so different after all.

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Name : Kristy26302, City : Dallas, State : TX, Country : United States, 

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