Originally Posted by Hedley

Obesity is one of the leading causes of type 2 diabetes and heart disease in this country. We are a nation of undisciplined fat slobs. I had an obese FO not long ago tell me that he couldn’t seem to lose weight even though he was eating less and exercising regularly. When I asked him to list everything that he ate the day prior and describe how much he exercised in a week, we basically figured out that he was eating over 4,500 calories (mostly junk food) a day and exercising consisted of walking about a mile 2-3 times a week. I then told him how I used to be obese and my doctor gave me the come to Jesus talk when my blood pressure, weight, and cholesterol numbers were out of control. The talk worked and I dropped over 50 lbs and my BP and cholesterol numbers are textbook. I cut my daily caloric intake to 2,000, eat healthy foods and not junk, and get around 4 hours of vigorous exercise per week. For all but a few people in society, obesity is preventable, but they don’t have the discipline to regulate what goes in their mouth or to get off of the couch and exercise. It’s hard to have sympathy.