If people cannot help being overweight...

Originally Posted by Margies3

this follows the same logic as the person who can't gain any weight no matter how many thick milkshakes they drink every day all day and wonders why God doesn't heal them of their skinniness.

That is a good point... I will have to think on that one further. I do not believe that everyone has to be the exact same size and shape, but I think we ALL need to be more responsible for what we put in our bodies and even if you have a large body shape, bad genetics, or whatever, I would say that 99% of people could still do something to be more in control of their physical health. I am also not talking about people who have water weight due to medications they are taking, etc.

This subject is becoming more and more important to me, having watched all 4 grandparents die in the last few years and seeing the deteriorating health of my mom and other people in my family. Whether people like it or not, people in the US have too many excuses for not taking care of their bodies... and the Apostolic lifestyle, where you eat for entertainment does nothing to help this issue.

I'm 36 years old and STILL trying to retrain my thinking so that I do not eat for entertainment, or comfort, and instead eat for "fuel"... this is one of the hardest battles I have ever fought and I still have a long way to go. But, when I finally win this battle, there will be people on the sidelines saying, "Oh, he never had to deal with what I am dealing with, etc." I know from personal experience (my 31 year old brother) that it can be done without surgery and just through making better food choices and a lot of hard work.

There was an article recently where a doctor was examining a very overweight person and the person made some comment that he was "big-boned" and could never be as small as the doctor... the doctor actually had tests run and through the tests determined that his (the doctor's) bones were actually larger than the patients.