Fight Your Obesity!

If there is a medical situation that is causing you to gain weight, that's one thing. Even then, consult your doctor to keep the weight gain to a minimum as too much weight impacts your health negatively in many ways: your heart, your sugar levels, your blood pressure, your knees, your back, your stamina ...

But if you don't have a medical condition and you are still overweight, then there really is no excuse. You are harming yourself for no reason other than laziness.

It amuses me no end when I see people unfit even to the point of borderline or established obesity use vehicles to cover distances that would take just 15-20 minutes if they walked or cycled instead.

I just don't get it. Do people have something fundamentally against doing little things that will keep them from being too unfit? Just controlling one's diet, walking a bit, and if it's not too much of a strain, using the stairs instead of elevators and escalators, can go such a long way towards staying fit. Add to that a bit of exercise and one is set.

Folks gaining weight due to medical reasons can ignore the following paragraphs. I'm sure your partner understands and appreciates you at a deeper level. If not, it's for them to grow up. You don't need to feel undone about anything. Just consult your doctor and do the best you can.

For everyone else:

Fitness and health are the primary reasons to keep your weight under control. In addition, if it matters to you, fitness is physically attractive. That's the truth whether you like it or not. And no, no one is compelled to change his or her thought process to suit you.

It's remarkable really. There seems to be a whole movement out there trying to make normal people feel guilty about not being attracted to unfit people. High sounding philosophies based on plain untruth. To put others on guilt trips and contort their thinking to suit you. How selfish can you get?

Strange, just plain strange. Why not keep it simple? Do what it takes, with medical advice if needed, to get fit. That's all there is to it.

[Note: I also invite you to read: Strike a Pause: Fitness: Just The First Step! (strike-a-pause.blogspot.com)]