How many times have you seen television programs about obesity? Have you ever seen the ones where the obese person says that he or she is happy? One show that I saw had women who weighed over 400 pounds who said that they were happy being obese. It made me both angry and sad that weight loss did not matter to these women. At 400 pounds, there is no way that a woman is truly happy. How can you be happy when you can’t walk up steps because you are so heavy? When someone else has to put your shoes on and take them off, does that sound like something to be happy about?

Dressing yourself can be difficult when you are obese. Shopping for attractive clothes has got to be a nightmare. Getting asked to leave an airplane because of obesity must be very embarrassing. Most restaurants don’t have seats large enough for an extremely obese person. All those stares from other people who are watching you eat would not make for a positive experience. Even obese people who are fairly young have to be helped out of a chair because they can’t lift themselves up. Then there were the television programs about obese toddlers who weighed over a hundred pounds. The mothers were defending themselves saying that it wasn’t their fault that their young children were so heavy that they could barely walk. Who prepares the food for these children and serves it to them? Imagine having to worry that your preschooler is at risk for heart attack or stroke because of obesity.

Obesity is not a happy or healthy condition for any human being of any age. Fast food cannot even be blamed. It isn’t delivered! It takes a choice to go there and order it and pay for it. It is time that we take responsibility for our situations. Get that junk food out of the house so it isn’t even there as a temptation. Buy only healthy food and you and your family will be happier.