RE: RE: obesity is a choice?

May 18, 2003

>> Now it is at least ten

times easier* -not- to eat either the quantities of food I

did before or the the junk I did before. Not because I'm

smarter. Not because I'm trying harder. But because my

body is changed.

** There's a big difference between you and me right there. It is not any

harder for me to eat as much as I ever could. I eat it slower, but I can

still eat it. It is not impossible for me to eat a Whopper, large fries and

a slice of pie. For a while, I was eating foot-long Subways 3 or 4 times a

week. I can't eat as fast, but I can eat as much. If I choose to. And

sometimes I lose all control and choose to.

>> Maybe not as much as I'd like it to be

(OK, definitely not as much), but enough so that I don't

assume that someone fatter than me is either dumber than me

or weaker than me. Nor do I assume that someone thinner is

smarter or has greater willpower.

I don't assume anything about anyone. I know what I know about myself. I

make lousy choices. Entirely within my power. Or not, depending on whether

one could also consider this a mental illness. It's not all about will

power, nor is it all about the surgery. It's a whole conglomeration of

symptoms, reasons, choices and wrong choices. There's nothing black or white

about this illness of obesity.

Yes, the surgery gave me the possibility to lose, and I chose to have the

surgery. Whether or not it is ultimately successful is entirely up to me,

barring mechanical failure of the surgery itself.

~~ Lyn G

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