Shame on you.

   Today, I want to talk about something that really hit me earlier this week. On Friday morning, I turned on the news and shockingly I was watching a skit about obesity. They were talking about some guy (who thinks he knows everything) who said that the best way for people to lose weight is shame. Now when I say shame I mean shaming for their size, what they look like and how they aren't "normal." He thinks that if we shame them like this, then they would want to lose weight to make it stop. Now, this guy goes on to tell us that we did it to smokers, why can't we do it to obese people? First off, we didn't "Shame" smokers for what they looked like or who they were. In fact, I don't remember anyone shaming a smoker. All I've seen is people giving their opinions on how bad smoking can be, and how it damages the body. There wasn't any shame thursted upon their looks or their self-esteem. No one said "Shame on you for being a smoker, you aren't normal."

  Yes, being over weight or over eating is in fact bad for you. Maybe just as bad as smoking. Most people don't understand that sometimes obese people are obese because they might have an illness or disability that makes them that way, it's not that they eat everything in sight, or they don't exercise. It's funny, because I was looking on the New's facebook page about this article, and someone commented and said something like this... "I'm a doctor, and 7 out 10 people are over weight because they have an illness that makes it harder for their bodies to lose weight. Shaming them isn't going to fix anything."... It's true. It isn't a good thing to be over weight, and things should change. But not in this way.

   I feel, being someone who has been bigger all his life, that over weight people already feel shame in many different ways. They feel ashamed to look in the mirror, ashamed of going to a swimming pool, ashamed of the way they look. I know for me, I've felt this many times. Trust me when I say this, we don't need more of it on our shoulders. To me it's bullying, and isn't that what we are teaching children not to do? It brings more shame into the heart, and also grief. We shouldn't be shaming people for the way they look or who they are. It makes me sick that people would think that it's ok. We are all human. It's that simple. No matter who we are, where we are from, what we look like, or what we believe in... WE ARE HUMAN.

  I think the best thing we could do would be positive thoughts and feelings toward each other. No more bullying, no more hate, and no more shame. Has anyone ever heard of positivity? That's the answer. Also, I think we should focus on things such as... the price of a gym pass. A normal gym pass cost around 40-60 bucks. You see... we don't want to go to the gym already people, and making us pay buckets of money in order to go isn't going to help. We should lower the cost, and play nice.

Anyway... Let me get off my soap box now......

  When I weighed in this week I was some what disappointed, but it's ok. I lost 1.4 lbs. I was disappointed because I wanted to lose at least 2.3 lbs because then I would have lost 10 pounds total so far and I would have gotten my 10 pound prize. HAHA.. But it's all good. At least I'm still losing right? Right. This week I went swimming with some friends. I loved it. I want to go back at least 3 times a week now. Swimming is such great exercise, and you burn so much calories while doing it. I'm not really sure how much I want to lose this week. I just want to get past my 10 pound mark, so I can get my prize! HAHA.. So if I get past that, then I will be happy. Thanks for the comments guys. Keep them coming! You are my motivation.

274.2 - 1.4 =

272.8