Most people do not know what it’s like to truly obese, like morbidly obese, a lot of people have a few pounds to lose, have scale horrors of gaining 10-20 pounds, or having horrible people in their lives putting them down for being “fat”.
Trust me, I’m glad, I am glad that the majority of Americans and people worldwide do not know what it’s like to be truly obese.
Sadly, I do.
It’s horrible. I mean, there are things more horrible which I am sure that someone is ready to let me know.
In general, it’s so funny when you tell someone how life has got you down only for them to get mad and tell you they have it worse. I’m like, can I please complain without being overshadowed.
Anyway, I’m going to give you a small glimpse into being obese, which I am, even after losing 50 pounds, I am by any doctor’s chart. But it’s more than that.
I rarely tie my shoes, it’s a hassle to bend down and do it every single time. And people point it out to me that my shoes are untied. I just say thank you rather than saying no shit and moving on.
Clothes are hard to get, I can’t just run to Walmart or Dicks to grab a shirt. No, I get a gigantic shirt online made by some company that tries to normalize by gigantic shirt by giving it a cool name. Harbor Bay was the fat brand for years. There is nothing normal about it.
I can’t sit in most booths, I rush to say table when the hostess asks “Table or Booth”. The last ticking thing I want is to take me to a booth and the attempt of trying to get in. Sorry but no amount of Crisco will get me in a booth.
I am out of breath a lot, I swear for no reason. You can hear me breathe across the room. And life is just hard.
I have no one to blame, a lot of people blame fast food restaurants or soda companies or diet companies and I just laugh. I laugh because so many people in this world have such a hard time taking accountability for their own lives. Everyone wants to blame others or play the whataboutism game.
Okay one story about that. I get messages from people on Twitter saying that they got suspended from Twitter for no reason. I ask what did they write and they always say “well all I did was call MTG a dirty whore.” And then I get mad because you fucking know you can’t say that and expect to not be suspended. It’s just insane.
So look, I am fat and I am going to dedicate a majority of my writing to sharing my life and my journey. You know where I stand on politics and there is no reason to have another “Trump Bad” blog to confirm your correct thoughts. Plus the Nazis are stressing me out.
And that is where I am. I am fat, but I didn’t mention two things about.,,
The seatbelt in my car was a struggle, it isn’t now.
Th scale used to say ERR when I got on it. It give me a number now.
And that is because I have lost 50 pounds, and I do not plan on stopping anytime soon.
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My high and low of being obese came a few months ago when interviewing for a new job out of state and had to fly. “Oh good, they have seatbelt extenders” turned into “do they have seat extenders?” Nothing like thinking how you’re going to extract yourself from the seat as the flight attendant is giving you vanilla shortbread cookies…🙄
I feel this so much. I am currently in the process of working toward gastric bypass surgery. Just doing everything that you need to do to qualify is difficult. I am so envious of your progress. You are in inspiration.