Feb 18 2009
“We understand”
Tonight, I open up my email, and in my regular inbox, there is something for me. The subject line says “We know that you are morbidly obese, and we want to help you.” Um, okay, thanks.
I actually opened up the email, and it’s the wonderful little letter for the morbidly obese population. All about how this company understands. It’s not asking me to buy anything, in fact, it gives me a whole list of interent support groups for the morbidly obese. What an awesome idea. Except, I am not morbidly obese.
Now, I had myself a good little laugh about this. For the most part, I am pretty comfortable with how I look. A few things here and there could use some change, but I’m not terribly worried about those few things. Humored, I went to one of the listed websites, and there was this little calculator that tells you how much you need to lose, how big around specific parts of your body need to be (in inches) according to your height and things like that. So, I fill in all these little things and at the end, I get this whole print out. All the things I need to change. And then it says this in the summary part:
“Summary: It is time to take serious action with your body. If you ever want society to accept you, take to your MD about a dietary aide that will stop you from being hungry, perhaps a sleeping pill to help you sleep through the night to avoid late night binging and consider your surgical options. In addition, it is time to begin exercising, since you are obviously at the weight you are because of lack of exercise. Act now, before it’s too late.”
Are you kidding me? That advice is terrible. And, if I went to talk to my Dr about any of those things, He would laugh at me and tell me that we both know better.
It’s truly sad though…..because society expects a size 4. Did you know that size 4 os the nations average? I was unaware. At least I know.
