29th December

Today -

I spent today at "family" as it is Christmas, and we must all see our family and friends. Everyone was fine and the children were good until the evening when they went a little off the rails. However between 11am and 7pm they were good and this is a good record for them!!!

And the rant.......

On the radio today, on a certain phone in, around the London area (it is a BBC station, so go figure!!) a person, and i use this term loosely, phoned in to a concerned radio presenter (a lady who is well known and was in the jungle.) talking about weight and obesity.

The caller, who was aggressive and arragant to the extreme, claimed to be 38stone - yes thirty eight stones - in weight and just 29 years old.

The caller said he ate 4 Big Mac meals and drank loads of soda a day. He claimed to be very happy with this and himself. He claimed that he couldn't leave his sofa anymore and that was fine and good.

The presenter was stunned, as myself and i am sure most listeners were, and tried to ask questions of the caller. He was merely aggressive. After a few moments the caller was cut off and the presenter made a few apologetic, and stunned noises, before going on.

The question remains was this a genuine call? Was it someone just taking fun of the obese? Should the presenter have ended the call?

If it was genuine, how has anyone allowed themselve to reach 38Stone, and claim to be happy? i am large, i was 23Stone. I am now much less!! but even i who could quite happily munch through all sorts of food would question 38stone. I know from bitter experience that i was not happy when i was a lot bigger, i just had a lot thicker skin than now.

What has caused this person to be this large? Who is he convincing of his happiness? us or himself?? I may be "fragile" right now, and i may take on board comments that i should laugh off. Maybe fatter i was protected and more relaxed as i felt "who cares," but when i die i will choose and i will not have weight dictate this. Surely this excessive weight is not good or any answer.

And so i defy this caller, and assuming it is real, to explain the hows and whys so we can understand. I invite this caller (or anyone else) to comment on this post so i might have a better understanding. I am not a "faith healer" or counsellor type, however i would love to discuss this and offer answers and questions i might have as, what i thought, was a very large person, and one who still feels large. If i can help or understand 1 person then actually i will feel i have given something back.........