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Yeah, I'm totally awesome. I've spent most of today watching this insanely long marathon about morbidly obese people on the Discovery channel.
DAY WELL SPENT.
Most of these stories are sad, but also kinda uplifting - it's great to see people who'd given up on life get a new lease. There was one guy, however, who absolutely enraged me - Patrick Deuel. This guy weighed over 1,000 pounds, had a gastric bypass, and refused after the surgery to change his eating habits at all or stop smoking. Whaaat? He at one point lost 700 pounds total, and now he's apparently right back to being immobile in his home again.
The interviewer in the documentary was clearly disgusted with the guy. She kept trying to ask his wife what kind of quantities he was eating before the bypass, and he wouldn't let her answer the question - he practically jumped down the interviewer's throat, saying that he never ate any more than anyone else for meals and that everything he was experiencing was genetic.
I know full well that there are genetic predispositions regarding obesity. But you cannot get to 1,000 pounds by eating reasonable portions every day. I call bullshit.
Also, before the surgery, when he was put on a diet to try and get some of the weight off, his family members had to be frisked before they could visit him in the hospital because he had people sneaking in snacks to him.
So, he completely wasted his surgery. Sure, he can't eat big quantities now, but he can still eat constantly, as his doctor mentioned in the documentary. And if you still eat shit, you're still going to be unhealthy.
I also loved how his wife was giving him a fried chicken dinner at one point after the surgery and she referred to the fried chicken as a "protein snack". Oh, and cubes of cheese and Sour Cream & Onion Lays are also protein snacks. Yeees. I mean, that's what they put in the protein bars, right? Fried chicken and cheese?
Ah, well. Sad thing to see. I'm far more enjoying this 650 Pound Virgin one that's on now - this kid lost about 450 pounds, he's looking cute, and now he's off to find his first girlfriend. Awww.
DAY WELL SPENT.
Most of these stories are sad, but also kinda uplifting - it's great to see people who'd given up on life get a new lease. There was one guy, however, who absolutely enraged me - Patrick Deuel. This guy weighed over 1,000 pounds, had a gastric bypass, and refused after the surgery to change his eating habits at all or stop smoking. Whaaat? He at one point lost 700 pounds total, and now he's apparently right back to being immobile in his home again.
The interviewer in the documentary was clearly disgusted with the guy. She kept trying to ask his wife what kind of quantities he was eating before the bypass, and he wouldn't let her answer the question - he practically jumped down the interviewer's throat, saying that he never ate any more than anyone else for meals and that everything he was experiencing was genetic.
I know full well that there are genetic predispositions regarding obesity. But you cannot get to 1,000 pounds by eating reasonable portions every day. I call bullshit.
Also, before the surgery, when he was put on a diet to try and get some of the weight off, his family members had to be frisked before they could visit him in the hospital because he had people sneaking in snacks to him.
So, he completely wasted his surgery. Sure, he can't eat big quantities now, but he can still eat constantly, as his doctor mentioned in the documentary. And if you still eat shit, you're still going to be unhealthy.
I also loved how his wife was giving him a fried chicken dinner at one point after the surgery and she referred to the fried chicken as a "protein snack". Oh, and cubes of cheese and Sour Cream & Onion Lays are also protein snacks. Yeees. I mean, that's what they put in the protein bars, right? Fried chicken and cheese?
Ah, well. Sad thing to see. I'm far more enjoying this 650 Pound Virgin one that's on now - this kid lost about 450 pounds, he's looking cute, and now he's off to find his first girlfriend. Awww.
