Being Overweight is Like Being in Prison |
Last weekend, for the first time in 18 months, I hosted a gathering of some of my friends in my home and discovered that being overweight is like being in prison. Though there were less than a dozen girlfriends over, it felt like I had put out the same energy in planning my wedding. And I realized that being overweight , out of shape, and no energy was like being in prison because:
- When you’re overweight, you don’t want to leave your house. You just want to lock behind closed doors, pull down the shades, blackout all the mirrors and hide. This is not just because you don’t want others to see how you’ve blown up but for the more practical reason – I don’t have a thing to wear.
- When you’re physically out of shape you can only dream about ‘some day,’ because ‘some day’ you’re going to be free to do the things you’ve dreamed about. In my case I don’t dream of being free from a prison but free from 65 lbs that tires me out. Maybe I’m the only woman in America who buys miscellaneous objects (clothing, party dishes, etc,) for some future function that you plan on having but never get around to. Hey, ‘some day’ I’ll get around to doing it, right?
- When you have no energy you simply just don’t have the will to do what it takes to engage anybody if you really don’t have to. I mean, I barely have enough energy to take care of my daily obligations of wife and mother let alone host a gathering of friends. Therefore just like prison you have few visitors and hopelessness abounds.
Until now all I’ve had energy for was to only dream about losing weight but now it’s a goal. After all a dream is just that, a dream. But a goal is a dream with a plan and a deadline.
