Severe Obesity : When Do The ‘Red Flags’ Go Up??
603 pounds??
Six-HUNDRED-and-three??
Far be it from me to kick someone when they are down. I wholeheartedly understand we all have circumstance beyond our reach.
But, at what point do you stop? When do you stop and say enough is enough. My weight isn't just aesthetically a problem, it's affecting my health?????
When you can't walk??
When you can't leave your home??
I think what bothers me about this story is how she chose to seek medical attention because of a tumor in her leg, not because of her debilitating weight.
Am I alone on this? Am I being shallow?
What am I missing?
603-pound woman leaves home after 3 years
BANGKOK — A 603-pound woman believed to be the heaviest in Thailand left her apartment for the first time in three years Thursday with the help of Bangkok city hall and a forklift.
"I've been living in this room and have not gone outside for three years," said Umnuayporn, whose weight is roughly the equivalent of a grand piano. "I can walk a little, just enough that I can go to bathroom. But I have to cling to my son the whole way."
Neighbors of 40-year-old Umnuayporn Tongprapai contacted the Bangkok Metropolitan Authority when they learned she needed medical attention to remove a tumor in her right leg.
Her treatment will involve removing the tumor and reducing her weight, which doctors suspect may be due to thyroid problems, Pijaya said.
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Typically it thinks it is doing a good thing, but of course the level of insight is near nil, so the issues about health, mobility, social ties, aesthetics, etc. etc. never even come into play for this compartment/program. All it knows is that it wants the person to eat more.
These compartments don’t quite reach the level of “multiple personality” (Dissociative Identity Disorder - DID), but they are close. Almost nothing will stop them (except for removal by so-called “parts integration”), for example there are a good number of people undergoing stomach tightening/stapling/lap-band procedures, and they lose a lot of weight on their now vastly reduced caloric intake, but eventually their “body” (really the part in charge) finds a way to gain weight again.
As for the moderately obese, the biggest issue is sedentary lifestyle. With as few calories as people are burning this way, it is nearly impossible to eat little enough to not still gain weight over time, feeling hungry and dissatisfied the entire time.
As a point of reference, Olympic swimmers can eat up to 10,000 calories a day and not gain an ounce due to their severe workouts.
I have a very obtuse attitude towards this issue- and I’d tend to agree with @ZN_Moment.
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