May Day

When I typed May Day, the first thought that popped into my head was the movie Airplane.

Ted Stryker: MAYDAY!! MAYDAY!!
McCrosky: What the heck is that?
Johnny: Why that's the Russian New Year! We can have a parade and serve hot hors d'oeuvres...

A friend of mine sent me a link to this thing on PBS about obesity. I only got through a few chapters of it before I had to stop watching because it just irritated me. Some of the chapters are "rah rah!" fat people and some are "boo hoo! nobody loves me because I am fat!"
Get the fuck over yourself. One is an 18 year old boy who has to be pushing 500 pounds and he's crying that he's just not ready to give up the food, but he wants to have gastric bypass surgery to be "skinny". *sigh* I can't even put into words how I feel about that.
I did learn one interesting statistic, though. "only 5% of people who get gastric bypass get to a "normal" weight". The doctor they talked to went on to say that people lose a lot of weight, but its a small percentage that actually get down to a normal weight.

I understand the struggle, being obese myself, so don't think I'm being overly critical here. I'm not the biggest fan of weight loss surgery. I certainly won't try and stop anybody from getting it, but I really only agree with it as an absolute last ditch effort. What pisses me off is the kind of person like the 18 year old mentioned above. Assuming he has no medical condition that is making him obese, has he really tried? I mean really? Do I have any right at all to question what he is doing? Maybe not to his face, but it's my blog dammit.

Aside from being fat my entire life, one thing that really scares me is waking up, 50 years old, still obese and considering surgery. I don't want to be in that position. So, I guess I better quit my bitching and get to the gym!