{"id":737,"date":"2011-06-02T11:52:30","date_gmt":"2011-06-02T18:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teebiss.com\/blog\/?p=737"},"modified":"2011-06-02T11:52:30","modified_gmt":"2011-06-02T18:52:30","slug":"you-dont-know-what-its-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teebiss.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/02\/you-dont-know-what-its-like\/","title":{"rendered":"You Don&#8217;t Know What It&#8217;s Like"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve never been obese, well, then you don&#8217;t know what it&#8217;s like.<\/p>\n<p>You don&#8217;t know what it&#8217;s like to have to shop for your clothes online because stores don&#8217;t stock sizes big enough to fit you.  You don&#8217;t know what it&#8217;s like to have to buy new clothes every year because you keep getting bigger and your old clothes don&#8217;t fit any more.<\/p>\n<p>You don&#8217;t know what it&#8217;s like to try, and fail, repeatedly to lose weight.  Everyone, especially thin people, knows how to lose weight.  And you, fatty, are fat because you&#8217;re lazy.  Eat less and exercise more, right?  (wrong, at least in my case)<\/p>\n<p>You don&#8217;t know what it&#8217;s like to eat in public.  You feel everyone&#8217;s eyes on you, judging you.  &#8220;Look at that fat man, he&#8217;s disgusting.  If only he would eat less.  If only he would eat healthier food.  Then he wouldn&#8217;t be so fat.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>You don&#8217;t know what it&#8217;s like to be uncomfortable sitting everywhere.  Squeezing into the desks at school.  Sometimes you&#8217;ll sit down in a chair and break it.  You won&#8217;t fit on airplane seats.  Sitting in a car will be very uncomfortable&#8211;most cars aren&#8217;t designed for large humans.  <\/p>\n<p>You don&#8217;t know what it&#8217;s like to wake up every morning and feel pain everywhere.  Your back will be hurting.  And soon after your knees will start to hurt.  Everything hurts.<\/p>\n<p>So now I&#8217;m eating low-carb and I&#8217;m losing weight.  This is the only thing that has ever worked for me.  Calorie restriction and endless aerobic exercise never worked.  Low-fat never worked.  But now I&#8217;m eating high-fat and it&#8217;s working.  It really works.  (for me, that is)<\/p>\n<p>You don&#8217;t know the joy of life.  Life is so much better.  The weight is dropping off my frame week by week.  I&#8217;m not exercising.  I&#8217;m eating delicious foods.  My blood lipid profiles are markedly improved.  My old clothes fit again.  I can fit into various seating more comfortably.  I&#8217;m on the verge of being able to buy my clothes in an actual store again.  I enjoy eating out again.  I feel more confident.  I&#8217;m happier.  Life is, once again, good.  Really good.<\/p>\n<p>So if you&#8217;ve never been hopelessly fat you don&#8217;t know what it&#8217;s like to find something that helps you lose weight.  Low-carb high-fat works.  <\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t criticize me.  Be happy for me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve never been obese, well, then you don&#8217;t know what it&#8217;s like. You don&#8217;t know what it&#8217;s like to have to shop for your clothes online because stores don&#8217;t stock sizes big enough to fit you. 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