Week 14, day 6

I have been thinking a lot about how much being overweight effects a person. My dad and I were talking about this as well and I completely agree. Being overweight changes touches every part of your life. Not being able to run as fast as your friends, or keep up with your nephews. Mentally ignoring the pizza, cheese, and cereal pounds that you gain. I came to a point where the pictures I saw of myself I didn't even recognize. I h or ad no idea that it had gotten as bad as it had until I saw my driver's license. And then a picture here, or there that didn't seem to reflect the image I was seeing in the mirror. I remember being in the shower one day and not being able to reach a spot on my back I was sure I could reach before.

Overweight or whatever you would like to call it not only harms your physical body but also your mental one. I found myself scrutinizing people smaller than me and even hating them to some extent. Where as I consider myself to be kind and giving, I was extremely judgmental and overly sensitive. I can't say that I've changed a whole lot mentally. I still look at the loose skin on my stomach and the flab left on my inner thighs and think how much I hate it, how it doesn't match the way I feel, or the way that I think I look now.

Smoking - can kill you, give you tar lungs and yellow teeth. But being overweight effects every single part of you and is by far, much worse. In my opinion at least.