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Can You Be Fat and Also Fit?
I’m sure that many people will disagree with me, but I believe that some people can be both fat and fit. While I hate the word fat, it just sounds so good with the word fit!
I’ve been overweight my entire life. I was actually born fat, 18 inches long and 9lbs. To make matters worse, my mother started stuffing me with cereal at a week old because I was ‘fussy.’ Knowing my mother, I’m sure it never occurred to her to just hold and rock me but that’s another story.
As a pre-teen I wore what was called chubby sizes and as a teen, half sizes. Overweight children were pretty rare in the 60’s so I was picked on constantly.
When I reached adulthood I lived in the boonies, grew my own food and didn’t have a television or scale for years. I ate naturally and bloomed to over 200 pounds.
I come from a long line of overly large people. Most of my relatives weigh over 300 lbs but none of them, to my knowledge, ever exercised a day in their lives. I remember watching my grandma scoop spoons full of jam right out of the jar and into her mouth. As much as I loved sweets as a kid that even grossed me out. However, my parents and grandparents all lived long lives.
As for me, when I was 25 and dieted down to what was medically suggested, I looked emaciated. Even with no fat, I still wore a size 14 because I…