My plate iz full

1100 Comments for Techno

Today I noticed my Techno-logic blog reached over 1100 comments. I cannot emphasize enough my gratitude that this blog is being read and appreciated. Thank you all very much for your support and thoughts.

I think maybe I should sit down and write down all my thoughts on this. I have so many. My political thoughts are my own, and who ever agrees on politics. But has it ever occurred to you, that the diet industry is completely political? Truly, Who approves food? And Why would food that is incredible bad for us be approved and marketed? Every day there is a new diet or pill that is that magic solution, and none of them work. Some work but don’t go off the diet! I am using the Government recommended www.chosemyplate.org and I haven’t lost a pound.  I work out and eat as Mrs. Obama dictates. Still not a pound lost. I commend her for the good diet suggested, but for a very overweight woman - I think it is too much. I wonder who influences these diets. Who markets them, where the money goes when you buy this or purchase that.

The United States has highest rate of obesity in the world.  The highest rate! Am I shocked? No. I think that we have been manipulated to be unhealthy. Here is where my politics are: I think that the diet industry is all manipulated by the corporations that are lobbying in Washington DC - Hear me out. We pay for our medical insurance in this country, we pay for our doctors bills. I don’t know anyone who doesn’t have a high deductible either and there is always some kind of co-pay. Morbid obesity is based on weight, not size and is a treatable medical condition.  But the BMI Calculator is flawed. My daughter is 5′2″ and weighs 145 pounds.  Her BMI falls right above the overweight mark at a 26.5 by insurance industry standards. They do not look at the fact that she is a size 3-5. “THEY” just say she is overweight. Her waistline is 21 inches… Insane to call her overweight. Here is the real twist, my daughter believes the trusted insurance industry - her diet and workouts are reflective of a dieting person. She actually thinks she is overweight.  This is classic manipulation - and I think personally it is primarily for financial gain.

I could really go off on that - I could write a book about it alone. But if one thinks about technology and its effects on health - it is blatantly obvious that our society has been groomed for instant gratification (convenience) and sexuality. Turn on you TV and watch the commercials, or what is on at what time. I don’t see many commercials of models prancing around in their underwear during Dr. Oz. But look up some of those sexy superbowl commercials, you will see some big macho trucks and some underwear for sure.

It is all relative. This is the sad truth. I was told for the HCG diet - You will lose weight, it will stay off and you can do it over and over again. I saw my friend who is on this diet and has been for about a year and a half; her skin is hanging from her still over weight body. There is rapid fluctuation in weight gain and loss with this diet.  Plus the 500 calorie diet (yes, 500 calorie) is very restrictive and lacks nutrients that your body really needs. This diet put my lupus into full flare so I know the damage from it is great. My cardiologist and my General Practice Doc both agree it is the most dangerous diet they know of and no one should be on it.  But this obsession with weight loss is great; not to mention how society dictates how we are supposed to look. It’s insanity!

This is all part of the reason that I question this gastric bypass surgery that is being suggested to me. If I wasn’t in pain all day long - from the moment i wake up to the moment I go to bed and then some - I would not consider it.  My Rhuematologist says that I will still have pain after the weight is gone - and she assures me that the weight will be gone. The pain will just be significantly less with less to carry around. (hope that makes sense).

SO, I have pictures of myself at about 100 pounds. I look sick, not healthy at all. I will never let myself be that skinny ever again - it is just bad for me personally. My new team of doctors are already trying to get me to picture this skinny me again.  They are thinking that at 5 feet tall - I should weigh no more than 127 pounds and that is pushing it - borderline obese!  They said that I should envision this - But I cannot fathom being 100 pounds - I am muscular - I am fat too, but I work out and have good muscle for this question. I am curious what size I should be? What size is good for a pretty big boned 5 foot woman? It is a question I intend to answer.

Weight coach says I am doing well - trying to quit that one cup of coffee a day and all my foods are really good right now.