Two Fat Ladies

Situation:  This is the true story of two very overweight ladies, what they did about their weight, and how it affected their lives and relationships.

Maggie was 'heavy' as long as she could remember.  She is dark-haired with especially beautiful eyes and a flawless complexion.  Maggie had a well-paying job, dressed very well, and was married to an executive of normal weight.  But Maggie's husband was not happy.  He thought she would lose weight for him because he really thought it was a big 'turn-off.'  Maggie walked very slowly due to leg problems.  Her friends told her, "You have such a pretty face.  Why don't you try to lose weight?"

Maggie didn't really try to lose weight.  She was honest with herself, "If I lost weight, my face would sag and I hate wrinkles.  I've got too much to lose.  It's not worth the effort."

Terry also was 'fat.'  When she was young and teased by classmates, she asked her very heavy mother and grandmother, "Am I fat?"  They always replied, "No, Terry, you're 'pleasingly plump.'"  Terry was slightly overweight when she married but gained a lot of weight with each of her pregnancies and never took it off.  Terry's husband nagged her tirelessly about her weight.  Terry didn't have any health problems - yet - but tried various diets unsuccessfully.

One day, Terry's 6-year-old daughter came up to her and put her little arms around Terry's legs.  She looked up at Terry and said, "Mommy, when I grow up, I want to be just like you  -  fat."  Terry was shocked.  She hadn't really looked at herself in the mirror for years.  She went into the bedroom, closed and locked the door, took off all her clothes, and looked at herself in the mirror. She thought, "You look just like an elephant!

Terry vowed to herself she would lose all her extra 'baby' weight by exercising and eating sensibly.  It took her two years but she did it!  She never felt better in her life!  Her slim husband was not impressed, but then, he was so full of himself he hardly noticed.

Lessons learned:  As weight guru, Richard Simmons said, "No one puts food in your mouth but yourself.  You can choose to eat sensibly."  From a nurse's point of view, seeing all the problems the 'morbidly obese' patients have, has kept my weight fairly steady.  Most of the time, if a huge 300-pound-plus patient goes into the ICU in the hospital, he or she will die.  Can you imagine trying to take care of such large people?  Sometimes it would take eight or ten of us to transfer one of them!

From a Christian point of view, we/our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit.  We need to try to be moderate in all things.  God loves us and will help us if we ask!

Outcome:  Maggie's husband left her for a normal-weight woman.  It wasn't long before Maggie found a thin husband who liked her just the way she was.  This won't happen often!

Terry enjoys her health, divorced her nagging, self-centered husband, and has never re-married. She feels that if someone special came along, she would marry again.