The new Fat Kids Coalition

I was just talking to my mother about the Presidents speech that he gave. She also was very disturbed by the Michelle Obama Obesity coalition. My mother should be a expert of Fat and diets. She is morbidly obese. She has dealt with the personal persecution that goes with Fat all her life. The only time she was skinny was in High School when she practiced anorexia neurosis. But, it wasn't called that then.

She told me some of her experiences. She said that when she was in 6Th grade the country decided that they needed to teach the children health and nutrition. That was fine. The started with the food groups and how one should eat healthy. Then they began weighing every child once a month. In front of the whole class. So everyone knew what you weighed. The Fat child was persecuted and laughed at as well as the too skinny child. She said that this went on for years. Many of the children would stay home sick on scale day. Mostly because of the persecution. See the Teacher would say "What have you been eating?" When you told them what you ate the Teacher would then say "You little lire!" Ya know every ones bodies are different some bodies have burning metabolisms and some have storage metabolisms. So why was it OK for the Teacher to accuse the Fat child of being a lire? She said that when she got to Jr. High school that the kids would secretly adjust the scales to be twenty pounds lighter. It took the school about 6 months to figure out that the scales were off. So for that 6 months everyone was 20 pounds skinnier. She said that when she got into High school she became a Bunny which was the pompom squad. Her senior year. All of the Pompom squad began a boycott of the scales. They refused to step on the scales to be weighed. They felt it was taking away their privacy. It was a big battle. But, finally the school board abolished the practice of scaling children every month.

A Big question is "Is that why a lot of Baby Boomers are FAT even Morbidly Obese? Is it the result of humiliation as a young child over food and choice?"

She said that the results of this practice was a GREAT DEAL OF HATRED and ANGER. Especially for any type of nutrition controlling diet or organization. She said that even to this day she can still feel the anger. In fact when she was listening to Michelle Obama and her coalition speak today. It made her feel the same way. Especially when Mrs. Obama said that a child could never be to skinny. She asked me how could a mother embarrass her daughters in front of the nation by saying that they are problem children because they are to Fat. Have you seen her daughters? They are skinny!! What is Michelle's definition of a healthy child? Someone who mimic a third world starvation child?

In my family we have a saying "Eat one less serving than you want too!" Living healthy is a way of life not a diet. Diets never work because one will always go back to their way of life. Health must be a life changing event. Not a diet! We always have the right to choose what we eat. But, we will always also receive the benefit of being healthy or unhealthy because of our choice. But, We did choose!!

I personally feel that the problem lies with the school system. When my children are home for the summer months they loose weight. Why because they are active. Big muscle active. Our education system is a Sit down, be quiet, don't move system for hours on end. Then we wonder why we have FAT KIDS in America. The other reason is that healthy food costs money. Vegetables are expensive. Whole grains are tough to eat. In this time of recession people are cutting back in all ways. Food is the first place that cuts are made. Cheep food is usually high in carb's and fat. But, still the best fight against type two diabetes is big muscle movement. We need to teach as a nation, not discriminate as a nation. Fat kids put up with a lot of discrimination just as Fat adults. I believe that depression and the feeling of being alone is the biggest factor of defeat for Fat people. A positive, loving, nurturing, caring attitude is most needed. Do you really think that our government is capable of such a attitude? No, it's the families that love these Fat Kids who are best equipped to help them. Our Society is out of control with Controlling every thing and every one. We are each individuals who have free agency to choose our lives. God gave us this agency. No one has the right to take it away. Not even if we are FAT!! I hope people will wake up and see how wrong this is and how it will affect the next generations of Americans. Ya know a body can't live with out some FAT!