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In reply to the discussion: Why Hasn't Christie Lost Any Weight? [View all]LiberalArkie
(15,751 posts)He got down to 250 and started eating because that was the only thing he enjoyed. He hadn't done anything but eat since his 30's. Eat and work and eat and sleep. I think he finally died at 750lbs when he was in his 50's. He could not see himself as obese. Anyone at normal weight or even a little heavy was always a skinny runt, anorexic.
When he got down to 250 he thought he was way too skinny. I think way too many people were too nice to him. "My aren't you looking fit" things like that. At 500lbs, it was not his weight, I am fit as a fiddle, it was his knees that were bad from High School football. His wife and mom kept feeding him, saying this weight loss stuff is killing him and he was too skinny (at 600lbs).
Drug abusers at least don't have people re-enforcing their habits. They are the lucky ones compared to the really obese people.