In this photo there’s Eman Ahmed Abd El Aty, smiling and waving, she is the world’s heaviest woman. A photo like this relates to my struggle with my weight. People everywhere must deal with their own struggles, and sometimes that issue is weight. Weight categorizes people, and makes life difficult for those who are over “average”. Others who are not familiar with these type of complications, do not take the second to understand. There is strength that comes from people who deal with weight, and the way they go about it. People who are overweight have issues ranging from physical complications, to mental health, and this affects various aspects of their lives.
There are various beginnings to weight gain within people. “Doctors believe a …show more content…
When I was younger, I didn’t have many friends to hang out with outside of school. To cope with a lack of a social life, I would spend my summers sitting in front of a television while eating. I refused to go outside on my own, and my laziness was a factor to the additional weight. Another problem I have is I eat when I am in emotional distress. When I am upset there is an empty feeling, so to “fill” the emptiness, that is when I eat for comfort. Instead of dealing with the problems head on, I grab a bag of snacks and eat. Once the weight starts packing on, so do …show more content…
“Abd El Aty underwent a successful laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy in March” (Wang 1). To have surgery in a condition like Abd El Aty takes an enormous amount of bravery. For someone of Abd El Aty’s size, surgery comes with a high risk of damaging health. After trying to help herself get better with the surgery, her solution caused her life. All around the public there are several advertisement and articles about the best diet to lose weight. This is a common solution people turn to, for help to lose some of the extra weight. Dieting ranges from something small like eating greens, or more drastic, like cutting carbs. Sometimes dieting does nothing for people, either because they are following a fad or it doesn’t cooperate with their body. “To burn off an extra 500-550 calories…he average person would need to walk for an hour and a half” (Cohen 166). Yes, exercise, the most common type of way to lose weight. Although the idea seems to simple, most of the time, exercise is complete hell for larger people. Fact is, it is harder to carry around 300lbs of fat during exercise than it is to carry 100lbs. All types of solutions depend on the
There are various beginnings to weight gain within people. “Doctors believe a …show more content…
When I was younger, I didn’t have many friends to hang out with outside of school. To cope with a lack of a social life, I would spend my summers sitting in front of a television while eating. I refused to go outside on my own, and my laziness was a factor to the additional weight. Another problem I have is I eat when I am in emotional distress. When I am upset there is an empty feeling, so to “fill” the emptiness, that is when I eat for comfort. Instead of dealing with the problems head on, I grab a bag of snacks and eat. Once the weight starts packing on, so do …show more content…
“Abd El Aty underwent a successful laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy in March” (Wang 1). To have surgery in a condition like Abd El Aty takes an enormous amount of bravery. For someone of Abd El Aty’s size, surgery comes with a high risk of damaging health. After trying to help herself get better with the surgery, her solution caused her life. All around the public there are several advertisement and articles about the best diet to lose weight. This is a common solution people turn to, for help to lose some of the extra weight. Dieting ranges from something small like eating greens, or more drastic, like cutting carbs. Sometimes dieting does nothing for people, either because they are following a fad or it doesn’t cooperate with their body. “To burn off an extra 500-550 calories…he average person would need to walk for an hour and a half” (Cohen 166). Yes, exercise, the most common type of way to lose weight. Although the idea seems to simple, most of the time, exercise is complete hell for larger people. Fact is, it is harder to carry around 300lbs of fat during exercise than it is to carry 100lbs. All types of solutions depend on the