Being Overweight, Hindsight version

I've always always always been overweight. At least it seems that way. Technically according to my BMI I still am.

This morning I saw a headline about people thinking that President Obama's new pick for Surgeon General is a bad one because she's overweight. And it made me sad. If I was unhappy with myself for some reason when I carried more weight than I do currently, that was my own issue, not one for public consumption.

Those who care about me are allowed to be concerned because they love me and want me healthy, but I feel as though people pick out any person to target. In this case, yes, she's a doctor. But I worked for Jenny Craig, and I did Body 4 Life. I KNEW how to lose weight. However, I had other things in my life that needed more attention. This is common for MANY of us. We need to address other aspects of our health, or we have children that need our attention 24/7, or we're just not used to taking time for ourselves, or we're single parents who CAN'T take time for ourselves.

I'm thankful for the transition I've made, but it makes me angry when others posit that all overweight people are failures at controlling their health. Probably every other thought I have now centers around what to eat, when to eat, how to work out, etc. This is very self-centered, but as I've posted before it's okay because I'm still doing everything I can to take care of my kids and my family. Other's aren't able to make this choice for a plethora of reasons, and I'm certainly not going to be in line to cast any stones, seeing as how I live in the glass house, too.