I ran into a heavy overweight tall man I had not seen for a couple years due to covid restrictions.

I asked how he was, as we both had volunteered at a weeklong bible camp for kids for several years. He had left do to health issues the year before our last year. Our volunteer areas were adjacent.

As we caught up, He endlessly complained about needing knee replacement surgery. I shared that it wasn't without problems, based on FIL. And then shared how eating flour sugar and corn starch on homemade orange chicken had made my body hurt that night. He was very firm that he was not changing his diet. He wanted the foods he loved. And as a diabetic he didnt eat sugar.

I then explained that carbohydrates turned into sugar. He repeated he wanted to eat want he wants. He'd rather be dead. I looked at the loaf of white bread in his cart. Then looked at chicken case and said my good byes. As he limped painfully away.

He is expecting surgery to fix the pain.

I wanted to scream its the diet.

And said good bye in my heart.

Getting the weight off..... and keeping it off is a challenge.

I am grateful to the members of this forum, sharing, teaching, encouraging.

Getting the weigh off is half the battle. Keeping it off is half the battle.