Over the past several weeks, I have recognized and congratulated our First Lady on her desire to reign in obesity in America.
What a terrific cause!
I have also asked if you would join me in forwarding this message and a link to this site to her attention at The White House, for I believe one thing is for sure… we are losing the fight.
Not my personal battle, mind you.
No, on the contrary, today as I write this I am less than half the man I used to be!! Literally. After being given just six months to live in 1968, I was able to lose 169 pounds and all the illnesses that went with it, and keep it off for decades.
But it didn’t happen by investing in fad diets and gimmicks; it didn’t happen by running miles on the treadmill; and it won’t likely happen for the rest of the country that way either.
In most cases, obesity is merely a symptom of food addiction. Plain and simple. And therein lies a problem for our First Lady and any Blue Ribbon commission that she puts together… because addiction is just as equally represented in our Federal Government as it is at the state and local level.
And Mark Twain was right… denial is not just a river in Egypt. I believe it also flows through Washington D.C.
Please forward this article to First Lady Michelle Obama at The White House, along with sincere wishes that she is able to bring light and impact to this devastating illness.
Thanks, and I look forward to speaking with you.
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