There is no excuse to be fat. After my workout at noon, and then my lunch today of homemade veggie wraps, I decided to have dessert - to treat myself for the extra exercise and discipline. I had half a homemade bran muffin, made with much less sugar than the recipe calls for. I literally cut a muffin in half.  I was reminded of all those years of just eating crap food full of sugar and fat and noticing the few extra pants sizes I had to go through. I never got "fat fat" but I did see what a bad diet and poor exercise is capable of doing if you don't come to your senses. And that's what I did. Stopped eating sugar, stopped snacking between meals, eat whole foods prepared at home, exercise regularly. There was a time when it would've been half a pizza, a couple donuts, a bag of Doritos and a Pepsi. Our culture is as poisonous as our food. How do people let themselves get so fat these days? How do you get 100 or even 50 pounds overweight and not just stop and change?  The catch is that I have a disability - a back injury that kept me chair bound for years and unable to exercise. And I didn't get fat. I maintained my weight through disciplined eating and diet planning for years. So when I see deathfats waddling around with their extra large ice creams, I get fucking pissed. I hate seeing able-bodied people squander their chance at being able to run and jump and enjoy life, like I haven't been able to do.  Now I tell friends and family about healthy living and how destructive fat and a bad diet is to your body and mind. There's 2 kinds of food enjoyment: the one that tastes good for a few minutes, but then makes you feel ill for hours; and there's the one that still tastes good but not in a junk food way, and it makes you feel good for hours afterwards. Choose door #2.  There is no excuse to be fat. There are people in wheelchairs and people suffering immobilizing chronic pain that manage to eat well and not get fat. Fuck excuses.