Posted by Raf

Today I was watching a show on TLC called "Too Young To Be So Fat". It chronicled the life of a 13 year old that was extremely overweight. The thing that got me was the fact that the mother felt that she did not have any responsibility in the situation. I guess what I don't understand is that when I was 13, I didn't have a job and I didn't have control of what I ate. I ate what was in the house and what was in the house was only what my parents bought. My parents bought very little junk food, and encouraged me to eat healthy. Because of them I was really healthy during my high school years. When I first started to stray from healthy eating was when I went to college. I got the freshman 15 (or 30 but who's counting). I got them because it was the first time that I was completely responsible for my own diet. I would go to the school cafeteria and there would just buffets of pizza and chicken nuggets and ice cream. I went crazy. Now I know that I am the one that is responsible for what I put in my mouth. I know what is healthy and what is not. I know that when I choose to have a few slices of pizza for lunch instead of a salad I am not helping myself lose weight. I guess I realized how much personal responsibility I have over this. If I don't succeed I have no one to blame but myself.