Accepting getting larger

I myself am a tad husky. Only in the last two years have I been this way. I am changing it back, I do not like it. Now what bothers me is that my wife clinically obese as is her mom's entire side of the family. SO obese it is causing drastic health problems. It angers me when I see show telling people how it is okay to be fat and proud. I agree, you should be self-confident and not care about what others think of your weight but there is a point when you need to not just accept being fat but do something about it. I never met a overweight person that could honestly tell me they would rather be fat than fit. Nor a fit person that said hey I seriously want to be fat. Proud of who you are is one thing, but accepting being fat and risking your health is another. I am not talking about people with 5-10 pounds to loose. I am talking those considered obese. My wife's mom would always tell her it is okay to be fat, but yet now she is bedridden and has pins in her back because it finally gave up on her. Then she tells her just accept the fact that it will happen to her to and still no advice to get healthy. You got to be kidding me right? Luckily, my wife is starting wot work out with me and we have a goal to be healthy togethor. I am not bashing anyone who is overweight here. You are here so you are making the first step. It is the complacency and the sense that we might as well accept being fat instead of working to become fit. Hey if we all just get fat we won't have to worry about those evil fit people, right?

Okay, I am done ranting. I see the devastating effects of obesity in my family and don't like it. I don't like how I felt after gaining 40 some pounds. For me to tell my daughter when she is older, that it is okay to be unhealthily obese when there is no medical reason she should be would be a failure of me as a parent in my opinion. On top of that, to tell her she should be fit I and my wife need to be fit.