S03.E08: Bettie Jo's Story - Page 2 - My 600-lb Life

Bettie Jo is going to have to have some serious will power to make it, based on what we've seen.  The meal her family served on the trip home was either ignorance  or malicious but there was almost nothing on that table she could (or should) eat.  Her husband, while he didn't reach Gareth levels, appeared to be trying to sabotage her early on.  She said in therapy that he only bought food that was bad for her. 

I'm also 5'2 and am on a high protein/low carb diet. I wasn't anywhere near 600 pounds but my doctor recommended I have the surgery.  I declined and asked for the meds instead.  In just over 2 years I lost 120 pounds and no one around me changed a single thing about their eating habits.  I was surrounded by people who ate pizza and fried chicken all the time.  It didn't (and still doesn't) bother me.  I know I'm lucky though.  I thought I'd struggle with it. When my co-workers brought me a giant cookie for my birthday last year, I thanked them, happily cut it up and passed it out to everyone and smiled while they enjoyed it...didn't even taste the frosting myself and it honestly didn't upset me.

I didn't say all of that for any reason except to say, Bettie Jo, and all of the others on this journey, are still going to be confronted with foods they shouldn't eat.   I see a lot of comments about how 'rude' it is for someone to eat unhealthy food around the one trying to lose weight.  I never thought so, for me anyway.  It was something I had to learn to deal with.  Just because I was on a diet, didn't mean everyone else had to.  I was losing the weight for me, and I didn't think any less of people if they didn't change their own eating habits to accommodate me. 

As soon as Bettie Jo was physically able to go shopping for herself, she should have been with her husband at the grocery store, adding doctor approved foods to the cart. If he wanted a hotdog, fine..she can still have her own healthy options.

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