So let's subjectify me...
No, subjectify is not in the dictionary.

In this incarnation, I am a cowgirl chef witch writer sex-goddess mother lover wife bitch sister wizard daughter magician niece truth-seeker liar bohemian conservative ultra-liberal apathetic.

If you want a formal (or more normal) introduction to me, read this:
Who Is This Woman? Never mind who I am. Who would I be if I were someone else?
If I were a columnist I'd be Maureen Dowd.
If I were a politician I'd be Hillary Clinton.
If I were a actress I'd be Greta Garbo.
If I were a singer I'd be Stevie Nicks.

So when I wasn't pissing somebody off I'd be in hiding and waxing mysterious.

Enough about me. Let's cut to the chase. Here's how I usually operate. I peruse the news, choose a story that grabs my interest and spew my opinions all over some poor, unsuspecting webpage. My opinions run the gamut from sympathetic to pathetic but rarely apathetic. Anyone up for parapathetic? The majority of my subjects are weight and fitness related because I'm a certified sports nutritionist and my interests tend to lie where my expertise resides. Occasionally I go after political and social topics. Nothing makes me happier than to slam George W. or some other witless weinie.

Today's Headline:

Man Loses 23 Stones in South Dakota hospital

An American, who once weighed more than half a ton (1000 pounds), has lost 23 stones (322 POUNDS) in hospital, with a goal of losing another 32 stones (448 pounds).

Patrick Deuel, 42, weighed more than 76 stones when he was admitted to hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, eight weeks ago. Deuel said he knew he had to act. The former restaurant manager has been bedridden since last autumn and had not been out of his home for seven years.

Who's feeding this guy? Can anyone say CO-DEPENDENT?

This guy else had food delivered or somebody in his life is shopping for and cooking copious amounts of food and serving him his future death on a platter. And to state the obvious, this man should not have been working in food management or any food related job. He should not work within 20 miles of food. That's like an alcoholic working as a bartender.

Recent scientific studies show food stimulates the same part of the brain as alcohol and drugs. Obviously some people have a greater proclivity to food addiction and severe cases result in 1000 pound bodies that are virtually useless for anything beyond eating and disgesting and other basic physiological processes. It's sad to think a human being would allow himself or herself to be reduced to a mammoth invalid eating machine too big and too food obsessed to leave home or function in society.

This man is an example of the extreme end of the obesity epidemic. But this end of the obesity spectrum is unfortunately growing at an alarming rate. While Americans as a whole are getting heavier, the heaveist of us are getting bigger even faster. (This information came from a recent documentary of Discovery Health Channel ).

In another recent development, HHS secretary Tommy Thompson had language struck from the medicare handbook stating obesity could not be considered a disease. This opens the door to billions in dollars of claims for overweight and obese Medicare recipients and will influence private insurers and employers to follow suit.

And the cherry on top of this super size sundae is the rise in disability claims due to obesity related health problems (such as diabetes, orthopedic disorders, heart disease, respiratory disorders) among 25 to 55 years olds. This is aside from the workforce hours lost due to these health issues in employed Americans.

The (rapidly expanding) bottom line for America as a whole is we're facing a health crisis of such enormous portions (pun intended) that the health care system will be overwhelmed, the government will face huge health costs and growing disability claims, businesses and the economy will suffer due to an increasingly sick and disabled workforce and shrinking employee base (not to mention citizens on disability or workers comp have less money and disposable income to contribute to the economy).

For today, I propose we skip the blaming and finger pointing, forget your law suit against McDonald's for making you fat and claim against Jenny Craig for failing to make you thin. This problem needs solving now and a good starting point would be for Americans to take up the mantle of self-responsibility. It's time Americans educate themselves and their children on proper nutrition, portion control and exercise and get moving!

And PUT DOWN THE DONUT!

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Strange Fact:

According to the Guinness World Records, the record for heaviest man in the world is 1,397 pounds, held by Jon Brower Minnoch of Washington state, who died in 1983.

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