I’m not fat - I have a disease!
Hooray! After 27 years of suffering through being Really Really Fat I have FINALLY been given the answer I was looking for - it is NOT my fault and my fatness is a disease with a name!
No, it’s not diabetes or hypothyroidism. Those have been around for many years and all Really Really Fat people have been tested for those at least twice in their lives. The new disease is Metabolic Syndrome. It’s symptoms are:
- Obesity (particularly around the waist)
- High blood pressure
- High cholesterol
- Insulin resistance
OMG I am so stoked. The Mayo Clinic says if I have any one of these symptoms, I’m totally in the running for Metabolic Syndrome. Now my obesity can be attributed to my high blood pressure and high cholesterol and not the other way around! (more…)