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In my family there are fat people, average people and thin people. Growing up, my brother was pudgy and I was scrawny. In high school, my brother got really into sports and grew into a very good-looking, 6'4" basketball player. When he graduated, he fell in with a bad crowd, moved away and began a horrible combination of fast-food and chain-smoking. Today, he is beyond obsese and both his eating habits and smoking are completely repulsive. I watch him killing himself slowly and I want to throw something at him. No amount of rational family talks, begging, pleading or screaming will stop him from shoveling food in his mouth while a cigarette burns from his fingers and he just smiles and nods at your pleadings and advice to live a healthier lifestyle. I'm 5'5" and 110 pounds-- it's hard to believe we came from the same mother!!! My parents are little overweight, but they temper their love of good food with organics, vitamins and going to the gym 3x a week.
I would ask for advice about my brother, but he's enjoying sending himself to an early grave. "As long as he's happy." It really, really sucks to watch someone being so destructive and there's nothing anyone can or will do to stop him. It's funny-- a person can starve themselves to death and the authorities will intervene to save them... but eating to death??? I don't think anyone has prepared for that.
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