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The Physical Toll of Being a Fatty

I have been dealing with something lately that I have been lucky to avoid my whole life…


Despite YEARS of training with heavy weights, despite playing football in high school, despite wrestling for years, I have never had a major injury. Aside from a sprained ankle, nothing has ever been torn, broken, or fractured. My shoulders hurt, but it is my fault from heavy benching with incorrect form, and not doing rotator work to stretch and strengthen my shoulders. My back has been bad, but again, my fault for not doing more ab work, and for not stretching my hamstrings and calves more. Otherwise, my joints and body as a whole are great…right?


The last few weeks I have been dreading getting out of bed. I roll over and sit up, and my low back is a bit achy, but not awful. The worst is the next step. I put my feet down, and carefully work to a full standing position. My feet and ankles feel like I spent the previous day running a 10k on rough terrain. The first few steps are slow, ginger, and carefully done. They do eventually loosen up and stop hurting, but lately I’ve been relying on hot baths to just soak and let my lower body alleviate some pain.


I truly believe being over 300 lbs for all these past years is beginning to wear on my body. I don’t want to admit it. I want to believe I’m invincible and all this extra weight isn’t really damaging to me, but it is. I cannot begin to imagine the relief I will feel 50-80 lbs less than I am now.


Just another reminder of why I’m here.


-Dan

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