Not much to write today. Just thought I would check in to stay in the habit.

I am heading to Atlanta tomorrow until Sunday where I will be staying in a hotel and eating all my meals out. I am hoping I can stay on track better than when I was in Oklahoma a few weeks ago. I just have to remember that just because I am away from home doesn't mean that it's okay to eat larger portions and unhealthy stuff all the time. There is also a fitness room in the hotel and I am determined to make it there at least once.

Anyway, I am going down there to see if we might want to move there, so wish me luck! I doubt I will have a chance to post until next week, so have a great week/weekend.

As planned, yesterday I went to a local festival. It turns out, if you don't want to go on rides, buy junk food, shop for "hand-made" trinkets or lose money on games just for a chance to win an ugly stuffed animal, there isn't a lot to do.

One thing of note that I did see was a woman who was morbidly obese. She was being pushed in some kind of wheel-chair type device (but much bigger and more durable). As I mentioned in yesterday's entry, I have very mixed feelings when I see people like that. As much as I try to suppress it, my initial reaction is disgust. How can anyone let themselves get that way and how do those around them who love them stand by and watch? She had a little girl on her lap who appeared to be mulatto, and since the woman's companion was a black man, I assumed the child was hers. Doesn't she want to see that child grow up?

Of course, I am assuming a lot of things when I actually know nothing about this woman. I have had plenty of friends who have gained weight do to some type of medication or medical condition (I myself suffer from a hypo-active thyroid, which makes weight-loss more challenging). Maybe this woman had a similar circumstance and it just turned extreme. I do pity her, regardless of what led her to where she is today and I wonder what kind of help she is, if any. I wish I could have an open conversation with her and find out how she really feels.

Anyway, I think my initial reaction to her is a reflection of my own fears about myself. I think deep down I wonder if it's possible for that to happen to me for one reason or another and it terrifies me to think it can.

Ok, so I missed a couple of days, but at least it's not been a week since I've last posted. I actually don't have much to say. I am just trying to keep in the habit of posting.

I may head to a local festival today, where there will be all of those horrible foods that everyone gorges on at such events.... funnel cake, hot dogs, butter-coated popcorn, cotton candy, french fries and of course jumbo-sized sodas.... culprits of the American obesity problem.

I have to admit, even though I really want to help people learn to make better choices and live a healthier lifestyle, I have a pretty hard time feeling sympathetic towards all those overweight people walking around shoving the worst possible foods into their mouths without giving it a second thought. I am not saying we aren't entitled to a treat now and then. In fact, I would encourage it. But most of the people you see eating that crap (and believe me, I love it too.... I just don't buy it) clearly have "treats" a little too often or part of their regular diets. But I know my judgmental nature in this matter is something I need to work on. There is a reason they aren't making better choices and that's what I need to focus on.

Anyway, enjoy the rest of the weekend.