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• Thursday, June 7, 2007 11:42 AM

  Here's the deal

  Being overweight is unhealthy.

  It leads you to a higher risk of diseases such as diabetes, heart disease and high blood pressure, that might otherwise be avoided.

  Many if not most people are physically capable of losing weight if they change their eating and exercise habits for the long term--not just temporarily.

  Some people may not be able to, but for the majority of us it is more useful and encouraging to believe that you can do it, rather than that the choice is taken away from you and there is therefore no point.

  If you choose to remain fat, Ben Dover will not find you attractive and therefore not ask you out on a date, which would be completely tragic.

  You can diet down to a size six and there will always be someone out there, who will be willing to call you fat, because it's the easiest way to shame you, especially if you're a woman, and make you instantaneously feel like shit. Refer to the movie "The Truth About Cats and Dogs," where Uma Thurman's boyfriend repeatedly calls her fat (she plays a model). Uma is not fat.

  However, it's still good to get as close to your ideal weight as realistically possible, for your own longevity and happiness, and to shut out the droning of the assholes...many of whom you'll find lurking here.

  —reality Read reality's other letters
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