re: Question for very large people

I’ve got a coworker, smartest man I know, that couldn’t/wouldn’t quit smoking. One day his doctor looked him straight in the eyes and said if you don’t quit smoking you’ll die in 5 years.

He quit smoking that day and started eating better. He said he knew smoking was bad, he knew it would take years off his life, but no one ever put it to him that bluntly. Maybe doctors are desensitized, maybe they don’t want to hurt feelings, but they need to be brutally honest with people.

And btw, I know I’m overweight and I’m actually beginning to lose some now as my wife started her lifestyle change to eat better and eat less, so don’t take any of my comments as I think I’m perfect and all that jazz.