Layers of fat

It is one thing to imagine one's self as fat and losing weight.

It is something altogether different to watch an autopsy of an obese  five foot five inch, 238 pound woman in her fifties and see the damage high blood pressure and abdominal fat do to aortas, kidneys and the liver.

It certainly made my salad seem that much sweeter tonight, although it makes me wonder how much damage is reversible through exercise and eating healthier.

There wasn't really anything new for me to see, except the actual evidence of those things my doctor has warned me about. And . . . after seeing it I now think she was being kindly optimistic.