I think that unless you have experienced something first hand you don't know how hard it can be to deal with. You don't know how hard it can be to deal with cancer unless you have had it. Likewise unless you have been obese (not just 5 kg over weight) most of your life and have an addiction to food it you don't know hard it can be to stop, even though you want too (and that goes for any addiction). We can all take the high moral road and say 'Well it's your problem you deal with it' but as soon as we are the person with the problem what is the first thing we do? We reach out for help. I would like to think that if ever I reached out someone would be there to help me.

I throw into this pot the fact that I am obese, a mother, a former smoker and cancer survivor (ovarian). I thank the people who helped me out of the kindness of their hearts every day. Because of them I am alive to see my son grow up today.

Compassion is want we need in this world, not judgment.