What’s your daily food intake like, can you give an example of a typical day’s meals you consume?
Food intake is all over the place. Typical day varies some but here’s an example:
Breakfast: a couple boxes of microwavable breakfast sandwiches and or hot pockets. Other times it’s hotdogs, eggs, potatoes, cheese and butter in a big bowl with a few bags of chips.
Mid morning meal usually a plate of corn dogs, rolled tacos and or chicken nuggets. Some more chips.
Lunch is usually a family meal from local Chinese or I get taco burrito packs from del taco. If not take out, I’ll have a few boxes of pasta with butter and cheese.
Dinner: 4 frozen pizzas with a few boxes of pasta with butter and cheese.
Dessert: a couple family pack of cookies, half gallon or two of ice cream.
Midnight meal usually a few microwavable meals.
Roughly a liter or two of coke or Dr pepper with every meal.
Can you even go outside? What do you do the whole day?
No not really, I barely have the stamina to get up and take a few steps across my room without assistance. My chest will be pounding the moment I start moving and it’s tough to breathe enough it feels like. That’s about all the movement I can manage on my feet. I spend the entire day in my room, on the bed or my couch pretty much.
Shower and toilet, how do you do them? And how often do you shower/wipe your body
I have a bariatric commode at the end of my bed I use for toileting. My parents help me with hygiene and cleaning. I get a full sponge bathing every other day, but several light wiping throughout the day as needed.
When you go the toilet to take a dump, are you able to reach down to wipe? If not, how do you clean yourself?
I can’t reach at all. My parents have to clean me or I just deal with being dirty.
Have you ever had a sexual relationship/encounter with someone?
I have zero sexual and romantic experience.
Does your penis work?
It still works, it’s very buried in my fat, I cannot reach anywhere near it. I haven’t masturbated for about 4-5 years now.
How do you change clothes? Sleep?
I haven’t worn clothes in a few months, it’s all sheets and towels here. Sleep, all the time but mostly in small naps. I struggle to sleep long periods.
Do you think you starting eating a lot as a means to cope for something?
I’ve been asked that a lot and I don’t have an answer. I eat because it makes me feel good. The world is much better when I’m eating.
Have you always been bigger?
I started becoming overweight/obese in my teen years. I’m addicted to food and it just piled on over the years. I didn’t do anything about it to be honest. I would like to regain my independence someday.
Do you look at what you have as a disease? How did it get so bad?
I wouldn’t say disease but I can tell my food habits are out of control and I don’t know why I have this impulse to eat. I think it was just a combination of my parents more or less fueling this addiction, granted I am the one eating it all. Idk….
Is there a thing as being too far gone for lapband or bariatric surgery? Are your doctors suggesting it or are like risks outweigh benefits?
Unfortunately, I need to lose about 300lbs before that’s a conversation.
What medications do you need to take?
Metformin, Farxiga, metoprolol, atorvastatin, linsonopril, amlodipine and lasix
How would you describe your happiness/depression levels?
I’d like to think I’m happy, but life does wear me down from time to time. Hard not to get stuck in your own thoughts sometimes.
Do you want to change?
I dunno why I haven’t changed yet. I’m embarrassed to need so much help but I got in the habit of it all and time just flies. I spent some time in the hospital a few months ago and that’s when I started thinking I need to start doing something.
Have you considered family therapy? It sounds like your parents really need some help, not just you.
Yeah I’ve been told I need to get me and my parents to a family therapist.
Have you planned what you’re going to do after your parents pass away?
I figured they’d outlive me to be honest. Haven’t thought much about the future.
What type of music you like? Fav game?
Love some RPG games.
Outside of food…What makes you happy? What do you look forward to?
That’s tough, food is my everything… Video games can make me happy I guess. I look forward to having a independent life and maybe a house and family of my own someday.
Theodore Lee is the editor of Caveman Circus. He strives for self-improvement in all areas of his life, except his candy consumption, where he remains a champion gummy worm enthusiast. When not writing about mindfulness or living in integrity, you can find him hiding giant bags of sour patch kids under the bed.