One of my patients was really happy around 25 years ago, when his parents after searching high and low, far and wide, found him a "suitable girl." He showed me her photograph. She looked like a little pumpkin balanced on two drumsticks with a small potato head.
"Very nice ," I said politely.
Despite her weight, they had no problem procreating, and she rapidly produced two children.
The problem was her was that her weight crept up with every pregnancy. She started her married life at 4 ft 11 inches and 78 kilos . Every year she increased by 2 kilos. This is not really much, but, finally, 25 years later she was 108 kilos.
She did not walk, she rolled along with under her voluminous garments like she had wheels.
"You need to lose weight," I said.
"Yes," said her husband enthusiastically. "The bed moves when she turns at night. I can't sleep."
She was not so convinced. "I am not so fat am I?"
I gave her a diet to follow and exercise.
A month later they were back. She had put on another 2 kilos.
"What happened to my diet and exercise?"I asked.
Arguments and counterarguments ensued.
"He won't walk with me! How can I walk alone?"
I didn't really see why not. So I suggested a figure of 8 walking on the terrace.
"She won't get up," he said. "She walks slowly. I bump into her on the terrace."
"I will walk if you buy a treadmill and place it in front of the television."
He spend 50000 and bought her a state of the art treadmill.
They were back a month later. She was now 112 kilos.
He shouted, "she doesn't use the treadmill to walk. She dries the clothes on it. She is too lazy to even walk to the terrace."
What happened to all the love?
"I could have bought a rope to dry clothes for 200," he shouted angrily.
We seemed to have reached an impasse.
"You have to motivate her," I told him.
They turned up a month later. She had lost 4 kilos.
"Fantastic, " I said,"how did this miracle occur?"
She simpered, "He promised me a sovereign of gold for every kilo. I am planning to lose 10 kilos."
They turned up a month later. She had a heavy chain around her neck and a pendant like a saucer. She was beaming.
"Doctor, today I am going to celebrate by eating a samosa."
"I don't think it is a good idea," I said.
I saw them in the supermarket four months later. She looked plumper than ever. The chain was missing.
"Where is your chain?" I asked.
"I put on all the weight and 2 kilos extra. He took the chain and returned it to the shop-----"
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"Very nice ," I said politely.
Despite her weight, they had no problem procreating, and she rapidly produced two children.
The problem was her was that her weight crept up with every pregnancy. She started her married life at 4 ft 11 inches and 78 kilos . Every year she increased by 2 kilos. This is not really much, but, finally, 25 years later she was 108 kilos.
She did not walk, she rolled along with under her voluminous garments like she had wheels.
"You need to lose weight," I said.
"Yes," said her husband enthusiastically. "The bed moves when she turns at night. I can't sleep."
She was not so convinced. "I am not so fat am I?"
I gave her a diet to follow and exercise.
A month later they were back. She had put on another 2 kilos.
"What happened to my diet and exercise?"I asked.
Arguments and counterarguments ensued.
"He won't walk with me! How can I walk alone?"
I didn't really see why not. So I suggested a figure of 8 walking on the terrace.
"She won't get up," he said. "She walks slowly. I bump into her on the terrace."
"I will walk if you buy a treadmill and place it in front of the television."
He spend 50000 and bought her a state of the art treadmill.
They were back a month later. She was now 112 kilos.
He shouted, "she doesn't use the treadmill to walk. She dries the clothes on it. She is too lazy to even walk to the terrace."
What happened to all the love?
"I could have bought a rope to dry clothes for 200," he shouted angrily.
We seemed to have reached an impasse.
"You have to motivate her," I told him.
They turned up a month later. She had lost 4 kilos.
"Fantastic, " I said,"how did this miracle occur?"
She simpered, "He promised me a sovereign of gold for every kilo. I am planning to lose 10 kilos."
They turned up a month later. She had a heavy chain around her neck and a pendant like a saucer. She was beaming.
"Doctor, today I am going to celebrate by eating a samosa."
"I don't think it is a good idea," I said.
I saw them in the supermarket four months later. She looked plumper than ever. The chain was missing.
"Where is your chain?" I asked.
"I put on all the weight and 2 kilos extra. He took the chain and returned it to the shop-----"
http://velloretimes.blogspot.in/
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