I don't think being a hypocrite is that bad. I mean my middle school teacher was obese but he advocated health to kids. Yes, it's kind of weird but I don't see the problem if it's a positive message.  the problem is trying to be a role model for something that you yourself can't set an example in. for example, obama tells americans they need to reign in their spending......while he himself wastes tens of millions of dollars a year, sometimes in even a single day, just for his own personal expenses.     look at it this way, when someones fat and eating ice cream in front of you telling you you're fat and need to stop eating ice cream, they're a hypocrite. if they can't follow their own advice, then why should they expect anyone else to? she told people to exercise to lose weight, while she was getting doctors to suck it out for her -- at the expense of tax payers! I cannot stand by that.    I don't mind it from a PE teacher because their job isn't to be a role model, it's to educate regardless of what choices they've made in their own life. but for michelle, that's not her job at all, it's a job she's taken on herself. but of course, michelle treats it like she was elected into some form of office. she may be the presidents wife.....but she's also only just the president wife. no one elected her to do anything. she's just riding on the coat tails of her husband, acting like she got there all by herself. her husband which btw, shouldn't even be president in the first place.