Did you see this: Marie Claire magazine posts "Should fatties get a room?" article.

[MsLeFever]

I didn't read 18 pages....

But I will say that I teach communication and the woman's writing style is awful (as is her nastiness).

Oh - and she spelled heroin (the drug) heroine (like a female hero)...how the heck does a gaffe like that make it to publication?

 

[TheZue]

I don't care how fat you are and I wish you luck in your weight loss. However, it was really unnecessary of you to post pictures of yourself half naked, I could have done without seeing that.

I like that you reposted the picture in protest of the picture lol. Anyways to the person in the picture you look great for your weight, it just proves that weight isn't that predictible when you are just looking at the number!

This is all about addiction! Whether it is nicotine, alcohol, drugs or food it is still an unhealthy habit.

I do not want to see any of the above portrayed as normal behavior. And the cost to society with regards to healthcare of the obese is huge and projected to go higher.

I haven't seen that show, but considering all it has focused on in the press releases is their size I would say that it isn't normalizing their weight. It seems to me like it's a punchline and the focus of the jokes. The real story would be if they had a fat people show that ignored the actors weight and didn't advertise itself as different because of the fat actors. Then it would be normalized.

 

[Judy from Boise]

I didn't read 18 pages....

But I will say that I teach communication and the woman's writing style is awful (as is her nastiness).

Oh - and she spelled heroin (the drug) heroine (like a female hero)...how the heck does a gaffe like that make it to publication?

If it makes you feel better it was a blog, not in the magazine.

 

[handinpocket]

This is all about addiction! Whether it is nicotine, alcohol, drugs or food it is still an unhealthy habit.

I do not want to see any of the above portrayed as normal behavior. And the cost to society with regards to healthcare of the obese is huge and projected to go higher.

I have to agree with this. Being obese is on the same par with smoking and drinking. They are making our healthcare go up astronomically. I don't hate the obese, but I do pity them and resent them for making insurance rates go up.

 

[TheDisneyGirl02]

I have to agree with this. Being obese is on the same par with smoking and drinking. They are making our healthcare go up astronomically. I don't hate the obese, but I do pity them and resent them for making insurance rates go up.

Do you resent smokers and heavy drinkers also?

Being obese can be on the same par with smoking and drinking, but sometimes it is caused by medical problems. People make choices to smoke or drink, but some people don't choice to be overweight.

Have you ever heard of PCOS? If you haven't here is a link to WebMD about the disease. It's not pretty and I have it. Please note the weight gain and inability to lose weight part.

http://women.webmd.com/tc/polycystic-ovary-syndrome-pcos-topic-overview

I have been trying to lose weight, like I mentioned in a PP. My one doctor put my twin and I on an injectable medicine to help with weight lose due to PCOS. Sadly we both got sick from it to the point that my sister wound up in the hospital with pancreantitis and I am having some of the symptoms also.

I would love to lose weight like a normal person, but that wasn't in the cards, well the genes, for me.

 

[wvjules]

Why are you adding that? I think you have already made your point that you are super busy but still manage to excercise so everyone else who can't seem to do that is lazy. We got it already.

BTW do you volunteer at all or have kids in sports? That takes up a lot of my time.

I hate skinny in shape people who try to tell others how to get fit. Like someone else said it is about as useful as telling a depressed person to turn their frown upside down. If you make excercise one of your top priorities, good for you. In the evenings I like to watch my kids play sports, chat on the phone with friends, volunteer at church, read, pray, snuggle with my husband, veg on the couch, etc. Maybe I'll die a couple years before you do, but so what. I am more about pleasing others than myself.

I actually like the show they are talking about in the article. I love the main actress. She is so cute.

Just to clear up something. I am far from skinny but I am working on it.

I don't volunteer, but I do cart my DD and her friends all around town occasionally. I can't wait for her to get her license!

Just because I take time to take care of myself doesn't mean that I don't please others. You make it sound as if those that make time for themselves are selfish. I actually run and work out with my DD and my DBF so it is a family thing.

Oh, I added the PennState part because it looked like this was turning into a "I'm busier than you" thread. I am busy but I still try to make time. Most days I'm successful, others I am not. Like last night..was supposed to run but I was depressed over an injury so I talked DBF into going for pizza. Blech! lol It was good but I feel guilty for missing my run.

Its weird. I don't feel busy but I also don't feel like there is enough time for everything.

 

[perdidobay]

We are each burdened with prejudice; against the poor or the rich, the smart or the slow, the gaunt or the obese. It is natural to develop prejudices. It is noble to rise above them. ~Author Unknown

This, I think, is the best advice we can walk away with from this whole thread.

 

[PrincessKsMom]

I must be slacking somewhere.

• 5:30-6:30 - boot camp (MWF)
• 6:30-7:30 - get ready for work
• 8:00-5:00 work
• 5:15 - chiropractor (T Th)
• 5:30 - go running
• 6:30 - fix dinner, eat dinner, clean up, shower, pack lunches, do some laundry or dusting or something
• 9:00 - couchpotato time

One weekend day is our long run (we are up to 6 miles woohoo), errands and housework. The other weekend day is a day of rest which is where we don't really rest. lol Last weekend was Antetiem Battlefield. This weekend is DC. (going to stop by the MCM expo first) The following weekend is BlueMan Group and dinner at Roy's in Balti, following weekend Veteran's Day 10K in DC.

I have to admit I haven't read in a few pages, but do you have kids? I don't see any time with kids factored in here, homework, etc.

 

[wvjules]

I have to admit I haven't read in a few pages, but do you have kids? I don't see any time with kids factored in here, homework, etc.

Yep, a 15 year old DD. She does her homework on her own. I don't even check it or check to see that she's done it. I figure she's 15 it is her responsibility. She comes down for dinner and a little while after that, then retreats back to her cave to do her homework, facebook, watch TV, etc. Once in a while she'll help with dinner and watch TV downstairs, it depends on what we are watching. I'd say I see her for maybe 90 minutes nightly, sometimes more, sometimes less, not including weekends obviously.

 

[Mermaid02]

This thread has turned into "I'm busier than you so I have no time to work out" and "I'm better than you because I make time to work out"

It's sad that we all are judging each other and our priorities as women. What works for you- might not work for me and vice versa. Seriously

 

[PrincessKsMom]

Yep, a 15 year old DD. She does her homework on her own. I don't even check it or check to see that she's done it. I figure she's 15 it is her responsibility. She comes down for dinner and a little while after that, then retreats back to her cave to do her homework, facebook, watch TV, etc. Once in a while she'll help with dinner and watch TV downstairs, it depends on what we are watching. I'd say I see her for maybe 90 minutes nightly, sometimes more, sometimes less, not including weekends obviously.

That explains it! I've got one of those too. I just couldn't imagine if you had a few little ones how you find the time. I always had a huge case of guilt about not spending enough time with DD when she was younger.

 

[RitaE]

This is all about addiction! Whether it is nicotine, alcohol, drugs or food it is still an unhealthy habit.

I do not want to see any of the above portrayed as normal behavior. And the cost to society with regards to healthcare of the obese is huge and projected to go higher.

So I'm just wondering - is it only overweight people who should be kicked off of tv for being "abnormal" or are ALL Sitcoms going to be held to the same standard of "NO! ONLY SHOW WHAT I THINK IS AN ACCEPTABLE WAY OF LIFE!"

Normal kind of means --- yeah this happens often. So of the following popular tv shows, which of all these people are just like your neighbors?


2 1/2 men
How I Met Your Mother
Chuck
Glee
Desperate Housewives
The Vampire Diaries
and on, and on

Not that I really expect any sort of real answer, but what exactly is it you find abnormal about a show where two overweight people are in a relationship? Do people honestly think that overweight people don't have lives other than depressingly sitting around moping that they aren't thin? That they don't date, marry, have families, have careers, go to the movies, have fun ... that they actually have aspects about their lives that aren't related to the number on a bathroom scale?

If you really think that, I honestly feel kind of sad for you. I think that is a sad and miserable way to live your life --- where your entire sense of being acceptable or "normal" is tied up in body image.