Fat Acceptance...

[ObsessedwiththeMouse]

I haven't read this entire thread, but I thought I'd jump in..

I am overweight, probably considered obese, weighing in at 375 pounds. (Nope, I'm not afraid to post it either) I haven't always been this way, but I have always been *chunky*, so to speak. I don't have any health problems, except for the fact that I weigh what I weigh. I don't have high blood pressure, don't have diabetes, don't even have joint pain. The only thing I have noticed is that I don't ovulate because of my weight. I really don't feel at all *hindered* by my weight except that I don't wear a bikini to the pool.

Do overweight people *know* they are overweight? Of course we do. Obesity does not equal stupidity.

I have spent years going on diet after diet, with each one failing. After each diet attempt, I felt as if there was something wrong with me. Why couldn't I eat granules of food each day and be happy? Finally, I sat down and had a long talk with myself. I decided that I wasn't going to worry about "diets" and 3 hour intervals at the gym. I wasn't going to go on the scale every hour. I was going to worry about eating HEALTHY and get MOVING, more than anything.

So, that's what I'm doing. I eat salads, fruits, veggies, no soda. I eat better than my husband, who weighs in at 220 pounds at 6 foot.

My husband and I take the kids out for long walks at least every other day, for about 45 minutes.

Have I lost any weight? I don't know and, quite frankly, I don't care. I know that I'm eating better than most and I'm getting exercise. If the scale moves, great. But, if it doesn't, than that's fine with me also. I love who I am and the life that I live. I don't feel the need to lose weight to fit into this perfect size 6 mold that society has created around me.

Just my 2 cents.

 

[wellesleyprincess]

I've seriously debated posting and I'm sure I'm gonna get flamed, but I really feel the need to give my opinion.

I'm coming at this from the other end of the spectrum. I'll own up that I've never been overweight (even during that inevitable chunky pre-teen pre-growth spurt phase). I range between 115-125 lbs. while 5'8" and usually wear anything from a 00-2. I do however know what it is like to get unsolicited advise on one's weight. And while some of you may believe, getting asked by strangers if your anorexic or how much you way or if you ever eat is just as offensive to someone who struggles to keep weight on as calling some one fat or asking why they're eating fast food would be to someone whose obese. I too can't shop in every store (many department stores and big box stores don't start until a 4 or 6). So believe it or not many of those skinny minnies actually comiserate with the plus sized brigade.

My best friend is a gorgeous chunky girl. Very much like some of the wonderful people who have posted here, she will never be thin, but she is still beautiful. When we left for college she gained and I lost, only further exagerating the difference. This summer I started running to insure that I wouldn't be one of those really skinny girls who can't climb a flight of stairs (we all know at least), and while she isn't running yet she's been my biggest cheerleader and regularly walking when I go running. I think we need to all be about health acceptance. In other words, the fact that I am unnaturally skinny without working out does not default that I'm not eating. Likewise, the fact that she's large does not mean she's sitting on her rump all day.

The problem that I normally see in these threads (not this one in specific) is they turn into skinny vs. fat. In the end, I think it is important to point out that society has a very narrow definition of normal (usually size 4-8 for women and about 5' 5") and that sometimes people only see one side of this.

As for the comments about the obese needing to pay for two seats. I do think there are some valid points. As always there are PC and nice ways to discuss it and it is often very situational. As tangent to that, since I'm roughly the size of a 10-12 year old (in weight and waist at least) should I be able to pay child's prices? I mean if you apply the same logic, I take up the same space as a child at a movie, in a restaurant, in a hotel. Anyone want to let this 21 year old have that discount? The logical extension of these type of arguments is what has been discussed before and everyone just about has been disgruntled by. Pay by weight flights and tickets. I don't think any of us want that type of embarassment during stressful events.

 

[Mahnahmahnah]

I've seriously debated posting and I'm sure I'm gonna get flamed, but I really feel the need to give my opinion.

I'm coming at this from the other end of the spectrum. I'll own up that I've never been overweight (even during that inevitable chunky pre-teen pre-growth spurt phase). I range between 115-125 lbs. while 5'8" and usually wear anything from a 00-2. I do however know what it is like to get unsolicited advise on one's weight. And while some of you may believe, getting asked by strangers if your anorexic or how much you way or if you ever eat is just as offensive to someone who struggles to keep weight on as calling some one fat or asking why they're eating fast food would be to someone whose obese. I too can't shop in every store (many department stores and big box stores don't start until a 4 or 6). So believe it or not many of those skinny minnies actually comiserate with the plus sized brigade.



The problem that I normally see in these threads (not this one in specific) is they turn into skinny vs. fat. In the end, I think it is important to point out that society has a very narrow definition of normal (usually size 4-8 for women and about 5' 5") and that sometimes people only see one side of this.

.

I was a skinny size who was made fun of: ( I said was because I had a baby now )

"Wow - your leg is the size of my arm!"
"Do you get full on a Tic-Tac? "
"You need to biggie size that meal!."

I WOULD NEVER say stuff like that to big person.

But what happened when I got pregnant? The Karma bus came right for me - I swear my BF wished it on me! I grew ginormous. I was so big I had to wear a support belt under my belly for three months .Suddenly I understood what it was like being big. Almost like I was wearing a "fat suit".
I couln't fit in the regular bathroom stalls, I watched my clothes grow tighter, I watched my face get rounder. And everyone was looking at my big belly.

In a wierd way I actually liked it. I miss being that voluptuous.

So I feel for the big people. Just don't make fun of us skinnys.

 

[mpls_mm]

I've seriously debated posting and I'm sure I'm gonna get flamed, but I really feel the need to give my opinion.

I'm coming at this from the other end of the spectrum. I'll own up that I've never been overweight (even during that inevitable chunky pre-teen pre-growth spurt phase). I range between 115-125 lbs. while 5'8" and usually wear anything from a 00-2. I do however know what it is like to get unsolicited advise on one's weight. And while some of you may believe, getting asked by strangers if your anorexic or how much you way or if you ever eat is just as offensive to someone who struggles to keep weight on as calling some one fat or asking why they're eating fast food would be to someone whose obese. I too can't shop in every store (many department stores and big box stores don't start until a 4 or 6). So believe it or not many of those skinny minnies actually comiserate with the plus sized brigade.

My best friend is a gorgeous chunky girl. Very much like some of the wonderful people who have posted here, she will never be thin, but she is still beautiful. When we left for college she gained and I lost, only further exagerating the difference. This summer I started running to insure that I wouldn't be one of those really skinny girls who can't climb a flight of stairs (we all know at least), and while she isn't running yet she's been my biggest cheerleader and regularly walking when I go running. I think we need to all be about health acceptance. In other words, the fact that I am unnaturally skinny without working out does not default that I'm not eating. Likewise, the fact that she's large does not mean she's sitting on her rump all day.

The problem that I normally see in these threads (not this one in specific) is they turn into skinny vs. fat. In the end, I think it is important to point out that society has a very narrow definition of normal (usually size 4-8 for women and about 5' 5") and that sometimes people only see one side of this.

As for the comments about the obese needing to pay for two seats. I do think there are some valid points. As always there are PC and nice ways to discuss it and it is often very situational. As tangent to that, since I'm roughly the size of a 10-12 year old (in weight and waist at least) should I be able to pay child's prices? I mean if you apply the same logic, I take up the same space as a child at a movie, in a restaurant, in a hotel. Anyone want to let this 21 year old have that discount? The logical extension of these type of arguments is what has been discussed before and everyone just about has been disgruntled by. Pay by weight flights and tickets. I don't think any of us want that type of embarassment during stressful events.

And do you notice how many people said offensive stuff like if I only weighed that I would look sick, or I would look underweight, implying that if you do weigh that much you must you look sick or underweight? That is very hurtful. It hasn't been said in this thread, but someone usually jumps in with how men really want women with this or that, not skinny women. Weight is just a number. I weigh 135 and that is 10lb heavy for me and I don't carry it well. But I really could care less about what the person next to me weighs. As for taking up two seats, I travel a lot and have never had anyone sit next to me that infringed on my area, but I really doubt it would ruin my day.

 

[lillygator]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26158641/


How airlines deal with 'customers of size'
It's a weighty issue for carriers and clinically obese passengers
Some airlines are very reluctant to discuss the weight issue publicly, regarding it as one of potential discrimination. However, U.S. airlines' ultimate protection is that FAA regulations require airlines to deny boarding to passengers if the passengers cannot close their seatbelts after extensions have been attached.















By David Landsel

updated 29 minutes ago
You're paying more to travel, and not just for your plane ticket. Every pound counts as the number of carriers charging for all pieces of checked luggage racks up. So it stands to reason that the public might wonder why airlines don't charge extra for passengers with significant overages of a more, uh, personal nature.

Southwest Airlines calls them "customers of size." Medical professionals would use the term "clinically obese." Bloggers and message board habitués use names that are less polite, but all imply that the passengers in question are overweight.

Many people assume that obese people are getting something of a free ride. But are they? Nearly all airlines keep it very quiet, but many have policies — informal or formal — in place to make sure that passengers of size carry their own weight.


It's a tricky business, Airfarewatchdog.com has found. In some places — Canada, for instance — it just got trickier. A winter ruling barred Canadian airlines from discriminating against "clinically obese" customers. Southwest was successfully sued by a passenger who was told she needed to purchase a second seat after she had already boarded — too late, the ruling found. An ample Air France passenger won a case after citing humiliation at the hands of staff who wrapped packing tape around him in public to prove that he was too fat to sit one seat, forcing him to purchase another.

Here's the funny part about those lawsuits: At the time, both Southwest and Air France had official policies in place for dealing with overweight passengers. Southwest's policy has been around for years. It states that if staff members determine that the passenger will not fit in one seat, the passenger must purchase a second, a cost which will be reimbursed if the flight is not full.

Air France's policy was looser, urging passengers who knew that not having an empty seat next to them would be a problem, to handle it on their own in advance. (As of this writing, Air France passengers "with a high body mass" are warned that if they do not purchase an extra seat, they may not be allowed to board.) In the end, both airlines were punished for being up-front with their customers, even if the execution of the policy perhaps needed work. This is, after all, a terrifically sensitive matter.

Different airlines, different policies
Perhaps that is why, for many airlines, the topic tends to be along the lines of 'That Which We Don't Speak Of.' Ask United Airlines what rules it has in place for dealing with the situation, and you'll hear a pregnant pause, followed by a terse "We have no policy."


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American Airlines is more forthcoming, but hastens to emphasize that in no way does it require its passengers to purchase two seats. Spokesman Tim Wagner said passengers whose weight exceeds 250 pounds should know that there are "possible limitations that could result in American not being able to accommodate them." He also said that the airline urges passengers to "recognize ahead of time that they may need to purchase two seats." Wagner also cited an FAA regulation to which all airlines adhere: If you can't snap the seatbelt (after the extension is added, that is) you can't fly. Video

Airlines eyeing plane weight
With fuel costs at record highs, Airlines are counting each pound on board their flights. CNBC's Jane Wells reports that airlines may reconsider how much an 'average' passenger weighs.
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JetBlue Airways doesn't mind taking a more straightforward stance. Spokesperson Alison Eshelman said its policy "requires" larger customers who need an additional seat for their own comfort to buy one in advance. If they do not, and the crew cannot accommodate them, they will be required to buy the seat in any case, with no refunds. (However, Eshelman noted, truthfully, that JetBlue does offer its passengers a little more wiggle room with its larger-than-average seat width on board the airline's A320 aircraft.)

Does size matter?
But what of the growing awareness among the traveling public that it costs the airline more to transport an obese passenger than a passenger of average weight? Those hoping for any type of joy in that department should sit on their hands. Delta's Susan Elliott said that the airline "has no plans to implement any policy that discriminates against any of our passengers." Translation: This is one hot potato nobody is going to touch.

Here's a look at how different airlines deal with the "customer of size."

Southwest Airlines
Passengers should plan on purchasing an extra seat or risk being asked to do so at the airport by staff. If the flight is not sold out, the passenger may claim a refund.

American Airlines
The airline states that passengers over 250 pounds should recognize that there may be limitations to the service that the airline can provide. However, it does not require that you purchase an extra seat automatically.

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United Airlines
The airline has no policy whatsoever.

Midwest Airlines
As with Southwest, passengers are encouraged to know their needs in advance. If staff members determine that two seats are required, the seat will be sold at the lowest possible fare, with a refund available if there is one or more open seats on the flight.

Air France
Passengers with "high body mass" may receive a 25 percent discount on an extra seat, knowing that if they choose not to buy the seat, they may risk not being able to fly.

JetBlue Airways
You are required to buy a second seat, and there are no refunds.

Delta Air Lines
The airline "works to accommodate" passengers with special needs. Upon request and availability, it will try to make sure the next seat is unoccupied. However, if the plane is full, you will most likely be asked to leave the flight and buy a second seat on the next available flight. (You can actually count on this being a fairly typical practice on most airlines.)

Do you think clinically obese passengers should be required to buy an extra seat? Take this poll.

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[Lovin' Lorne]

I've seriously debated posting and I'm sure I'm gonna get flamed, but I really feel the need to give my opinion.

I'm coming at this from the other end of the spectrum. I'll own up that I've never been overweight (even during that inevitable chunky pre-teen pre-growth spurt phase). I range between 115-125 lbs. while 5'8" and usually wear anything from a 00-2. I do however know what it is like to get unsolicited advise on one's weight. And while some of you may believe, getting asked by strangers if your anorexic or how much you way or if you ever eat is just as offensive to someone who struggles to keep weight on as calling some one fat or asking why they're eating fast food would be to someone whose obese. I too can't shop in every store (many department stores and big box stores don't start until a 4 or 6). So believe it or not many of those skinny minnies actually comiserate with the plus sized brigade.

My best friend is a gorgeous chunky girl. Very much like some of the wonderful people who have posted here, she will never be thin, but she is still beautiful. When we left for college she gained and I lost, only further exagerating the difference. This summer I started running to insure that I wouldn't be one of those really skinny girls who can't climb a flight of stairs (we all know at least), and while she isn't running yet she's been my biggest cheerleader and regularly walking when I go running. I think we need to all be about health acceptance. In other words, the fact that I am unnaturally skinny without working out does not default that I'm not eating. Likewise, the fact that she's large does not mean she's sitting on her rump all day.

The problem that I normally see in these threads (not this one in specific) is they turn into skinny vs. fat. In the end, I think it is important to point out that society has a very narrow definition of normal (usually size 4-8 for women and about 5' 5") and that sometimes people only see one side of this.

As for the comments about the obese needing to pay for two seats. I do think there are some valid points. As always there are PC and nice ways to discuss it and it is often very situational. As tangent to that, since I'm roughly the size of a 10-12 year old (in weight and waist at least) should I be able to pay child's prices? I mean if you apply the same logic, I take up the same space as a child at a movie, in a restaurant, in a hotel. Anyone want to let this 21 year old have that discount? The logical extension of these type of arguments is what has been discussed before and everyone just about has been disgruntled by. Pay by weight flights and tickets. I don't think any of us want that type of embarassment during stressful events.

I only got as far as the first paragraph, but I had to jump in and say THANK YOU. With the exception of the "inevitable chunky pre-teen pre-growth spurt phase", that I DID go through, and the fact that I'm 5' 7" 118-120 lbs and a size 4-6, you have described my life to a T. People have actually told me to "eat more, you don't want to turn into an anorexic".

What is probably going to get me flamed is suggesting that just as we as a society have lost our grasp on what a true portion size or what a serving of food is, (think restaurant servings) and as we have become more a sedentary society (video games, computers etc...) so have we lost our grasp on what is considered "overweight" and what is considered "normal".

 

[4cruisin]

I have only read a few pages of the replies but feel I must respond.

As an obese person, (yes, medically, I'm considered obese) I can tell you that the last form of absolutely widely accepted discrimination is against fat people.

I am a smart, friendly, outgoing person. I am treated as a leper in most social circumstances based on the fact that I am fat. People view me differently because of my weight. I have seen it and I have felt it.

I am the same person whether I weigh 125 lbs, 200 lbs or 300 lbs. People judge me by looks alone and have no problem staring or watching what I eat or put in my shopping cart.

It still bothers me but I figure I can lose weight at some point, but those people that judge me will be ignorant forever.

 

[luvmy3]

What is probably going to get me flamed is suggesting that just as we as a society have lost our grasp on what a true portion size or what a serving of food is, (think restaurant servings) and as we have become more a sedentary society (video games, computers etc...) so have we lost our grasp on what is considered "overweight".

I won't flame, I happen to agree 100% with this statement. I went to Wendy's a few weeks ago and on their menu is a burger with 3 meat burgers on it, and they have one loaded with what looks like a 1/2 package of bacon. If there wasn't a demand for that stuff, they wouldn't be selling it.
And you never see kids out anymore. There are tons of kids that live in my neighborhood but I see maybe half outside. I have to make my own kids go out sometimes.

I think as long as you are comfortable in your own body, whether you are fat or skinny and you are healthy, then thats great. I myself am what I condsider heavy, I weigh close to 140 lbs and I'm 5'5. To some that may be fine, or sickly( as some mentioned), but its just not Okay for me and my small boned body. I am taking steps to lose 15-20lbs so I feel better about myself and thast all that should matter. People should just focus on being happy and healthy at any weight.

 

[Lovin' Lorne]

I won't flame, I happen to agree 100% with this statement. I went to Wendy's a few weeks ago and on their menu is a burger with 3 meat burgers on it, and they have one loaded with what looks like a 1/2 package of bacon. If there wasn't a demand for that stuff, they wouldn't be selling it.
And you never see kids out anymore. There are tons of kids that live in my neighborhood but I see maybe half outside. I have to make my own kids go out sometimes.

Exactly. Who needs to eat something like that? And EVERY DAY? Ick.

When I was a kid growing up in the 70's, we were outside everyday. Riding bikes, roller skating, skateboarding, playing on the monkey bars and swings at the school...all sorts of things. TV was something that we watched on Saturday mornings and maybe one or two nights a week. That was it. No computers, no video games; we made our own fun. I have a niece and nephew now who wouldn't know how to "play", I mean really get out there and play, if their life depended on it. They are all Gameboys and computers. It's sad.

 

[luvmy3]

Exactly. Who needs to eat something like that? And EVERY DAY? Ick.

When I was a kid growing up in the 70's, we were outside everyday. Riding bikes, roller skating, skateboarding, playing on the monkey bars and swings at the school...all sorts of things. TV was something that we watched on Saturday mornings and maybe one or two nights a week. That was it. No computers, no video games; we made our own fun. I have a niece and nephew now who wouldn't know how to "play", I mean really get out there and play, if their life depended on it. They are all Gameboys and computers. It's sad.

I remember those days too. Out of the house until the street lights came on, only 4 local TV channels to watch and no nintendo DSes. My kids can't believe I didn't have a computer until I was in high school, and that I walked or rode my bike everywhere, even to school.

 

[NMAmy]

What is probably going to get me flamed is suggesting that just as we as a society have lost our grasp on what a true portion size or what a serving of food is, (think restaurant servings) and as we have become more a sedentary society (video games, computers etc...) so have we lost our grasp on what is considered "overweight" and what is considered "normal".

I think you're correct about the serving size thing. I can only eat about half a portion at a restaurant--sometimes I'll have them box it up and others I'll just leave it and the server always wants to know if something was wrong with the food.

I also get offended when I see threads referring to "real" women sizes and those stating categorically that men prefer bigger women. Just like women, different men like different things. I've been married twice and dated many men over the years and all of them have been fine with a thin woman.

My dd is also thin and it hurts her when people accuse her of being anorexic. She comes by it honestly; my whole family is thin. And please don't call me asking if she's getting enough to eat--believe me, she eats more than most teenage boys.

I would never say anything rude to an overweight person. I wish that some folks would think about what they're saying before they open their mouths no matter if they're talking about overweight people or thin people--both on the boards and IRL.

 

[darlak]

I've read all 11 pages of this thread now and while the wisest thing for me to do would probably be just to move on, most know by now that I rarely do the wisest thing.

I come from a long line of short fat women. Most not over 5 foot tall and weighing in at 200 pounds or more. Many had some health problems that were contributed to, if not actually caused by their obesity. I loved them all for what they were. Funny, smart and compassionate women. I didn’t judge them for their weight.

I have never had a weight problem and have no idea what it means to diet. About every decade, I tend to carry about 5-7 more pounds than the last and at almost 50, I weight 131, which is the biggest I have ever been (non-pregnant). Since I’m only 5 feet & ½ inch tall and very small boned, that’s bigger than it sounds, but I know it’s still small by most standards. I now wear a size 8-10 and for the first time in my life, my ring size is a 5, where it’s always been a 4.

I have 3 daughters. This post is really about only one of them, my beautiful 21 year old. She’s beautiful, smart, witty and compassionate, just as her grandmothers were before her. She started gaining weight as a young teen and she’s continued to gain since that time. She’s one of the most self-confident young women I’ve ever met and I admire her more than I can even describe. Last year she married a wonderful young man who adores her. Since then though, she’s gained even more weight and is now about a size 24. While she’s taller than me or her grandmothers, she’s still only 5 feet 4 inches tall. I can’t tell you how much she weighs because I honestly don’t know. Her weight is something we don’t discuss anymore. As a teen, we did discuss it when she first started gaining. She cried and it never seemed to be productive, so I just stopped bring it up. I remember all too clearly how my mother and grandmothers felt when someone made rude comments to them or within earshot of them. She was happy and her doctor assured me she was healthy, so I was happy. She’s now beginning to show signs of her weight slowing her down though. She can’t engage in any physical activity as long as she used to, even walking. I’m scared for her and unsure of how to help. I feel like I’ve let her down as her mother, but I continue to say nothing because I don’t know what to say.

So in reading this thread, many posts bring out my mother lioness instincts and bring to mind sharp-tongued biting replies, but the truth is that as my beautiful daughter’s mother, my primary reaction to most of these posts is just sadness. I am by no means one of the nicest posters on the Dis (as many here can attest to!), and it is rare that a thread can move me to tears, but this one has.

 

[Ride Junkie]

I can’t believe people make insensitive comments to complete strangers regarding their weight. If it isn’t your kid, or someone else you are personally responsible for, then it's none of your business.

 

[GoofyWaterCoaster]

I can’t believe people make insensitive comments to complete strangers regarding their weight. If it isn’t your kid, or someone else you are personally responsible for, then it's none of your business.

ITA

I get offended when people comment about my weight because I live in a town of sticks. I am not overweight, I am merely one who eats more than one grain of rice a day

 

[jrmasm]

ITA

I get offended when people comment about my weight because I live in a town of sticks. I am not overweight, I am merely one who eats more than one grain of rice a day

That is no different than one of those sticks saying you should eat less than a dozen donuts a day.

 

[Lovin' Lorne]

ITA

I get offended when people comment about my weight because I live in a town of sticks. I am not overweight, I am merely one who eats more than one grain of rice a day

And there it is. Just because your neighbors are thin doesn't mean they "eat one grain of rice a day." How would you like it if I said she "obviously eats a box of dounts a day"? It has to go both ways.

 

[rotlex]

I can’t believe people make insensitive comments to complete strangers regarding their weight. If it isn’t your kid, or someone else you are personally responsible for, then it's none of your business.

I agree that insensitive comments are not appropriate, however, it IS my business. I used to be FAT, FAT, FAT, as in 5"11" 300+ pounds. I finally wised up a few years ago and dropped to under 200. Guess what? I'm happier, healthier, have lower blood pressure, and fewer health\doctor issues. I WAS affecting people around me. Medical costs are soaring in this country due to a lot of things, including, the overweight. That DOES affect me directly.

Again, I'm a former fatty, so I'm not someone who has been thin all my life complaining, but a lot of posts in this thread are spot on regarding a lot of things. People need to take a step back and look at themselves, their health, and yeah, the absolute MASSIVE portions of food that are served in today's restaurants. I mean, you walk into the local chain, order a salad thinking you are doing a good thing, and you were probably better off ordering the steak. Better yet, eat at home, and not TV dinners and other frozen food junk.

Obesity in this country is a huge problem. It needs to be fixed, and it needs to start with the folks who are fat. If I did it, so can anyone else, and they should want to.

 

[I_Know_You2!]

And there it is. Just because your neighbors are thin doesn't mean they "eat one grain of rice a day." How would you like it if I said she "obviously eats a box of dounts a day"? It has to go both ways.

He won't learn.

I absolutely agree with your comment about serving sizes. And, that play has changed from riding bikes and climbing trees to sitting and playing video games.

 

[PrincessKsMom]

It's not only portion sizes, but cost. It's much cheaper to order the burger and fries than it is to order a salad or fruit. Whenever I get a salad in our cafeteria (lettuce, 1 hard boiled egg, carrots, celery, a little tuna, cucumbers and dressing) the salad usually costs around $7-$8. Same with fresh fruit. It's all priced by weight which is a killer. Most fruit is water, so I'm actually paying for water weight. I could bring fruit or salad from home and I do, occasionally. But to carry my breakfast and lunch every day, plus water is heavy and burdensome. People would not only have to worry about my size impeding on their space, but the additional space my lunch bag is taking up.

 

[LisaNJ25]

Just want to say that every funeral that I have been too there was a skinny person in the casket!!!!!

How bout a thread to accept people for who they are?

Just because someone is overweight does not make them "a burden to society", any more/less than a average weight person does.

Jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez!

Well said..

Thin people don't get diabetes or drop dead of heart attacks?

I see my thinner friends going to the drs more often than I do. I show up once year for a nasty sinus infection and than maybe for some cream for nasty poison ivy I always catch. I guess I get those because I am fat?

How many elderly people do you see with a cabinet full of pills that they have to take daily? Doesn't matter weight.