Fat Acceptance...

[jrmasm]

OH MY GOSH I AM SICK OF PEOPLE THAT BASH ME LIKE YOU!

I am not that hurt, and FYI, I just got a weigh-in at the doctor today and I am completely of normal weight! I DID NOT MAKE A RUDE COMMENT ABOUT SKINNY PEOPLE! I said that the sticks that don't eat, meaning ONLY the sticks that don't eat, make fun of normal weight people. I DID NOT MAKE A RUDE COMMENT ABOUT SMOKERS! I said that I get sick from the smell of cigarette smoke, and I am in support of banning smoking! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!

Show me where I bashed you. Foul smell? Eat more than a grain of rice? How are either of those comments nice.

Calm down and reread my posts. I'm on your side. I just think the compassion should be extended to others. Not just the group that you feel is worthy.

 

[GoofyWaterCoaster]

Show me where I bashed you. Foul smell? Eat more than a grain of rice? How are either of those comments nice.

Calm down and reread my posts. I'm on your side. I just think the compassion should be extended to others. Not just the group that you feel is worthy.

Worthy of what? I don't feel that way, so stop putting words into others' mouths.

For the 10th time, I am saying that this group that makes fun of people of normal weight in my town are the people that eat a grain of rice a day! NOT ALL SKINNY PEOPLE! And I stated my opinion about the smell of cigarette smoke. NOT THE PEOPLE THAT DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is exactly what I'm talking about. It's amazing to me that you can be so hurt by the comments others make about your size but feel it's ok to make rude comments about skinny people and smokers.

I'd call that bashing, people just don't realize that they are bashing

 

[Par8hed]

Here is the same article from the Hartford Courant.

In the study, about 51 percent of overweight adults, or roughly 36 million people nationwide, had mostly normal levels of blood pressure, cholesterol, blood fats called triglycerides and blood sugar.

Almost one-third of obese adults, or nearly 20 million people, also were in this healthy range, meaning that none or only one of those measures was abnormal.

Yet about a fourth of adults in the recommended-weight range had unhealthy levels of at least two of these measures. That means some 16 million of them are at risk for heart problems.

In the first paragraph on can deduce that 49% did not have normal parameters.
In the second paragraph, one can deduce that 66% did not have normal parameters.

In the third paragraph, it says that 25% did not have normal parameters.

You can sugar coat the article all you like, but the there are diminishing returns, the heavier you are. In addition, heart and cardiovascular disease is not the only problem. Obesity leads to diabetes, which leads to kidney disease. Abdominal fat predisposes people to cancer. Joint and musculo-skeletal problems are associated with weight.

I don't agree with Dawn very often, but she is correct here. If you view the numbers from this article and the one posted several pages back the conclusions are clear. (The earlier article indicated at least twice as likely to have issues)
Of course, some thinner people may have heart issues and some heavier people may not. But to think, or even imply that excess weight does not put extra stress on the typical heart is simply naive.
I have a dear friend and co-worker who gets out of breath from the door to the car. Lets be realistic here.
I'm not talking about respect, ridicule or anything else.
But common sense dictates that carrying that extra load will stress your body.

 

[Charade]

These threads alway turn out like this.

 

[GoofyWaterCoaster]

These threads alway turn out like this.

I should learn to stay away with these kinds of threads

 

[mpls_mm]

Yes, these threads do turn out like this. Well I am off to make dinner, I've got to cook my grain of rice for me and the kids.

 

[GoofyWaterCoaster]

Yes, these threads do turn out like this. Well I am off to make dinner, I've got to cook my grain of rice for me and the kids.

OH MY GOSH STOP WITH THE STUPID SARCASM!

If you guys would actually read, I said that the group of people that made fun of normal weight people in my town don't eat, NOT SKINNY PEOPLE!

The biggest problem with people not understanding others is that THEY DON'T READ POSTS!

 

[MushyMushy]

Yes, these threads do turn out like this. Well I am off to make dinner, I've got to cook my grain of rice for me and the kids.

You let your kids have a whole grain of rice???? Better watch it or next thing you know you'll be getting a nastygram from the school nurse saying their BMI is way too high.

 

[MushyMushy]

OH MY GOSH STOP WITH THE STUPID SARCASM!

If you guys would actually read, I said that the group of people that made fun of normal weight people in my town don't eat, NOT SKINNY PEOPLE!

The biggest problem with people not understanding others is that THEY DON'T READ POSTS!

You should probably step back from this thread for a while. They always turn out this way and you've got to have skin thicker than a gator to handle it. Some days I'm up for the fight and some days I'm not, so there's no shame in stepping back.

 

[Mahnahmahnah]

For those that need it...................

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[Lovin' Lorne]

Yes, these threads do turn out like this. Well I am off to make dinner, I've got to cook my grain of rice for me and the kids.

 

[rie'smom]

Yes, these threads do turn out like this. Well I am off to make dinner, I've got to cook my grain of rice for me and the kids.

Dang a whole grain of rice, that's pretty in indulgent!

 

[GoofyWaterCoaster]

You let your kids have a whole grain of rice???? Better watch it or next thing you know you'll be getting a nastygram from the school nurse saying their BMI is way too high.

Dang a whole grain of rice, that's pretty in indulgent!

Speaking of rude, sarcastic people

 

[rie'smom]

Speaking of rude, sarcastic people

Maybe we're trying to enjoy mpls_mm's humor.
It seems that maybe you're angry and snapping at us-that's rude.
You do have the option to leave the thread or unsubscribe if it's upsetting you.
Many of us have done it with other threads.

 

[GoofyWaterCoaster]

Maybe we're trying to enjoy mpls_mm's humor.
It seems that maybe you're angry and snapping at us-that's rude.
You do have the option to leave the thread or unsubscribe if it's upsetting you.
Many of us have done it with other threads.

I never really did subscribe to it...

 

[Mickey Fliers]

Speaking of rude, sarcastic people

Oh, Good Gravy! Lighten up.

 

[jrmasm]

Worthy of what? I don't feel that way, so stop putting words into others' mouths.

For the 10th time, I am saying that this group that makes fun of people of normal weight in my town are the people that eat a grain of rice a day! NOT ALL SKINNY PEOPLE! And I stated my opinion about the smell of cigarette smoke. NOT THE PEOPLE THAT DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'd call that bashing, people just don't realize that they are bashing

Just because someone doesn't agree with you doesn't mean they're bashing you.

 

[GoofyWaterCoaster]

This is exactly what I'm talking about. It's amazing to me that you can be so hurt by the comments others make about your size but feel it's ok to make rude comments about skinny people and smokers.

Just because someone doesn't agree with you doesn't mean they're bashing you.

You were neither agreeing nor disagreeing with me, you were simply making my time on the Dis miserable...

You didn't comment on what I said, you commented that I was rude when I was not, including sarcasm

 

[KatheeME]

When do smokers get to be human beings?

When it doesn't affect MY health and make my clothes and area around me REEK.

Kathee

 

[rie'smom]

I never really did subscribe to it...

I guess you don't realize this but if you post to a thread, you've subscribed.