Pooh sized??? really now...I'm gonna get flamed

[PIRATEGIRL007]

I never cease to be amazed at the blatant ignorance of some and thier disregard for feelings of others. And I still don't get why this is on the Theme Park Attractions and Strategies board. Is 'getting flamed' going to be a new ride at WDW? Maybe that's what going in where WWTBAMPI currently is?.

 

[Goobergal99]

I am not heavy myself (well my arms are getting bigger then I would like and I have a lil tummy, probably because my new job requires minimal movement as I just took a desk job and left floor nursing) However, regardless of the fact that I am not by any of sense of the word overweight, My mom is what you would consider obese. She is also beautiful and looks a hell of alot younger then the 52 years she has put in on this earth. Which is great considering that she took care of six dying family members (my dad being one of them) raised me on her own and helped DH and I raise our DD.

She also suffers from severe asthma and mild COPD which prevent her from extremely physical excercise. She tries to eat healthy but she too has a thyroid condition and therefore has trouble losing weight. But you know what she is a happy "fat" person as she herself declares. And I will tell you something else it was really nice cuddling up next to my big mom when I was a kid. In fact DD is always telling me that her mom mom is more comfy and I am too bony

So shame on you for coming her and preaching to the ppl here who wish to refer to themselves as pooh sized. I really don't care how skinny you are or how healthy you are. Obviously you harbour some degree of insecurity if you need to come here and express your disgust of ppl who are heavy.

Oh and BTW, I am a level IV RN (the only one in my hospital under the age of 25) I also have my CCRN and am CT certified and guess what.... I haven't been to the gym since I got married last year and I could care less what anyone thinks of it and I certainly am not pulling out the NEW England Journal of medicine and preaching to everyone that they should be skinny (and this from a healthcare provider) Posts like this really aggravate me, especially since I have been flamed for far less offenses.

 

[jonbil]

Now that you've upset so many people by not thinking before posting? All warm and fuzzy inside are ya?
I'm 5'4 and 210. I've had 3 kids and have always fought with my weight. I have severe arthritis, but I've had it since I was 2 yrs old. I am 30 with two fake hips, a fused ankle and a steel plate in my foot due to all the joints deteriorating from the arthritis.
I'd love to lose weight, but not to be skinny, but to keep up with my kids, feel better, etc. But it's hard to work out with my disease. It's also hard to buy healthy foods on a fixed income. I have to be able to pay for my monthly meds to keep at least able to walk on a constant basis.
So your sanctimonious speech is definately hurtful, did not belong here and was done, I believe, to make yourself feel good. Just like the bullies in school, picking on others to elevate themselves...Funny, I stupidly believed that MOST people grew out of that stage by college age...
You want understanding? Could have fooled me with the way your worded your post...
Now excuse me while I take my POOH sized self that also can be considered PIGLET sized self and go to bed now. And by the way, I hope my POOH sized body doesn't get in the way of your twigginess when we are enjoying WDW in Sept.

perfect example...because you choose to look down on people...you make it very hurtful for them...and it's over arthritis which cannot be helped. When you walk by the anywhere and see someone you think you are "better" then...please think twice or think to yourself. Please when you go to Disney...please keep the Big Bad Wolf syndrom at home. No one wants to hear you huffing and puffing

sorry schlepsnort, don't mean to use you as an example but the start of this convorsation is just wrong.

 

[DVCLiz]

If we referred to ourselves as "Ursula-sized" would you feel better, OP??

FYI, there's a nice thread about stay at home moms going now on the Families board. If you hurry, you could be judgemental and sanctimonious on TWO threads at once...

 

[KingdomHeartsFan]

I never cease to be amazed at the blatant ignorance of some and thier disregard for feelings of others. And I still don't get why this is on the Theme Park Attractions and Strategies board. Is 'getting flamed' going to be a new ride at WDW? Maybe that's what going in where WWTBAMPI currently is?.

Sounds like a great thrill ride that would fit in great at MGM! LOL

Oh and by the way I am POOH sized, always have been POOH sized, and will always be POOH sized. And proud of it! POOH sized Disers unite!

 

[Goobergal99]

I really shouldn't respond. I'm in tears right now. I am 5' 10" and weigh over 200 pounds and I know I'm heavy. I feel as if I'm starving. I've eaten so many salads this summer. I almost get sick at the sight of lettuce. The poster above who said that eating healthy is more expensive is so right. Potatoes, beans and pasta are so much cheaper than the fruits and vegies I've bought this summer. And so much starchier. So, I've been eating vegetable salads, fruit salads, melons, etc. and walking at least 2 miles every day...sometimes five. And guess what? I haven't lost a pound. I do have to admit, I feel better (especially my back) and I will be able to walk at WDW when we get there on Thurs., but I will never be a size 6 or 8 or 10, as much as I'd like to be. It's not from lack of trying. Am I less of a person because I weigh more?

I don't know if this has anything to do with anything, but my college roommate died of anorexia when we were both 18. She weighed 57 pounds when she went into the hospital the last time. That is so scary.

Aww... Honey Don't be upset.... I wouldn't pay any attention to the OP, she is obviously trying to . I know exactly what you mean, last weekend I decided that I had eaten one to many slices of pizza. So I stopped at the food store and made myself a salad and fruit salad at the salad bar and guess what it ended up costing me $12 and I still ended up eating pizza that night

 

[ANTSS2001]

nobody just choose to be fat and unhealthy... I did not wake up one morning and decide to obese... before '97 I was a 5'2 size 5 110 lbs go to the gym and walk everyday person... after working at the hospital I develop latex allergies and all sort of allergies sprouted... they cannot find the sourse of my allergic reaction and was put on prednisone... was on prednisone for 5 yrs.. now I am a happy obese not by choice but bec of health problems... finally doctor took me off prednisone gradually but the extra person I have gained is not gradually going either. nobody wakes up in the morning and decide.. yeah today I will over indulge myself till i am as a big as a barrell so when I walk outside people will belittle me.

 

[princess22]

This pooh size thread is becoming pooh sized itself, very fast!!!

 

[Goobergal99]

just for the record, and I like the popcorn/show icon by the way...

have lived in low income family situation as a kid growing up...and in no way saying that thin means healthy...healthy is healthy, and understand the whole other issue about bad food being cheap...also understand emotional eating issues as I've been there and done that too. I would like to say that I would never comment on a situation that I, personally, wouldn't have gone through myself. And note, I did mention that people whom have health issues that cause them to gain weight are not the audience I am speaking too. Its the families who make bad choices and continue to live unhealthy, every day, while being able to afford an expensive trip can't afford to eat healthy and work out at the Y. Its the people who chose to write personal attacks on me as if I wrote personal attacks on them, as if I said all overweight people are this, that or the other.



have fun with the popcorn...just hope that its fat free and contains no hydrogenated oils.....

Yea try explaning that one to your kids.... Sorry Hunny, we can't go to Disney this year because I have to pay for my gym membership and meals at Jenny Craig


Give me a break! Go eat a salad and run a few miles

 

[Baloo]

michvin...this is a trip planning board NOT a debate board nor a health board.

Posting this on here was just idiotic!

I really hope you DISers will not feed into this persons need to stir things up.

Please IGNORE this thread until a TPAS Moderator or WM can despose of this waste!!!!!
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[jonbil]

michvin...this is a trip planning board NOT a debate board nor a health board.

Posting this on here was just idiotic!

I really hope you DISers will not feed into this persons need to stir things up.

Please IGNORE this thread until a TPAS Moderator or WM can despose of this waste!!!!!
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good idea...let's get back to more important things like counting down the days

 

[TheZeppo]

Why can't an issue be discussed here without people being accused of "attention seeking" or "wanting to start a fight" just because they started a thread that people may disagree with? Is an actual discussion here worse than someone posting the 500th post asking about EMH? I happen to agree very much with what michvin posted and thank them for posting it.

 

[princess22]

It can be agreed that the OP has some valid points, but this isn't the place to talk about it. This is the place to talk about EMH, even if it is the 500th time...

 

[ANTSS2001]

Why can't an issue be discussed here without people being accused of "attention seeking" or "wanting to start a fight" just because they started a thread that people may disagree with? Is an actual discussion here worse than someone posting the 500th post asking about EMH? I happen to agree very much with what michvin posted and thank them for posting it.

Good point.... but to post it under the category of "Theme parks and Strategies" now that was the bad point... hmmm maybe at the Community board.. or hmm the WISH DIS board.. like for an encouragement type a thing,.. I was just looking for tips and strategies when I stumble to this thread...

 

[Mom to a Princess]

Why can't an issue be discussed here without people being accused of "attention seeking" or "wanting to start a fight" just because they started a thread that people may disagree with? Is an actual discussion here worse than someone posting the 500th post asking about EMH? I happen to agree very much with what michvin posted and thank them for posting it.

Having been one of the previous posters who has accused the op as being an attention seeker, which I still stand by, I think op did not bring up a discssion. She made a series of very judgemental remarks. It was not so much the topic but the way she chose to word her post.

If you would like to dicuss more important and serious topics than EMH, which in my opinion the proper EMH strategy is essential, then may I suggest that you look to other boards. I do believe that these boards are dedicated to all things Diseny which unless I am mistaken include EMH.

 

[jonbil]

Having been one of the previous posters who has accused the op as being an attention seeker, which I still stand by, I think op did not bring up a discssion. She made a series of very judgemental remarks. It was not so much the topic but the way she chose to word her post.

If you would like to dicuss more important and serious topics than EMH, which in my opinion the proper EMH strategy is essential, then may I suggest that you look to other boards. I do believe that these boards are dedicated to all things Diseny which unless I am mistaken include EMH.

I agree...plus this portion is about tips and ideas for planning disney vacations...where does this one fit in?

 

[Hixski]

In answer to why people called themselves pooh sized it is because it is a much nicer term than big, fat, large, obese......just like thin is better that skinny, scrawny, bony.....
I hope this answers the question about why people say pooh sized. BTW, I liked the thread about water parks that used the term fluffy.

And to the posters that are trying to understand please feel free to tell me why I can't lose weight. I eat healthy, work out almost everyday. Sometimes twice a day. I golf, snow ski and still wear a size 16. I would really like to know since the doctors can't help.

 

[WldWcnWmn]

I saw the OP's Title "Pooh Sized" and thought she was inviting me to join a conversation for Pooh Sized people who like Disney and are planning a trip. WOW after reading all the pages over the last few minutes, I can honestly say this is the meanest - nastiness thread I have EVER seen on the DisBoards....

OP, I just left a nasty board where the posters talk about Disney..they are the meanest Disney Gang you'd ever want to meet! Why don't you look up the site, you'd fit right in.

I am going on a Cruise, and I am gonna' eat my "Pooh Sized" self silly!

Of course, I also am walking around the ship for four laps a day...too

Pooh Sized people unite!

 

[Cdn Friends of Pooh]

This pooh size thread is becoming pooh sized itself, very fast!!!

So is this what you would call a "heavy topic"????
(sitting back with a pooh sized root beer!)

 

[JennyMominRI]

You know,I struggle with 15 pounds,,Just 15 pounds,and I know that most of that problem is due to my ant-HIV meds that keep me alve..It really plays on the self confidence and it's HARD..I just can't seem to lose 15 pounds..I can't imagne how it really feels to battle with weight..I doubt giving people lectures is helping them.