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Originally posted by jeeplaw@Aug 6 2005, 07:55 PM
Ball,
I'm getting close to asking you to cut down on this over-zealousness that you are exhibitting on the board.
I think food is exciting...do you know why? My girlfriend makes me foods (healthy ones at that), that are truly out of this world. I usually half ass my preparation for foods (your typical 6-7 meals a day, turkey - tuna sandwiches, chicken breasts prepared with rice, etc), but her?
She goes the extra mile that does make each meal exciting.
Please cut down on your constant negativity. Thanks.
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I look at things a bit diferently. I have obseverd the habits of fat people for many years in order to understand them. I see what they put in their grocery carts. I see what the order in restaurants and I see their reaction to food. I have observed how rapidly they eat and I have observed that the vast majority of fat people put food in their mouths at a faster rate than lean people. I have further observed that most of the time the don't fully swallow before inserting more food.
Look, Ilike food that tastes good too but I put the nutritional value before flavor. Fat people do not do this because as I contend they are too excited about food. Eating means too much for many of them.
I am a keen observer of human beahvior. For many fat people talking about food or a particular restaurant is like a religious experience to them. If this is negative I am not the one making it negative. I am merely reporting the facts.
Here is some negativity: The obesity epedemic, Type 2 diabetes, sleep apnea, the raising medical costs associated with obesity,ect.. I could go on and on. People need to know the gravity of their situation inorder to appreciate the consequences of thier behavior. I am well aware that people don't want to hear what I am saying but that will not make the seriousness of it go away.
It is acceptable to admonish smokers. It is perfectly fine to tell them that by smoking they are commiting suicide but if you tell a fat person the same thing you are called a bully, fat phobic or a biggot.
I wish my message could be full of sunshine but soon obesty will surpass smoking as the leading cause of preventable death in the US.
Padon me for saying so but I think if that makes some people uncomfortable inorder to save their lives is a pretty good trade off. They are killing themselves with food and if my wanting to prevent that make me a zealot then I guess the lable fits.
I think if my words save even one life here, I think the hurt pride of a few people is a small price to pay.
I don't nessecarily see obesity as a moral failing but I do see poeple seduced by food as they pay homage to their belly god. I do see fat people as out of control because they are. I see them strugling in vain and grasping at straws by buying into every phoney diet scheme to come down the pike only to fail. I see them constantly looking for the path of least resistance and I see them fail.
If they were to spend 1/4 of the time on excercising that they do on eating they probably would not be fat but obviously health is not a priority to them.
I realize that fat people view and often portray themsleves as victims and to a certain extent they are victims of a horrible food supply that they help to perpetuate and they are further vivtimized by a diet industry that misleads them, lies to them and eventually leads them to failure. Ultimately it is up to them to save themselves. I am merely giving them the tools needed to do that by forcing them to get real.
Come to think of it, maybe I am a zealot. Seeing loved ones die tend to make you that way. |