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RE: [RC] Calling someone skinny.... - Melissa AlexanderI have often wished I could get anorexia so I would not be fighting the battle of the plump. I understand what you're saying, though I expect you're probably going to get flamed for it. You don't *really* want to be anorexic. (Some) Anorexics may be physically thin, but psychologically they don't see themselves that way -- hence the reason they continue to starve themselves. Some people live with anorexia for years... and some die within a few WEEKS. It's a vicious disease that permanently damages their bodies. And don't think they -- or anyone else -- isn't fighting the battle of the plump. While they have the disease they see themselves as fat and are fighting it every minute. When recovering, they are having to deal with the psychological trauma of gaining weight, plus they have an incredibly screwed up metabolism. Even if they get steadfastly on the road to recovery, they will be dealing with it every day for the rest of their lives. It's really very, very, very few people in the US who don't worry about their weight -- and there is no magical weight or size where you will be satisfied and stop worrying about it. There are a few people who really do have charged metabolisms and can eat "whatever they want" -- but look at their lifestyles. There's probably some fraction of a percent who can do that and still sit on their butt, but the ones I've seen are incredibly active people. Everyone else in this country is making choices every day. Do I eat fast food or go home and make something healthy? Do I eat one donut or three -- or abstain? Soda or water with my meal? Can I get to the gym before my meeting? I've got three kids at home, do I have time to work out and spend time on myself? It's easy for overweight people, including myself, to start to believe I've gotten a raw deal... that I'm dealing with things no one else has to deal with, that I have to deprive myself but no one else does. It just isn't true. It's easy to see a thin person eating a huge dessert and to think "it isn't fair." But it probably is... chances are that person has made sacrifices in other areas in order to have that dessert guilt-free. Or not guilt-free -- I've met far too many people of weights that seemed perfect to me that had far more psychological issues about their own weights that I do! Do various individuals have physical issues that make it easier or harder for them to lose (or gain) weight? Sure. So what? I have the deck I've been dealt -- there are people who have it both easier and harder than me -- but we've ALL got to make the choices on a daily basis. I just think it's sad that we suffer the effects of all this obsession with fat (rather than on health and fitness) and yet we continue to infect the younger generation with it. My friend's five year old wonders if she's too fat.... Melissa =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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