On 06/01/2011 1:18 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:

>>
>> I am not going to say that Americans are fatter than Canadians or than
>> Europeans. A lot of Americans are very fit, or appear to be. The thing
>> that puzzles me is the number of really, really fat people. Within
>> minutes of crossing the border I see people way fatter than you usually
>> see here. I mean, absolutely huge. I don't know how people allow
>> themselves to get that fat. Maybe I should rephrase that to allowing
>> their loived ones to get that fat, because people the size I am thinking
>> of do not do it on their own. They are enabled.
>
> Here's the difference between a thin man and a fat man:
>
> When the thin man notices his trousers are getting a little snug,
> he says, "Got to lose a few pounds". The fat man says "Got to
> buy bigger pants."

I have been working the pounds off bit by bit. My long range goal had
been to lose weight through exercise because I found that diets alone
don't work on the long run. You lose weight quickly but then you usually
gain it back with interest. While I was working on that I weighed myself
every morning and if my weight was up I skipped some treats and did
extra exercise.



> You'd probably say that my husband and I are really, really fat.
> We are. I'm about 260 (5' 8"), and he's about 360 (5' 5").
> It's not difficult to allow oneself to get that fat. Gain 10
> pounds a year for 12 years (or 5 pounds a year for 24 years),
> and you're 120 pounds overweight. It's really not that difficult.
> Five or ten pounds is barley noticeable; I have to change by 20
> pounds to need a different clothing size.


I have to hand it do you for being so candid about that and respectfully
ask if there is a point where you just give up and figure that it is now
out of your hands? I am trying to picture how large your husband is. He
is 7" shorter than me and has more than 100 pounds on me. A change in
pant size for me is closer to 10 pounds.