On Jan 7, 12:09*am, Wayne Boatwright >
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> On Thu 06 Jan 2011 11:18:09a, Cindy Hamilton told us...
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> > On Jan 6, 11:46 am, Dave Smith > wrote:
> >> On 04/01/2011 1:08 AM, phaeton wrote:
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> >> > It has been my understanding for about a decade that the
> >> > growing obesity problem in the U.S. has pretty much had a 1:1
> >> > counterpart in Canada. Canada reports it less (their news is
> >> > less about sensationalism) but generally all the same bad
> >> > lifestyle habits that the U.S. has developed in the last 25-30
> >> > years, Canada has also adopted.
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> >> There is no doubt in my mind that kids seems to be a little
> >> fatter these days. I think that where we differ is in the really,
> >> really, really fat people.
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> >> 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.
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> > Here's the difference between a thin man and a fat man:
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> > 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."
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> > 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.
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> > Cindy Hamilton
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> A doctor would say that you are both morbidly obese. *I can say that
> freely because I am 5'9" and currently weigh 260, and this is how my
> doctor categorized my weight. *The excess weight is exacerbating
> heavily on other health issues. *David and I are both starting on a
> Weight Watcher's program after we move on the 20th. *We were both
> very successful with WW before, both achieving our goal weight. *
> Unfortunately, we both really need to be monitored to maintain our
> proper weight and made the mistake of not continuing to go to the
> meetings for monitoring and support.

Gee, and hanging around RFC and talking about food all the time really
helps too I bet.....