On Jan 7, 3:20*pm, Wayne Boatwright >
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> On Fri 07 Jan 2011 11:16:04a, Cindy Hamilton told us...
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> > On Jan 7, 11:34 am, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
> >> On Fri, 7 Jan 2011 06:35:14 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
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> >> > wrote:
> >> >On Jan 6, 9:23 pm, Dave Smith > wrote:
> >> >> On 06/01/2011 1:18 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
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> >> >> >> I am not going to say that Americans are fatter than
> >> >> >> Canadians or t han Europeans. A lot of Americans are very
> >> >> >> fit, or appear to be. The th ing that puzzles me is the
> >> >> >> number of really, really fat people. Within minutes of
> >> >> >> crossing the border I see people way fatter than you usu
> >> >> >> ally see here. I mean, absolutely huge. I don't know how
> >> >> >> people allow themselves to get that fat. Maybe I should
> >> >> >> rephrase that to allowin g their loived ones to get that
> >> >> >> fat, because people the size I am thi nking 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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> >> >> 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 usual ly gain it back with interest.
> >> >> While I was working on that I weighed myse lf every morning
> >> >> and if my weight was up I skipped some treats and did extra
> >> >> exercise.
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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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> >> >> I have to hand it do you for being so candid about that and
> >> >> respectful ly ask if there is a point where you just give up
> >> >> and figure that it is n ow out of your hands?
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> >> >Oh, we never exactly give up. But we never exactly buckle down
> >> >and do what's necessary to lose the weight. The exercise is
> >> >the sticking point for both of us. Generally we're fitter in
> >> >October than we are in March, because we enjoy working on home
> >> >improvement projects.
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> >> >>I am trying to picture how large your husband is.
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> >> >Here's a picture (sorry the rocket thingy is there; he's
> >> >the picture-taker in the family, so I don't have very many of
> >> >him):
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> >> >http://www.adi.com/~hamilton/image001.jpg
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> >> >It's from 2006, so he might have been more like 340 then.
> >> >It's so difficult for me to tell; I see him every day.
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> >> >> 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.
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> >> >Women's clothes are so irregularly sized, the same size
> >> >can fit wildly differently. Men wouldn't stand for it. (I've
> >> >got a couple of 3x blouses that are really more like 2x.
> >> >And don't get me started on pants. Why can't we go
> >> >by inches like you fellas do?) Generally, my "dress size"
> >> >is 10% of my weight. So to go from a 26 to a 24, I'd have
> >> >to lose 20 pounds. It would be different if I were much taller
> >> >or shorter, of course.
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> >> >Cindy Hamilton
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> >> Making excuses about how clothing is sized is just a silly alibi.
> >> The best way for yoose to lose weight is to place poster size
> >> pictures of yourselves on the fridge and place full length
> >> mirrors in every room.
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> > Thank you for your advice. *I'm glad it will be so simple.
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> > Cindy Hamilton
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> I hope I didn't offend in my earlier post, Cindy, as my comments
> weren't meant to. *
Not at all. I was responding dryly to Sheldon; I definitely should
have snipped more.
> I worry about myself and my partner, and at you
> and your husband's weights, I will worry about you. *
Thank you. I worry, too, but apparently not enough.
It's difficult to get cooperation from my husband;
and it's hard for there to be only one dieter in the
house.
Cindy Hamilton