On Jan 7, 8:34*am, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
> On Fri, 7 Jan 2011 06:35:14 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
>
>
>
> > wrote:
> >On Jan 6, 9:23 pm, Dave Smith > wrote:
> >> 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?
>
> >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.
>
> >>I am trying to picture how large your husband is.
>
> >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):
>
> >http://www.adi.com/~hamilton/image001.jpg
>
> >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.
>
> >>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.
>
> >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.
>
> >Cindy Hamilton
>
> 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.

If the pictures show you naked...then that might be a better motivator.