Tue, Feb-03-04, 13:40
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Butter Tastes Better
Posts: 5,201
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Plan: Atkins OWL / IF-23/1 /BFL
Stats: 100/100/100
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Progress: 34%
Location: SF Bay Area
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Indeed, research shows that people eat more in groups and with friends than they do when dining alone.
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The funny thing is that has never been the case with me. Whenever around other people I would barely eat a thing and whenever I was alone I would have horrible binge eating sessions.
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"For people like me, who are considered on the low end for surgery, there are other options that might be better," she says. "But I can't take advantage of them unless health insurance starts to pay for them."
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My health insurance certainly doesnt pay for my eating low carb. I think its more a matter of personal responsibility, desire to lose weight and be healthier and making a serious commitment to changing your eating habits and taking it one day at a time. I also think you need some type of support either through an online support group or forum or family and friends who honestly make a sincere effort to help and encourage you along the way.
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Stigma. Fat kids suffer terribly. Children shown pictures of obese kids as well as kids with various disabilities--facial deformities and missing limbs, for example--said they would choose the obese child last as a friend.
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Thats just sad.
I remember as a kid I used to think my parents wouldnt love me if I got fat. I would hear them making fun of fat people, telling me never to gain weight and that if I did I wouldnt be able to get a good job or get married etc. I can only imagine other families speaking this way in private and little children listening to that and being influenced by it. Of course my family was dysfunctional lol but the sad part is, I am sure there are so many other families like that out there it breaks my heart to think about it. |