My cousin was not as you describe.... and she did eat half of what I consume... I am 5'9" and weigh 118 to 121 pounds, depending on the season. She weighed 215 pounds.
She was put into hospital with only an IV in a room that was a containment room, no food was allowed in, women had to check their purses and all gifts were opened to make sure no one smuggled food in. She had only an IV drip for 15 days and did not lose an ounce even with a hired fitness trainer (3 times a day for 45 minutes, 7 days a week). Even after having part of her stomach removed. Even with a professional shopper who was a Nutrition specialist who weighed and measured out her food... and even with surprise inspections of her home in search of "illegal foods." She stuck to the program and could not lose weight. Doctors took blood,, x-rays, samples of all nature and could not explain why she could not lose weight.
And by the way... fat people are humans and some of them enjoy the window seat. They also like to eat in restaurants without people snickering.... they also enjoy a danish with their coffee (and many will not have because someone like you may be watching and judging).... And whats more, the person you hired ... what were you thinking when you brought in donuts? Would you take an alcoholic to the local pub too? Fat shaming your mother to tears must have made you feel so superior. I could go on about the horrors people like you subject them to, and I believe that is the major problem. I think if they were not ostracized and judged, they could allow their body to find its ideal weight without stigma.
But... as I said, good for you for getting your first class ride.
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So should a person squeeze it up and suffer a five hour flight all crunched up? I feel for fat people and am reasonably considerate. But like you say, someone who actually needs two seats should pay for two seats. Instead of wanting a window seat that has an inflexible side she should get an aisle so that she can compensate way less on the one person next to her. Apologizing to the people you are crowding would be huge. And yes, in hindsight I could have gotten up and quietly asked the stewardess if there were any other seats.
I too had a cousin that was quite obese. Nobody could understand how she could be so overweight when according to her she ate half the calories needed just to survive. I hired her as office manager, three pastries before work, a couple more before noon, heaven help anyone touching one of her donuts, they were facing potential death. We had a little cutie working the front desk that apparently cut one of Renee's stashed donuts and took half. I heard Renee screaming obscenities at her, telling her keep her effing hands off of her donuts. I waded in and told her I bought a dozen donuts every day for 4/5 people, what was she talking about? She said she set aside donuts in the fridge and they were hers, that she needed them to get through until noon. One morning I walked in as she was shifting a two or three pound bag of little candy bars into her desk. Toward the end of the day I went to get one, she told me they were almost gone and they needed to last her until the end of the day, in other words, no I couldn't have one. She said she couldn't concentrate if she wasn't munching something.
I had a bird food company, my partner and my wife are nutritionists, fat cells need to be fed, there is no such thing as immaculate fat. It's eating habits and moderating how much you eat. My mom was obese as well, when she was here she ate the way we did as far as portions, and we eat good, and she could lose a few pounds a week, until two weeks when she maintained we were starving her to death (really...literally). My wife found a whole bunch of empty candy bar wrappers under the bed after a stay, I was teasing her about it, that we'd busted her, she started crying and told me she was starving to death the way we were feeding her. She made heroic attempts at dieting...that weren't really.
I feel sorry for overweight people, they generally have psychological or self control issues. My cousin's was that she was molested as a girl by her step father and his brother who lived there for a time.
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