There's a girl in our office who really pisses me off. She’s always moaning about how she couldn’t possibly eat a cake, yet buys a couple of sandwiches, a few packets of crisps and chocolate bars from the sandwich man and stuffs her face with whatever’s on offer. No-one has yet pointed out that this bingeing tactic is not going to help her fit into her wedding dress.
Now, I absolutely hate girls who endlessly go on about weight loss and diets. If you’re serious about it, fair enough. But why go around telling everyone you’re on a strict diet and then hoovering six doughnuts on the trot? No-one else wants to hear it - least of all me. It’s BORING, love.
I’ve never been on a diet in my life, and would absolutely hate to have to go on one. If I were fat, I would be that way forever. There is no way I’d be able to override my appetite and deprive my stomach of something it wanted. I eat substantially, and if I want a chocolate bar and a packet of crisps at lunchtime, I’ll have them. I have no issues with food, other than that I’m a complete gannet. And I’m a UK size ten.
It’s quite exasperating living in a world in which all you ever hear is girls, whether they’re thin or fat, sighing, “Oh, I mustn’t”, checking the calorie count on a sandwich or making a million and one resolutions to spend more time down the gym.
Aren’t there more interesting things to worry about in life? Do they think that telling everyone how much weight they need to lose / how many calories there are in their Ploughmans / that they’re traumatized at no longer being able to fit into their jeans is actually going to make them any thinner?
Article comments
1 - dietdoc
Donna writes: "No-one wants to be fat. Of course they don’t."
Reply: Donna, the fine folks at BigFatBlog.com might argue this point with you. They feel empowered by their adiposity and will strike out, with extreme venon, at anyone who would dare suggest it has any negative consequences, whatsoever.
I enjoyed your thoughts,
Ron
2 - Nancy
Dietdoc, at first I thought you were kidding, but then I went & checked it out, & they actually exist!? I'm morbidly obese myself, but I sure as hell DON'T encourage it in anyone, let alone defend it! That's one kind of self-esteem that's in the wrong direction, methinks.
Donna, you're right: the only one to whom a diet is interesting, like an illness, is the person thus afflicted.
I hate it, too, when someone all of 110 lbs announces to me how FAT she is; I feel for her like a pneumonia victim feels for someone with sniffles. But if she's bigger than that, she doesn't need to announce it: it's self-obvious.
Now, I work in a near all-male environment. How come MEN don't get targeted about their weight? I never hear the guys some w/considerable beer bellies & love handles) moaning about having to lose weight 'cause they're just SOOOOO fat?
3 - dietdoc
Nancy writes: " I never hear the guys some w/considerable beer bellies & love handles) moaning about having to lose weight 'cause they're just SOOOOO fat?"
Reply: My dear Nancy, that is one of the great mysteries of modern culture, at least in America. It continues to boggle my mind and I have been observing the dicotomy, professionally and personally, for many years. Why obesity in men is virtually ignored and in women it is a source of constant discrimination and bigotry is an enduring source of bewilderment to me.
It has been discussed here on BC in many entries, including some of mine, but it has never been sufficiently explained, at least to me. Personally, I suspect that obesity is much more of a cultural taboo than what it really is: a health risk. The adverse health consequences of obesity is blind to sex. But our culture clearly is not.
Regards,
Ron
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