I saw lots of really fat people in those electric scooters today

On Wed, 02 Jun 2004 02:33:50 GMT, "ameijers"
wrote:


"Lester" wrote in message
.. .

I used to drive tractor trailer, mostly in the 12 western states. My
profession has more obese members than most other professions. The


I was driving 8 hours a day, twice a week for a year while working on
my degree. I noticed that on those days I wasn't burning any calories
to speak of. I finally learned that I shouldn't eat any breakfast
before the trip and also shouldn't stop to eat during the trip. (Nor
snacks during the trip). Driving evidently burns less calories than
anything else.

Uh, fat or skinny, that is a dangerous idea for many people. An hour or so
after waking up, your blood sugar is close to a low point, and for people
with sugar balance problems (including a larger per centage of overweight
people), that is almost bound to affect reaction time and coordination. No,
I am not advocating a truckstop/farmer/MickeyD breakfast, sitting like
lead. But a small cup of 'healthy' cereal with skim milk, and maybe a piece
of fruit, would keep your blood sugar a lot more stable. Sitting at home, do
as you please, but when you are on same highway as me, I want your reactions
as good as they can be. A sugar crash can be as dangerous as being drunk.
And it can even happen to 'normal' people when they fast like that.
Moderation, grasshopper, moderation.

aem sends.....

Roger?

I want to know who feeds those people that can't get out of bed, because
they are too fat. Who goes to them and says, "Here you look hungry so I
brought you a chicken. You can eat it after I empty your bedpan."


"Retired Guy" wrote in message
...
I am retired and I went down to a local, discount supermarket today to
stock up on nonperishables. It's the first time that I had been to this
particular establishment on the first day of the month. I could not help
but notice that there were tons (pardon the pun) of really fat people
riding around the aisles in electric scooters. The smallest of them
probably weighed around 400 pounds.

As I traversed the aisles with my cart, the scooters always seemed to be
blocking the way for others and parked squarely in front of junk food.
People were being delayed in their grocery shopping while these scooter
driving fat people made up their mind what kind of cookies and such they
wanted to buy. I observed that the baskets in the scooters were not
exactly brimming with health food.

While shopping, I bumped into the manager. I related my observations to
him. The manager let me know that it was the first of the month and
that's
when people who are retired or on welfare get paid. I told him that the
people riding in the scooters looked to be anywhere from their late 20's
to
early 40's. The manager explained that the people in the scooters were on
disability because they were too fat to work. He went on to explain that
this store, because it had a lot of junk food at low prices, tended to
attract many of the really fat people in the local area. Because the
really fat people loved this supermarket, they had 10 of these electric
scooters available. The manager said that the first of the month is so
busy with the really fat people that sometimes all the scooters get used
and there's a small line to ride one.

What is this country coming to?

On Tue, 01 Jun 2004 20:22:50 GMT, "Philip®"
wrote:


Whoever is FEEDING her should be brought up on charges.

She is feeding herself. She calls in for pizzas and subs and her
fiance (yes she has one) gets food for her as well and the funny thing
is she blames all her weight problems on her thyroid, her medical
issues (which she would not have if she lost weight) and everything
else but her own dietary habits.


Jaime
********************
You don't give up. You don't quit.
You do what you say. You say what you do.
You go out there. You win.
You do the best you can. *Never* give up.
~~~Rupert Boneham~~~

Lester wrote:
On Wed, 02 Jun 2004 00:32:11 GMT, "Philip®"
wrote:

Lester wrote:
The water thing is the way to go.
When I drink coffee, I notice I am on a roller coaster. First
the hyperactive high and then the dullard low. My boss would
be wise to restrict my coffee if he wants maximum output from me
for an even keel 8 hours.
On days I want to excel in mental prowness, I drink nothing but
water.

Les

Pray tell ... WHY is it up to your boss to restrict *your* coffee
intake? Hmmmm. The responsibility for maintaining an "even
keel" is
*your* responsibility.

I prefer to NOT excel all the time.
Mental prowess is ok some of the time, but caffeine high and
dullard makes for a nice variety. Especially on Thursday.

les

Do you have a diagnosis of being bi-polar (manic-depressive)? LOL
--

- Philip @ Maximum Torque RPM

ameijers wrote:
Uh, fat or skinny, that is a dangerous idea for many people. An
hour or so after waking up, your blood sugar is close to a low
point, and for people with sugar balance problems (including a
larger per centage of overweight people), that is almost bound to
affect reaction time and coordination. No, I am not advocating a
truckstop/farmer/MickeyD breakfast, sitting like lead. But a small
cup of 'healthy' cereal with skim milk, and maybe a piece of
fruit, would keep your blood sugar a lot more stable. Sitting at
home, do as you please, but when you are on same highway as me, I
want your reactions as good as they can be. A sugar crash can be
as dangerous as being drunk. And it can even happen to 'normal'
people when they fast like that. Moderation, grasshopper,
moderation.

aem sends.....

Agreed. I might add that us skinny men don't have the "reserves"
that dampen those sugar swings. When I was driving line haul, I
nearly always had a cooler with some fruit, cottage cheese, a few of
those Tiger's Milk bars. Surprisingly, milk has a bit too much sugar
"punch" for me. And about the worse thing for me in terms of getting
a sugar high followed by a serious sugar drop was YOGURT on an empty
stomach.
--

- Philip @ Maximum Torque RPM

"Philip®" wrote in message
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Agreed. I might add that us skinny men don't have the "reserves"
that dampen those sugar swings.

What reserves would those be?


When I was driving line haul, I
nearly always had a cooler with some fruit, cottage cheese, a few of
those Tiger's Milk bars. Surprisingly, milk has a bit too much sugar
"punch" for me. And about the worse thing for me in terms of getting
a sugar high followed by a serious sugar drop was YOGURT on an empty
stomach.

You must have been eating some of the sugared up yogurt then. Full fat
plain yougurt only has about 4 carbs per cup. Cottage cheese has 5-6 carbs
per cup (what's really hilarious is that lactose reduced cottage cheese,
which you'd think would be lower since they've reduced the sugar (lactose),
is 7 grams).

revek

On Tue, 01 Jun 2004 17:07:21 -0700, Kim wrote:



Lady Veteran AKA Bobbi Sanchez and also Robin King believe that type
of life style is completely acceptable and no one should ever critique
it.

Well they are not *her* sister and watching her slowly killing herself
by overeating and becoming a shut in due to her weight. The woman
needs help to clean up herself after a bowel movement for gawd sakes.
That IMO is no way to live.


For them the evil of all evils would be to suggest to your sister
that she might be better off if she took some poundage off.

I have tried so many times. It does not seem to connect.



Both of these oversize ladies have often strongly proclaimed these
ideas on soc.support.fat-acceptance. It is absolutely ludicrous for
any one to advance such claims.Obviously they are in denial of
reality.

I agree.


Jaime
********************
You don't give up. You don't quit.
You do what you say. You say what you do.
You go out there. You win.
You do the best you can. *Never* give up.
~~~Rupert Boneham~~~

On Tue, 01 Jun 2004 19:20:14 GMT, "suzn"
wrote:


"MissJaime" wrote in message
.. .
A sad way to live IMO.

Its very sad.
That's not even living. She's
missing out on so much in life.

She is and she has also become a very angry person
which I believe is related to her weight and lack of a good life.


Jaime
********************
You don't give up. You don't quit.
You do what you say. You say what you do.
You go out there. You win.
You do the best you can. *Never* give up.
~~~Rupert Boneham~~~

My point earlier. The "care giving" person who feeds the obese
"patient" to the point they can no longer get out of bed should be
reported to Adult Protective Services. This is abuse.
--

- Philip @ Maximum Torque RPM


Bob J wrote:
I want to know who feeds those people that can't get out of bed,
because they are too fat. Who goes to them and says, "Here you
look hungry so I brought you a chicken. You can eat it after I
empty your bedpan."


"Retired Guy" wrote in message
...
I am retired and I went down to a local, discount supermarket
today to stock up on nonperishables. It's the first time that I
had been to this particular establishment on the first day of the
month. I could not help but notice that there were tons (pardon
the pun) of really fat people riding around the aisles in
electric scooters. The smallest of them probably weighed around
400 pounds.

As I traversed the aisles with my cart, the scooters always
seemed to be blocking the way for others and parked squarely in
front of junk food. People were being delayed in their grocery
shopping while these scooter driving fat people made up their
mind what kind of cookies and such they wanted to buy. I
observed that the baskets in the scooters were not exactly
brimming with health food.

While shopping, I bumped into the manager. I related my
observations to him. The manager let me know that it was the
first of the month and that's when people who are retired or on
welfare get paid. I told him that the people riding in the
scooters looked to be anywhere from their late 20's to early
40's. The manager explained that the people in the scooters were
on disability because they were too fat to work. He went on to
explain that this store, because it had a lot of junk food at low
prices, tended to attract many of the really fat people in the
local area. Because the really fat people loved this
supermarket, they had 10 of these electric scooters available.
The manager said that the first of the month is so busy with the
really fat people that sometimes all the scooters get used and
there's a small line to ride one.

What is this country coming to?

MissJaime wrote:
On Tue, 01 Jun 2004 20:22:50 GMT, "Philip®"
wrote:


Whoever is FEEDING her should be brought up on charges.

She is feeding herself. She calls in for pizzas and subs and her
fiance (yes she has one) gets food for her as well and the funny
thing is she blames all her weight problems on her thyroid, her
medical issues (which she would not have if she lost weight) and
everything else but her own dietary habits.

Jaime

A thyroid (TSH) test requires only a small blood sample taken.
Without Synthroid, I am hypothyroid myself and have been so for 7
yrs. I will bet you the root of her obesity is more complex than
simple hypothyroidism. Diabetes, depression, poor eating habits,
sedentary life back when she could get around, surrounded by well
meaning but harmful circle of friends, culture ... etc, are common
contributors to morbid obesity.

You need to call in a social worker to get her on the road to
recovery.
--

- Philip @ Maximum Torque RPM