You know what bothers me about this obesity frenzy,Gabz.
Overweight kids,who are often teased now,will be bullied even more.
I saw it when I taght school,I saw in the schools my kids attended, and it's really hard on those heavy kids.
I am slim for one simple reason---I had good genes.I eat like a longshoreman and never gain weight. Some of these kids are obese through no fault of their own. Their genes are calling the shots.
Are you the sister I never had???????
All kidding aside, the most I have ever wieghed in at "officially" was 165 on June 29, 1998.........Jax was born July 2nd. All docs would prefer I weigh 135, but I average 120-125, so as long as I stay above the 120 mark the docs are happy.
I'm for bed now - but am leaving this thread open for a further response t you in the morning regarding the teasing and bullying comment you made.
That is so true, Mears.
I remember a particularly terrible incident when I was a freshman in high school.
There was a girl in my class who was very short and very wide, and a wonderful, funny person.
The gym teacher decided that we each had to work our way between the rungs of a ladder, I suppose to determine whether we met the Fuehrer's weight standard.
The sight of this poor girl getting stuck in the ladder rungs while howls of laughter rang out is as vivid in my mind today as it was when it happened.
It was one of the cruelest things I'd ever witnessed.
How about we judge people by their character rather than their appearance?
We'd all be lot better off.