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>>"I told a fat woman she was obese," Bennett says. "I tried to get her attention. I told her, 'You need to get on a program, join a group of like-minded people and peel off the weight that is going to kill you.' <<

How big is this woman? If she's 10 pounds up, it was unwarranted, however if she 100 up, this doctor was doing his job.

This woman need to get her bunched up, big girl panties out of the crack in her butt and understand that she is overweight and the doctor is telling the truth.

I can understand that she is hurt by the bluntness of it, but sometimes the truth can hurt. Find a new doctor is this one is not in touch with your feelings, woman.

And to all the people who would like to flame me on this, I used to be a size 6 and will not revel now what size I am in but understand that after two kids (starting at 35 years old), the "baby weight" has not come off.

Get over it, I'm fat and I know it.
Rubenesque, fluffy, pleasingly plump, it's fat and those of us who are there should be realistic.

Y'know, when a doctor says you are OBESE, he is most likely using it in its technical meaning.

IOW, a Body Mass Index greater than 30. I ran the calculations on a couple of different BMI calculators on the net. I am overweight, although some of it is muscle I need to lose about 15 pounds to get into the "normal" range. But the "obese" range is serious fat, not just an extra 15-20 pounds. For a woman 5'5", you're talking about 50-60 pounds overweight to be over the line.

So this stupid woman needs to get a clue and join Weight Watchers, clean out the fridge, stay away from the Ding-Dongs and the Old Milwaukee, whatever it takes.

And quit blaming the messenger!

Me TOOOOO, I'M FAT.... I make jokes about it and my kids tease me about it. Some friends say that it's horrible to joke about it and that they know that it MUST hurt my feelings. It doesn't. If I were ugly and couldn't help it then it would hurt my feelings. But, I caused this with my unnatural afinity for chocolate and cheese : )

Rubenesque, fluffy, pleasingly plump, it's fat and those of us who are there should be realistic.

While being 10-30 pounds overweight might be distressing to your self image, it's not really that big a deal as long as you have none of the complications that coming with being truly obese.

And the dirty little secret (well not so secret) is that many guys prefer Rubenesque, fluffy, pleasingly plump women. (Well maybe not fluffy :) )