Okay I can't take it anymore, I have to get this off my chest. Why does everyone "ASSume" that because a person is overweight they eat everything in site? I mean not every person who is overweight can eat 2-4 hamburgers at a sitting, with extra large fries, milkshake and oh yeah some chicken nuggets!?!!! I guess tv and magazines might have something to do with it. They are always publishing stories about overweight people and showing these outrageous amounts of food that people eat! For example yesterday's Dr. Phil repeat. A woman on there overweight and they show all these mounds of food, her family talks about how she stuffs it in so much they are embarrassed to be with her out in public eating, etc. etc. I realize that there are those people that DO eat that amount of food, but not everyone does.
I guess this affects me because I don't really eat that much. I am insulin resistant diabetic II, with pcos. I admit I have made bad choices in what I chose to ate, but in no way did I ever eat a whole pizza by myself. Just the other day my husband and I went out to eat for my bd. We went to a nice mexican restaraunt i have never been there so I was parusing( SP?) the menu. I made one choice then changed my mind and tried something else. I was still looking at the menu when the waiter said to my oh honey thats a lot of food (what i ordered one enchilada entree) EVEN FOR YOU!!! OMFG the nerve! I was very offended. He repeated that to me a couple of three times. I can't tell you how many times I have gone to the in-laws house and had dinner. I would get my plate and get what I wanted to satisfy me only to have someone say, "oh come on *****, we all know you eat more than that?!!!" WTH
I also want to say that I am not judging the people who do eat like that in anyway. My heart breaks for them and the struggles they have. Food is a powerful drug. I always say an alcoholic can give up booze but a food addict has to eat!?!
I just had to get that off my chest and say that we can never generalize about anyone or anything.
Beanie