[WillowTheWhisp]

I find it hard to believe that this was said tongue in cheek Garinda, but at least now I know what Pendy thinks of me.

Originally Posted by pendy

Whatever happened to willpower? You can shut down as many fast food chains as you like, the problem lies with those who eat too many of their products. Perhaps we have been too pussy-footed - we mustn't hurt anybody's feelings, but we can shut down burger chains and throw thousands of people out of business, just because no-one wants to say -

"You are fat. Fat is not only bad for your health, it is very ugly. You are therefore ugly. You are ugly because you eat the wrong food, and too much of it. If you don't want to be ugly, change the way you eat."

Yep - I'm sure a lot of kids (and adults) would be very hurt indeed, but it is TRUE.

Perhaps it's time to try the truth, rather than kindness and respect for some esoteric notion of "Human Rights".

Willpower? Well if it were possible to go "cold turkey" never eat again and lose weight and stay healthy I'd do it. It isn't that easy and believe me I've tried. I used to be slim, I used to go to a gym 3 times a week when I was young free and single - but then I got married and had less free time with a home to run, but the rot really set in when I had an injury and inactivity led to a little weight gain.

I tried dieting and that was my downfall. I didn't know at the time that those diet drinks which I thought were a good thing were actually doing me more harm. The more I tried to diet the more weight I actually gained. I walked to work every day from Accrington to Church, Clayton le Moors or Rishton (and home again) You may choose not to believe it because it doesn't fit in with your image of a fat lazy person but I actually ate less than my thin friends too. I worked with someone who ate sweets all day long. She had a half pound bag of something or other under her till every day.

One of the lads could eat a 12" pizza and follow it up with fish and chips for his dinner so why was he a lanky beanpole when I was eating salad sandwiches and having an apple instead of sweets?

The older I get the more I have problems with my knee injuries and the less I am able to do which doesn't help so to have someone say how ugly I am for being fat when I would dearly love to be anything but really hurts, just as much as it hurts physically when I try to excercise, which I do still try to do. I'm not a defeatist but it isn't easy. Eating less just doesn't seem to be making much difference so in desperation in coming months it will have to be a case of kill or cure. (There have been times when I'd have settled for "kill" too.)

I could say the same sort of thing about smokers.

"Smoking is not only bad for your health it is ugly. You are therefore ugly. You are ugly because you stick rolled up leaves into your mouths and set fire to them. If you don't want to be ugly stop puffing on the disgusting things."

But actually if you want to kill yourselves with the dreaded weed then go ahead. It really isn't any of my business. I just don't like passive smoking that's all. If I choose to be somewhere where people are smoking and have to breathe in the second hand polution that's my choice. I do prefer places where I don't have to but if I want to be somewhere and I know there is smoke in the air I weigh up the odds and make a choice.

As I shan't be attending AccyWeb meetings in future in order not to offend any of you with the uglyness of my appearance that's one less place for me to have to worry about.

I actually felt terrible posting:
"Smoking is not only bad for your health it is ugly. You are therefore ugly. You are ugly because you stick rolled up leaves into your mouths and set fire to them. If you don't want to be ugly stop puffing on the disgusting things."
.....and wouldn't have done so but for a wish to show the smokers on here what it felt like to me reading what Pendy wrote.