[WillowTheWhisp]

I have no idea where people choose to draw the line, accymel. It's scandalous if a 10 year old child is made to feel insecure by not conforming to what people decide should be "the norm". If you look at an ideal weight chart the range of "normal" covers quite a big area.

I know that I am overweight and that it would be far better for my health if there was less of me, much, much less of me. I also wish that something I could do would have an effect on that but nothing really seems to. Some of that is down to medical problems and water retention which NOTHING shifts no matter what I try. (That's the reason for the dandelion coffee by the way cashman and actually if you like mild coffee it's a very pleasant drink.) and some of it is down to the fact that I can't excersise as much due to injury problems.

In the early posts of this thread the emphasis was on healthy eating and the point being made in the news that a lot of the food provided by schools these days is junk and the government is trying to do something about it - a move which I applaud because I would prefer to see healthier food being supplied than the options my children get at present. If they have the healthier options there then they can make a choice but if the only options they have are unhealthy ones it isn't good.

Well there you have another example - cashman is a "fry up" person but I do my cooking in the "Rosemary Connelly" (that's a feminine version of a George Forman) and all the fat drains off. I actually hate fatty food and cut the fat off meat because to me it's disgusting. Yes, some people are lucky and it seems to have no effect on them at all. I also can't stand sugar and if anyone ever makes me a drink and puts sugar in I can't drink it. It just tastes revolting to me. Incidentally although I'm very much overweight my colesterol level is at the bottom end of the "ideal" range - "Go figure" as my American cousin would say.