health
I am not going to say being overweight is healthy, I'm just saying it doesn't necessarily mean you're a hotdog away from a heart attack.
I miss your posts by the way.
And I am using this reply area to AGAIN shout a constant refrain; BEING OVERWEIGHT IS NOT A CHARACTER FLAW!
Being overweight isn't a character flaw, but being a judgmental jackass is! *high fives you*
I don't go for doctor's for lectures.
The whole thing is messed up. Any system that categorizes people is doomed to fail.
At least it's not as bad here as it is in that town in England where they're fining parents because their kids are overweight. Sheesh...
-- S
And oh yes, my latest physician now calls me a little dumpling. I like that...great post, Myclette
What kind of doctor tells you you won't have boyfriends??? Damn!
During that 5 weeks was when my blood pressure went up for the first time and I had to tell the doctor about it. Also, when my father was dying of a stroke, he told them in the hospital that he had had one (as he had several before) and they said "no, you are having a kidney infection". The next morning he was dead. I was in California and didn't have a chance to get back to see him in Philadelphia because of that. Also, my mother had Lupus. It was not diagnosed in Memphis, TN. In fact, they had her in a mental hospital, writing letters to her dead husband, because they said that was what was the matter with her. I can go on and on, Myclette. I really really dislike going to the regular doctor's. I try to see alternative ones whenever I can afford them, but they are not covered by my insurance.
The doctor who told me I wouldn't have boyfriends was in 1966 in Alaska. I had gone from around 115 to around 125 or 130 or so. Can you imagine? It didn't hurt my libido, to say the least ;~) (nor I don't think, my ability to attract me)
That doctor in Alaska was an ass! I never had a problem getting boyfriends. As a matter of fact, I seemed to get more boyfriends in college AFTER I had gained weight. Go figure.
But you can see why I would distrust traditional western doctors. And to make matters worse, I grew up with an osteopath in Philadelphia who I really trusted and liked.
And, in case you haven't figured it out (which I am sure you have), men like a little meat on your bones in bed. They might like to look at tall skinny ladies with bones sticking out. But I don't think it feels great. Plus, as my spouse always says, if you have an appetite for food, then you most likely have a good libido too ;~)