tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397186280973403909.post7057217665824421158..comments2024-02-08T10:40:56.376-06:00Comments on Big Fat Delicious: Fat & Happy = Enjoy Being Fat?vesta44http://www.blogger.com/profile/15480692717585745934noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397186280973403909.post-75712337307148986642010-08-03T10:17:03.121-05:002010-08-03T10:17:03.121-05:00Thanks for your mention over at the other place. I...Thanks for your mention over at the other place. I wasn't ignoring it, I just wasn't sure whether it was appropriate to say thanks there. <br /><br />So I'm saying it here! :-)wriggleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12373644421447147066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397186280973403909.post-9340929580365128722010-07-22T17:56:24.242-05:002010-07-22T17:56:24.242-05:00Val - This was a comment on the Fat is Beautiful F...Val - This was a comment on the Fat is Beautiful Facebook group. Someone was saying that lapband surgery wasn't as dangerous as other WLS surgeries, nor was it any more dangerous than any other surgery. We went round and round about it, and I don't think I convinced her that she was wrong about WLS, but I tried. My experience didn't mean anything to her, I think she was of the "it can't happen to me" mindset. Funny how that can change when it does, indeed, happen to you...........vesta44https://www.blogger.com/profile/15480692717585745934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397186280973403909.post-55369076587103995622010-07-22T16:16:37.197-05:002010-07-22T16:16:37.197-05:00I stay out of all but the most superficial discuss...I stay out of all but the most superficial discussions on FB ["Oh, your horse/dog/grandchild is SO CUTE!"] for precisely those reasons.<br />I've lost a family member to WLS & seen several others severely disabled, so it made me spittin' mad a few wks ago when I spied a "Guidebook to WLS", thoughtfully sponsored by our local bariatric surgeon on display at my gym!<br />I tucked it under my arm & have been meaning to write a nasty letter to gym mgt; at least they haven't replaced it [although surgeon's business cards remain on display].Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03152215204773184788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397186280973403909.post-88515981976784718372010-07-20T10:11:51.643-05:002010-07-20T10:11:51.643-05:00wriggles - I think you've hit the nail on the ...wriggles - I think you've hit the nail on the head with your assessment, and said what I was trying to say much better than I did. Thanks :)vesta44https://www.blogger.com/profile/15480692717585745934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397186280973403909.post-54851305006099582972010-07-20T04:48:53.248-05:002010-07-20T04:48:53.248-05:00I'm so glad you've said this because the &...I'm so glad you've said this because the 'fat and happy' meme really gets on my wick. It proposes the non choice of weight loss based on calorie restriction against being unable to pretend they work. Nonsense.<br /><br />It doesn't matter to me whether I'm happy about being fat or not, the alternatives are not only worse, they offend me as both theory and in practice. <br /><br />I take it from there, I can choose to be unhappy about being fat; equally I can choose to be neither happy or unhappy, just recognise the fact that respecting and appreciating the body I actually have makes most sense to me.<br /><br />What I accept above all is myself, no matter what "package". <br /><br />I'm not going to pretend that fatness is making me sick or hurting my knees and all that, if it isn't. Conversely, I'm not going to pretend fatness makes me feel like superwoman or whatever, if it doesn't.<br /><br />What, who I'm accepting/trying to accept above all is myself.wriggleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12373644421447147066noreply@blogger.com