i can't see how this could ever work, for instance, what would a woman do if she were pregnant with twins? She would have a large waist then! Or the tall man who is full of muscles with a high weight?
I think we are becoming a very fattist society, but I don' t think things will improve. I think that eventually, fat people will be discriminated against in all manner of ways and much more than we have in the past.
As for air travel, that is a 'funny one', in a way, I sort of understand the problem. Weight of a plane increases the amount of fuel used and the price of fuel goes up all the time. And ultimately airlines have to make money, and passengers have to pay already excessive flight costs. I heard someone say on one of the day time programmes, if a person gets on the plane and their luggage is even a few KG overweight, then they are very heavily penalised. The reason for this, is that the plane needs more fuel for extra weight. And yet a person could be on that plane, 100kg more than the average person, and yet they are not penalised. (However if a person is so big that they cant fit in one seat, they have always had to book a second seat) So why should the average person who works hard to stay fit and within a healthy BMI, pay more money for those of us who don't?
The good thing is each and everyone of us doing CD WILL get slim if we stick to the plan, so long term, none of us need to worry about the health or social implications of these changes.
Just to say.... when I went to the grand Canyon by helicopter a few years ago from Vegas, every single person who checks in, is weighed and positioned on the helicopter dependent of their weight! No Quibbles! A helicopter is very dependent on weight, some companies actually refuse to take a person over a certain weight, thats just how it is, just as some roller coasters can't take very heavy people and just as you can't do a parachute jump for charity or take riding lessons if you are over a certain weight. I think that being over weight we have to take some responsibility for our size and accept that there are certains things we can't do.
I don't however condone discrimination I just feel that sometimes we make life choices and have to live with the consequences!
And before you all shout at me for my feelings, I have been classed as obese for many years! I am not a skinny girl putting fat people down!
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