Comments | candacex33: L'autobus Ride

candacex33

L'autobus Ride

Mar 04, 2008 22:42

Yesterday morning I jammed myself onto a crowded bus in order to get to school and I ended up standing right next to this obese girl who's on my swim team. Except she's not really, because she is incredibly slow, but Coach is nice & allows everyone who wants to join stay. And it was strange because I began to compare myself with her. I saw how her ( Read more... )

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fei_yen_kn March 5 2008, 04:44:16 UTC

Christ...

Alright. I'll start with my co-worker. Eyeball measurement, 300 lbs plus. Maybe 340. 8 hours a day, I'm with this person. ---And I'm watching the guy like he's juggling plates. Graceless, brusque movements. Heavy steps, shortened breaths... I watch his movements very closely, but mostly I just listen. That's really how things progressed---me, just listening to this bullshit, day in and day out; "I'm hungry!" "What's for lunch?" "Well, what are we ordering?" "No, I know what I want." "GOD, I'm STARVING!" "Diet coke? Who the hell drinks that shit?" "I want a double. Extra cheese, uh, extra sauce... Cherry cola, large order of fries... You know if they've got cookies?" It scares me. I'm staring down my protein shake and thinking, "Goddamn, what I wouldn't do for a fry, but what would that fry do to ME ( ... )

candacex33 March 6 2008, 05:01:32 UTC

Exactly ! And I know that it's so mean to think this, but I'm pretty sure almost everyone does. When you see a large person eating in McDonald's with like five whoppers arrayed around him and all the sugary sodas gripped in his piggy hands it fulfills your stereotype of fat people. You can just point right at him & say, "THAT is why you are five times as large as me." But when you see an obese person spearing plain salad (no dressing) onto his fork, it's laughable, comical. Somewhere in your mind you cannot reconcile the idea that this person will ever be anywhere close to healthy, no matter how little they eat. This is how I feel sometimes, even though I am not overweight, I just always feel like I am. Also, this is why "The Biggest Loser" fascinates me, all of these morbidly obese people are suddenly close to being a healthy size. Is it wrong that I'm jealous of their weight loss ? Don't answer that, it must be wrong. Gah, I'm sorry that you have to put up with this guy at work. It sounds like he tripled your stress. *hugs*. Purging ( ... )