[Sca-cooks] A Weighty Situation...

[Elaine Koogler]

Phlip wrote:

>Guys, I keep hearing y'all talk about your weights- this one is a bit too
>round or that one needs to lose weight- and of course various diets people
>are on and the like.
>
>I really wish you'd think about something else. Yes I'm glad to hear that
>some of you have lost weight, and that various diets are working for you,
>but I really wish some of you felt better about yourselves.
>
>Face it- we're cooks, and we're cooks for a reason- we like food. Combining
>liking food with sedentary lifestules, guess what? You going to gain weight,
>unless you constantly work at exercising and eating right. If you don't want
>to be heavy, (and I really mean "fat" but that word's not politically
>correct- people with muscle mass are heavier than people without, volume for
>volume), then diet and exercise. It's as simple as that.
>
>In the mean time, please don't obsess about it. I, myself really don't care
>what you weigh. I really DON'T think less of you because there's more of
>you, or more of you because there's less of you- or vice versa ;-) Anybody
>who does probably isn't worth dealing with anyway.
>
>I DO take weight into consideration occasionally- when I need something over
>my rear axle if I'm stuck in the mud, heavy people are a convenient source
>of weight- for one thing, I don't hafta move them, they move themselves;-)
>And, of course, if I'm building something like a chair or a platform, I need
>to make sure it will hold whatever weight I'm asking it to- otherwise, it's
>not something I particularly think about.
>
>Think well of yourselves, people. For the most part you're good folks. I
>guarantee if I'm angry at any one of you, or just don't like you, the last
>reason for such an opinion would be your weight or comparative roundness.
>
>Saint Phlip,
>CoD
>
>"When in doubt, heat it up and hit it with a hammer."
> Blacksmith's credo.
>
> If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is probably not a
>cat.
>
>Never a horse that cain't be rode,
>And never a rider who cain't be throwed....
>
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Phlip,
It's good to know that you don't think less of me because there's more 
of me than there should be.  But to be very honest, the main reason 
Phillip and I are on a diet is because of health reasons.  Both of us 
had developed high blood pressure to the point that we are on medication 
for it...and I know that if I don't take off some of the extra weight, 
I'm going to have even more trouble with my knees.  Yes, I do look 
better (or so I'm told)...but more importantly, I FEEL better!  However, 
if this bothers folks, then I'll make an effort not to mention it again. 

Kiri