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12/10/08
I haven't seen the show but I'm a little sick of seeing obese people with their "struggles". Don't get me wrong- I know it is a struggle, but your food choices sucked and now you're getting all sorts of sympathy and help.
FTR, yes I am a bitter middle-aged woman who is not overweight, has never smoked a day in her life and is waiting for a new heart because of a genetic condition. I've taken care care of myself all my life and my reward is that my insurance covers jack shit and people like her skip straight to the head of the line because their love of funnel cakes has ruined their health and made them sicker.
I'll go away now.
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Hey, Congress, you listening?
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Good luck with all.
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It was heaven.
...I had no idea you could get it with JAM on top!
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On the other hand, I've watched like a minute of this show and it made me uncomfortable. I'm not sure what, exactly, that is a reflection of (probably my own hangups). Or possibly crappy TV? who knows.
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a.) How INSANE is it that her nephew had to move in with her because he's deathly allergic to cats and his parents decided to get one. Imagine coming home from school one day and your parents are standing in the doorframe holding a kitten and shrugging their shoulders at you like, oh hey...sorry about that.
b.) I 100% do not believe that Brittany Daniels is Ruby's West coast best friend. Are you kidding me?!? So they want us to believe that Ruby worked at a gym in LA ((a five hundred pound woman working at a gym in LA...?)) and that's how she became bff4e with the Sweet Valley High twin? I don't think so.
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Best wishes to all us Jezzies who struggle with this. One day at a time, ladies!
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"Get the helicopter out of here!"
"Where the helicopter is that?"
"When the helicopter is Ruby gonna be on again!?"
You can do it Ruby !!
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good luck! I hope your support group kicks ass and you have a ton of of shakes(or you have one you absolutely love)
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Regardless, best of luck to you!
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One thing about being so big is that it's actually physically painful to do some of the things you need to do to lose weight. Working out in the traditional ways would hurt her feet (she had plantar facilitis...or however you spell that!), knees, back, etc. Once she was able to drop the weight, she has become so much more active and now swims and walks on a daily basis.
Oh. And she drinks this chocolate protein shake from GNC that she absolutely loves. :) I've tried it a couple of times and it doesn't really do anything for me...but she loves the fact that she can get her chocolate in in the morning and not feel guilty about it.
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