http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/06/22/bigger-sizes-now-in-france/ An American in France writes about the good, the bad and the quirky Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:21:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/06/22/bigger-sizes-now-in-france/comment-page-1/#comment-580460 ptinfrance Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:46:20 +0000 http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/?p=1226#comment-580460 awww. didn't mean to offend. medical conditions are exempt. this is really more about processed foods that are slowly being brought to the country and how some ppl find they have no choice but to eat them because of their budgets. i think it's related to gmo foods, transfatty and chemical food imports and perhaps changing ideas here about snacking. i dunno. but it makes me sad because obesity always leads to serious health problems. awww. didn’t mean to offend. medical conditions are exempt. this is really more about processed foods that are slowly being brought to the country and how some ppl find they have no choice but to eat them because of their budgets. i think it’s related to gmo foods, transfatty and chemical food imports and perhaps changing ideas here about snacking. i dunno. but it makes me sad because obesity always leads to serious health problems.

]]> http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/06/22/bigger-sizes-now-in-france/comment-page-1/#comment-580245 PretzelBug Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:42:08 +0000 http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/?p=1226#comment-580245 Ah, c'mon...don't be so harsh on us big gals. Believe it or not, it's not always because we stuff our faces; chemo killed my thyroid gland, which caused me to gain 40 pounds in 6 months; unfortunately, my doctor didn't recognize it (hypo-thyroid) early enough (or test me for it, even though I begged her to) and taking thyroid hormones doesn't take the pounds off; it just keeps it from shooting up any further. But, whatever the reason, everyone deserves a chance to look as good as possible, and not be stuck with shapeless dresses (aka "mu-mu"s) and oversized, dumpy shirts just because the thinner people feel that they're the only ones who deserve to wear stylish clothes. OK...I'll get off my soap box now... Ah, c’mon…don’t be so harsh on us big gals. Believe it or not, it’s not always because we stuff our faces; chemo killed my thyroid gland, which caused me to gain 40 pounds in 6 months; unfortunately, my doctor didn’t recognize it (hypo-thyroid) early enough (or test me for it, even though I begged her to) and taking thyroid hormones doesn’t take the pounds off; it just keeps it from shooting up any further. But, whatever the reason, everyone deserves a chance to look as good as possible, and not be stuck with shapeless dresses (aka “mu-mu”s) and oversized, dumpy shirts just because the thinner people feel that they’re the only ones who deserve to wear stylish clothes.
OK…I’ll get off my soap box now…

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