Fat Shaming and a Typical Day

I recently read a news article about a plus sizes model on a flight to or from LA who paid extra for a seat with leg room.  She paid alright to feel like a third class citizen and less than a human being on this flight.  Unfortunately she was assigned a middle seat and was subjected to the grumblings of and older fat hating man.  Mind you this woman is a model and plus size or not she is gorgeous he should have been thanking god a woman this beautiful sat next to him.

During the course of the flight not only was this man sighing loudly and grumbling, but texting someone very nasty texts about having to sit next to her.  This man also deliberately took up extra room in this small space digging his elbows into her side.  She finally stood up for herself and by the time she was finished this man wanted to apologize by taking her out to dinner.   LOOSER!!!

Fact of the matter is that this happens on a regular basis and it’s disgusting.  A person doesn’t need to be a size 2 to be respected.  And yes I’ve noticed a larger person is treated way differently than a smaller one.  Dealing with this is especially difficult when you’re a weight loss/gain yo-yo and you’ve experienced the gambit of sizes.

This leads me to a quick blurb about NJ illustrious governor and our 4th of July weekend government shutdown.  Again while perusing Facebook Christie’s pictures on the beach were plastered all over sites like NJ.com.  Well people of course made comments regarding these photos and I’ll be the first to say in some cases yes I’m a hypocrite and my thoughts went to he looks like a beached whale, but what angered me were some comments made by a friend I went to high school with.  In the grand scheme of things the comments made were childish and only upset me for the sheer fact that not only did I know him but his best friend is a very large guy and would he call his own friend a beached whale??? I think not.

Moving on to a completely different subject is how I’m doing on this gastric sleeve journey.  Everyone asks how I’m doing or what I’m eating now?  Well I’m allowed to eat anything I can tolerate, doesn’t mean I do but I can.  Unfortunately I’m a grazer and trying to curb that habbit and stick to 3 meals a day and 2 snacks.  Lately, I haven’t had much of an appetite but I normally eat way less in the summer because of the heat I just don’t feel like eating.  I focus on getting as much protein as possible it should be between 70-80 grams a day.  I try to keep track but don’t always remember.  I haven’t lost any unusual amount of hair so I assume I’m doing alright in the protein department.

I still struggle with fluid consumption and do so much better at work than at home.  A fellow sleever told me she had a 30 fl oz water bottle she tries to drink in half a day so that by a certain time she knows she’s gotten at least half the requires amount in.  Not a bad idea and having a 32 fl oz water bottle at work it’s been helping me out a lot.  I still don’t know why this is so hard to do at home but I guess I’ll get it eventually.  I also feel like I’m not getting enough veggies.  I make sure I eat all my protein first and sometimes by the time I’ve finished that there isn’t room for anything else.  Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.   Happy reading until next time!