SpinShark wrote:
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Do the following sound like your typical justifications to eat that last gallon of ice-cream,
I'll pit my nutrition habits against yours any day of the week.
I know what my cholesterol (both HDL and LDL), triglycerides, and glucose tolerance levels are. Do you? What's more, do you know what your thyroid and thyroid-sensing hormone levels are? What about the antibodies your body sometimes makes to your thyroid? I do, and they are sky-high.
It's a little something called
Hashimoto's Thyroiditis. Your body produces antibodies that attack and destroy your thyroid. Among the many possible symptoms are weight gain. It's easily regulated with a small dose of thyroid medication, but it basically means I'll never be a "perfect" size 6.
I've spoken at length with my doctor about the fact that I am a size 12 rather than the "ideal" size 6-8 and what is basically comes down to is that I could starve myself to lose the pounds for vanity's sake, but health-wise, I'm right on target. I engage in regular physical activity, eat plenty of healthy foods, and abstain from junk food. About the only nutrition related health issue I have is chronically low iron, because no matter what I do I just can't seem to eat enough leafy greens to keep my iron where it needs to be.
So go ahead and make your fat jokes, but I'm the one laughing, because what you are basically saying is that you are an immature and ignorant lout who knows sh
[/i]it about sh[i]it, the sort who called
Amber Benson (who is, in fact, a size 6) a "cow" when she appeared on TV. Any child unfortunate enough to be sired by you will probably die of heart problems associated with anorexia.
Oh, and ESAD, kthxbye.
Edited, Wed Oct 19 14:55:51 2005 by Ambrya