Gonna put out some free adverstising for Dave Fm today....maybe. I love to listen to Dave. I listen to the Brian and O'Brien Show every morning at 5 am on the way to work. They are hiliarious! I just love them. Then I listen to the Craig Fee show every afternoon. Now for the most part I really enjoy the Craig Fee show, but I have been listening for months and at least twice a week I hear Craig take pot shots at over weight people. Now I have never met Craig Fee, I have spoken with him once when I won the Tedious Tiresome at 3 pm. He seemed like a pretty fun guy, he is always joking and laughing about one thing or the other. To be fair, Craig is very forth coming with his opinions of many things, meat eaters, politics and politicians, hockey, music, singers and of course over weight individuals. Yesterdays comment went something like this....he was asking a caller if they ever had a blind date and the caller said no. Craig said he had the unfortunate experience of having one at one point in his life. He said he was told she had a great personality and then found himself opposite to a woman that outweighed him by 200 lbs. Laughing he said that he now relates great personality to morbid obesity. Well, I will have you know that the doctor calls it Super Morbid Obesity so get it right! My personality is only great sometimes! I understand that Craig and his family are vegetarians. That is fabulous that you made that choice for your family and your collective health. I am impressed about how freely Craig speaks about his vegetarianism on air. I think it is absolutely fabulous that we live in an era where we have such freedom of speech. I have heard everything from flatulence (farting) to homosexuality discussed and why not! Now Craig talks about his children on air and I too have children. One of the things I have always tried to teach my children is it is wrong to make fun of or laugh at people that are different from us, whether that be race, religion, or appearance. I am sure that Craig would not want someone to laugh at his children for being vegetarian...would he? I would if someone fat sat on Craig when he was young to have such a bitter dislike for the over weight people. I have struggle with my weight for years....as a young preteen right through to the present. I have battled endlessly. There has been weight loss and gain over and over and over. I would like to just point out that just because someone is over weight doesn't mean they are lazy or a slob or any of those other preconceived ideas that people develope. Now hearing the local DJ take pot shots on air doesn't make me sit and cry or anything ridiculous like that ....it just makes me question things like why are we promoting the bashing of anyone, large,small, blonde, newfie. I get there are jokes and then there is the slams. Does this family show think about how upset they make the children of overweight people. Has Craig fee ever thought about the reasons people are overweight or why it is so difficult to lose weight for many people? Many reports talk about the rise in depression. With depression you sometimes see weight gain. Stress and health related issues cause weight gain. The fast pace of society....on the go grab a burger, a coffee, etc. Now no one is holding these people down and force feeding them but wouldn't be easier to offer some encouragement to overweight listeners. What about todays economy. My grocery bill doubled when I bought light, fat free, healthy choice ingredient and added more fruit and vegetables. Not everyone can afford to eat "healthy"! Green peppers today were 3.97 kg. That is crazy! When you are living on a budget and needing to feed a family do you buy all the diet appropriate foods or do you buy the food that will stretch out your meal plan a little longer.....trust me they are not the same. How about diet programs, Herbal Magic asked for 1500 dollars upfront then monthly product, Beverly Hills was 600 dollars upfront and then monthly fees and product, Dr. Bernstein was 580 dollars a month 10 years ago plus buying all the foods they recommend. Weight Watcher's is probably the most reasonable but it is still a start up fee of 50 or 60 dollars, then they encourage the points calculator or the many different food products they sell plus the weekly fees. I am sure there are hundreds of other reasons for weight gain. Let me clarify reasons not excuses. Each individual makes their own choices about their heatlh and although it is sad to say how much the things around us affect that choice it is ultimately the individuals choice. I just wanted to put it out there that before we jump to conclusions why someone is heavy and make comments or remarks let think would we want someone saying that about us, our children or grandchildren. I have made a choice to have gastric bypass surgery and work at improving my health and eating habits as well as reducing my stress and eliminating other situations that might impair or impede my progress. Not everyone is at that place in their life and I wouldn't want to discourage them by serving them up on a bash platter. So my challenge to everyone is to say something encouraging in place of something discouraging and it will go alot further!
Steph
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