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Chris Fox's avatar

Pardon me, a spring just popped out of my head.

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William A. Ferguson's avatar

I just had someone email me just now saying this was "public shaming" and that I was "making it worse".

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Chris Fox's avatar

Anyone who uses the word "shaming" needs a mob beating.

Once on FB I mentioned how fat Trump was and someone implored be to stop the "body shaming."

I said, BITCH, I dropped over 100 pounds in nine months, and anyone unhappy with body condition can start going to the gym and shut the fuck up.

Not to mention all those people with cancer, MS, and other ailments who would do cartwheels of joy if all they had to do to get well was eat less.

So, no, I will not refrain from "body shaming."

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William A. Ferguson's avatar

I have Type II Diabetes. When I was diagnosed, I weighed 264 pounds and had an A1C of 11.5. In three months, I dropped that to 5.5 and I lost over 100 pounds (not in three months, that took considerably longer).

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Chris Fox's avatar

I have it too, but I have only been overweight around 1995 when I was on Zoloft. I'll be 70 in March and still have a 32" waist and bench over 200.

It would be a lot harder to lose that kind of weight with diabetes. I think my A1C is about the same. But my legs are really weak and my equilibrium is in the toilet

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William A. Ferguson's avatar

Mine as well, and the neuropathy is the worst.

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Chris Fox's avatar

I had ulcers on one foot, but I treated them super aggressively and they've been gone over a year. I decided that if I was told the foot had to come off, I would call it a day, They were crevasses from one side of the foot to the other.

I had really bad neuropathy, pain, but it went away.

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Petal's avatar

Gorgeous 🤢

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William A. Ferguson's avatar

Right?

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Petal's avatar

Makes me want to be a lesbian

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William A. Ferguson's avatar

Well, you could do worse.

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Petal's avatar

Are you shitting me lol , I’ll stay single to the day I die if this is my dating pool

Actually I’d rather drown

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Petal's avatar

Sorry , I’ve been rather lapse on liking your posts

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William A. Ferguson's avatar

About as lapse as I have been in writing them. It's okay.

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Chris Fox's avatar

I threw up into my mouth just a little.

I mean, seriously, how delusional does he have to be?

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William A. Ferguson's avatar

Well...he's delusional enough to think he's a woman.

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