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People always underestimate both my intelligence and my athletic abilities. Other women of all sizes are more comfortable around me. Thanks to sexy models like Emme and Mia Tyler, I finally have hot role models. Linda Atkins, San Francisco I like being able to eat anything I want and I love feeling free from society's desire to define my shape or to shrink me, literally and figuratively. Jay Hinman, San Francisco Enjoying the gastronomic pleasures that are abundantly available to be enjoyed -- though your outlook on being overweight will obviously temper how much or how little pleasure you receive. If you truly appreciate food as a component of life that makes you happy, then those extra pounds will be meaningless in the long run. Burt Schmitz, Cupertino At 76, I'm 5 feet 10, overweight (I'm told) at a constant 210 and a moderate couch potato. Within the last year I walked up and down rocky slopes and rough terrain for five hours and five miles in Northern Newfoundland. In days of yore, when chided by my family, I retorted, "That's my survival kit! Whether this is true or not in your case, this preconception opens doors and helps you earn people's trust. Peter Moylan, San Francisco You don't have people hitting on you. You can live up to your parents' admonition -- "eat everything on your plate" -- with no problem. You can keep drinking beer all night long, so you don't have to go home early. And you have a better chance of dying quickly from a heart attack, rather than lingering with some other disease or being kept alive by our insane medical system in a world mad with terrorism, devastated 401s from corporate greed, probably no baseball after the next strike and the continued destruction of the environment. Two Cents is a pool of Chronicle readers we tap for anecdotaes and commentary.
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