Feb 15
2008

Who comes up with these things anyway??

Posted by: megmartin | Leave a comment | Link to this | Category: Personal

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It has come to my attention today that the powers that be in the Mississippi Legislature are currently looking into a law that will prevent restaurants from serving food to overweight people. This is so incredibly outrageous and shocking that I had to write about it here. It is pure and simple discrimination and I am amazed that anyone would even consider something like this. What goes through the minds of these people as they are sitting there drafting a potential law like this?Â

Here’s a little glimpse for you:

MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2008 Regular Session
To: Public Health and Human Services; Judiciary B
By: Representative Mayhall, Read, Shows
House Bill 282

SECTION 1.
(1) The provisions of this section shall apply to any food establishment that is required to obtain a permit from the State Department of Health under Section 41-3-15(4)(f), that operates primarily in an enclosed facility and that has five (5) or more seats for customers.
(2) Any food establishment to which this section applies shall not be allowed to serve food to any person who is obese, based on criteria prescribed by the State Department of Health after consultation with the Mississippi Council on Obesity Prevention and Management established under Section 41-101-1 or its successor. The State Department of Health shall prepare written materials that describe and explain the criteria for determining whether a person is obese, and shall provide those materials to all food establishments to which this section applies. A food establishment shall be entitled to rely on the criteria for obesity in those written materials when determining whether or not it is allowed to serve food to any person.
(3) The State Department of Health shall monitor the food establishments to which this section applies for compliance with the provisions of this section, and may revoke the permit of any food establishment that repeatedly violates the provisions of this section.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2008

I have not as yet been able to determine WHY this angers me as much as it does - because as an overweight person this is a law that has the potential, if accepted in one place, to spread across North America and affect so many people or because I feel awful for the people it will affect, though I know none of them or because I cannot imagine what employee in a restaurant (fast food joint or otherwise) would want to look someone in the eye and say “I’m sorry but we cannot serve you - you’re fat”.Â

I have seen many ridiculous things come out of politics in countries the world over. I have also seen many good things. But this, well this just takes the cake (no pun intended) for the most idiotic, bigoted thing that I have seen come out of the United States in a very long time.

With every fiber in my being, I hope that this law never passes.

Feb 15
2008

Easily Amused

Posted by: megmartin | Leave a comment | Link to this | Category: Personal, Weight Loss

Isn’t it funny how when we don’t have the same motivations in place, we lose track of our goals temporarily and it becomes harder to recover each time?Â

Fit club finished a week ago for me. I went in and got weighed & measured, and was pleased with my results. 17 lbs and 12 inches is no laughing matter. I have no idea if I won or not, I’m still hoping for that. But with the end of the Fit Club, came the end of my excellent eating “habits” and I’m finding it hard to recover from that.

I hope to be as honest with myself as I am with all of you, and in so doing I am finding that I need to retrained in so many ways. Over the last week, I have gone from eating grilled chicken, lots of salad, and doing lots of exercise to having some pizza, some chocolate, some POP!!!, and not going to the gym.Â

Now, granted, I haven’t been very well over the last week - not well at all….but that right there should have been enough to remind me of WHY I should be eating well. What good does the junky stuff do my body? It certainly doesn’t help me get better does it?Â

As I sat here tonight looking through my food diary, I was horrified to see what a difference there was between the two weeks. To be fair, I haven’t been toooo bad, but there is certainly room for much improvement. My scale is showing I am still down…but that is MY scale and there is a difference between mine and the Weight Watchers one.Â

I’m hoping to take the kids to the school tomorrow on their Pro D Day so that we can play soccer and take a walk up Christmas Hill - get some exercise. We’ll see.

I suck at this…….royally suck.