Obesity

I could be really boring here and talk about healthy eating, exercise and blah blah blah. But to be honest, I don’t do it myself and I wouldn’t tell my lovely readers to do it either. It’s boring and I have better things to do with my time. The reason for me writing this post is something serious mixed with a little light heartedness. My sister underwent surgery on Monday and the doctor had told her that she can only be discharged after she has slept off the anaesthetic and had something to eat. They even provide food to eat so it’s simple, right? WRONG!!!!! There was a woman opposite who had told her friend to buy her something to eat from the hospital shop because she didn’t like what the nurse was offering. That’s fair enough. I wouldn’t want to eat something, just for the sake of eating it. Her friend came back a few moments later with a bottle of Coke, 2 packets of crisps and a few chocolate bars *shocked* I don’t think THAT’S what the doctor suggested as a meal. Is it me or is it pure stupidity to eat those kind of foods whilst in the hospital? Come to think of it, why does the hospital sell so much junk food? I know they can’t ban it but it seems silly that doctors are constantly banging on about junk food, yet the sell so much of it. This is probably one of life’s unanswered questions but it was quite an amusing thought of mine.

Snow

Let me put it bluntly, I HATE SNOW with a passion. It’s cute when it snows for a short amount of time when I’m in my house. However, England doesn’t do things by halves. We’ve gone all out with the snow. I woke up on Friday morning and everything was white, it was freezing and yes it looked really nice . . . UNTIL I had to go out. I don’t know if I’m too old for snow or maybe I’m a party pooper. I see people out having snow ball fights and I think they are mad. I wouldn’t go out in these horrible weather conditions unless I REALLY had to. If not, I’m parking my bum in front of the heater. (I’m lazy like that lol). I know the reason why children enjoy it so much. They get a day off from school. I would love my manager to give me a day off due to snow. Now that would be perfect. It’s never going to happen so I might as well stop day dreaming about it. I remember reading an article a few years which read that many schools prefer to shut when it snows because parents are fighting for compensation if their child falls over in the snow. I think it’s so dumb but a lot of people are greedy to make money by any means necessary.

Another reason why I hate the snow is because of the fact that England basically comes to a standstill at the sight of snow. I was shocked to hear that many trains were cancelled BEFORE it snowed. Excuse my stupidity, but how is that even logical? It snows a lot in places like Austria and Alaska but they seem to manage. Not England. Oh no. We have to close down schools and shops, disrupt public transport, close motorways etc.

I don’t understand how people say “it’s too cold to snow”. I’m sure there’s a smart reason behind it but I’m not clever enough to understand it so I don’t bother trying to understand it. But I hate it when I say “it’s too cold’ and a smart ass replies with “well, it is winter”. Thanks for stating the obvious, genius. I’m well aware of the season and I don’t need you reminding me. The point that I’m trying to make is that it’s a lot colder than we’re used to. It’s been a long time since temperatures have dropped into minus numbers and anyone who knows me will understand that me and cold weather DO NOT get on at all.

I could actually write about a book about this, but I know I’m gna get a lot of people commenting to tell me to shut up and enjoy it so I might as well cut this post short. Let’s hope the temperatures rise and hopefully England will be more prepared next year *fingers crossed*

World’s Fattest Man

I was reading the newspaper this morning and the headlines were “I’ve lost 46st”. When I read the article in full, the man who was supposed to be the world’s fattest man lost a lot of weight by a gastric band bypass on the NHS. For those of you who are not British. For those of you, especially my non-British readers, the NHS is the National Health Service, which provides healthcare for all UK citizens. It’s a free service for all because it is funded by taxes. There’s a reason why I explained how the healthcare system because I shall be hitting back on that point further down the post. Here’s the story in a nut shell. Paul Mason was the world’s fattest man, weighing 70 stone in 2010. He underwent a gastric band bypass and now weighs 24 stone. I’m happy that he decided to lose weight BUT there are many aspects that I’m unhappy with and disagree with. Let the rant begin.

Background

Firstly how the hell did you add so much weight?!!!! To me, it’s common sense, that if you eat loads of food, you are going to add some weight. More food, more weight. Yes, there is an exception to the rule of those people who have a fast metabolism. I don’t really understand science and stuff so I won’t bother trying to explain that further. That’s all I know. 70 stone is more than enough weight so there has to be an underlying reason of how it all started. Stress? Boredom? Depression? I don’t know but I’d love to know the answer.

Diet

This is what he ate in the day:

Breakfast: packet of bacon, four sausages, four eggs, bread, hash browns.

Lunch: Four portions of fish and chips, two kebabs, roast dinner.

Dinner: Curries/pizza, chips

Snacks: 40 packets of crisps, sausage rolls, pasties.

You may be thinking that’s a lot of food to eat in ONE day. I’m thinking how does he afford it? Giggle all you want, but it’s true. I need to find out where he gets his money from because I work full time and I STILL couldn’t afford to buy that much food. Truth be told, that’s my WEEKLY diet.

Government

That nicely leads onto my next point. If he could afford to eat that much, then surely he could’ve paid for the gastric band bypass himself, rather than using the NHS. Harsh point, but it’s true. You cannot get your teeth whitened via the NHS, neither can you breast implants. They are seen as “cosmetic”. Excuse me, but it’s common sense if you eat so much, your health will deteriorate. However, on that note, that’s the reason why he was allowed to have a gastric band fitted. I don’t think it’s fair. As a tax payer, I don’t agree that he was allowed to have this done free. I could spend ages complaining about the Government, laws, benefits but to be honest, I don’t actually think David Cameron will read this so I won’t bother.

Exceptions

Despite my little rant, some people are obese due to genetics. If that’s the case then I don’t mind the NHS getting involved. But I’m against the NHS helping people who have messed things up for themselves.

Moral of the story: Don’t eat too much because you will get fat, then you’ll be a gastric bypass via the NHS, then I’ll get mad and write a post about you

Children’s names

Choosing your child’s name is difficult but it should also be special. Please don’t hate me when I say this but I don’t like it when parents choose to name their child after designer makes like Chanel and Mercedes. Come on people, your child is stuck with this name until they can legally change it by deed poll. I’ve come across a few names and have actually felt sorry for them. Luckily, my parents thought long and hard before naming me, which I shall be ever grateful for.

I came across this article in the newspaper today and HAD to share it with you all.

hashtag?

I would love to say this is a joke but as it’s made the national newspaper, it can’t be. In my opinion, this is stupidity at it’s finest. Most of us are fans of Twitter but could you love it so much in order to call your daughter Hashtag? I think these addictions MUST stop. To be fair, I actually feel sorry for her. She’s got a name, too young to understand what it really means,  and living innocently. Kids are cruel and I hope she doesn’t get bullied over her name. I know that’s a bit extreme but then again, so is her name. Bless her!

Random Thought

I am known for not thinking before I speak so I had a really random thought which entertained my friends when I asked them. I’m hoping you’ll find it interesting too otherwise this post will be completely pointless. It’s supposed to be funny but I apologise in advance if it doesn’t make you laugh. I’ll give it a go though.

You know when you have a woolly jumper and you wash it, it shrinks, doesn’t it? Well when it rains, does the sheep shrink?

You’re probably thinking “this girl is REALLY dumb” or “she really needs to get out more”. Either way, it was a serious thought in my head until my friends replied back to me. A few of my friends actually thought about it and were unsure of the answer. I’m glad that happened because I didn’t feel dumb. Some people were too honest for their own good and teased me about it. I have to admit, best response was “no, the sheep wont shrink because rain doesn’t fall at 40 degrees”. Thats really smart and I’m glad I have friends who join in with my stupidity.