Obese Passenger

{smile]. I can do cuddly. But there are downsides, having been Cuddly for over 60 years, my lower joints are knackered, it's my left hip atm, which is why I am on here at silly o'clock, because I'm in too much pain to sleep, waiting for co-codemol to kick in.

Maggie, have you unblocked me ? I really want to apologise personally.

Aw Maggie, thats funny and proves my point. Big cuddly men should be seen as a bonus on a flight.

Actually, I do like a cuddly man. I sat next to one on the flight back from Poland this week and he was quite charming. He was so obviously trying to hold himself so that he didn't impinge on my space that he must have been uncomfortable. I'd have just told him to lift up the armrest and relax and we could have cuddled up, had DH not been sitting on my other side He's such a spoilsport.

Tried the 5:2 for four months, Jane. Lost one pound on each 'starve' day and put it straight back on over the next couple of eating days. Kept to around 1000 calories on the eating days. I did manage to loose about four pounds - but that's back on again. One pound a month. Most depressing. I'm just very economical to run!

No me neither if it was a girl. I only thought about that after I posted. A big cuddly man would be nice.

Why do we have this objection about touching each other? It is almost like an electric shock if we touch a stranger.

Jessie, sorry, I don't want to cuddle some of the guys I have sat next to.

WE were looking through some old holiday pics from 1964 ( I was 19), hardly recognised myself. Didn't realise just how much our son looks like me when I was younger.

Couldn't we embrace big people and cuddle into them by removing the arm rest? I think that would be nice, but then again I have had two glasses of red and would cuddle up to anyone .

Ohhhh....you're Pompa! I missed him! When you said you wished that there were more men on GN I thought I hope Pompa comes back because you two would get on so well!! It all makes sense now.
I agree you dont look obese in the photo , just cuddly , which is what I like in a man. My H is cuddly. Though he thinks of himself as hunky, apparently!

Luckily, because I always needed flexible tickets I only flew scheduled airlines. Our holidays over the last few years have been with Titan who use BA and we upgrade to BC (not very much more for European destinations)

DS is always cramped in an airline seat too - he's slim but very tall and some budget airlines have very little space between the rows.

That would mean creating another identity, I doubt GNHQ would like that, I'm probably on their black list already.
But PompaPoo could be an option. Perhaps I will go cap in hand to GNHQ and ask for Pompa back sometime.

Brilliant Elegran!

Pompatoo?

WB Could you come back as Pompa2 or some such name?

Having travelled many 1000's of air-miles in my job, I can confirm that some airlines are better than others, at 6ft it is not only the width, but the leg groom. I always traveled by scheduled airlines and usually economy. The worst flight was an old BA 747 back from Toronto, I had bruises on my hips after the flight. Quantas were pretty spacious, better than BA. It is not just the actual seat spacing, but the design of the seats.

I can really recommend the 5:2 diet. As I can't get out much due to problem knee just now I decided to look at what I actually can do to help myself. I'm amazed at the effectiveness of it. I mean my blood pressure has reduced a lot already and I can happily fit my jeans. That's after 3 weeks. Note this isn't a diet post but just to highlight the difference 2 days fasting a week can do. The science behind it convinced me!
Sorry about your hip wobbly. Joints eh?!

nfkdumpling I'm an 18 and didn't feel at all too big for the seat last month when I flew. Sod them I say.

I have gone through all sorts of emotion trying to lose weight as no doubt everyone in the same position. I know the difficulty - I envy those who find it possible.

Any one who has the nerve, Ill grace and bad manners to comment can bugger off.

Blimey I'm turning into jing

I have the same problem WB. I have to drop below 700 calories in order to loose weight. Very difficult for a foodie to maintain for any length of time. So at size 18 airline seats are quite snug for me and upgrading would mean no trip. I'm trying desperately to loose a bit before we go away in November, but it's not budging as I've injured my back so exercise is difficult. I believe some airlines, especially the ones used by Americans, are now making their seats a bit bigger.

Sorry, "unpleasant" wasn't what I meant, unsympathetic or unkindly, would have been better.

If we can keep away from unpleasant comments I will put my side of obesity.

Both my Wife and I were fat as children, just after the war and the end of rationing. Both our parents were being kind by ensuring we had what they hadn't had. This mean't too many sweets, puddings, carbs etc, all the things we would not give our children today. This style of living was with us until we were married at 21/20, by which time the damage was done and our metabolism was set.
We have attempted to loose weight many times with short lived success. I have to go below 800 calories/day to lose weight and I cannot keep that up for long. As we got older our fitness declined and we do less than we did when we were 60.
Recently my fitness improved and I was losing several lbs a week, then we were both hit by debilitating conditions that mean we cannot walk. My wife had a fall and has a groin strain, and my hip joint has collapsed, so it will be months before we can work off the calories again.
This depresses both of us and guess what -- we eat more.

I don't think we are at all unique, I am sure that many overweight people can empathise with our situation.

I am very conscious of encroaching on others personal space, which is why, if I am paying, we travel business class on planes. How many of us would buy a car that had the same seating room that economy class gives ?

Tricia, also, recently I fitted mirror doors on our wardrobe, they don't lie (our wardrobe -- that's a joke)

Maggie, please unblock me so that I can resend my apology. ou deserve to see it.

Tricia, however we look we are both above the 30bmi mark, which is the level for obese, my aim is to be overweight

Jane, how I wish I could be Pompa again, unfortunately because I flounced and left GN, I could not re-use my old name. Pompa is my RL name that my GC know me by, it is a traditional name in my family, I am the third Pompa.

Maybe he should change his name from Wobblybits? I always think of him as his previous name(s) anyway.

WB posted a group photo recently and he didn't seem at all overweight to me. His wife neither.