Airline Tips for Large Passengers

On 25 Sep 2007 10:52:15 -0000, "Realistic BBW"
<realistic_bbw@nopublicemailaddy.net> wrote:


>EXIT ROW SEAT - The exit-row seats over the wings of most planes have
>considerably more leg room than the rest of the seats in economy class.
>While FM regulations state that exit-row seating may be denied to fat
>passengers, requesting an exit-row seat may be a viable option for fat
>people who are tall and those with reasonably good health and mobility.

I've seen it stated that you can't sit in an exit row if you need a
seat belt extender.

On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 05:44:12 -0700 in .air, me
<oconnell@slr.orl.lmco.com> wrote:

> > Airline Tips for Large Passengers
> > Airline travel can be a nightmare for the large person.

then the large person should lose weight.

Per Rod Speed:
>I did it, easy as falling off a log.

How much for how long?
--
PeteCresswell

Per (PeteCresswell):
>>I did it, easy as falling off a log.
>
>How much for how long?

I'm not trying to be a wise guy - I'm interested.

In spite of my 105-lb weight loss many years ago, my weight has
crept back up to where I'd really like to lose 20 or 25 pounds.

Been trying to do that for about 10 years - and have gained
seven...
--
PeteCresswell

On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:25:35 -0400 in .air,
"(PeteCresswell)" <x@y.Invalid> wrote:

> In spite of my 105-lb weight loss many years ago, my weight has
> crept back up to where I'd really like to lose 20 or 25 pounds.
>
cut the carbs. i had trouble losing the last 15 lbs until i
stopped eating potatoes, rice or pasta with dinner all but 2 days
a week, and substituted salads.

not eating out much also helped, since restaurant meals are
loaded with fat, carbs, and s

Per sharx35:
>Something to do with metabolic rate, perhaps?

My experience has been that every 10 years or so I have had to
overhaul my diet.

Gone are the days of riding up to my girlfriend's (now wife)
house, eating a half gallon of ice cream topped with
strawberries.....

Same with the half of a roasted chicken for midmorning snack, and
about a quarter of a cheesecake in the afternoon...

Now metabolic stasis is more like a bagel and a cup of coffee for
breakfast (with butter and/or marmalade if I'm feeling really
wild and crazy), a sandwich for lunch, and maybe some steamed
fish and veggies for dinner.... period - not that I always
achieve that.... but it's probably what I should be doing and
I've been getting closer and closer with practice.
--
PeteCresswell

--
>
> (You can also buy business or first class.)
>
> But buying two seats would take of whatever advantage or releif is sought
> by the
> NAAFA advice to lift the armrest, stating "we'll both be more
> comfortable..",
> doesn't it?
>
> Banty
Which would really cost more? An extra seat in coach, or an upgrade to
business or first class? I'd upgrade just for the perks you pay for, no
matter how large or small I am.

On Oct 3, 8:28 am, "(PeteCresswell)" <x...@y.Invalid> wrote:
> Per Tchiowa:
>
>
>
> >I agree. And I'd make the same comment about quitting smoking. I
> >personally decided to quit at least 100 times. That doesn't do it. You
> >have to simply quit, period. When I did it was quite easy. Same with
>
> I had a non-typical experience when I quit smoking.
>
> Had been doing about a pack a night at the local college bar -
> along with a pitcher or so of wine coolers and an undetermined
> amount of beer.
>
> One morning I was riding my motor bike down to school and I was
> suddenly conscious of how foul my mouth tasted. Just decided
> "well, we aren't doing *that* anymore"... and that was the last
> of it.

Actually a very similar experience for me. Except I had been smoking
for 18 years, 2-3 packs per day.

One day I simply stopped. Not all that hard, actually.

> I struggle all the time with eating - so I know it wasn't a
> matter of willpower with smoking.

I think one big difference is you can *quit* smoking, but if you
*quit* eating you're in trouble. Cutting down without quitting takes
more willpower, IMO.

On Oct 4, 6:27 am, "(PeteCresswell)" <x...@y.Invalid> wrote:
> Per Tchiowa:
>
> >One day I simply stopped. Not all that hard, actually.
>
> Long time ago I heard a spiel from somebody I worked with.
>
> He said he'd tried to quit smoking dozens of times and failed
> each time.
>
> One day he found himself lighting up and said "I don't want to do
> this any more."... and never touched another cigarette.
>
> He did say that for the next (year? two years?) it was like there
> was somebody tapping on the side of his head saying "Have a
> cigarette. Have a cigarette. Have a cigarette. Have a
> cigarette...."
>
> His view in retrospect was that the other times he tried to quit
> smoking, it was because he thought he should or somebody told him
> he should or he read somewhere that he should.... but on that
> last time around it was different: he wanted to quit because *he*
> wanted to quit - and he thought that was the central issue.

I think he's right. And to me that's where the "will power" comes in.
He had the will power because he had decided to do it for himself. As
long as he was doing it for someone else he didn't.

"Alohacyberian" <alohacyberian@att.net> wrote in message
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> or"Craig Welch" <craig@pacific.net.sg> wrote in message
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>> Robin King wrote:
>>
>>> Being fat is not an addictive behavior.
>>
>> Quite correct.
>>
>> Eating to excess, the cause of being fat, is an addictive behaviour.
>>
> Personally, I wouldn't accept that the cause of being fat is an addictive
> behavior. We live in a world where the word "addictive" has become a very
> trendy one and fatsos love to fall back on that misnomer as an excuse for
> failure. KM

Well, well, well - yet another flurry of posts from Keith. But not one
addressing my question put to him a while ago -

"Do you agree that a maker of a statement is accountable for that
statement? A simple 'yes' or 'no' from you will suffice."

Still, he clearly is not doing the Alvin Toda of crawling under that rock to
duck that question. Nor is he throwing out the usual Keith Martin of non
sequiturs, red herrings, and ad hominems. And he has yet to once again
bring forth his six year old kid's response "Yes or no. KM." Instead, he
entertains us with snippets like this one on "addictive." Given his
ignoring my question of accountability to him, can anyone tell me whether
this "addictive" comment is on his part just plain blowing smoke - and an
attempt to simply stir the pot - or a statement behind which he stands?
Kind of tough to determine, Keith not answering my question on
accountability. I guess one interpretation on his behavior vis a vis
answering my question could be that Keith is "addictive" to not answering
simple, straightforward, "yes or no" questions such as mine directed to him.