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OK here is another rant, I'm tired of my family always using the ol' "big boned" theory to excuse their unhealthiness. Seriously. You aren't 60/80/100 pounds overweight because of the dreaded BIG BONES. You're carrying around those pounds because you stop at McDonalds for a sweet tea and a double cheeseburger after work 3 days a week. And you go to Starbucks every morning for your latte. And your idea of exercise is walking to the mailbox instead of driving to it. And your idea of a light snack is a bowl of ice cream at midnight. And you consider a six-pack of beer your appetizer. And at dinner you don't stop piling food onto your plate until you can't actually SEE the plate anymore.
That is my family in a nutshell, and it drives me crazy.
I recently heard one of my relatives say this: "I sure wish I could wear something like that ... but I can't. I just wouldn't ever look as good in it, since I have big bones." I saw this same person eat an entire 14" pizza earlier that same day.
GRR. I'm not denying that some folks have bigger bones than some others, but there is a huge difference between big bones and simple fat. You can have big bones and still be in shape. You can have big bones and still be healthy. Big bones don't make you eat takeout every night. Big bones don't make you watch 8 hours of TV instead of taking a walk.
There is just no talking to them about it though. The big bones are their "get out of jail free card" for any and all situations. They never have to own up to their poor exercise and diet choices because those big bones have complete control over every decision they make ...
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