Another college gone crazy.

[sonnyjane]

I am posting this because I am standing up for a chronic condition and why I have the need to weigh myself. Remember, this discussion started yesterday before the snow.

But once again you are making a mockery out of a very serious health condition,

And so glad you can afford your own home gym. We peasants are waiting for it to clear so we can get to the gym and walk the track.

But until then, I have monitored my blood pressure, glucose level, and am monitoring my steps to try to reach 10,000 even though I am housebound until the weather clears.

Ruby, you must see the irony here - you are condemning someone for "making a mockery of a serious health condition", when eating disorders are ALSO a serious health condition, and yet you started this thread to mock people who might be suffering from them.

 

[monarch64]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/supporters-of-college-removing-scale-from-gym-say-it-is-triggering_us_58c6b8cbe4b0d1078ca83ce7

Now why couldn't the scale stay for those who wanted to use it.

And if you do not, then don't.

Are our young people becoming more and more unable to cope?.

When they go to a doctor''s visit, do they expect them to take the scale out of the examining room?

Ruby, you're backpedaling yourself further into the hole you've already dug. You didn't exactly start this thread off by saying, "hey, what if someone has a legitimate medical issue like diabetes and wants to have access to a scale at the university gym?" No, you didn't. Instead your approach was snarking on another group that also has a legitimate concern for the scale being there and potentially triggering some "young people" who are "more and more unable to cope." Do you not see how you, yourself, set the tone for this thread? Don't sit there and act all innocent and victimized by the herd mentality because you came at this in an offensive manner.

 

[ruby59]

I am posting this because I am standing up for a chronic condition and why I have the need to weigh myself.

Ruby, please read my post above. The rationale behind the decision at Carleton University was based on trying to get people to be more aware of better markers of health besides weight. It had nothing to do with eating disorders or body image (again, that was speculation from a 17 year old Facebook poster...not exactly a reputable source), and it is insulting to have decisions that have been based on scientific evidence reduced to snarky remarks about some presumed need to protect the feelings of special snowflakes.

In addition, I struggle to see how posting a misleading article on a Canadian University (known for it's biomedical sciences program btw) takes away your right to monitor your health in whatever way you see fit. I imagine you are not flying to Ottawa on a regular basis to weigh yourself on that scale, but instead you choose to spend $20 for one that you can use at home.

And that is perfectly fine and understandable.

But why not keep the scale for those who want to use and for those who have better methods then don't.

It is about personal choice.

So answer my question, please. Why was the scale removed?

And obviously if it could happen in Canada, what would prevent it from happening in the US or right here in my home state? And that is why I am speaking out about it.

 

[ruby59]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/supporters-of-college-removing-scale-from-gym-say-it-is-triggering_us_58c6b8cbe4b0d1078ca83ce7

Now why couldn't the scale stay for those who wanted to use it.

And if you do not, then don't.

Are our young people becoming more and more unable to cope?.

When they go to a doctor''s visit, do they expect them to take the scale out of the examining room?

Ruby, you're backpedaling yourself further into the hole you've already dug. You didn't exactly start this thread off by saying, "hey, what if someone has a legitimate medical issue like diabetes and wants to have access to a scale at the university gym?" No, you didn't. Instead your approach was snarking on another group that also has a legitimate concern for the scale being there and potentially triggering some "young people" who are "more and more unable to cope." Do you not see how you, yourself, set the tone for this thread? Don't sit there and act all innocent and victimized by the herd mentality because you came at this in an offensive manner.

Answer me this? Why was the scale removed?

Why couldn't it remain for those who wanted to use it?

 

[jaaron]

I also have an autoimmune thyroid condition, and I will say that the only real way to monitor it is by blood test that tests all thyroid function, including T3, on a regular basis. I have mine done about every four months.

Not everyone with a low thyroid will be overweight. Even at its very worst, when I was diagnosed (I was within weeks of going into a coma-- first baby was six months old and I assumed the symptoms were exhausted new mom), I was maybe 5 lbs over. Additionally, weighing yourself is pretty useless, since thyroid-related weight gain is a gradual process. By the time your weight has crept up noticeably, your thyroid has been low for too long.

I exercise hard and regularly and have found that when I've been injured and am not exercising at all for any real length of time, I will be at my lightest on a scale despite the fact that my resting heart rate and triglycerides are worse.

My daughter has regular tests to monitor her thyroid. She has been in a so called holding pattern for a few years showing normal blood tests but still the antibodies indicating something had happened.

Doctor told her to monitor her weight.

Understood. My point is that she's been given iffy advice. Weight will be her least reliable and is likely to be her slowest indicator of things going awry.

 

[jaaron]

Yep, this is a non-issue. Anyone can use their own scale in their own home. Please also note that this is a gym in the athletic department of the university. The athletic department is promoting measuring body parts as opposed to going by numbers on the scale. No one's personal rights are at risk. They are free to use their own scales if they want. This isn't a snowflake issue at all. It's an athletic department's decision, that may be revisited at any time. It was not done as some assume, due to complaints by students.

This is what I was thinking.

Hit up walmart and buy a $10 scale if you're so worried. Ruby, perhaps you'd be willing to sponsor this effort? You seem quite concerned for the health of our students, instead of bitching about what the school is doing why not try to change it or spearhead your own effort!

Anyways. It's not like they took away something that would cost the avg person hundreds or thousands to replace on their own. It's a f*cking scale.

I'm thinking at $10 that scale's not going to be made in America. Maybe best to wait until we've made America great again and can expect to pay $100 for it?

Is it bad that I'm eating fudge while reading this thread?

 

[lovedogs]

Exactly. BMI has been known to be inaccurate for quite some time, although Drs offices still use scales in order to take weight for people's charts. Anyone who thinks that diabetes can be monitored by BMI is flat out wrong. As an athlete, my BMI has been in the "overweight/obese" range for quite some time--with the exception of prior to college when I wasn't lifting weights.

BMI is one factor. Blood pressure, A1C, cholesterol are others.

Are you diabetic, Lovedogs. Do you see an endocrinologist. So unless you have walked the walk, do not tell me that I am flat out wrong, because you have no clue what it takes to control it.

Oh good. You took time to be rude to us all individually. That's nice.

Not diabetic, but turns out I can still tell you that you are wrong. I don't need to "walk the walk" or have diabetes to understand information. That's how facts work. So let me tell you again: BMI has nothing to do with diabetes. Weight is not an accurate way to measure health.

 

[YadaYadaYada]

Exactly. BMI has been known to be inaccurate for quite some time, although Drs offices still use scales in order to take weight for people's charts. Anyone who thinks that diabetes can be monitored by BMI is flat out wrong. As an athlete, my BMI has been in the "overweight/obese" range for quite some time--with the exception of prior to college when I wasn't lifting weights.

BMI is one factor. Blood pressure, A1C, cholesterol are others.

Are you diabetic, Lovedogs. Do you see an endocrinologist. So unless you have walked the walk, do not tell me that I am flat out wrong, because you have no clue what it takes to control it.

Oh good. You took time to be rude to us all individually. That's nice.

Not diabetic, but turns out I can still tell you that you are wrong. I don't need to "walk the walk" or have diabetes to understand information. That's how facts work. So let me tell you again: BMI has nothing to do with diabetes. Weight is not an accurate way to measure health.

THIS, yes to all of it. There are so many people considered a "normal weight or normal BMI" that are diagnosed. There is a genetic factor to this.

 

[ruby59]

Yep, this is a non-issue. Anyone can use their own scale in their own home. Please also note that this is a gym in the athletic department of the university. The athletic department is promoting measuring body parts as opposed to going by numbers on the scale. No one's personal rights are at risk. They are free to use their own scales if they want. This isn't a snowflake issue at all. It's an athletic department's decision, that may be revisited at any time. It was not done as some assume, due to complaints by students.

This is what I was thinking.

Hit up walmart and buy a $10 scale if you're so worried. Ruby, perhaps you'd be willing to sponsor this effort? You seem quite concerned for the health of our students, instead of bitching about what the school is doing why not try to change it or spearhead your own effort!

Anyways. It's not like they took away something that would cost the avg person hundreds or thousands to replace on their own. It's a f*cking scale.

I'm thinking at $10 that scale's not going to be made in America. Maybe best to wait until we've made America great again and can expect to pay $100 for it?

Is it bad that I'm eating fudge while reading this thread?

That is one area I am lucky in. I never had much of a sweet tooth, so giving up sweets was not a problem.

It was bread, pasta, and pizza. Those were hard.


I believe you said you were Jewish , Jaaron, so you can relate.

I love matza with margarine on it. But at 26 grams each, I had to give it up. But I am craving it.

 

[cmd2014]

I am posting this because I am standing up for a chronic condition and why I have the need to weigh myself.

Ruby, please read my post above. The rationale behind the decision at Carleton University was based on trying to get people to be more aware of better markers of health besides weight. It had nothing to do with eating disorders or body image (again, that was speculation from a 17 year old Facebook poster...not exactly a reputable source), and it is insulting to have decisions that have been based on scientific evidence reduced to snarky remarks about some presumed need to protect the feelings of special snowflakes.

In addition, I struggle to see how posting a misleading article on a Canadian University (known for it's biomedical sciences program btw) takes away your right to monitor your health in whatever way you see fit. I imagine you are not flying to Ottawa on a regular basis to weigh yourself on that scale, but instead you choose to spend $20 for one that you can use at home.

And that is perfectly fine and understandable.

But why not keep the scale for those who want to use and for those who have better methods then don't.

It is about personal choice.

So answer my question, please. Why was the scale removed?

And obviously if it could happen in Canada, what would prevent it from happening in the US or right here in my home state? And that is why I am speaking out about it.

Seriously? Given that higher education is heavily subsidized here in Canada, I would have a difficult time imagining that this has caused hardship to anyone who wants to use a scale (because they can afford to buy a $20 scale for home use, which is what most people here do).

I also imagine that if you polled people who care so deeply about their choice to use a scale, the vast majority would have already spent the $20 it costs to buy one for home use rather than using one at a gym that is difficult to keep properly calibrated.

Plus, I have yet to see any policy decisions made here in Canada that have so heavily influenced the US.

And if scales were tragically removed from your home state, my hope is that your doctors would be up enough on health research literature as to provide you with more effective methods for monitoring your health.

But the whole point behind removing the scale was to educate people that the use of a scale is an old and outmoded measure of health. They even put up a helpful, friendly, and oh so Canadian sign saying that this was the reason it was taken away and they suggested other ways that people could monitor their progress in more healthy and appropriate ways.

You also need to take this in context. This is a gym that is attached to the health research program that caters almost exclusively to students of that program (or those who are benefiting from it). No one is talking about rounding up all scales everywhere and banning them. There are no squads of scale fascists coming to get you.

 

[ruby59]

This is a gym that is attached to the health research program that caters almost exclusively to students of that program (or those who are benefiting from it).

___________________________________________________

So is there a separate gym for those who need to monitor their weight or do they use this one as well.

And I keep hearing about buying that $10 scale.

When are some of you going to get that is not the point, and you know it.

 

[monarch64]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/supporters-of-college-removing-scale-from-gym-say-it-is-triggering_us_58c6b8cbe4b0d1078ca83ce7

Now why couldn't the scale stay for those who wanted to use it.

And if you do not, then don't.

Are our young people becoming more and more unable to cope?.

When they go to a doctor''s visit, do they expect them to take the scale out of the examining room?

Ruby, you're backpedaling yourself further into the hole you've already dug. You didn't exactly start this thread off by saying, "hey, what if someone has a legitimate medical issue like diabetes and wants to have access to a scale at the university gym?" No, you didn't. Instead your approach was snarking on another group that also has a legitimate concern for the scale being there and potentially triggering some "young people" who are "more and more unable to cope." Do you not see how you, yourself, set the tone for this thread? Don't sit there and act all innocent and victimized by the herd mentality because you came at this in an offensive manner.

Answer me this? Why was the scale removed?

Why couldn't it remain for those who wanted to use it?

Why are you asking me questions to which you've already assigned answers?? The articles clearly state that Carleton decided to remove the scale "to promote a more holistic approach to a healthy body image." You have chosen to see that as a detriment to your own lifestyle somehow, and you think for whatever reason that this could greatly affect your life in your state because what is next? Those crazy ass liberals are going to come for your scale? Mountains out of molehills, is what this is.

If the situation were reversed, and one of your children had an eating disorder, you'd be ALL FOR IT. In fact, I'd bet that you'd be the first person at the Dean's door demanding to know WHY WEREN'T THE SCALES REMOVED before your child was hospitalized for being dangerously underweight, etc.

 

[monarch64]

Yep, this is a non-issue. Anyone can use their own scale in their own home. Please also note that this is a gym in the athletic department of the university. The athletic department is promoting measuring body parts as opposed to going by numbers on the scale. No one's personal rights are at risk. They are free to use their own scales if they want. This isn't a snowflake issue at all. It's an athletic department's decision, that may be revisited at any time. It was not done as some assume, due to complaints by students.

This is what I was thinking.

Hit up walmart and buy a $10 scale if you're so worried. Ruby, perhaps you'd be willing to sponsor this effort? You seem quite concerned for the health of our students, instead of bitching about what the school is doing why not try to change it or spearhead your own effort!

Anyways. It's not like they took away something that would cost the avg person hundreds or thousands to replace on their own. It's a f*cking scale.

I'm thinking at $10 that scale's not going to be made in America. Maybe best to wait until we've made America great again and can expect to pay $100 for it?

Is it bad that I'm eating fudge while reading this thread?

That is one area I am lucky in. I never had much of a sweet tooth, so giving up sweets was not a problem.

It was bread, pasta, and pizza. Those were hard.


I believe you said you were Jewish , Jaaron, so you can relate.

I love matza with margarine on it. But at 26 grams each, I had to give it up. But I am craving it.

Do you know what people with eating disorders do when they are craving something? They weigh themselves. They work out. They have entire lists of hundreds of things to do besides eat. Of course, you don't have an ED, so you don't understand. Yet you ask people to understand what having diabetes is like. Get it?

Do a search for "pro-ana." Look at Pinterest for "thinspo."

 

[telephone89]

Yep, this is a non-issue. Anyone can use their own scale in their own home. Please also note that this is a gym in the athletic department of the university. The athletic department is promoting measuring body parts as opposed to going by numbers on the scale. No one's personal rights are at risk. They are free to use their own scales if they want. This isn't a snowflake issue at all. It's an athletic department's decision, that may be revisited at any time. It was not done as some assume, due to complaints by students.

This is what I was thinking.

Hit up walmart and buy a $10 scale if you're so worried. Ruby, perhaps you'd be willing to sponsor this effort? You seem quite concerned for the health of our students, instead of bitching about what the school is doing why not try to change it or spearhead your own effort!

Anyways. It's not like they took away something that would cost the avg person hundreds or thousands to replace on their own. It's a f*cking scale.

I'm thinking at $10 that scale's not going to be made in America. Maybe best to wait until we've made America great again and can expect to pay $100 for it?

Is it bad that I'm eating fudge while reading this thread?

Good thing up in Canada we don't really give a about made in America

I could go for some fudge. Maybe fries lol.

 

[telephone89]

And obviously if it could happen in Canada, what would prevent it from happening in the US or right here in my home state? And that is why I am speaking out about it.

This is one of the best quotes I've read on this site.

*gasp!* If it can happen in Canada!!!

We're not usually the enemies

 

[ruby59]

Yep, this is a non-issue. Anyone can use their own scale in their own home. Please also note that this is a gym in the athletic department of the university. The athletic department is promoting measuring body parts as opposed to going by numbers on the scale. No one's personal rights are at risk. They are free to use their own scales if they want. This isn't a snowflake issue at all. It's an athletic department's decision, that may be revisited at any time. It was not done as some assume, due to complaints by students.

This is what I was thinking.

Hit up walmart and buy a $10 scale if you're so worried. Ruby, perhaps you'd be willing to sponsor this effort? You seem quite concerned for the health of our students, instead of bitching about what the school is doing why not try to change it or spearhead your own effort!

Anyways. It's not like they took away something that would cost the avg person hundreds or thousands to replace on their own. It's a f*cking scale.

I'm thinking at $10 that scale's not going to be made in America. Maybe best to wait until we've made America great again and can expect to pay $100 for it?

Is it bad that I'm eating fudge while reading this thread?

That is one area I am lucky in. I never had much of a sweet tooth, so giving up sweets was not a problem.

It was bread, pasta, and pizza. Those were hard.


I believe you said you were Jewish , Jaaron, so you can relate.

I love matza with margarine on it. But at 26 grams each, I had to give it up. But I am craving it.

Do you know what people with eating disorders do when they are craving something? They weigh themselves. They work out. They have entire lists of hundreds of things to do besides eat. Of course, you don't have an ED, so you don't understand. Yet you ask people to understand what having diabetes is like. Get it?

Do a search for "pro-ana." Look at Pinterest for "thinspo."

So because they cannot control themselves, others have to do without?

Can't you see that is a slippery slope that could go almost everywhere and into every situation.

 

[cmd2014]

And obviously if it could happen in Canada, what would prevent it from happening in the US or right here in my home state? And that is why I am speaking out about it.

This is one of the best quotes I've read on this site.

*gasp!* If it can happen in Canada!!!

We're not usually the enemies

Well, we are in South Park movies! Blame Canada! Blame Canada!!!

 

[monarch64]

Yep, this is a non-issue. Anyone can use their own scale in their own home. Please also note that this is a gym in the athletic department of the university. The athletic department is promoting measuring body parts as opposed to going by numbers on the scale. No one's personal rights are at risk. They are free to use their own scales if they want. This isn't a snowflake issue at all. It's an athletic department's decision, that may be revisited at any time. It was not done as some assume, due to complaints by students.

This is what I was thinking.

Hit up walmart and buy a $10 scale if you're so worried. Ruby, perhaps you'd be willing to sponsor this effort? You seem quite concerned for the health of our students, instead of bitching about what the school is doing why not try to change it or spearhead your own effort!

Anyways. It's not like they took away something that would cost the avg person hundreds or thousands to replace on their own. It's a f*cking scale.

I'm thinking at $10 that scale's not going to be made in America. Maybe best to wait until we've made America great again and can expect to pay $100 for it?

Is it bad that I'm eating fudge while reading this thread?

So because they cannot control themselves, others have to do without?

Can't you see that is a slippery slope that could go almost everywhere and into every situation.




That is one area I am lucky in. I never had much of a sweet tooth, so giving up sweets was not a problem.

It was bread, pasta, and pizza. Those were hard.


I believe you said you were Jewish , Jaaron, so you can relate.

I love matza with margarine on it. But at 26 grams each, I had to give it up. But I am craving it.

Do you know what people with eating disorders do when they are craving something? They weigh themselves. They work out. They have entire lists of hundreds of things to do besides eat. Of course, you don't have an ED, so you don't understand. Yet you ask people to understand what having diabetes is like. Get it?

Do a search for "pro-ana." Look at Pinterest for "thinspo."

LOL. It's others who can't control themselves, trust me. Anorexia and bulimia are ALL ABOUT CONTROL. But you wouldn't know that because you've taken zero time to learn.

 

[ruby59]

Yep, this is a non-issue. Anyone can use their own scale in their own home. Please also note that this is a gym in the athletic department of the university. The athletic department is promoting measuring body parts as opposed to going by numbers on the scale. No one's personal rights are at risk. They are free to use their own scales if they want. This isn't a snowflake issue at all. It's an athletic department's decision, that may be revisited at any time. It was not done as some assume, due to complaints by students.

This is what I was thinking.

Hit up walmart and buy a $10 scale if you're so worried. Ruby, perhaps you'd be willing to sponsor this effort? You seem quite concerned for the health of our students, instead of bitching about what the school is doing why not try to change it or spearhead your own effort!

Anyways. It's not like they took away something that would cost the avg person hundreds or thousands to replace on their own. It's a f*cking scale.

I'm thinking at $10 that scale's not going to be made in America. Maybe best to wait until we've made America great again and can expect to pay $100 for it?

Is it bad that I'm eating fudge while reading this thread?

Good thing up in Canada we don't really give a about made in America

I could go for some fudge. Maybe fries lol.

Where will you be eating it? Not in front of me. See I have diabetes and will get very depressed if I cannot have it as well and it might make me uncomfortable to see you eat it or I may just eat it and get sick, so you cannot have it either.

This is now a french fry and fudge free zone. You can no longer mention it here.

 

[monarch64]

And obviously if it could happen in Canada, what would prevent it from happening in the US or right here in my home state? And that is why I am speaking out about it.

This is one of the best quotes I've read on this site.

*gasp!* If it can happen in Canada!!!

We're not usually the enemies

Well, we are in South Park movies! Blame Canada! Blame Canada!!!

U RANG?

 

[telephone89]

And obviously if it could happen in Canada, what would prevent it from happening in the US or right here in my home state? And that is why I am speaking out about it.

This is one of the best quotes I've read on this site.

*gasp!* If it can happen in Canada!!!

We're not usually the enemies

Well, we are in South Park movies! Blame Canada! Blame Canada!!!

Who cares about scales when we have square wheels?! We are focusing on the wrong issue here!

 

[monarch64]

Yep, this is a non-issue. Anyone can use their own scale in their own home. Please also note that this is a gym in the athletic department of the university. The athletic department is promoting measuring body parts as opposed to going by numbers on the scale. No one's personal rights are at risk. They are free to use their own scales if they want. This isn't a snowflake issue at all. It's an athletic department's decision, that may be revisited at any time. It was not done as some assume, due to complaints by students.

This is what I was thinking.

Hit up walmart and buy a $10 scale if you're so worried. Ruby, perhaps you'd be willing to sponsor this effort? You seem quite concerned for the health of our students, instead of bitching about what the school is doing why not try to change it or spearhead your own effort!

Anyways. It's not like they took away something that would cost the avg person hundreds or thousands to replace on their own. It's a f*cking scale.

I'm thinking at $10 that scale's not going to be made in America. Maybe best to wait until we've made America great again and can expect to pay $100 for it?

Is it bad that I'm eating fudge while reading this thread?

Good thing up in Canada we don't really give a about made in America

I could go for some fudge. Maybe fries lol.

Where will you be eating it? Not in front of me. See I have diabetics and will get very depressed if I cannot have it as well and it might make me uncomfortable to see you eat it or I may just eat it and get sick, so you cannot have it either.

Nope. Not how it works. But again, you wouldn't know that because you've taken zero time to learn.

 

[telephone89]

Yep, this is a non-issue. Anyone can use their own scale in their own home. Please also note that this is a gym in the athletic department of the university. The athletic department is promoting measuring body parts as opposed to going by numbers on the scale. No one's personal rights are at risk. They are free to use their own scales if they want. This isn't a snowflake issue at all. It's an athletic department's decision, that may be revisited at any time. It was not done as some assume, due to complaints by students.

This is what I was thinking.

Hit up walmart and buy a $10 scale if you're so worried. Ruby, perhaps you'd be willing to sponsor this effort? You seem quite concerned for the health of our students, instead of bitching about what the school is doing why not try to change it or spearhead your own effort!

Anyways. It's not like they took away something that would cost the avg person hundreds or thousands to replace on their own. It's a f*cking scale.

I'm thinking at $10 that scale's not going to be made in America. Maybe best to wait until we've made America great again and can expect to pay $100 for it?

Is it bad that I'm eating fudge while reading this thread?

Good thing up in Canada we don't really give a about made in America

I could go for some fudge. Maybe fries lol.

Where will you be eating it? Not in front of me. See I have diabetes and will get very depressed if I cannot have it as well and it might make me uncomfortable to see you eat it or I may just eat it and get sick, so you cannot have it either.

This is now a french fry and fudge free zone. You can no longer mention it here.

Its funny you say that. That shit is actually happening with the states, but its over peanuts. And now things that LOOK like peanuts (even sunbutter and that crap). Are you against banning PB in schools where some children have life threatening allergies?

 

[ruby59]

And obviously if it could happen in Canada, what would prevent it from happening in the US or right here in my home state? And that is why I am speaking out about it.

This is one of the best quotes I've read on this site.

*gasp!* If it can happen in Canada!!!

We're not usually the enemies

Well, we are in South Park movies! Blame Canada! Blame Canada!!!

Who cares about scales when we have square wheels?! We are focusing on the wrong issue here!

The only issue I see here is personal choice.

Not one side telling the other that now that I have a better method you can no longer use yours because it is wrong.

 

[Maria D]

I wasn't going to reply to this but.....it beats the shoveling I'm putting off so here is my 2 cents.

The thread topic is IMO just trying to incite a reaction. Threads like this don't make a lot of sense to me and to boot it starts off on a very negative foot. So I guess my question is, what is the point? I mean, I could see if I had a student attending this school where I might have an opinion about something but aside from that I just don't see the need to be concerned.

I had a personal trainer a few years ago and she told me to worry more about being able to fit into your jeans than the number on the scale. On top of that, at the time I was a manic about weighing myself every morning and I do not have an eating disorder but it is easy to become obsessive about these things.

There are plenty of stores where you can go buy a scale, it's not a necessity of life like food and water, nobody is going to kick the bucket because they don't have access to a scale.

StephanieLynn, you answered your own question. The point of this thread was to incite a reaction. Success! Some people knit to pass the time, some engage in internet discourse. James Taylor sang "the secret of life is enjoying the passage of time." This thread is an example of how we are all enjoying? killing? time.

Maria, have you posted the same about the 40 page Trump tweet thread? Hypocrite much.

But again, I,I,I. It is not all about you. It is there for those who want to use it, but no one is forcing you to do so.

Ruby, I did not use the word "I" once in the response that you quoted - I did not think this thread was all about me. I believe it is all about you, actually. I can see you are having (your idea of) fun, and I am glad for that. Is the Trump tweet thread all about you too? I haven't read all of it. Would you like me to post something there with which you can "enjoy the passage of time?" What kind of thing would suit you best? You've already called me a hypocrite so you might be bored with that.

Like you, I am snowed in with this blizzard, so I've got some time on my hands. I'mg going to exercise in my home gym and then probably weigh myself, but after that I'm happy to keep you entertained!

I am posting this because I am standing up for a chronic condition and why I have the need to weigh myself. Remember, this discussion started yesterday before the snow.

But once again you are making a mockery out of a very serious health condition,

And so glad you can afford your own home gym. We peasants are waiting for it to clear so we can get to the gym and walk the track.

But until then, I have monitored my blood pressure, glucose level, and am monitoring my steps to try to reach 10,000 even though I am housebound until the weather clears.

Please don't be jealous of my home gym; it consists of a set of 5,8,10 & 15 pound dumbbells, some resistance bands, a yoga mat and a medicine ball. I think all of it probably cost less than $150. (I do have a gym membership, but my gym closed at noon today.) My scale is pretty impressive though - it has bluetooth and uploads data to my FitBit app. I too am trying to reach 10,000 today - I'm at 6000 so far. Not bad for not having gone out save to take out/bring in the trash.

I am kind of obsessed about my weight. I weigt myself every morning and right before I go to bed. I don't feel it is detrimental to my mental health as the number doesn't impact my feelings of self-esteem - I just like to know what the number is.

Anyway - I am not making a mockery out of your physical health issues. Sorry, but I actually don't really care about them. Just like you probably don't care much what my body fat percentage is. I wish I could tell you what it was, because I like numbers, but I don't trust what my scale says it is because I think the technology it uses is bunk. Hmmm, maybe my scale isn't that impressive.

If I am mocking anything, it is the way we are all entertaining ourselves here in this thread. It is an entertainment that I too am taking part in so that would make me a victim of my own mocking.

Hey, we have two things in common today - trying to get 10,000 steps and enjoying being victims!

 

[ruby59]

Yep, this is a non-issue. Anyone can use their own scale in their own home. Please also note that this is a gym in the athletic department of the university. The athletic department is promoting measuring body parts as opposed to going by numbers on the scale. No one's personal rights are at risk. They are free to use their own scales if they want. This isn't a snowflake issue at all. It's an athletic department's decision, that may be revisited at any time. It was not done as some assume, due to complaints by students.

This is what I was thinking.

Hit up walmart and buy a $10 scale if you're so worried. Ruby, perhaps you'd be willing to sponsor this effort? You seem quite concerned for the health of our students, instead of bitching about what the school is doing why not try to change it or spearhead your own effort!

Anyways. It's not like they took away something that would cost the avg person hundreds or thousands to replace on their own. It's a f*cking scale.

I'm thinking at $10 that scale's not going to be made in America. Maybe best to wait until we've made America great again and can expect to pay $100 for it?

Is it bad that I'm eating fudge while reading this thread?

Good thing up in Canada we don't really give a about made in America

I could go for some fudge. Maybe fries lol.

Where will you be eating it? Not in front of me. See I have diabetes and will get very depressed if I cannot have it as well and it might make me uncomfortable to see you eat it or I may just eat it and get sick, so you cannot have it either.

This is now a french fry and fudge free zone. You can no longer mention it here.

Its funny you say that. That shit is actually happening with the states, but its over peanuts. And now things that LOOK like peanuts (even sunbutter and that crap). Are you against banning PB in schools where some children have life threatening allergies?

My cousin had a peanut allergy. If he ate one it could result in an·a·phy·lac·tic shock.

Will a scale do the same?


But to answer your question, when I was a school mom, we were asked not to bring in anything with peanuts that might be shared with the class.

There were also separate tables for those with allergies.

 

[telephone89]

My cousin had a peanut allergy. If he ate one it could result in an·a·phy·lac·tic shock.

Will a scale do the same?

For someone with an eating disorder it's pretty close. EDs are considered illnesses. Not a lack of control, not a snowflake. Illness.

Why are you against trying to help them? Does their illness not matter as much as someone might get jealous looking at a fake PB sandwich?

 

[ruby59]

I wasn't going to reply to this but.....it beats the shoveling I'm putting off so here is my 2 cents.

The thread topic is IMO just trying to incite a reaction. Threads like this don't make a lot of sense to me and to boot it starts off on a very negative foot. So I guess my question is, what is the point? I mean, I could see if I had a student attending this school where I might have an opinion about something but aside from that I just don't see the need to be concerned.

I had a personal trainer a few years ago and she told me to worry more about being able to fit into your jeans than the number on the scale. On top of that, at the time I was a manic about weighing myself every morning and I do not have an eating disorder but it is easy to become obsessive about these things.

There are plenty of stores where you can go buy a scale, it's not a necessity of life like food and water, nobody is going to kick the bucket because they don't have access to a scale.

StephanieLynn, you answered your own question. The point of this thread was to incite a reaction. Success! Some people knit to pass the time, some engage in internet discourse. James Taylor sang "the secret of life is enjoying the passage of time." This thread is an example of how we are all enjoying? killing? time.

Maria, have you posted the same about the 40 page Trump tweet thread? Hypocrite much.

But again, I,I,I. It is not all about you. It is there for those who want to use it, but no one is forcing you to do so.

Ruby, I did not use the word "I" once in the response that you quoted - I did not think this thread was all about me. I believe it is all about you, actually. I can see you are having (your idea of) fun, and I am glad for that. Is the Trump tweet thread all about you too? I haven't read all of it. Would you like me to post something there with which you can "enjoy the passage of time?" What kind of thing would suit you best? You've already called me a hypocrite so you might be bored with that.

Like you, I am snowed in with this blizzard, so I've got some time on my hands. I'mg going to exercise in my home gym and then probably weigh myself, but after that I'm happy to keep you entertained!

I am posting this because I am standing up for a chronic condition and why I have the need to weigh myself. Remember, this discussion started yesterday before the snow.

But once again you are making a mockery out of a very serious health condition,

And so glad you can afford your own home gym. We peasants are waiting for it to clear so we can get to the gym and walk the track.

But until then, I have monitored my blood pressure, glucose level, and am monitoring my steps to try to reach 10,000 even though I am housebound until the weather clears.

Please don't be jealous of my home gym; it consists of a set of 5,8,10 & 15 pound dumbbells, some resistance bands, a yoga mat and a medicine ball. I think all of it probably cost less than $150. (I do have a gym membership, but my gym closed at noon today.) My scale is pretty impressive though - it has bluetooth and uploads data to my FitBit app. I too am trying to reach 10,000 today - I'm at 6000 so far. Not bad for not having gone out save to take out/bring in the trash.

I am kind of obsessed about my weight. I weigt myself every morning and right before I go to bed. I don't feel it is detrimental to my mental health as the number doesn't impact my feelings of self-esteem - I just like to know what the number is.

Anyway - I am not making a mockery out of your physical health issues. Sorry, but I actually don't really care about them. Just like you probably don't care much what my body fat percentage is. I wish I could tell you what it was, because I like numbers, but I don't trust what my scale says it is because I think the technology it uses is bunk. Hmmm, maybe my scale isn't that impressive.

If I am mocking anything, it is the way we are all entertaining ourselves here in this thread. It is an entertainment that I too am taking part in so that would make me a victim of my own mocking.

Hey, we have two things in common today - trying to get 10,000 steps and enjoying being victims!

Only if you have a walking track and a pool. At my age my best benefit is to walk the track. In the summer I have two nice outdoor tacks that I alternate between..

And I take a water aerobics class with lite weights, which I enjoy and is easier on the joints and my feet as I have diabetic neuropathy.

 

[ruby59]

My cousin had a peanut allergy. If he ate one it could result in an·a·phy·lac·tic shock.

Will a scale do the same?

For someone with an eating disorder it's pretty close. EDs are considered illnesses. Not a lack of control, not a snowflake. Illness.

Why are you against trying to help them? Does their illness not matter as much as someone might get jealous looking at a fake PB sandwich?

What are you getting at by fake Peanut butter sandwich? I thought you were asking how it worked in the schools during lunch time or when someone brought in treats to share with the class.

 

[ksinger]

And I'm just drinking it all in. This thread is highly entertaining, that's for sure.

You guys can do fudge, I just made madeleines for the first time yesterday. (They're pretty amazing, if I do say so.) The temptation to have one while reading this, is very strong.