I'm amazed at some people's thoughtlessness

Today, I was was combing the internet for something new and interesting to read. Most of the time it's usually on AOL, some random article about politics or even a celebrity scandal or two. There was an article that caught my eye, "'Mike & Molly' Star Speaks Out About 'Fatties' Furor". In it, it describes a blog from Marie Claire, a leading women's magazine, from a freelance blogger named Maura Kelly. It's called "Should 'Fatties' Get a Room? (Even on TV?)." I've never seen the show Mike & Molly, but it's about two people who meet at an Overeaters Anonymous group and begin dating. This blogger, because I can't call her a lady (it's too dignified for the likes of her), was disgusted that a show would show two people with "rolls and rolls" making out. She said that she would be disgusted to see a morbidly obese person walking across a room. This woman deeply offended me. I know that I'm not a healthy weight, I know that I should be, and one day I'll be ready for it. It amazes me that some people are still so rude, thoughtless, vain, and tactless today. Yes, we know that we shouldn't eat the unhealthy, processed foods. We know that we should eat vegetables and exercise more, but when people make such damaging remarks, it makes it that much harder to get out and do those things. You may think "how hard is it to really stop eating that food and eat some veggies or get a few minutes of exercise?" It's really hard when you have emotional damage that food helps to curb for a few more days. It's really hard when you think that you are finally ready to take that step, then hear that people are disgusted to even see you. People have to wonder why there are no overweight people in a gym. How hard do you think it is to go into a gym and no one there is over a size two? They're not there to lose weight, but to look at the other "healthy" people. It's a $50 a month hook-up joint. When you are the only one there that when you run on the treadmill and something jiggles, it isn't easy. The people there are admiring you for your attempt to get healthy, but they are thinking why is this person here ruining our view. If people were more tolerant of one another this world would be a stronger, healthier place. We need to stop judging people on what they look like. Especially here in Utah. For someone who isn't the "ideal" image, it really sucks here. We who look differently, or have extra pounds, are discriminated against and left out. We are looked over and ignored. It's as if we are non-entities just taking up space and air. We don't exist to you and that needs to change! We need to promote a healthier way of getting people to lose weight. Calling us fatties, ugly, disgusting, etc. is not the way to go. Involve us in your activities, talk to us, think of us as normal. We have so much to offer this world, but no one realizes that, because we disgust the "healthy" people.

PS...the titles of the articles are linked to the actual article