Messages By: redfeathers

What? Shaking hands? Wow, I agree, that's silly. Shaking hands does not transmit STD's. If that were so, then they wouldn't be called "Sexually Transmitted" diseases....

Yeah, this only strengthens my belief that schools should not only teach sex education, but debunk sexual myths like this.

My friend is about to get married, but the problem is, she's morbidly obese and gaining. We only found one dress big enough to fit her (luckily she liked it), but she's gaining so fast we're afraid that not only the dress will eventually not fit, but she'll die, the sad thing is, she's only 23.

She wieghs more than 300 pounds now, and we are dreading the day that her heart, or some other organ, gives out. To give an idea of how fast she's gaining, two weeks ago she went to a show with my mother and niece, and she was able to sit in the back seat with the seatbelt on by sucking in a little, two days ago she couldn't get the seat belt over her, it only went to her belly button, and it was the same seat she sat in the two weeks before.

She was very embarrassed about that, naturally, and she finally realized how seriously she needed to lose wieght.

We want to get her out more so she can get excercise, and I have offered to help with that. I need to know excercises that will be safe for her organs and heart, but effective to help her get in shape.

I posted this in another topic in this section, but I figured I would post it here too to see if I could get a wider spectrum of people who might be able to help.

A friend of mine is getting married soon, however, she is more than 300 pounds and gaining very fast. We could only find one dress for her that went up to her size (luckily she liked it), but we are beginning to worry about whether or not she will fit into that later because she's gaining so quickly. About two weeks ago she went to a show with my mother and niece, and she was able to sit in the back seat with the seat buckled by sucking in a little. About three days ago, she sat in the very same seat, but this time she could not get the seat buckled, and it only went to her belly button. We are very worried about her health, her heart, and her other organs and are dreading the day that one of these finally gives out. The sad thing is...she's only 23. The wedding is in less than a month and a half.

The seat belt incident embarrassed her alot, understandably, and she realized how badly she needs to lose weight and that her health is in danger. I volunteered to help her get out and excercise more, so I want to know some good excercises that she can do which would be safe for her organs but still effective to help her get in shape.

I agree! (by the way, Mythbusters: Sex Edition, XD haha! That's great!)

What I thought was the most rediculous thing about the show was the abstinence only teacher was just spewing a lot of complete bunk! I didn't hear a single true fact come out of his mouth. Only scare-tactics and his own opinions and beliefs. I sure do hope that there are some people smart enough to not believe what he was saying. STD's through handshaking? I was beginning to think that he was just coming up with whatever he could to scare people into not having sex.

I also noticed that he quit talking after a while. Maybe because no one was agreeing with him and he was getting countered by Dr. Phil or the Bishop or the girl at every turn.

I totally agree that teens don't need ignorance and they don't need to learn by just picking it up from anywhere. Teens need a reliable source of factual, accurate information so they at least can have the incentive to make a good choice.

I still believe that religion should be left out of the discussion because not everyone believes in the same god.

The pituitary gland, testicles, ovaries, penis, and vagina will work the same no matter what religion you are.

I posted this on two other threads here, but I want to post it here too so maybe I can get a wider spectrum of help.

My friend is getting married soon, but she is more than 300 pounds now and gaining fast. We've only been able to find one dress for her that went up to her size, luckily she liked it, but we're more concerned about her health than her dress. A few weeks ago, she went to a show with my mom and was able to sit in the back seat and buckle the seat belt by sucking in a little. Last week she sat in the same seat, but this time she couldn't buckle it, it only went to her belly button.

The wedding is in less than a month and a half, and we're trying to get her into better health because we're worried about her organs or heart giving out.

I'd like to know if anyone knows good ways for her to excercise that are safe for her organs, but still effective?

Well, the thing is, she already has been to the doctor several times. I should have mentioned that she also has some mental disorders and her mind is more at the level of an 8-year-old's. Some of the pills she takes for her schizophrenia cause her to gain weight, but that's not the only factor, as far as we know, she doesn't have any medical conditions that cause weight gain. Sorry, I should have mentioned that...

We've decided to just start taking her walking to begin with, because we don't want to over exert her, becue you are right, she could have a heart attack.

What we do know is that her fiancee` is part of the problem. He goes places with her and takes her out and buys her ice cream and things like that. He also has mental conditions so it's hard for him to understand what he's doing isn't helping.

She likes to hang out with me, and usually I can get her to get out of the house with the prospect of going somewhere with me. I got her to get some walking done by taking her to the mall with me to find shoes for her wedding, and I gave her a mango when we got back to my house, so I guess she listens to me. She's discovered that she likes mangoes and dried apples, so her mom is going to start bringing those into the house so she will have access to healthier foods.

I can tell she very despirately wants to be just normal. I think my sister and I can give her that kind of feeling by taking her places and hanging out like normal women.