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"I had to travel out of town last week for work, and it had been a while since I had been on a plane. Even though I&amp;#039;m barely more than 5 feet tall, I always feel like I&amp;#039;m as big as a house when I get on a plane \u2014 all the squeezing through narrow aisles; seats that are just a bit too short and narrow; the nosh you end up shoving in your face because it&amp;#039;s the only thing to buy at the airport. When I sit down and fasten the seat belt, I always want to know who sat there right before me because the seat belt is always pulled so tight. I spend the first few minutes trying to picture this person: Was she a model? Only a model could be comfortable with a seat belt this tight. No, it was probably a child. Only a child could be that small. And in that case, OK, I&amp;#039;m not a kid anymore so I can&amp;#039;t expect a seat belt to fit me like one. (But not to worry \u2014 this line of thinking usually ends by the time we&amp;#039;ve taken off and I&amp;#039;ve had a handful of roasted peanuts. I&amp;#039;m not that obsessive. Ha.) When I travel, it&amp;#039;s generally about sustenance and not eating perfectly. I&amp;#039;ll confess it&amp;#039;s getting easier since more airports have healthier options nowadays, but it&amp;#039;s still challenging. For example, this time I flew American out of JFK, and the only options for food near my gate were McDonald&amp;#039;s, Wok &amp;#039;N&amp;#039; Roll, and Pizza Hut. There was also a newsstand selling old sandwiches, which is where I ended up (soggy bread with tuna salad). For all the media&amp;#039;s hype about obesity, diabetes and such, you&amp;#039;d think the airlines would&amp;#039;ve caught on by now. Instead, they seem to want to fill you up on junk, so that you can have an even harder time fitting into their oh-so-tiny seats. Hmm, could that be the new business model for airlines? To get people so fat, that they have to buy two seats in order to fit? I knew the airlines were in financial trouble, but there&amp;#039;s gotta be a better way! Ha (just kidding \u2014 don&amp;#039;t start suing me, American). How I was good today: no breakfast (which I guess isn&amp;#039;t good but wait till you read how I was bad today. In the scheme of things, no breakfast is a good thing.) How I was bad today: Tuna salad on soggy bread; king-size 3 Musketeers bar; an entire can of stackable Lay&amp;#039;s potato chips. What I avoided: Vomiting on the plane from all the junk I ate! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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