Is Bigger....Better???

Chronicles of the New World i think have finally started.....
The past 3 weeks have been ultra interesting....sometimes amusing, sometimes perplexing....mostly amusing thankfully.....:-)

I now understand why my hubby found England and everything in it small......because I am experiencing the reverse mental shot now....
Everything is big.......and by big, i mean BIGGGG.....

Of course there's certain advantages to having some aspects of things in a ginormous size....
The roads are wide and spacious....so i guess I'll never have to be paranoid about another car being too close to me, plus, it makes it seem like traffic is non-existent....well at least in my mind (and if you have ever sat in traffic in Nairobi, you will find traffic here non-existent, believe me!).....

So the movie theatre chairs are also big and comfy, and just right for my ample African behind.
The TVs are big too, so I suppose you can have a whole home cinema feel at no extra cost.....

But then, here we go.....I never finish my food at restaurants!...and if you know my love for food, you will see how this distresses me.
So my refrigerator is now full of little take-home food boxes from several restaurants...evidence that I could not finish my meal at the initial designated venue......
The drinks are super big too......necessitating frequent trips to the bathroom from a complaining bladder that is not accustomed to such volumes.....and we all know how I feel about public bathrooms! Ha!

And the thing is, the evidence of where all the food goes is all around us.........
I just wonder......don't they see it as well??
I know I'm far from small in size, in all proportions.....so when I'm around people and I feel small most of the time.........there's a problem!

I see walking heart attacks, hypertensives and diabetics everywhere, and it worries me that I might be dragged into a false sense of  well being.....you know, like, so long as I'm not as big as them then I'm okay......NOT!

The cars are big too, hence more comfortable to sit in...but then more carbon emissions some would argue.....and we all complain about changing weather patterns and adverse climate conditions...

Love the fact that the ice creams cones are towers of joy....but then looking at the waist line brings all the misery back......

My impression about here was always that, that things are seen to be better when they are bigger....have to outdo everyone else in the world I suppose....have to dwarf everything else.

But then where do we draw the line???
My new city was listed as the most obese in the previous year apparently....should i be worried? hell yeah!
I spent many years seeing people suffer because of  lack of food..........so how can I reconcile myself with unnecessary monumental amounts of food on plates either going down people's throats, or left to be thrown away in the garbage cans?

Should i see it as luxury and indulge??
Or should i see it was gluttony and wastefulness?
Time will tell.