awwwww well thank you http://www.insulting.com/smiles2/remybussi.gif
Ppl need to understand that it's the inside that counts not our outter shell.

Good for you sweety :)

I'd wager that most people on this board are clinically overweight.

I'm fat...there's no hiding it...lol

I was a skinny kid...parent's got divorced my father won custody and the quality of food we ate diminished rapidly.

We began to eat a lot of quick to cook starchy type foods, tv dinners, hamburger helper type meals etc.

I also got less excercise due to my father basically being an asshole who wouldn't let us go out to play anymore...we had to always have the house cleaned and dinner prepared before he got home.

I started doing the cooking and taking care of a brother 7 years younger than me at age 10...no excuses just a fact of my life.

Anyway I started to gain weight and it was noticeable by the time I was 12.

So started my life of the yo yo syndrome.

Lose weight..gain more back...lose weight ...gain more back.

In highschool I was a bit more active...my dad started to ease up on his repressive ways and I would basically stand up for myself as well.

By this time the "fat cells" had done their damage...they had their hold on me.

I guarantee you throughout almost my entire adult life I ate less than most skinny people...I know I did my best friend Tim.

The guy's 6' 2" and weighed about 160...we'd go to McDonald's I'd have a quarter pounder and fries...he would have 2 quarter pounders...fries...6 piece chicken mcnuggest...large vanilla shake and applie pie.

To this day the guy has been eating like this...and he still weighs from 160-170.

I've always been a workhorse. Even though I was overweight....I worked harder...faster...and longer than most if not all my co-workers...or employees.

I've lost the weight on many occassions...but it doesn't take much to gain it back.

I can remain just as active but if my diet changes the slightest bit (which is not difficult considering most diets are extremely restrictive) the weight just piles back on...and this is how it is for fat people.

It's not just a matter of "will power."

Who can stay on a diet 24/7?

There are so many other factors to consider. We are a busy society...you don't always have the time to cook your meals, and not everyone is a good cook that makes eating healthy foods enjoyable.

So there's a pscyhological aspect to it as well.

If you've been eating products for most of your life that are laced with sodium and sugars etc for taste...or big juicy burgers and all of a sudden start eating more vegetables or in exchange of beef chicken/turkey white meat you can feel less than satisfied if you don't know how to prepare it properly.

So it's a bigger struggle than to just "stop eating."

It's not really all that easy to just start excersising more.

I'm at that point in my life...after a long 36 years with about 24 of those being part of my weight struggle..it's done damage to my legs and back etc.

Being overweight and putting in 10-13 hour days on my feet in a resteraunt for 7 straight years has done it's damage, not to mention the 4 at six flags walking the park for 12 hours a day in work boots with a 20 pound tool belt..and so on and so on.

It takes a lot of willpower just to go walking through the mall now...not because I'm lazy...because it's fucking painful.

My feet are bad...my knees are bad...and my back is bad...and sitting in front of this computer now for 10-12 hours a day isnt' helping matters.

I don't know what to do. I want to get back to even my normal overweight weight...but it's hard to get past the pain to accomplish this.

So to be honest...I'm probably on that downward spiral now where I'll be one of those fat guys in the motorized scooter at wal-mart by the time I've 45...lol

But it hasn't been because I didn't try.

Yeh really wait till you the fat critic gets to be in his 40's too. I used to be perfectly slim and trim and toned until about 35. One of the downsides to doing well is you start to eat really well. That's why there are so many fat fucks that are rich. In fact historically the fatter you were the wealthier you were if you research the past. Being skinny used to be a sign that you didn't have enough money to eat. Its just in this century that the idea of slim is in came into vogue.

Seriously, I work out, and all, hell did 15 miles on a bike ride last night, and it just won't go away. I was always about 175 then just packed it on to 220's. Carry it pretty well though, and its mostly in my belly.

But really, don't knock people for their physical stuff. Its totally uncool and you might be in their shoes or worse one day.

i love being fat! it's a sign of wealth and happyness. When I see a skinny person I just want to shove a big mac into their mouth and say eat eat eat!

At least have SOME respect and shove a decent burger down their throat! Tell you what, I'm not skinny, but if we ever meet, I give you permission to cram A&W burgers down my throat, deal?

If you want more free food, read my book <b>"How to trick people into giving you free food"</b> :Graucho

And as much as I hate Mickey Ds, I sometimes get weird cravings for like 10 cheeseburgers or 4 big macs.

But then I exercise by sprinting to the bathroom while holding my stomach so it all works out

What consitutes fat? I've seen ppl post pics on her of normal chicks and some are nice, others are dear lord fat chick...
so what is a normal range???

5' weight?
5' 3" weight?
5' 7" weight?

what would you all say is normal weight?

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:1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh You're funny :)

My own personal irratation with very fat people affects me on a daily level. Personally I could give a rats ass if someone was fat or not. Hell its up to you to pick out your mode of death as long as it does not effect me.

Yet since I am a Gimp, other peoples weight has really started to effect my daily activities. When I say Gimp, I mean full on cripple, pornographer on wheels, rolling veggie, whatever works just not fucking handicappable ( I need a law passed that allows me to kill anyone that utters that word).

See I need those lil blue parking spaces so I can get in and out of my truck. They are a tiny bit wider than the regular slots. That way my lil dissabled ass can open the door so I can get back in. Nothing like getting boxed in, while its raining in a parking lot, having to wait for some moron to come back to his car that he parked 5 inches from your drivers side door.

Now I could personally not care if the space was upfront or way in the fucking back of the parking lot. I do not mind pushing the extra 1000 feet to the store. Yet every fucking gimp parking spot is nearly always taken by some fat mutherfucker. There is a picture of a god damn wheelchair on the sign, not a picture of some round person. Ok I get it your fat. Yes it may be genetic, or maybe you ate to much. But shit, there can not be that many genetic fat people buying a costco flatbed full of twinkies, ho-hos, chips, and beer out every fucking day. Would the extra 50 feet of walking really kill ya? I mean this fuckers can still WALK after all, and they can walk up and down every fucking isle at costco (a good 1/2 mile) while pushing a 300 pound cart full of super sized food boxes, yet they NEED a handicapped placard so they can park closer to the store because they cant walk that far.

FUCK THAT, if you want to be fat so be it, if you can not help being fat, hey tough shit. But do not claim you are dissabled. If I could suddenly walk again by excerising and changing my diet do you think I would still be pushing my ass around, hell for that matter I would not qualify for dissability if I could do that. Yet a fat person can say oh if I walk that far my knees may give out and explode, then I wouldnt be able to walk anymore. GOOD, then you can have that parking space, earn it fucker.

Agreed! I used to work at a weight loss center and it was quite clear that the overweight ladies who exercised and watched their calories lost weight every single time, regardless of genetics. The ladies who failed in their weight loss attempts were generally the ones who refused to work out and were always looking for some sort of way to "cheat" the weight loss system (anyone who's ever been on a diet knows what this means, lol). Having said all that, I also used to be overweight, but thanks to Weight Watchers, Gold's Gym, and my boyfriend, I'm now thin and healthy. Just my experience.

Regardless of all that, for anyone to say such a silly blanket statement like "I hate fat people" is pretty ridiculous and they are just part of the problem.

Cassie

This is straight up bullshit...A lot of people do abuse and eat poorly...But, I'm a frigging rabbit, literally...My calorie intake is well under 1000...My diet literally consists of lots of green leafy stuff...Carrots, Bell peppers, etc...etc...Lots of salad w/o dressing...Use tofu instead...Yes, the pounds do not come off...The thing is, I've always been like this...Always been a strict vegetarian...According to my dietitian, my average calorie intake is under 700...That's unbelievably low...Highly surprised him...Maybe with others it's not, but I have had my thyroid tested and pretty much everything else the doctor could think of to test...I'm healthy as a horse, but unfortunately, also as big as one...Unfortunately, there is no actual *proof* just yet as to exactly what the gene is that causes this.

And to Mr. "No fat people in 3rd world countries" you fucking bigot, it's called their literally STARVING and malnourished...Any country with a healthy economy and where famine/disease is not an issue there are overweight people.

Go fuck yourself McAttack :321GFY :thefinger

I'll say it again but correct me if I'm wrong...I think it's "blank statement" :)

I whole heartedly agree with you...No way am I going to get one of those tags...I may be overweight, knee's may hurt from time to time...But I would never take one of those spots...I enjoy to walk, in fact I generally park at the very back of parking lots for that fact...Everyone always trying to get up closer, closer...I've seen the bastards that falsely get the handicap tags...I've had a few friends who do it...I agree, It's rediculous...If you can walk throughout the store, you don't need one...I would have to say, unless you need a walker or a wheelchair, you got no right to be there.

:2 cents:

What about when you're at the Dairy Queen or whatever and see some 250lb woman grabbing her triple chocolate sunday? Are they still poor unfortunates?

I think people that are fat because of laziness or poor eating habits are not the smartest people in the world, and I don't respect dumb people.

Cheers,
Backov

I'd fuck ya. But my gf would cut my balls off. So maybe not. ;>

Cheers,
Backov

How little you really know.

Hey! You're not ugly! WTF?

Fatbrain, nice post

hahaha

more than half of americans are overweight, and 40% or so are excessively overweight. it is an epidemic and any scientist will agree. hating fat ppl wont help, changing the way we eat and live is the only solution. 190 million ppl dont have thyroid conditions.

:helpme

Hell yes I'm fat, fuck when I eat meat it's usually poultry and completely without fat, I don't use greese, my fiance IS a certified Dietitian, so absolutely I am eating healthy.

I walk as much as possible... I excercise as much as possible, including running around and playing with my baby girl...

And freeadultcontent I whole heartedly agree with you, my grandfather is in a wheel chair has been for 15 years now... and his advice would be "invest in an ice pick and make the fat fucks walk to the bus stop"

so here's how it breaks down... I am fat, I eat well, I am on a diabetic diet, and if any of you know about that you know how low fat it is, I eat less than 1000 calories in a day... and ya know what I don't care... I am an arogant mother fucker and that's why I am a Pharoh. any of you that still wish to say that you don't like me you can bow and kiss my fucking feet, since they say that King's use to keep their slaves ignorant... so please step to me with your ignorance and you have in that act shown that you are far less superior than I am...

Thank you, sweetie. I'll just consider the source. :321GFY

Bottom line:

Do sports. 25h of swimming weekly will give you a strong, muscular, athletic body :thumbsup :1orglaugh

:) Thanks, to both you and Backov. I like the way I look, but unfortunately, thanks to people like Dragon Curve, I spent a long, long time thinking I was ugly. Now I know that all that really matters is how I feel about myself, and I don't let people get to me.

(I'm sure it's pissing off the dude who posted the barfing emoticon under my pic that I'm not crawling off in a corner somewhere and bawling my head off. :1orglaugh )

And when the weather warms up again, I'll be right back out there, working out in the pool every day. I won't be doing it to get hard-bodied, though -- I'll be doing it because I have less pain every day when I have more muscle tone supporting my spinal curvature and shortened leg. It doesn't relieve the pain entirely -- that's what Vicodin is for! -- but it helps.

I'd like to see you live for a week with the pain I have every day and still drag yourself out of bed, much less do sports. :)

:thumbsup :thumbsup :thumbsup :thumbsup

I spend a lot of time swimming when I am capable of it... see there's a thing called rain here, and cold weather and the amount of indoor pools are in the negatives... so, when I can get into a pool you better believe I spend as much time as possible doing it...

and strength doesn't come from being skinny sorry... that's probably the funniest misconception I've heard in ages.

As a person they might be ok but they are quite off putting as a scenery during dinner.

Plus, have you ever sat next to one on a bus on a hot day?

A few can't do anything about it but that does not mean that "normal" people need to accept them nor have to change the way they live because of them.

Hey, I'm entitled to my opinion :) Just as you are to your own.

I never ask anyone to change how the feel about me or others...You can't...They feel that way and that's the end of it, no point trying to convince them otherwise...But, if you publicly bring it to my attention, I'll be dammed if I am not going to lay into you.

The comment about eating is just fucking wrong, possibly others do it...I dunno, I tend to try and not watch other people eat usually...Doesn't really interest me...But, I am very sophisticated...Not someone your going to see a rag stuffed down my neck while I get the biggest plate of meat and grease possible...I dress nice and I present myself quite nicely.

Having been an athlete for over 16 years, I know that myself. But thanks for the lecture :)

Quite welcome...

I get that "you are too fat" thing all the time...I am also a certified personal trainer....I only train for powerlifting people, tho.

I am 5'5" and weigh 275 lbs....at 11% body fat. Here is a pic from last years world championships breaking the APF seniors world record deadlift at 865lbs.

http://www.adultcash-4-u.com/power.jpg

Feel free to come to my house and call me fat, asshole.

I hate fat people too. Then again, I pretty much hate everyone.

Just a technical note for the swimming exercise people. Swimming is an absolutely wonderful exercise for your cardiovascular system. Unfortunately, most studies have shown that swimming causes people to develop a thin layer of fat because of all the time spent in the cooler environment that being in the water creates.

If you want to lose weight, eat right, do a combination of intense aerobic and anaerobic exercise. Make sure you stay hydrated. Make sure you never skip a meal...you create a "starve" response in your body...four smaller meals a day is great.

Now, if you are a powerlifter, I am at 8000 calories a day right now and will increase to 12000 calories in the coming weeks for the Nationals. 2 grams of protein for every lb of bodyweight.

Bodybuilders have some similiar regimens, but they are a bunch of losers, so I don't hang with them.

Let me assure you that this study is complete bullshit. The world's fastest swimmer don't have *any* fat on their ribs. :2 cents:

Hmm but then again the world's top swimmers work harder and burn the extra fat right off. Maybe it's right ...

Fat people smell funny

I wasn't referring to the worlds fastest swimmers, I am referring to the fitness swimmer. For the record, it wasn't one study, there are many studies confirming the same thing.

If you train hard enough to be world class in any extremely physical sport...you are going to be ripped.

On the other hand, the card game bridge is in the next Olympics, they put in countless hours jogging to get in shape for card playing.

What I love are the thin people on this preaching about what to do. Like they are thin because of discipline,no its they were lucky in the gene pool. True number 98% of people that lose serious amounts of weight gain it all back, does the weight center keep tabs on those people five years out. Are you stupid enough to think we want to be fat and uncomfortable? I have lost 400 lbs in my life time and it creeps back. I am fighting biology and biology tends to win. I have practiced more sheer willpower in my life than most thin people ever have to in their lifetime. Missing out on whole parts of my young years not having the experiences others had. I dont ask for pity or anything from anyone but dont give stupid,uneducated comments about something you dont have the first idea unless you have been in the shoes of someone that has to lose 100+ lbs. I quote the guitarist from poison in there behind the music "it was easier to kick heroin, than to lose the 70 lbs of weight I had gained"