We're Fat

[Scorpiоn]

Boohoo.  Stop eating.

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Isn't this dumb?  I can't understand why it's so hard.  Don't eat rubbish.  Eat only when you're hungry.  It's not hard.

[beefhole]

Not that hard for you.  Alas, there are people whose problems differ from your own.  It's also part of a much bigger societal problem.  I'll leave it at that.

Dumb?  Obesity is an epidemic.  And it's on the rise.  A war on fat is exactly what we need and have needed for decades as we saw it coming.

[Flt.Lt.Andrew]

Thing is a war on fat means a war on urban tanks and everything else in the supersize cult.
Hunting fat isnt as easy as hunting drug lords.


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[ozzy72]

Personally I put this obesity thing down to two problems;
a) lack of self discipline (e.g. not taking exercise)
b) the "now" culture of everything instantly, no delayed gratification...

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I'll reply to this thread - just as soon as I've finished eating my dinner...................

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[Fozzer]

I'll reply to this thread - just as soon as I've finished eating my dinner...................

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...a fantastic, good-for-me, home prepared, home cooked, Chicken Casserole with loads of vegetables, on the go as we speak... ...!

Paul....5 feet-7inches (height... ...), 154 Lbs, BMI=124, no fat, no salt, no sugar, happy tummy... ...!


...Ozzy...This "Excercise" malarky you keep rabbitin' on about sounds a bit stressful to me......!

...I much prefer, laid back, "Resting".... ...!

[61_OTU]

I caught an old comedy show on BBC 7 the other night. Marcus Brigstocke was doing a spoof news skecth, one of the headlines....


"Good news for fat people..........thin people are delicious!"




Had me giggling for a good 20 minutes

[Fozzer]

Every day when I shop at my local Supermarket I am surrounded by really fat women with their stomachs overhaninging their dresses/trousers, at the delecatessen busy buying cream doughnuts (donuts) to stuff down their fat throats...
...they never learn... ...!
(There's not much room left in my Supermarket now 'cos of them)...LOL...!

Paul...quite a thin? bloke who eats good food every day.........!

[Craig.]

Only takes a little exercise and you can be as trim as me

[Fozzer]

Only takes a little exercise and you can be as trim as me

Craig... ...!

"Trim" is not a word I would use....
I note your photo in the SimV Members photo shoot...
..and the word "Transparent" springs to mind... ...!

No-one can be that slim thin and still be alive... ...!
LOL...!

...sorry Craig...only jokin'.... ... ...!

Paul...Marmalade on toast... ...!

[Craig.]

I do pleanty of weight lifting. Add in the fact I cant gain a lb, I have the swimmers build. No fat worry here Besides that picture is over 5 years old

[beaky]

Every overweight person I've personally known has had a tendency to eat for solace rather than nutrition (whether they realize they're depressed or not), and a tendency to not get enough exercise. Not saying it's the individual's fault in every case, but so far every poor flabby soul I've ever known had those two traits.
And the self-pity eating just gets worse as one encounters rejection or embarassment due to the excess flab... it's a horrible vicious cycle.
Genetics can dictate body-fat to some extent, but it's no excuse when you keep cookies under the sofa and tell yourself you're "dieting" when you have a diet Big Gulp with your double bacon cheeseburger...

[Woodlouse2002]

Only takes a little exercise and you can be as trim as me

Or do no excercise and me as slim as me.

[flyboy 28]

Every overweight person I've personally known has had a tendency to eat for solace rather than nutrition (whether they realize they're depressed or not), and a tendency to not get enough exercise.

Exactly. Most of the obese people I know have long family troubles, are depressed, etc.. To quote Fat Bastard from Austin Powers "I eat because I'm unhappy, and I'm unhappy because I eat". That's basically it.

Although I really don't know why my dad is overweight. The thing that worries me is that he started gaining weight and going bald right after I was born. I feel kind of bad about it. The good thing though is that over the last two months or so, he's been on a diet, wherein he has lost I think a grand total of 30 pounds. He's still got a ways to go but it's working. Last weekend he cheated big time but didn't gain a pound. I guess his motabilism is higher now. Plus he works out every morning.

Nuts, I had another thought but I can't remember it now. Ah well. That's what the edit button is for.

Aha, got it. The added risk with being obese is that of heart disease and diabetes. If I may use my dad as an example again, he had high cholesteral for many many years. A lot of people that know him always thought that at a moments notice he would have a heart attack. Again fortunetly he's lowered it since by losing weight and taking medicine for it. So this just goes to prove...

DIET AND EXCERSIZE WORK!

GO LIFT SOME WEIGHTS, TUBBY!

[Katahu]

DIET AND EXCERSIZE WORK!

GO LIFT SOME WEIGHTS, TUBBY!

*Drill Sergeant Voice*

Alright fatso! Get down and give me 50!

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