Why Do People let Themselves Get Obese?

[vomitus]

Re: Why Do People let Themselves Get Obese?

Originally posted by Park Avenue
I don't understand it, don't they feel awful? I feel bad when I get to around 210lbs despite most of it being muscle - How can people get to 350, 300lbs without doing something about it?

Because food is delicious.

[Snotty]

so is being able to run for the bus without it exhausting you

[Provost Harrison]

That's not delicious...that just shows you should get a car

[Dauphin]

PH, You rung the bell yet? [/inside joke]

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Originally posted by Provost Harrison
I've never understood the compulsion to be some sort of beefcake...seems incredibly vain...

A bodybuilder with no girlfriend? Well there's certainly no stereotype there....

[Snotty]

We've not quite hit the slippery slope yet Rich, lets hope on day we dont have to wish we had our health instead of our cars

[Snotty]

I guess the whole beefcake thing (wtf?) its about setting goals for yourself and enjoying acheiving them , anyway.....

[Last Conformist]

Nah, it's about letting your gay side out in a societally acceptable way.

[BlackCat]

I don't think that bulgy overweight where the your stomach hides your jewels both from top and front is very healthy, but some reserves isn't nessecarily that bad.

My father had a bypass operation, but unfortunatedly was infected with some nasty staphylococks (?) - took three months to fight them down and as a result he now hastn't a breats bone (?). Well, the point is that when he started on this he wasn't what you will call slim, though in no way obese - after this story he was actually underweight. Summary, if he had been normal weight, he probably would have been dead now.

[Provost Harrison]

Originally posted by Dauphin
PH, You rung the bell yet? [/inside joke]

None of your bleeding business

[Q Classic]

Poverty and the starvation diet work wonders for losing weight.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

So does the methamphetamine diet. It works wonders for losing teeth too.

[Alexander's Horse]

fortunately I'm not part of a generation with weight obsession.

Let's see Parkie at 40 - fat and bald is my bet

[Blake]

I'm one of those people with skinny genes. If my father is any indication I'll probably start to put on some weight in my 40's.

But my point is: For some people it'd be as easy to get fat as it is for me to stay skinny.

Then again I avoid fast food like the plauge and don't eat much processed food. More of my meals are vegetarian than not. I don't eat chocolate, or drink fizzy drinks or booze. I also exercise a bit and also engage in some fasting. Amazingly none of this is for any religous reasons, it's partly the way I was bought up.

In any case my genetics, upbringing, eccentricity and spiritual beliefs all tend towards keeping me skinny, yet all entirely co-incidental. I hence have trouble having a condescending attitude towards fat people. I make no special effort to be either fat or skinny, and other people who follow the same logic could end up fat due to different genetics, upbringing and beliefs.

I find obese kids a terribly tragic thing. It's a reflection of how much society sucks .

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by Last Conformist
Anglo-Saxons shouldn't be allowed anywhere near food production or preparation.

Such depressing ignorance and popular prejudice.

The gastronomic delights of an English Breakfast or a Sunday Roast have obviously not availed themselves to this poor, misguided soul.

btw - the petit-dejeuner anglais doesn't have to be fattening. I should know