Fat people (the severely overweight) type,

[SuperNatural]

My feeling toward this

 

[FPNY]

As the resident fat guy on JUB...didn't we just have a fat guy thread?

 

[palbert]

I guess posting this in a forum where majority are on the plus side is considered trolling.

I don't recall giving anyone here my weight - which happens to be within guidelines.

Also, I don't smoke.

 

[Lord Booticus]

Personally I was fat because food taste's nice and doing nothing is easier than doing something. Not that I didn't do anything; love playing football and was generally an active kid, mostly in the summer though.

Winter's are too cold, wet and windy for sport, so we didn't play much during winter, that's when the pounds truely were put on. The summer months took some of the weight off but I live in England so the winters are generally longer than the summers =(.

Saying that I've never been obese, just over weight, I imagine for a lot of obese people the problem is a little more complicated than eating and sitting too much, the answers probably is the same; eat less food, eat less fatty foods, excerise more, however the psychology, and even possibly the biology, of the person can be a massive hurdles for them to clear (no fat joke intended), not to mention the changes in life style needed to challenge obesity

More importantly, I was never a good athlete as a kid. I was raised without any father at any time, so I was clueless about sports, and quickly ridiculed when I tried. Jocks shamed me when I did try, and I just washed out.

Never played sports with my dad, not really anyways, though we did go out flying kites. He also used to make wooden planes; gliders and rubber band motored, that we'd go up the field to fly. Luckily I had friends who played football that introduced me to the game.

At some level, I just was happier cooking and eating and not being active enough. Although I think healthy bodies are beautiful, I had always been ugly, so somehow it was never very motivating for me to get toned, as skinny and ugly is really not much more popular in our world than fat and ugly.

Ah, my reasons for joining a gym and getting fit were selfish ones; I wanted a muscular body to look at in the mirror and play with; fuck anybody else, I want a nice body for me . That and so I can build on my summer fitness so when we go back to playing football in the sunshine I'll be able to run faster and for longer. It's all about me

 

[MTLDude]

I am not going to quote him, but Hard-up1 has summed up what I was going to say. I will add that I do have some problems with my legs (congenital defects) that basically prevent me from doing high intensity, fat burning exercise... the only activity I can do is walking, I can't run for long, because i might dislocate my knees if I do. Sports like soccer or baseball or hockey are out of the question for the same reason. I can't really afford a gym, and even if I could, the stares of other users and staff is enough to discourage me.

Also, when Whitney Houston died last week, someone said that drugs is the only problem that presents itself as a solution... I believe the same could be said about food: I do over eat, I freely admit, but eating, for me, is a great source comfort in my ongoing chronic depression, so the more I eat (and gain weight) the more depress I got, the more depressed I got, the more I need to compensate...

Even if I am very close to morbid obesity, I can still wipe my ass and take a shower every morning, and move around without too much trouble (if not a bit of pain in my already weak knees)... but i know that it is only a question of time before even that will become harder and harder...

It is rather easy for a person who has not obesity problem to look down on obese persons, but trust me, it is not helping, on the contrary...

 

[winterknight]

Telly, I suggest you do a google search on the phrase "Intent is not magical" and take some time to read and digest what comes up.

The fact that that you do not mean to offend people does not mean that what you say is not, in fact, offensive.

 

[Beachguyj]

The fact that that you do not mean to offend people does not mean that what you say is not, in fact, offensive.

It's like the "I don't mean to be racist, but...." line.

 

[Beachguyj]

I can't really afford a gym, and even if I could, the stares of other users and staff is enough to discourage me.

That would not discourage me, if someone stares at me I stare back. You know sometimes you look at someone and they catch your eye, but for too long. If they stare at me I will stick my tongue out of give them a crazy face.