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RANT: Damn fat people!

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Ryan

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Originally posted by: coldcut
Originally posted by: Skoorb
Originally posted by: coldcut Al Roker, this guy got so much press coverage for losing weight, although he did it the easy way by going through surgery. What BS. :|
Interesting thing about stomach stapling is that the assertion is that it's the last resort for somebody who's tried everything. However all a stomach stapling does is decrease stomach size so that you get full quicker. All it is doing - and nothing more - is controlling hunger pangs and allowing you to feel full after maybe a sandwhich instead of a 15 piece KFC. So really saying that the person has tried everything else is a falsehood. What's working now? They are eating less. So why didn't they try that before? The fact is they didn't enjoy the feeling of hunger. And that's fair, but willing over that feeling would have allowed them to lose the weight without the operation. Course excercise doesn't hurt either.
Did you see Dateline when they had Al Roker's magical surgery coverage? Just before surgery, Roker's like "I'm going to eat so much donuts, gravy, cakes, YUM!" Well, if he truly did try everything, how come we've never seen him thin before, or at least for awhile? But then again, if I had the money and I was Roker, I would do the same thing. :D I just don't like how much press coverage he got for losing weight through surgery.

He actually wanted to keep it a secret, but the news about his surgery leaked out.
 

jsbush

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You control your metabilisum by the way you eat and excersice. Fat people have no excuss, except for lazyness.

:p





 

Soybomb

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Originally posted by: Skoorb
Originally posted by: coldcut
Al Roker, this guy got so much press coverage for losing weight, although he did it the easy way by going through surgery. What BS. :|
Interesting thing about stomach stapling is that the assertion is that it's the last resort for somebody who's tried everything. However all a stomach stapling does is decrease stomach size so that you get full quicker. All it is doing - and nothing more - is controlling hunger pangs and allowing you to feel full after maybe a sandwhich instead of a 15 piece KFC. So really saying that the person has tried everything else is a falsehood. What's working now? They are eating less. So why didn't they try that before? The fact is they didn't enjoy the feeling of hunger. And that's fair, but willing over that feeling would have allowed them to lose the weight without the operation. Course excercise doesn't hurt either.

Heroin junkies have in patient rehab to get over their addictions, fat people have surgery to help them over their addictions. Perhaps a bit of a stretch to compare the two, but both are strong addictions to the right people and I figure as long as they're getting help getting more healthy, the means to the end wasn't that important. I do hope people that have it done can maintain their proper eating habits and exercise though and not return to their old ways. No magic fix all, but if it puts them on the right road...
 

jsbush

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Originally posted by: Psycho14
Jugernot, I'm skinny (6'1", weighing 135lb). I just wanted to tell you that I eat all the time. I eat all the fatty foods and a lot of protein, but I weight lift every other day. Perhaps you can start weight lifting.....



Hahaha, You must be doing something wrong if you weight lift everyday and weigh 135lbs at 6' 1". Muscel weighs more then fat! LOL


135lbs at 6' 1" is not just skinny its underweight.

 

StageLeft

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Originally posted by: rbloedow
M4H's link pretty much explains it. <a href="<a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://
Subsequent]http://www.dimensionsmagazine.com/dimtext/kjn/people/heaviest.htm&#34;>http://www.dimensionsmagazine.com/dimtext/kjn/people/heaviest.htm</A>
Subsequent">http://www.dimensionsmagazine.com/dimtext/kjn/people/heaviest.htm">http://www.dimensionsmagazine.com/dimtext/kjn/people/heaviest.htm</A>[/q</a> hospitalization brought him down to 476 lbs in 1981, mostly through the loss of 12 to 14 pounds of fluid per week. He was readmitted later that year after regaining 200 lbs in seven days.
WOW! That's 28 pounds/day which even if all water would have required the consumption of 13 liters of water a day or just over 3 gallons.
 

narzy

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I agree as a fat dude with every god damn thing you said. Rock on brotha
 

Nitemare

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Originally posted by: Skoorb
Originally posted by: rbloedow
M4H's link pretty much explains it. <a href="<a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://
Subsequent]http://www.dimensionsmagazine.com/dimtext/kjn/people/heaviest.htm&#34;>http://www.dimensionsmagazine.com/dimtext/kjn/people/heaviest.htm</A>
Subsequent">http://www.dimensionsmagazine.com/dimtext/kjn/people/heaviest.htm">http://www.dimensionsmagazine.com/dimtext/kjn/people/heaviest.htm</A>[/q</a> hospitalization brought him down to 476 lbs in 1981, mostly through the loss of 12 to 14 pounds of fluid per week. He was readmitted later that year after regaining 200 lbs in seven days.
WOW! That's 28 pounds/day which even if all water would have required the consumption of 13 liters of water a day or just over 3 gallons.

Eating 10 large pizza's, 5 2 liters of soda pop and munching on candy bars all day might make you fat...
 

KokomoGST

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Somehow, I have a lot more respect for a fat guy sweating his @$$ off in a gym and actually losing weight than a guy ranting about fat people and skinny people.
 

J Heartless Slick

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Originally posted by: Jugernot
I'm one too, so all you other fat people don't jump down my throat.

Why do people have to act their stereotypes? The stereo type is that fat people stuff their face with any food they can get a hold of... and it erks me to no end when I see it in real life.

Saw some fat guy yesterday with a dozen donuts at a grocery store sitting (oozing is more like it) off a chair in the deli section of store. When I entered he was eating a donut and still had a box full, when I walked by to get some sliced turkey from the deli, I saw that 2 or 3 more donuts were gone. Then as I was leaving he was throwing away the box.... a dozen donuts at one sitting? WTF is wrong with these people? It's not wonder he has rolls covering his rolls. His belly was hanging out the bottom of his shirt (which was at least 2 to 3 sizes too small. He was wearing sweat pants, which have got the be the worst possible pants to wear if you're fat. Then hug your curves.... NASTY!

That touches on the second stereotype for fat people... sloppy dressers. True it's harder to buy clothes if you can't just walk into a store and buy "off the rack" but it's possible to look nice none the less. I order my clothes from big and tall catalogs and local big and tall stores. Sometime I can find the occasional 2x or 3x in a store than I can wear, but generally that doesn't happen. I know some people just don't care what others think, but it's just disgusting what some people go outside wearing.

1. this goes out to all my fat brothers and sisters.... don't wear spandex! It's evil and should only be worn by skinny people.

2. don't wear sweats... they hug your curves almost like spandex.

3. buy LT shirts so your belly doesn't hang out.

4. when buying pants, don't buy pants that are so tight that you can't bend over.

5. shirts are NOT optional .... wear one. The people around you will thank you (but buy the right size!)

6. take breathes between bites.

7. You don't need ice cream or a shake with that 55g of fat Big Mac....

8. chewing with your mouth closed will cut the number of fly that buzz around you to a minimum.
......

I could go on, but I'm sure you get the picture. My fat brethren just use some common sense and try to be courteous to those around you. No one (probably you included) wants to see your rolls and stretch marks. Try using some common sense when eating.... don't be a pig. It's not hard... really...

Anyway, like I said, I'm fat too. I'm 6ft tall and weight about 330lbs (lost 4 inches off my waist in the last few months)... but I dress nicely and eat sensibly (I've been on a low carb diet for a few weeks).

Jugs

EDIT: Ohhh another rant, this one is toward you skinny people. Please teach your kids some manners... every once in a while I'll be walking through a store and a kid will yelling out something like "Hey fat guy!".... not only does it make me automatically feel terrible, it's really not good for your kids to be calling strangers names. Obviously they are getting it from someplace, if they are under 6, it's most likely at home. Try to teach your kids that just because someone is fat, doesn't mean you should call them that. I once got pissed a child for saying that and said something to his father like "You should teach you kid some manners." To which he responded "He just calls em like he sees em!" to which I responded "Wow, so how does it feel to be called 'Asshole' every morning?" then I walked off.


You watch what other people eat?
:Q

 

jlee

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Mills Darden (1798 - 1857) of North Carolina; 7 ft 6 in, 1020 lbs. Darden was an acromegalic giant. His wife, who bore him three (some sources say five) children before her death in 1837, weighed only 98 lbs.

Poor woman...:Q
 

Lithium381

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May 12, 2001
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EDIT: Ohhh another rant, this one is toward you skinny people. Please teach your kids some manners... every once in a while I'll be walking through a store and a kid will yelling out something like "Hey fat guy!".... not only does it make me automatically feel terrible, it's really not good for your kids to be calling strangers names. Obviously they are getting it from someplace, if they are under 6, it's most likely at home. Try to teach your kids that just because someone is fat, doesn't mean you should call them that. I once got pissed a child for saying that and said something to his father like "You should teach you kid some manners." To which he responded "He just calls em like he sees em!" to which I responded "Wow, so how does it feel to be called 'Asshole' every morning?" then I walked off.

haha nice response!