Apparently Prof. Amy Farrell is upset that people are being called obese. She says that…
“People can be thin and unhealthy, and people can be fat and unhealthy.” (Colbert Nation – min. 4:48 of the video)
Bravo professor! What school did you go to? I want to send my kids there too.
This is an absolute revelation! There is more than one reason why someone can be unhealthy. Who knew?!
She continues…
“I like the word ‘fat’ actually…[the word obese] has a very negative connotation. So there are many of us, who are scholars now, who are saying ‘let’s take it out and strip it out of some of its negative connotations’.” (Colbert Nation – min. 5:48 of the video)
This gives me an idea, let’s also call burglars ‘chattel reassignment advocates’, or call idiot professors ‘visionaries’. Soon we’ll have a society with no negative connotations and avoid hurting people’s feelings.
Because we all know that being grossly overweight improves health so much… let’s all eat twinkies, sit on our butts and smoke cigarettes! Maybe then we can all be skinny and unhealthy!
Has anyone stopped to consider that people can be fat AND healthy? You bunch of morons? What the hell??? I’m big, I work at a gym, work out daily, feel great. All you assholes of society need to piss off.
There is a difference between being fat, and being big and going to a gym. Since most people who are fat dont generally get much exercise you would be an exception. But you called yourself big which cognotates a different visual in my mind of someone who is not neccissarly having a large amount of fat on them rather their size is large because they are tall and have a mixture of a lot of muscle and some fat.
You work at a gym? Staying fit vicariously through others or just there to harrass the females? Maybe you mean to say you work out at a gym? If yes, then you MUST be healthy because studies have shown that working out cures heart disease, cancer, cardiovascular disease, high cholesterol, diabetes, alzheimers, HIV/AIDS, malaria, diarrheal diseases, respitory and lucky for you brain tumors. But to answer your stupid question, no, we never stop to consider that people could be fat AND healthy. Fat and UNhealthy, yes, just like us skinny and unhealthy folk.
Bob… I cant say I have heard of this miricale cure for HIV and AIDS at the gym…..DO you run into a lot of people with Malaria on the tread mill just workin it off? How about Pnumonia? I bet there is a a bunch of those guys just swimming laps and running track….. And don’t get me started on how the Alzheimers guys are doing… (If only they would show up on time, how could they forget?)
The above commenter fails at recognizing sarcasm. Ironic.
Gee, I think maybe going to anger management classes instead of the gym might be a better choice for you!
What I hate is when obese people blame the fact that they can’t even walk because they’re so big on a “glandular disorder.” I mean, yeah there are some physical things that make you gain weight and make that weight very hard to lose, but your “glandular disorder” was probably started by the fact that you can’t keep your mouth away from all the freaking french fries and super sized combo meals. Try eating a salad once in a while, or subbing a starch for a veggie at dinner. It’s not that hard to eat healthy and still eat food that tastes good. It doesn’t have to be covered in grease to be tasty people….
Oh I must reply to this. As a medical professional who had been forced to retire early because of what you say is a “glandular problem” I have to say you are minimizing the problem a bit. I have severe hypothyroidism which has now become hashimotos disease which means my thyroid just does not work. Did it stop working because I overate? I dont think so. It is an autoimmune disease which has nothing to do with overeating. Maybe if the U.S. would not shoot up so many anti biotics and HGH into our foods, this so called epidemic would not exist. Also, being a medical professional for almost 14 years, I also witnessed doctors prescribing anti biotics for everything which does compromise the immune system after a while in such a way that they do not work anymore. So please do some research on this subject before slinging hatred.
Why do you think we have organic foods being sold in our grocery stores? A coincidence? I think not.
Oh I ‘must’ reply to this…. Anne Marie, the fact that you had to mention that you were a “medical professional” more than once makes my doubt that you are at all. But that aside, there are dozens and dozens of “medical professional” occupations that one could hold for years and not know a damned thing about any sort of glandular thyroid disorder. Secretaries want that title now, as do Non certified nurses. Etc. But all that aside….
Perhaps once you found out that you had this disease you went to see your doctor and he/she wrote you out a prescription for levothyroxine, which is the synthetic equivalent and identical to the hormone produced in your gland. I’ll bet after you began taking that and your metabolism and energy levels returned to normal (which they might not fully, but they will well enough. This is no reason to despair!) you spent the extra effort needed to reverse the effects (aka the weight gain)….. Clearly not.
I’m certain you have reasons and excuses as to why you coulda, shoulda, woulda. But that fact remains. You had opportunities which were wasted and you made choices which you now regret. Blame not us, who see you as you are.
Gee, I think people should lay off of what people look like!!!! Assuming all overweight people eat hamburgers and smoke all day is ludicrous and hurtful. I don’t need anger management… Certain people need a lesson in manners and reality!
If you’re still fat after going/working at a gym, you’re probably doing everything wrong. Fatso.
Agreed. It made me really annoyed when people starting forcing healthy options at fast food restraunts… Dont want to be fat and unhealthy?? DONT EAT THERE EVERY MEAL YOU RETARDS! Fast food is not meant to be an every day thing! Dont blame macdonalds for your fat ass, blame your laziness and no self control.. Thats what I do!
As much as I agree with you, Jx., I know there are many jobs that take people abroad and for them it’s more convenient and much less expensive to eat at a fast food place while they travel. Truckers for example. So give them their salads if that’s what they want. They taste like crap anyway. I’ll take my burger with fries and a large soda…no ice.
Screw you Joe – I’ve lost 38 pounds in the last 3 months. Nothing like a bunch of jerks ready to point fingers and call names to bring a person down though. The thing is, you never really know what station people are at in life. I don’t even hold much out for junk food. Some people are genetically predisposed to obesity and have to work way harder than the average person to get it off and keep it off. I work out 5 -7 days a week, eat normally – and still have to put up with morons like you.
“and still have to put up with morons like you.”
Funny, we were thinking the same thing about you. Good for you for losing the weight so far…doesn’t imply you are healthy which is the point of the article.
Moe.. In your defense. YOU WERE FAT.. But you unlike most of the population of fat people are doing something about it. Congrats on the weight lose….
But back to the point at hand. Fat people are fat because they make themselves fat. There is NO OTHER true explentaion as to why your gaining weight.. Yes you workout you can eat more. Here is the key to not being such a fat ass. MORE CALORIES BURNT THEN EATEN!! If you follow that. your are GARANTEED to not be fat. But people are damn lazy and have no self control. This is why the percentage of this country is getting bigger.. Seriously…. On top of the fact that technology is making America lazier and lazier.. Lazyness and lack of knowledge and will power is why people are getting heavier and heavier.. You don’t even need the gym to lose weight.. It helps.. of course. But there is a lot more to it then the gym.. Stop going to Mcdonalds or a place like it more then 5 times a week. Its rediculous.. Go to subway….
i like how you call it an eating disorder Moe. Its not. It really isnt hard for someone to SIT and say “Hey, I wonder what would happen if I got UP off the couch and spent 15 minutes on a treadmill instead of 18 hours in front of the TV.
Look folks, it is entirely possible to be large and healthy, happens everyday. The problem lies with those that are going above and beyond the call of “Large”. These people that make big people look anorexic, they have poor eating habits, and a less active lifestyle than your average three-toed sloth. Society enables these people, by giving them every excuse in the world to do something other than balance their diet, and begin to burn more than they consume. Big people, if you’re out there feeling great and are healthy on the whole, you rock. Those of you that exceed the big category, please help yourself for a change.
Hmmm where to begin???
“I work out I’m not fat!” –WRONG!– Do like Jared, eat lean you friggin idiots. Have some self control. Its not that hard to say to yourslef, “Hmmm, will this bring my heart attack closer, or push it away…?” Any person complaining on here should just shut up at go stand in front of the stair-stepper, I honestly think you could probably lose a few just looking at it. So go, do it, NOW!
Oh I’m fat, it runs in my family…blah blah blah. No your fat because you don’t have self control and refuse to get up off your butt and take a walk. You disgust me…
Oh Bob, I guess the point of the article was that overweight people just sit on their ass all day and eat. Let me put this in simpler terms for you. People like that are sick – they have an eating disorder, they need help. Not all big people are like that. Anyone who assumes they are really need a reality check.
um, no, that wasn’t the point of the article so your attempt at making things simple for me missed the mark you condescending douche. It’s too bad working out doesn’t cure personality disorders hey moe? …..Hey Moe, Hey Moe; Well, nyuck, nyuck, nyuck, nyuck! La da dee, la da dee, Woo woo woo woo! LOL.
It’s not really an eating disorder. It might be a side effect of a mental disorder like depression, but it’s not an eating disorder.
In other news, good for you for working out and losing weight. That’s great. The article was more about how we’re always so worried to offend people and now even the more benign titles given to “obese” people is offensive, and why? Because essentially we’re calling them fat. And fat is an awful thing to call someone. Even if they are fat.
Actually the point of the article is the danger of applying euphemisms because something has negative cogitations. Things like obese have negative cogitations because society has assigned the meaning associated with the word due to the unhealthy connection. Changing the term will just affect the meaning of the new term.
“you MUST be healthy because studies have shown that working out cures . . . cancer, . . . HIV/AIDS. . . and lucky for you brain tumors.”
Bob, I think you need to publish these studies showing the cure for cancer and AIDS, or better yet realized that you’re wrong because it doesn’t cure those things. . . I’d go with #1 if you can.
Vance, glad you’re here because you definitely can’t recognize sarcasm when you read it. Be sure to join us again after you’ve been enlightened.
You’re really good at detecting sarcasm Vance, could you teach me your ways o wise one?
oh my, i don’t even know the words to express how much i hate you vance…AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! you are on a S-A-R-C-A-S-M blog site. Really?
I’d rather be fat than a moronic internet troll!!
Good grief what a bunch of uneducated morons!!
So, um, show of hands- how many of you have a medical degree??
Yeah- that’s what I thought… friggin idiots!!
oh my, does it take a medical degree to realize that if you eat crap all day everyday, then eat some more because you get bored, then eat some more because youre depressed that you’re bored, instead of getting up to exercise (which folks, believe it or not, can make you feel, dare I say it…HAPPY!) well you tell me…I’m waiting….oh that’s right, you are the “friggin idiot.” but you go ahead and stay fat, and be quick about it so you can rid the world of the disease in your life.
I come from a family that supposedly has the “fat genes.” My mom could lose half her body weight and still be obese and it used to be the same with aunt, but she died from a clogged artery. My grandma was also very big, but she WORKED OUT and lost nearly 60 pounds. My mom is trying a “gluten-free” diet which she thinks is the cause of her obesity, which is a load of bullshit. I weigh 110 pounds, the ideal weight for someone my height (4′10″). Both my older and younger sisters are fat. Why? Because they don’t exercise! So all you people who say it’s genetics or a glandular disorder, stop fooling yourselves.
Its amazing how that works right? haha
I obviously don’t know how it is in your family, but there are *absolutely* people who genetically have a LOT more challenges losing weight. I’ve had several friends who worked out with me, as often and as hard as I did, ate better and more consciously than I did, and just couldn’t lose the weight.
I know others that eat just about everything in sight and don’t excercise, and are petite skinny girls. Because they are blessed with a rediculously fast metabolism.
Genetics has a lot to do with body weight, glands, metabolism, etc. You all would know this had you taken worthwile anatomy classes.. better yet, you could not talk out your asses.
Wow. There’s a lot of privileged ignorant jerkoffs on here.
Look I agree with the original point of the article – that obesity shouldn’t be stripped of its negative connotations to spare feelings and further enable those who are radically unhealthy. That said, there’s a big difference between obesity and just being overweight.
Some of you idiots just blow my mind.. I don’t have to work out or eat right to stay in the “appropriate” weight range. This makes me lucky, but not deserving of a pat on the back. And certainly not entitled to put others down because they face different challenges.
Congrats on the weight loss Moe. More than that, congrats on standing up for yourself. That’s more than these priveleged cowards would be able to do were they in your shoes.
Kat, the issue is there wouldnt be an issue of someone’s “feelings” being hurt over being called fat or obese if all the fat and obese people would be “actively” (thats a keyword there for ya) doing something about it. We all understand people gaining weight for whatever reason. but when you are willing to use that reason to just sit like a lump and turn into a much larger lump then I show no mercy. I come from a fat family and am in the same situation as you, I dont have to exercise to stay at a normal weight but i do anyways to be, and here is the REAL important part, HEALTHY! so shut it
I am unclear what you mean by privileged?
I guess it’s one of those lose lose situations, damned if you do and damned if you don’t. Some people feel that the word “fat” is mean and now it seems that “obese” is wrong. How about more PC bullshit and just say weight control challenged?
I mean come on fat, obese, unhealthy, whatever they all imply the same thing so her claim that obese has “negative connotations” and “fat” doesn’t, is absurd.
I prefer to use the term “Gravitationally challenged”
Aw – quit picking on Moe people. Good for you for losing weight and becoming healthier, Moe. I have always been a super skinny girl who could eat anything I wanted….(although I did eat pretty healthy and work out regularly). Recently my BMR (basal metabolic rate) decided to slow down! Grrrr….I’m 28 so it’s about that time. So I put on like ten pounds and hit my highest weight ever! Which is still below average for my height. So I signed up for a marathon. Simple as that. It’s become harder to lose weight but it will happen eventually. The truth is that “fat” people have a much harder time PHYSICALLY maintaining their weight than others. Their BMR is lower and they don’t expend as many calories in their normal everyday lives (not taking into account their physical activity but only the activity of their internal processes). So to stay thin, they must work harder with caloric intake and physical activity. They are definitely at a disadvantage! I doubt very much that all overweight people sit around and eat fast food and twinkies all day. Often, struggling with weight and watching others eat whatever they want IS very discouraging and can cause depression which leads to more eating. This sucks. Before my metabolism up and decided to slow down (damn you metabolism), I seriously could not understand how people got fat. Now I get it! Now I have to run marathons to MAINTAIN. Before, I ran a marathon and I got SUPER skinny and had to force feed myself. Not so anymore. I am rambling. Keep up the weight loss Moe! I am going to follow suit and lose ten pounds by Christmas, dang it!
Shannon, I don’t think all of the the poeple here are deliberately picking on Moe. Just his arguements on behalf of other people this site is aimed at, or whatever. you know what i mean. anyways, as you pointed out, your metabolism slowed down and you have to “work harder” to lose weight and keep it off. just like you had to work harder to weight back on earlier in your life. that mind set is what everyone is talking about. yeah it may be harder for fat people to lose weight and keep it off, but thats life. there is always going to be something that is harder for one person to do than it is for another. the whole point is suck it up and put out the extra effort.
Well I agree with you there – having a disadvantage and working to overcome it only makes you more of a badass! :)
Oh- and you all should see how many people on the heavy side run FULL marathons – you’d be very surprised! I always pictured super skinny, muscle-bound people running such long distances. But all body types participate. Big does NOT always equal unhealthy.
and just to clarify, “big” and “heavy” doesn’t mean fat. no one said that it does. Everyone is talking about obese and fat. there is quite the difference.
Good point. It’s all about fitting your natural frame. However “obese” is not a body frame.
There many reasons why people eat so much but there is only ONE reason why people are FAT- THEY EAT TOO MUCH!
Say what you want and as cruel as the truth is:
IF YOU ARE OVERWEIGHT – YOU EAT TOO MUCH!
Please don’t respond with metabolism, thyroid, 27 children or hereditary excuses.
OVERWEIGHT CURE = EAT LESS
Okay, gimme your BEST restort!
Thyroid issues WOULD suck and make it super, super, super hard to maintain a healthy weight…..that’s all I’m sayin’
LOL, what a pathetic excuse for trolling! Lame, lame, lame!
Certain disorders and predispositions do make it harder to stay thin. That’s not to say that overweight people have zero blame, because most of them are probably as lazy and unmotivated as the average American, but that doesn’t mean there can’t be an underlying cause. There are people who eat lots and never gain weight, so I don’t see why the opposite seems so implausible. There’s this thing called metabolism…
I don’t understand how people who are obese and look obese can be happy the way they are, or at least not unhappy enough to do something about it when they have the means… but I don’t understand all this hate. So far, besides a bad reputation as being an entirely overweight country, other people being fat hasn’t really hurt the strangers around them. And nobody seems to be railing about what happens/could happen to health care or insurance or whatnot because of obesity, just about people generally being obese. Insulting people you don’t know is insanely unproductive and pointless.
Ok LA, “other people being fat hasn’t really hurt the strangers around them”? Really? I’m in the military and because of the majority of the country being obese and everyone having to be “politically correct” and all that BS, obese poeple make it into the military. You want to tell me that an fat slob can move fast enough, far enough, and still have the strength and will power to go into a fight, yes battles do happen during times of war (go figure eh?), and protect the lfe of the man next to him? No it will not happen. you think I always know the person standing to my left and right? no i don’t. things get crazy and you end up fighting next to someone you never met. don’t try and say that it never hurt “the strangers around them.” because you don’t know. I do.
Obesity does hurt other people. It saps the world’s energy resources, even. It takes a lot more gas to transport 67 out of 100 people who are overweight and obese that it does to transport average-sized people. I also really get ill when I see an obese person parking in a handicapped spot. Those should be reserved for people who really need them.
Doesn’t hurt people? Do you have your own car and travel everywhere in it? Have you NEVER ridden a bus or airplane for a long distance? Some fatty took up half my seat on the Greyhound with his THIGH. I was pissed I had to pay $25 to put half my ass in the seat I paid to sit in for 2 hours. I was seriously tempted to ask him to give me $12.50 so he’d be paying for the half of my seat his leg occupied. And let’s be clear here, I’m not even close to fat – 125lb, 5′3″, and I have almost no ass to speak of. And now they have “fat seats” at theme parks on the new coasters, which doesn’t hurt people but is pathetic nonetheless. I actually saw a man who tried and failed to fit into one, it was incredibly pathetic.
Obviously none of you remember Jim Fixx, the Olympic runner that dropped dead from a heart attack??? How much more “fit” do you have to be? My supervisor is extremely thin, but has cholesterol off the charts. She smokes like a chimney. She eats junk. Oh but yet, she is THIN. Screw that. I eat well and I mean good, healthy food, not rabbit food (although I love veggies!). I don’t smoke. I do A LOT of walking at my job. My blood pressure is moderate. I never get sick and guess what? I’M FAT!!!! Sorry, I’m not going to starve myself and kill my self-esteem just to please a bunch of undereducated, neurotic people, with all the sensitivity of a piece of excrement. As long as your BP is good, and your BG is good and you do some moving around, it will keep you from getting CVD. Enough said.
Thank you NN. Bruce Lee also comes to mind.
Hold on here, there are some of us men who happen to like big (fat) women. I am not alone on this. Just look online and see how many BBW sites there are. BBW’s RULE!!!
Thoughts on ‘fatness’ and ‘obesity’..
‘Obesity’ sounds like a medical condition, ‘fat’ is just fat. I think that’s what she was talking about when she said negative connotations. I don’t think her argument is a winning one, however.
It’s very easy to get fat or obese in our culture. An average of 300 extra calories a day (one candy bar) can result in a 30 pound weight gain over a year. Compounding this problem is the lack of good information on how to lose weight. Magazines are packed with the latest ‘fad’ diets that do nothing. The only way to lose weight is to burn more than you eat. So the converse of the above is also true — in order to lose 30 pounds you have to burn an average of 300 more calories than you eat every day for a year. (or 600 for half a year, etc.). So someone could easily be in great cardiovascular health and still be overweight for a very long time.
Check out the book “The End of Overating” by David Kessler for some insight on these issues.
To add to your numbers, one pound of fat is approximately 3000 calories. So to lose just one pound a month, that’s cutting back only 100 calories a day. That’s simply beyond easy. Drink one less soda a day. Eat one less 100-calorie snack a day. Eat fruits instead of dessert every day, or share that slice of cake with someone else. Broccoli instead of potatoes. There’s no excuse for those too lazy to diet, because it isn’t even hard. And if you can’t afford to change your eating, then burn 100 calories (hint: walk for just 45 minutes a day. It’s more fun with a friend or dog.) There isn’t a valid excuse why this can’t work for the average obese person.
You tools who keep on trying to say that you can be fat and healthy are dumb as rocks. So what if FAT people run marathons or go to a gym or walk AROUND the block. All that does is assist in losing weight or keep from getting fatter. The fact remains that fat people are more inclined to be affected by disease. Fit or not, you could and most likely are diseased. High cholesterol, high blood pressure, cardiovascular diseases. So losing weight while certainly beneficial does not mean you are healthy. I used to be fat and after being diagnosed with diabetes and changing my diet, I lost almost 40 pounds without going to the gym, without running marathons and even without walking around the block. Is my diabetes gone? No. Is it more under control? Yes, and it’s because I changed what I eat. Fat people need to stop eating all that garbage to lose the weight but they’ll still be diseased (unhealthy) people.
Bob. One of my colleagues is/was a diabetic. She weighed about 134kg. She lost 34kg and her Dr took her off her diabetes medication. Does she eat healthy? Sure. Does she still have to get some exercise? Absolutely. Is she skinny? No. Her BP is great and her BG is 90. She’s 45 yrs old and her Doc thinks she is in very good health. Neither one of us eat poor diets, as you suggest all fat people do. A person at the weight she was requires a diet consisting of 2200 calories just to function through the day. And that’s from a the hospital dietician. As you lose weight, your calorie requirement goes down too. Reduce your calorie intake say 300 calories a day and you will see some weight loss. You cannot put yourself into calorie deficit and remain well. It will stop your metabolism, the fat burning miracle. Your body will think it’s going into starvation mode. Let’s say a person is 300lbs…the caloric intake needs to be 2300 calories a day to just function. If that person goes to a 1200 calorie restricted intake, the body will most definitely go into starvation mode and you will stop burning calories efficiently. The smart thing to do is to take it down to 2000 calories and get moving. You will burn calories without starvation and get the endorphin boost from exercise that ups your metabolism.
I don’t know why you are so angry with fat people, being a former fattie, but I think that being abusive and hateful towards a group of people is rather unkind and pathetic. Perhaps all this abusiveness is what you received as a fat person? And how did that work for you? You are entitled to your opinion, of course, but being rude is uncalled for. Before you spew out your tirade, please make sure your information is accurate?
Uh…..you sound dumb. Nuff said.
Oh, Bob…
I feel so sorry for you – you are such a sad, sad, SAD person!
-WHAT has made you so bitter???
…I can only guess.
I hope you will find happiness in life, eventually.
=^)
Let me ask all of you scrawny people (yes I said scrawny) – how often do you get sick? I don’t. Not on a regular basis like much of society claims (i.e. “Get your flu shot this flu season!” – I never get one, because I don’t get the flu).
Now, I happen to walk everywhere, or if it’s over say five miles, or I need to be there on time, I’ll take a bus, since my bike is in storage. (that’s a Bicycle, folks, not a Motorcycle)
I eat salads, seafood . . . to be honest, I’m quite nearly vegetarian, with a few random splurges on chicken. I don’t drown them in butter, cheese, any of that stuff. I prefer italian dressing thanks.
Now, through all this, I’m considered overweight. I have quite a bit of curves, though not enough to qualify as LuvsBigWomen’s BBW. I simply have a belly (and a large chest, but that’s besides the point).
Considering I walk across my city an average of four to five times a day, seven days a week, by your own rules, I should be scrawny like you. Am I? no.
Not to mention, I am a fan of Dance Dance Revolution, and regularly play it. I’m no shirker either – you try Nori Nori Nori or Waka Laka. They’re not simple songs to play.
But also consider this. My standard (resting) blood pressure is 112/67 – SOOO unhealthy! *rolls eyes*
My cholesterol is wonderfully balanced. I’ll get the numbers for you later.
As pointed out before, my immune system is ridiculously strong.
Big and Healthy? better believe it.
Good for you. But we’re not talking about “big” people. We’re talking about obese aka fat people but thank you anyway for your useless comment telling us how wonderful you are.
I am what you would consider scrawny probably (5′10, 145 lb female) and I have only had the flu once in my 28 years. I have never had the flu shot. Your immune system is not determined by your weight….that is an odd thing to bring up in reference to defending your health v. weight. Good for you for maintaining a healthy weight for YOU. It is different for all of us. Size of bones plays a major role in our weight also. Those things are heavy!
Illness is increased with lack of health, not weight. I’ve never had the flu (I also don’t get shots), I never had a cold until I came to college (darn boyfriend got me sick twice), I had mono when I was 11 and chicken pox when I was 6. Got strep throat a lot as a kid, but that vulnerability seems to run in my family. I’m almost 20, 125lb, 5′3, eat campus food (reluctantly), walk to class, and go to yoga every week. Congratulations, you now have my entire medical history. I’m just as healthy as you, but have a different body shape, which demonstrates my point that it really does not matter.
Congrats to you for being healthy and environmentally friendly though, that’s pretty awesome (and I’m not being sarcastic here). Keep up the good work!
Hey Bob – my point is, I’m considered fat. My BMI says I’m obese (30.2 thank you very much)
it’s asinine skinny people who think the moment someone is fat means that they’re unhealthy that need to be shown that it’s possible to be fat and healthy. All I’ve seen from you is derisive comments about fat people all being unhealthy. I believe I’ve just proved that wrong.
THAT is the point of this post. Pay attention next time.
I don’t buy it… you are most likey hold some details back…..
But hey, you don’t need to prove anything to me… I don’t care.