Fat People's View on Skinny

[Absane]

Eating a 100% balanced diet is impossible. Like my grandfather used to say when he mixed strange foods together. "It all goes to the same place anyway". Just because you dip your carrots in ranch does not take the nutrients away from the carrot. I think it's better than no carrot at all.

What does your grandfather's saying have to do with a balanced diet?

Anyway... "balance" depends on the definition you want to use. Balance of macronutrients? Balance of micronutrients?

Making a balance of either one of the two choices I gave is possible... but trying to balance out both at the same time is nearly impossible. It's best to balance out the macronutrients on a day-to-day basis and then cover the micronutrients over the course of a week by varying the foods.

But then again... balance for one person might be imbalance for another... so there is no one-size-fits-all in terms of day to day food choices. If you're an athlete you will need a high protein and high carb diet. If you are a lazy slob, you'll need low calories, low carbs, and moderate fats and moderate protein.

As for my intake, I gorge on high fat and high protein. Carbs make me feel sick when I don't need them.

You can't force your kids to eat what they don't want to

In the presence of any food, no human starves.

 

[CutsieMarie89]

What does your grandfather's saying have to do with a balanced diet?


In the presence of any food, no human starves.

It didn't. It had to do with the following sentence.

But will your kid eat before social services takes them away, because you either aren't feeding them or are feeding them rotten food. I could go days with out eating, until my mother was forced to throw stuff away.

 

[Orleander]

...In the presence of any food, no human starves.

and that's what my pediatrician always said.

 

[Absane]

It didn't. It had to do with the following sentence.

But will your kid eat before social services takes them away, because you either aren't feeding them or are feeding them rotten food. I could go days with out eating, until my mother was forced to throw stuff away.

Social services isn't going to take your child away if he or she has free and easy access to food. If that child refuses to eat, you don't correct this behavior by feeding him garbage. Treat the problem, not the symptoms.

Just picture your child at 30 with hamstrings like these:

 

[Mickmeister]

People eat so poorly here in the US. No wonder you have an obesity epidemic.

Exactly. Almost all restaurants have garbage to eat. Most of the foods they serve is so loaded in fat and calories that it is pathetic. That's why we don't go out much anymore. It is also sad that fast food restaurants today are healthier than a lot of sit down restaurants. No wonder restaurants like Maggiano's don't publish the nutrition list of what they serve.

 

[Orleander]

well??? malnourished or skinny because she's Macedonian?


Australia's Miss Universe contest was thrown into controversy on Thursday with doctors and dieticians complaining a leading finalist was "skin and bones" and dangerously malnourished.

Sydney model Stephanie Naumoska, 19, was one of 32 contestants from more than 7,000 hopefuls to make the glittering final at an event promoting "healthy, proportioned, bodies."

"Bony or beautiful?" newspaper headlines said over photographs of a gaunt Naumoska posing in a red string bikini.e

Health professionals said Naumoska, who is 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) tall and weighs just 49 kg (108 lbs), had a body mass index of just 15.1, well under the official 18 benchmark for malnutrition....

....Pageant director Deborah Miller said brunette Naumoska, who was defeated in the final by 20-year-old television presenter and model Rachael Finch, had Macedonian heritage, which accounted for her extreme thinness....

 

[draqon]

she is ugly.

 

[Anti-Flag]

well??? malnourished or skinny because she's Macedonian?


Australia's Miss Universe contest was thrown into controversy on Thursday with doctors and dieticians complaining a leading finalist was "skin and bones" and dangerously malnourished.

Sydney model Stephanie Naumoska, 19, was one of 32 contestants from more than 7,000 hopefuls to make the glittering final at an event promoting "healthy, proportioned, bodies."

"Bony or beautiful?" newspaper headlines said over photographs of a gaunt Naumoska posing in a red string bikini.e

Health professionals said Naumoska, who is 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) tall and weighs just 49 kg (108 lbs), had a body mass index of just 15.1, well under the official 18 benchmark for malnutrition....

....Pageant director Deborah Miller said brunette Naumoska, who was defeated in the final by 20-year-old television presenter and model Rachael Finch, had Macedonian heritage, which accounted for her extreme thinness....

Forgive me if I'm being thicker than the offspring of a village idiot and a TV weather girl, but what the fuck are they talking about?

 

[SuperGirl]

Just picture your child at 30 with hamstrings like these:

hey cellulite is not necessarily related to exercise/eating habits. It can be so much related to genetics. So stop being a jerk about what many women naturally go through.. ugh!

 

[Mrs.Lucysnow]

Calm down Super-girl. He wasn't trying to be a jerk he simply pointed out that good eating and exercise start early and if one doesn't take care of themselves dont be surprised if you don't look so how later in life. And he's right. Genetics play a part but most people simply get fat from bad lifestyle habits

 

[jmpet]

(I hate threads this long because it's impossible to read so much just to comment.)

The problem with obesity in America lies in High Fructose Corn Syrup, which has replaced sugar for the past 25 years. HFCS is sugar on crack- it's as sweet as sugar (or sweeter), but has more of a health-related whallop to the human body- more calories, more fat, more unnatural ingredients.

HFCS is a chemical solution- not an extraction... you need chemicals and stuff to make HFCS- you need water and heat to extract sugar from cane.

Since HFCS tastes like sugar, our bodies don't signal the shutoff switch until we've already consumed too much... it leads to obesity... this is why we're all fat today.

This, and the fact that MCDonald's "100% beef patties" are in volume 51% "100% beef" and 49% HFCS, water and glycerin... that Big Mac is as much chemicals as it is a natural food source- YOU ARE SLOWLY KILLING YOURSELF.

(As a Vegetarian) I think it's time for people to wake up to what they're putting in their bodies as nutrition and sustenance... it's high time to wake up.

 

[Absane]

(As a Vegetarian) I think it's time for people to wake up to what they're putting in their bodies as nutrition and sustenance... it's high time to wake up.

What does your vegetarian view have to do with fat Americans? And HFCS in particular?

hey cellulite is not necessarily related to exercise/eating habits. It can be so much related to genetics. So stop being a jerk about what many women naturally go through.. ugh!

It wouldn't be so bad if these women weren't such lardasses.

 

[SuperGirl]

What does your vegetarian view have to do with fat Americans? And HFCS in particular?



It wouldn't be so bad if these women weren't such lardasses.

Not true for all cases, I got cellulite and stretch marks when I was very young. As soon as I went to puberty and offcourse I was active and I was eating healthy and no I was not fat either.

 

[draqon]

Not true for all cases, I got cellulite and stretch marks when I was very young. As soon as I went to puberty and offcourse I was active and I was eating healthy and no I was not fat either.

cellulite by itself? thats not healthy yo. But if you had a baby, than yeah thats normal.

 

[SuperGirl]

cellulite by itself? thats not healthy yo. But if you had a baby, than yeah thats normal.

I did not have a baby. I was like 12 years old. I went through puberty very fast and became a woman really fast I guess. Cause other than that, I had a healthy diet. My mother was really careful of what she gave us to eat. no fast food, no hot dogs, no pops... and I was relatively active at that age.

 

[draqon]

I did not have a baby. I was like 12 years old. I went through puberty very fast and became a woman really fast I guess. Cause other than that, I had a healthy diet. My mother was really careful of what she gave us to eat. no fast food, no hot dogs, no pops... and I was relatively active at that age.

well than excuse me cellulite is not normal, okey. Its good that you were doing active exercises and eating healthy food...but that does not change the fact that girls should not have to go through this.

 

[takandjive]

Draqon, cellulite is just subcutaneous fat. It's VERY normal, and it's far healthier than a beer gut where the fat is packed around your insides.

 

[Absane]

Not true for all cases, I got cellulite and stretch marks when I was very young. As soon as I went to puberty and offcourse I was active and I was eating healthy and no I was not fat either.

Everyone has stretch marks. I'm a guy and I have them all over my body. It has nothing to do with fat in my case... just growing taller and growing muscle.

And you can still get fat by eating healthy and being active. All you have to do is ingest more calories than you burn.

I'll give you a pass for some cellulite because females store more bodyfat than men... if you're healthy, I doubt that it's bad or not very noticable.

 

[otheadp]

So... I was walking without my shirt on in downtown Toronto - a city that is on a lake, but is in Canada, so it's kinda cold usually, and is not a place like Miami where it's not unusual to walk without a shirt on in the city. I'm more or less in shape, but not very toned, so I got some small love handles. So I'm walking downtown, enjoying myself in the rare warm day when it's actually warm enough for this, getting some pleasure out of making people who are too shy or too self conscious about their own bodies, or feel it's "inappropriate" to walk like that in the business district, uncomfortable... and I got 3 comments thrown at me.

The first one from a passing minivan full of 20-something girls - they were like "woohoo!!!" and that made me smile.

The 2nd one was from a late-30s type woman wearing leather, sitting 2up on a chopper-type bike. It was at a red light. I was standing and they were standing. I have very sharp hearing so I heard her comment to herself and her partner on the bike under her nose "put your shirt on buddy!" So I stared at her until the light turned green to make her feel uncomfortable. lol

The 3rd comment was from another passing car - full of 4 dudes in their late 20s. One of them yelled at me through his car window "hey buddy, you're FAT!!!" to which I smiled and gave him a thumbs up - though what I should have done is given him the finger.

Anyway, this got me thinking, why do people even bother yelling at me or commenting? Should I take them seriously? Am I fat due to the last 2 comments, or am I hot due to the 1st comment? Was the 1st comment in fact sarcastic? Were they making comments out of insecurities? Why should I even be thinking about this? Who cares?

And then I read this:

With a few exceptions, the ones that usually make snide remarks and are rude are fat people.

And realized - the 2 negative comments were from (1) a late-30s woman whose BMI, it looked like, is most likely above 30, and (2) a douchebag-sounding straight GUY who didn't look ripped himself - and even if he was - ripped guys don't make comments like that - they don't really need to.

It's true though - fat people are the ones who are making comments like calling other people fat. Or people who are trying to lose weight and aren't quite thin enough and feel bad about it.

Next time it's a nice day outside I'll take my shirt off again. heh

 

[takandjive]

Frankly, I find it repulsive when a man is walking around without a shirt in town, regardless of size. I don't want to see anyone's tits. What amazes me is some absolutely gagging guy will have the gall to do this and then bitch about a woman breastfeeding in public, where you don't see anything, anyway.

I saw a guy in public doing this yesterday, and he was being obnoxious. You bet I said, "Shut up and put a shirt on." I have no problem with someone running to the corner store without a shirt or in a bikini; I do the latter in the summer, but I don't make an ass out of myself by shopping in daisy dukes and a string bikini top.

It's not that I'm shy about my body. I have a cute figure that has no unsightly bulges. There's something that adds a bit of class in having a little reservation to show it all because not everyone wants to see it, and not everyone gets to see it all. I have video of sex with my ex, but that doesn't mean I have it playing looped all the time when I have guests over.