Why are people angry about this?

[GagHalfrunt]

Fatties love having something to be mad at. That allows them to go home and down an entire half gallon of ice cream for comfort.

 

[CraKaJaX]

I'm mildly overweight (5'10 and 195 pounds) and I've got a host of health problems related to my weight. This is in no way a healthy way to live. I am going to rectify my issues so I don't die in a few years (I've got high BP, boardline blood sugar, constant headaches and fatigue, fatty liver, etc).

I don't understand why people think it's ok to live this way. I have three choices:

1) Do nothing and die
2) Take drugs and live a miserable life
3) Change my diet and increase exercise.

I don't want to live my life this way. As much as I love food, soda, and booze something has to give. We need to be harder on people like me, make it a stigma. If we tell everyone it's ok no one wants to change. I hit my breaking point with my last physical, my doctor did just that, he told me I'm fat and it isn't healthy and I'm going to die from it if I don't change. You know what, he's right.

A feel good story right here on ATOT - I like it! Glad you're motivating yourself now and not 50 lbs from now. :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Good luck!

 

[Bill Brasky]

I'm mildly overweight (5'10 and 195 pounds) and I've got a host of health problems related to my weight. This is in no way a healthy way to live. I am going to rectify my issues so I don't die in a few years (I've got high BP, boardline blood sugar, constant headaches and fatigue, fatty liver, etc).

I don't understand why people think it's ok to live this way. I have three choices:

1) Do nothing and die
2) Take drugs and live a miserable life
3) Change my diet and increase exercise.

I don't want to live my life this way. As much as I love food, soda, and booze something has to give. We need to be harder on people like me, make it a stigma. If we tell everyone it's ok no one wants to change. I hit my breaking point with my last physical, my doctor did just that, he told me I'm fat and it isn't healthy and I'm going to die from it if I don't change. You know what, he's right.

Get out of here with your common sense. You're mildly overweight, and have plans to fix it so kudos to you. The only problem is that once you start working out, you'll get addicted to endorphins and the excess energy. It feels tremendous and you'll start sleeping better. Beware... I warned you.

 

[Nograts]

Get out of here with your common sense. You're mildly overweight, and have plans to fix it so kudos to you. The only problem is that once you start working out, you'll get addicted to endorphins and the excess energy. It feels tremendous and you'll start sleeping better. Beware... I warned you.

I'm doing my biggest cut ever and dropping to the 130's. From there an insane bulkfest (I hope I can fit it into my work schedule). The day you start lifting is the day you become forever small. Chasing them gains breh.

 

[Genx87]

Fatties are upset an entire model can fit inside their leg. It reminds them of years of binge eating to attain their unattractive weight.

 

[disappoint]

Nearly all fat looks bad on women and it's universally agreed.

 

[sourceninja]

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[manimal]

theres a disease where one leg gets crazy fat and the other looks normal. This lady had it on my block growing up. Kids used to make fun of her but I never did. I didnt want her to kick me with that leg.


They should have used that lady.

 

[BurnItDwn]

I dont think its offensive, but, it is kinda a dumb way to try to sell them, most people want to see "what it looks like", so the normal way to sell them is to get a big model who is a little bit lighter than the intended customer, so that way the customer thinks they will look good and then they will buy it.

 

[PliotronX]

Fatties love having something to be mad at. That allows them to go home and down an entire half gallon of ice cream for comfort.

 

[Humpy]

...quadruple cheese stuffed hamburgers with fried onions and veggies between a bbq stuffed bun...

:wub:

Have to figure out the BBQ stuffed bun tho.

I'm picturing four cheese filled patties, onion rings, pickles, lettuce, and tomatoes, all stacked between two BBQ beef sandwiches.

God damn right! 'Murica!

 

[Imp]

I dont think its offensive, but, it is kinda a dumb way to try to sell them, most people want to see "what it looks like", so the normal way to sell them is to get a big model who is a little bit lighter than the intended customer, so that way the customer thinks they will look good and then they will buy it.

I don't think a little lighter's going to cut it...

 

[TechBoyJK]

i'm 5'11 and i feel too skinny when i drop below 200lbs.

Well, I said 175 'for the wrong reasons'.

I'm usually around 155/160 when I'm fit.

If I got to 175 after strength training, I'm sure I'd be just fine.

But all it takes is for me to slack for a month or so and I put on 20 pounds. ugh.

 

[TechBoyJK]

Nearly all fat looks bad on women and it's universally agreed.

It's got to be instinctual.

I can't imagine having to run through the woods from mountain lions with a fat wife huffing behind me.

I think most guys see a fat woman and immediately get an instinctual reaction that the woman is a liability in a survival situation.

I think that's why everyone loved Kate from Lost. She was fit, cunning, and nice to look at.

Much easier to survive in the woods with her than Tess Monster. If anything, less food to share.

versus

 

[QueBert]

I'm mildly overweight (5'10 and 195 pounds) and I've got a host of health problems related to my weight. This is in no way a healthy way to live. I am going to rectify my issues so I don't die in a few years (I've got high BP, boardline blood sugar, constant headaches and fatigue, fatty liver, etc).

I don't understand why people think it's ok to live this way. I have three choices:

1) Do nothing and die
2) Take drugs and live a miserable life
3) Change my diet and increase exercise.

I don't want to live my life this way. As much as I love food, soda, and booze something has to give. We need to be harder on people like me, make it a stigma. If we tell everyone it's ok no one wants to change. I hit my breaking point with my last physical, my doctor did just that, he told me I'm fat and it isn't healthy and I'm going to die from it if I don't change. You know what, he's right.

No offense, but that's not fat for your height, by the BMI chart on my wall you're at the last box of healthy weight for how tall you are. I can't imagine any weight related health problems that exist when you're not overweight. YouWeight related problems come from from being obese and you're really far away from being that. I can't see a 5'9 guy dying because he was 195 pounds, at worst you are a very few pounds overweight.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

If you're going to be fat, own it. I have no problem with fat people, but when people start crying about body-shaming every single time someone makes a fat joke, that's fucking absurd. I'm overweight, but I realize that's because I've made a conscious choice to eat and drink unhealthy things while exercising less than I should be. And I'm attempting to turn that around to set a better example for my offspring. What I won't do is get pissy because someone makes a fatty joke; if your self-esteem is that shitty, take steps to improve yourself, don't ask everyone else to treat you like a delicate snowflake.

That being said, if your goal is to advertise a product, shouldn't you advertise it in the manner it's going to be used in? I very rarely spring for XXXL tights to squeeze a tiny woman into a single leg. Stick a fat person in there so your target audience can get an idea of what it's actually going to look like.

 

[sourceninja]

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[clamum]

My BP is 155/105 on a good day, my cholesterol is though the roof, I have a 42 inch waist (my doctor's measurements) I've got a fatty liver. My fasting blood sugar is almost 100. My gut HANGS over my pants, so much so that I get sores from my belt buckle sometimes. I'm fat by a 'few pounds' if by few we mean 25-35 pounds. Being overweight varies from person to person. I basically have a headache every single day. The answer to 99% of my problems is lose 30 pounds. BMI charts are pretty worthless for determining health.

It's not just being overweight. It's the lack of fitness, the terrible diet, the sedentary lifestyle that's killing me. If I'm thinks bad now, I'm not sure I want to see what just waiting a few years without changing will bring.

I was gonna call bullshit on his post but then I saw the author. Pointless to reply to that troll (or complete fucking moron, whatever, don't matter). Anyway, good for you for making some changes. Best of luck to you dude.

To answer the OP, I'd venture to guess it's because seeing that normal weight person in just one leg of the pants causes the reality bells to go DING DING DING to the obese people, and it's hard to face that for them.

 

[notposting]

By the word of the prophet... ()



One thing's for sure, the Chinese will call a spade a spade. :awe:

Dang it...I started scrolling up and down, wondering how I had missed that TFP was back.