Midnyte said:
Being on "a diet" is so not the way to fix obesity. Stopping eating at McDonald's and not shoving snack foods into one's face is the way to be healthy.

I was a size 3 most of my post pubescent life. Then in my early 20's I lived with obese people and had the normal early 20's metabolism slow down and I got plumpish.

Once I broke up with the boy with the obese family, quit smoking and dated someone who was into healthy eating I lost the weight without even thinking about it. I found when I eat right I don't crave food. I wish they would spend more time teaching people in school about their health. Sadly it is more often (this is obviously not exclusive, but statistically accurate) the lowest echelons of society who are obese and have obese kids. Unfortunately the cheap eats are also the ones worst for you. And those people who are struggling just to get by are the ones who are not able to get continued education as adults, so if they have not had good dietary education by 10th grade they may never get it.

I don't like to think of people developing eating disorders or body image problems, but being obese is more dangerous than smoking and eating poorly is after all, a choice. We have managed to accept looking down on people who smoke, I would like to see less public acceptance of obesity as well. Especially the really really obese kids. That is child abuse just as much as if I was to dope my child on Nyquil or give my 5 year old cigarettes. It sets the poor person up for a lifetime of health problems and silent discrimination.

I think promoting a healthy size (probably a 3-10 for most women) is important as is explaining how to be that size. Not the stupid model diet of barfing and celery. It is entirely possible to be a healthy weight without barfing, starving or killing yourself at the gym. I'd like to see less of people attributing thinness to eating disorders then maybe less people would try going down those roads to get thin.

I am so in agreement with everything you said. As for the fear that by disouraging obesity we could be encouraging eating disorders, I think that if people were better educated about how to have a healthy balanced diet then not only would they be less likely to become obese but they would be less likely to get into a cycle of dieting and bingeing (although obviously there is more to eating disorders than lack of understanding of how to maintained a healthy weight by having a healthy diet).

ninetysevencents

Rochester, NY

August 2003

JAN 02, 2005 12:14 PM

Lain said:
I knew a family who have their baby pepsi in his bottle when he went to sleep.

Years of teeth problems ahead.

Steal that baby!

Desmodius

Antarctica

November 2004

JAN 02, 2005 01:23 PM

your fat... your families fat... big fuckin deal... i am fuckin tired of peoples fucking hangups about weight, if you wanna be a fat bastard.... ba a fat bastard... if you wanna be an anorexic twig eatin berry's and shit... be a twig. Stop your fucking complaining and your bitching and just live with it... stop trying to live up to a stereotype branded to you by the magazine and television industry and just BE YOURSELF...you fat bastard.... if people don't like you for who you are... then they are fuckwads and you don't need them in your life anyway... have that extra slice of pizza. don't walk that extra mile. drink that two liter of jolt cola and say to the world. middle digit firmly raised. i am a fat bastard. now give me a twinkie....you other fat bastards...lol so you'll die quicker then the healthy... that just means you don't have to be around granola eating shitheads who's soul purpose in life is looking good for everybody else. FUCK EVERYBODY ELSE. what matters is what you want. not them. they are not you. they canot tell you how to live your lives unless you let them. the world is full of different styles and looks. deal with it and move on....blaugh!!!!!

this message brought to you by a fat bastard and paid for by the we give no fuck corporation....

whirlyknives

New Orleans, LA

August 2004

JAN 02, 2005 01:29 PM

nevermind. wtf.

[Edited on Jan 02, 2005 by whirlyknives]

Zilchtastic

USA

November 2004

JAN 02, 2005 03:37 PM

moonpieking said:
your fat... your families fat... big fuckin deal... i am fuckin tired of peoples fucking hangups about weight, if you wanna be a fat bastard.... ba a fat bastard... if you wanna be an anorexic twig eatin berry's and shit... be a twig. Stop your fucking complaining and your bitching and just live with it... stop trying to live up to a stereotype branded to you by the magazine and television industry and just BE YOURSELF...you fat bastard.... if people don't like you for who you are... then they are fuckwads and you don't need them in your life anyway... have that extra slice of pizza. don't walk that extra mile. drink that two liter of jolt cola and say to the world. middle digit firmly raised. i am a fat bastard. now give me a twinkie....you other fat bastards...lol so you'll die quicker then the healthy... that just means you don't have to be around granola eating shitheads who's soul purpose in life is looking good for everybody else. FUCK EVERYBODY ELSE. what matters is what you want. not them. they are not you. they canot tell you how to live your lives unless you let them. the world is full of different styles and looks. deal with it and move on....blaugh!!!!!

this message brought to you by a fat bastard and paid for by the we give no fuck corporation....

Uh, but if you don't like people who look good (and obviously LIKE to look good), then why are you HERE? I mean, just on the basis that you wouldn't wanna look at a porn site full of obviously unhealthy people. Giving a fuck about what you look like is not a bad thing. It's human nature to care about how you're perceived by others. We may be WAY too into it these days, but I still don't think it's a bad thing to, you know, CARE. There's a certain "fuck off" coolness to not giving a shit about your health or anyone else's, I guess, but it sure doesn't add to anyone's quality of life.

datsun

Richmond, CA

October 2004

JAN 03, 2005 12:36 PM

Ok, so maybe I just missed it, but it seems nobody has taken emotional eating into account. We are a society that fears feelings. When we're sad, we eat. When we're angry, we eat. We celebrate with food. It is given as a reward (not like schoolgirl, who obviously is teaching her daughter that junk food is not an everyday meal) for behavior that used to be expected. I see mothers give theri kids a treat for being good in public. They're supposed to behave themselves!!! What is with the bargaining with toddlers? Why do they get to control their own parents? Also, many adults have unhealthy eating habits. An over-indulgent society (now a few generations in) is going to beget over-indulgent kids. If mom and dad eat for emotional reasons and eat junk food all the time, kids think it's ok. The adults in our country need to take responsibility. Not by putting their kids on "diets,'" but by genuinely changing their families' eating habits in a constructive way.

PointBlank

New York, NY

November 2004

JAN 03, 2005 12:40 PM

Stop walking so slowly when you're in front of me, and I'll stop bitching.

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