How fat are you? Are you HUGE?


How do people get so enormous they can barely move. I mean, from a social point of view. Is there something about modern day industrial society that allows this to happen. Does it suck so much people have to derive pleasure from eating? Is it a case of bad resource distribution? Etc.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXlWsBhFvis

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I lost like 40 pounds in the last 2 years or something, somehow. I walk or bike to get anywhere so I blame fucking cars

part of it's learned. the whole CLEAN YOUR PLATE idea, eating until you're full. kids are taught to stuff themselves

buttt there are also lots of other issues that can contribute and we're not gonna cover them all itt. so I hope it suffices to say people who are obese don't uh deserve it or whatever

a more interesting subject is our society's obsession with weight in general. it's absurd. but did it start as a free market/media thing or not? I dunno. I definitely get how companies create new problems for the public to be worried about/buy products to fix, and weight could really easily be one of those 'problems'. but it could just as easily have been something Lord Entrepreneurs feasted upon given the opportunity to make big bucks so I dunno for sure

I think you're on to something earl with the whole money thing. IDK since like the 80's or so people have been encouraged to EAT EAT EAT everywhere we go. There's food everywhere! People are always just snackin' and drinking sodas whenever and wherever. I don't think it's a coincidence that obesity has skyrocketed since then

part of it's learned. the whole CLEAN YOUR PLATE idea, eating until you're full. kids are taught to stuff themselves

this too. I used to eat better food but had like 2 helpings of everything. I really didn't do anything spectularly different with diet (eat only carrots and pork knuckles) just not eat until fuckin gorged with food

I also p much didn't drink any soda ever except when out. I'm kind of breaking that rule now

haha i've been hospitalized for like a total of a month and a half because of being underweight.  I really shouldn't be posting in this topic.

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I think you're on to something earl with the whole money thing. IDK since like the 80's or so people have been encouraged to EAT EAT EAT everywhere we go. There's food everywhere! People are always just snackin' and drinking sodas whenever and wherever. I don't think it's a coincidence that obesity has skyrocketed since then

that too, but I was thinking more about the obsession with weight/losing weight/"looking good" and all the products, diet programs and services associated with that. there's tons of money in that market. and it's all pounded into our heads so much we don't realize how absurd it is. it really seems like idk I'll call it a manufactured market, to me. also consider how healthier food is more expensive and cheap food is often filled with garbage you shouldn't be eating and will end up making you obese or giving you acne (another big market) or creating other mental and physical health problems. so you take a vitamin, buy some combination oily/dry skin moisturizer and a bottle of conditioner for your brittle hair before stopping at the drug store to pick up some zicam, cialis, lipitor, and your kid's adderall

and I guess the icing on the cake is how the cheap food, like fast food or hostess snak paks or whatever, is also often designed to get you in & out, so you can get back to browsin the market increase your purchasing power tenfold. aaaa don't even think about the oil/automotive industries here

what worries me about the rise of "healthy alternatives" that are also quick and convenient is that it's a sign all this junk has become so ingrained into modern society that we've accepted it as normal and are now moving past it, and there's no going back. we depend on fast food, bottled water, snack machines; they're part of life, we need them to leave the office at this time get to the client's house by noon and then back to office etc

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so you take a vitamin, buy some combination oily/dry skin moisturizer and a bottle of conditioner for your brittle hair before stopping at the drug store to pick up some zicam, cialis, lipitor, and your kid's adderall

drug commercials scare me mostly because of how unironic they are. Enzyte is like the only funny one the rest are like "some fish oil shit I am in a lab under the ocean yes this is actually what we do to make our fish oil medication we literally have this space-age undersea lab like Dr. Evil"

also I think Viagra had one funny commercial where the doctor sort of gives the guy a high-five I think

but that other penis pill commercial where they're like at the beach laying in bathtubs that are randomly placed there wtf is that I mean I'm sure it's some symbolism or something but it's like they just have free reign to throw whatever visual elements they feel like we will make a billion dollars no matter what half-assed commercial we make - just make sure to glorify old people or something fishing on some pier in the most nostalgic setting ever echoes of an America that never existed (america.flv) - it's like car commercials really just instead of ridiculous road trips in impossibly beautiful settings American dream = a man and his car  it's like some weird mythology of old people like I expect something sinister behind the scenes of this fantasy world the commercial produces like systematically executing anybody from hippie generation --> now  random young people cashiers who have wronged them. anybody with earrings/tattoo

i think that people are fat mostly because of poor diet.
nutrition is probably the one thing where public opinion differs most from fact. i think that people should start eating according to the paleolithic diet-- high protein, high fat, low carb, no sugar, no grains (man, grain is sooo bad for you; it totally messes up body chemistry). it's amazing what a difference this sort of diet makes to health; it eliminates all diseases of society, like obesity, diabetes, heart disease, cavities, etc... you know, i'm writing a research paper about this for school because i think it's all very interesting. everyone should read about it.
nutrition is so important but so many people don't care about it at all. the people who DO care usually don't actually know anything they're talking about-- dieters restrict calories and avoid fat, destroying their bodies. but they think they're healthy just because they're losing weight. many people have no idea how to monitor their fat percentage or their body functioning.
personally, i have been underweight for most of my life (because of eating disorders). the past couple years i have fluctuated in the normal range, and i was slightly overweight for a little bit. nowadays i'm in the normal range, losing weight because i'm working on switching over to the paleolithic diet (and because i have a better psychological perception of food).
it feels so good to be getting healthy. even though i simply don't have time for exercise, i can improve my health by learning about nutrition. i think everyone should try to be well-informed about this stuff.
anyways, that's what makes people fat.

I used to weigh 135.4kgs two months ago, one month ago, I weighed 118.7kgs and now I can see my penis when urinating while standing without having to suck in my belly or lean forward, so I am assuming I lost even more weight.




OH, I'm 1.95m tall.

i think that people are fat mostly because of poor diet.
nutrition is probably the one thing where public opinion differs most from fact. i think that people should start eating according to the paleolithic diet-- high protein, high fat, low carb, no sugar, no grains (man, grain is sooo bad for you; it totally messes up body chemistry). it's amazing what a difference this sort of diet makes to health; it eliminates all diseases of society, like obesity, diabetes, heart disease, cavities, etc... you know, i'm writing a research paper about this for school because i think it's all very interesting. everyone should read about it.
nutrition is so important but so many people don't care about it at all. the people who DO care usually don't actually know anything they're talking about-- dieters restrict calories and avoid fat, destroying their bodies. but they think they're healthy just because they're losing weight. many people have no idea how to monitor their fat percentage or their body functioning.
personally, i have been underweight for most of my life (because of eating disorders). the past couple years i have fluctuated in the normal range, and i was slightly overweight for a little bit. nowadays i'm in the normal range, losing weight because i'm working on switching over to the paleolithic diet (and because i have a better psychological perception of food).
it feels so good to be getting healthy. even though i simply don't have time for exercise, i can improve my health by learning about nutrition. i think everyone should try to be well-informed about this stuff.
anyways, that's what makes people fat.

https://www.msu.edu/~corcora5/food/vegan/calcium+protein.html
Really high animal protein diets can contribute to calcium loss.

Anyways, I think the paleo diet can be good.  I agree that lots of grains are bad, not all but some.  Like, I think gluten is bad (regardless if you have an allergy/intolerance or not).  But traditional paleolithic people/hunter-gathers diets consisted of more plant based foods than animal ones because they're easier to get (plants don't move animals do). 

Basically any diet that goes from processed, high wheat, high soy, high sugar...etc to a diet high in fruits, nuts, vegetables, seeds, organic grass fed meats...etc will be pretty good.

The thing about eating just cabbage and fruits is that it keeps me hungry forever

I'm extremely underweight.. I wish I could be fatter. 6'1" and only around 115 lbs. I've tried it all - good diets, bad diets, stuffing my face with whatever junk food I could get my hands on, and nothing works.