Any ideas for obesity?

[Mopbucket]

A lot of fat people make excuses, but I'd wager only a tiny fraction of them actually have diseases or have to take medicine that makes them be fat. I have never once met a person who eats healthy food on a calorie restricted diet and lifts weights regularly who can't get their body composition under control. If that is the case though, it's a medical problem and they need to work out a solution with a doctor.

And sure a lot of people make the argument that fat people can be healthy, but honestly, that's not the point. It's disgusting. It's like if I refused to shower my entire life and then cry "discrimination!" when people think I'm gross.

 

[Psypherus]

How about the fat fuckers just put down the fork and go for a walk. It's not hard, I did it, going from 240lbs to 150ish, in less than a year.

 

[Ninja_X]

Ban soda drinks?

Funny I have a friend who just stopped drinking soda and it made a huge difference in his health already after like a month

Banning soda is NOT FAIR to those people who enjoy soda but still menage to not be walking lard sacks.

 

[A.A.K]

hmm....ideas for obesity? its their fault, put the f*ckin' fork down, and get out of the house.
not sympathetic but i was seriously overweight....and now i have a 4 pack.....sooo....i got something against fat people. lol

i think its stupid and pathetic and that if they got off their ass and stopped eating a chocolate block a day theyd be fine.

 

[Guitarmasterx7]

Idea 1: Clothing. Continue to make clothing as normal. But clothes can no longer be made in any size above XL.
Hopefully it would result in: obese people being forced to either lose the weight, walk around naked, or make their own clothes.

nooooooooo, baaaaaaaad idea man. Second option would cost too much taxpayer money. I dunno, if someone decides that they would rather eat a box of donuts than run a mile that's their prerogative. However, there should be two conditions. 1) they must acknowledge that they are fat and dress accordingly. No belly shirts or tight clothing for Ms. Piggy. Noone wants to see that. 2) No special privileges for fatso. I don't care how fucking big you are. I shouldn't have to pay taxes so the government can buy you a segwey. Pay for it yourself or take those stumps you call legs and put one in front of the other when you need to move from the refrigerator to the toilet. It would probably be better for you anyways.

 

[Labyrinth]

Idea 1: Clothing. Continue to make clothing as normal. But clothes can no longer be made in any size above XL.
Hopefully it would result in: obese people being forced to either lose the weight, walk around naked, or make their own clothes.

nooooooooo, baaaaaaaad idea man. Second option would cost too much taxpayer money. I dunno, if someone decides that they would rather eat a box of donuts than run a mile that's their prerogative. However, there should be two conditions. 1) they must acknowledge that they are fat and dress accordingly. No belly shirts or tight clothing for Ms. Piggy. Noone wants to see that. 2) No special privileges for fatso. I don't care how fucking big you are. I shouldn't have to pay taxes so the government can buy you a segwey. Pay for it yourself or take those stumps you call legs and put one in front of the other when you need to move from the refrigerator to the toilet. It would probably be better for you anyways.

Good afternoon sir. I'm fat. Good luck getting me to change my wardrobe.

No-one has the right to impose this kind of rule on anyone else. Would you make gays wear a pink triangle? Jews a red star of David? Christians a cross burned into their forehead? As it's considered hugely rude to suggest that any of those are ideal situations why is it different for we with the Weight?

 

[Panzer_God]

Not get fat?

 

[Pigletdude]

I hardly ever think its the obese person's fault, usually I see a really fat mum or dad taking their chubby son/daughter out and realize that its the parents eating habits which dictate how the child will it.

 

[Psypherus]

For that, i have to agree.

Normally its because the person who is obese eats more than necessary and doesn't get outside to burn off the energy created by the food consumed. Its a simple premise.

Seriously. I barely eat anything, but if I don't exercise tons, I gain weight.
I know how much it sucks to have to spend your (in my case, nights,) doing a bunch of outdoorsy shit, but that's life.

I know exaclty how you feel. I'm the same way.

 

[Guitarmasterx7]

Good afternoon sir. I'm fat. Good luck getting me to change my wardrobe.

I'm flattered, but nah that's alright im really not into that sort of thing

No-one has the right to impose this kind of rule on anyone else. Would you make gays wear a pink triangle? Jews a red star of David? Christians a cross burned into their forehead? As it's considered hugely rude to suggest that any of those are ideal situations why is it different for we with the Weight?

Jokes aside, why can't a woman walk around without a shirt if guys can? Why does anyone have to wear clothes at all for that matter? Even if tomorrow it where legal to be in public without any clothing I'm pretty sure if I where to walk around parts a-danglin' someone eventually would tell me to put on pants, and a majority of heterosexual males would agree. Like it or not, exposed blobbery, in the opinion of most people is just plain gross. Fetish wierdos aside I guarantee this would ruin anyone's appetite.

Spoiler: if you click this you're gonna regret it

Urgh, i can't believe i even googled that. I now know why people use safesearch.

 

[latenightapplepie]

or make their own clothes.

The image of a fat teenage guy fumbling with his fat fingers trying to sew entered my mind upon reading that. And it was amusing.

 

[Panzer_God]

Idea 1: Clothing. Continue to make clothing as normal. But clothes can no longer be made in any size above XL.
Hopefully it would result in: obese people being forced to either lose the weight, walk around naked, or make their own clothes.

Hell I'd go naked if it wasn't for the laws against it. I hate clothing and only wear it when necessary, Your idea simply gives me an excuse to cause peoples eyes to bleed. Oh yeah and I just need to follow with what everyone else is saying. I eat 4 small meals a day, I work out regularly, in fact I'm on my school's weightlifting team and yet I still weigh enough that there is no one on the team who can pick me up. I've been fat since I was two years old and there isn't shit I can do about it. If you don't like fat people move somewhere where there isn't enough food for people to be fat.

or make their own clothes.

The image of a fat teenage guy fumbling with his fat fingers trying to sew entered my mind upon reading that. And it was amusing.

Hey, I can sew really well

 

[Jirlond]

The government could help by not removing all the football pitches and play areas! And people could help and not be scumbags who make these areas left drunk and drug fested holes!

Seriously! I was in france and they had a ball pit and a beach volleyball pit in a public park!!! have that in scotland it will be filled with broken glass and needles faster than you can say Buckfast! It is the degeneration of stuff for young people to do that the ones who don't want to hang about with scum can't do anything else but sit and play consoles!

 

[Crowser]

This is just natures last resort when it comes to natural selection among humans. "Uh shit...they developed vaccines for most of our deadly diseases and are now rather resistant to natural disasters...ok go to plan C. Make. Them. Fat."

 

[Panzer_God]

And sure a lot of people make the argument that fat people can be healthy, but honestly, that's not the point. It's disgusting. It's like if I refused to shower my entire life and then cry "discrimination!" when people think I'm gross.

Yeah but here's the thing, you are legally allowed to do that. What everyone here is suggesting is that someone being fat is messing with thier lives and that it should be a law that you have to be skinny. Following logical progression I can tell that if that works then eventually hairstyles, fashion, food and exercize will all be regulated under penalty of prosecution. It's seriously messed up and the only basis that I've seen anyone give is that they think being fat is disgusting.

 

[Nawsome]

The only thing I've been curious about is how those really obese people keep being obese. I'm not trying to be mean or anything but when you have evolved into a snorlax and take up an entire sofa when you sit. Isn't it a tid hard to have a job and bring in money to buy the food???

 

[Panzer_God]

The only thing I've been curious about is how those really obese people keep being obese. I'm not trying to be mean or anything but when you have evolved into a snorlax and take up an entire sofa when you sit. Isn't it a tid hard to have a job and bring in money to buy the food???

Twp things, first off, the poke nerd in me has to point out that snorlax are not evolved forms. Second off, my dad's friends Eric, he weighs about 500-600 lbs. He's a father of two, has a successful (albeit unfulfilling) job in an insurance firm and coaches my little brother's soccer, baseball, basketball and football teams. He does more outside then almost any parent I know and he's still big enough to take down a bus. (also, what's a tid)

 

[Hexenwolf]

Here's a genius idea: stop society being such a dick about weight. As I have said before [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/jump/18.126070] much of the problem with weight is in the perception. Sure, it's unhealthy to be sedentary but that's regardless of ones weight. Chances are that fat person you're poking fun at has starved themselves half to death in the past so they won't need a size above XL. Most fat people have dieted like mad and regained the weight. I did, for example. It's not a matter of shaming people into being thin because fuck knows if that worked there wouldn't be a person on the planet above 70kg.

Fat is not synonymous with unhealthy.
Thin is not synonymous with healthy.

Losing weight has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with starving yourself, that is an urban myth, and a very, very, very popular one. It has to do with calorie intake versus calorie burning. You can eat a lot, and I mean a lot, and still be quite thin, I certainly do. But it means you have to be very active. Likewise, if you don't eat a lot, then you probably don't move a lot, because you don't have the energy to do so. The problem is combining high intake with low activity levels, because then you have extra calories.

You are absolutely correct about being sedentary, you can be as thin as a twig and being sedentary will be bad for your health, but that does not in any way mean that being fat is not unhealthy. There has been scientific evidence showing accumulation of hardened cholesterol deposits in the veins of overweight people as young as 20 years old. This can have very drastic effects on their cardiovascular health later on in life.

I have no sympathy for fat people, because however much some of them deny it, it's a choice, a lifestyle choice. However, I also have nothing against fat people, I have some friends that are well beyond hefty, and earlier in my life I was more than a bit heavy myself. Nowadays, especially with the health knowledge I have now, I would never choose to allow myself to become fat again, but if someone else does, then fine.

Edit: The exception of course being glandular problems, that's genetics.

 

[Psypherus]

The only thing I've been curious about is how those really obese people keep being obese. I'm not trying to be mean or anything but when you have evolved into a snorlax and take up an entire sofa when you sit. Isn't it a tid hard to have a job and bring in money to buy the food???

Twp things, first off, the poke nerd in me has to point out that snorlax are not evolved forms. Second off, my dad's friends Eric, he weighs about 500-600 lbs. He's a father of two, has a successful (albeit unfulfilling) job in an insurance firm and coaches my little brother's soccer, baseball, basketball and football teams. He does more outside then almost any parent I know and he's still big enough to take down a bus. (also, what's a tid)

I think he meant "tad"