Fat kids are contagious

[Jacobistheshiz]

WAIT! I`m fat oh god is there a cure?

Amputation.

 

[Jacobistheshiz]

Hey! all my freinds are skinny but I'm still fat! This thread is bogous!!!

 

[UberMore]

Gonna have to say that this research it's pretty much bullshit.

I'm quite a hefty guy ( but I carry it well ) and quite a few of my mates are the other end of the spectrum.

 

[UberMore]

WAIT! I`m fat oh god is there a cure?

Amputation.

LMAO

 

[bjj hero]

Are you referring to society's definition of "fat" in which only a size 2/32 waist is acceptable? Or the normal person's definition of fat?

Either way, I have friends who are larger than me that I've had for years and I wear a size 30 waist...so I'd say, no, I'm not influenced by the size of my friends.

a 30" waist is bad if you're 4 ' tall...

 

[Monocle Man]

Amusingly I eat more than some of my well-rounded friends. Oh, super-metabolism, how convenient are thou. (and not so convenient at the same time, I WANT TO GAIN MUSCLES TOO!)

Same here. But you, same as I, can gain muscles, you just need to train more and probably change your diet.

For the first year or so you'll lose weight and get even skinnier (burning what little fat you've got), but after that you'll gain weight (meaning muscles) as long as you train on a regular basis and eat the right stuff (proteins, proteins and after that some proteins).

Go to a good gym, even if it costs some money, let them give you a good plan and a good diet (supplements are the suck btw), train there for half a year to get the feeling and then switch to a cheaper gym.

I can?
Last year I did something with school, ?40 to get access to a gym everyday after school for 2-3 hours a long with a bunch of other possible activities (supposedly you could let people make a plan for you for free, but they never were there)
After a month or so I went less and less because none of my friends were doing it (they filed their subscription too late) and the lack of visible progress didn't help either.

I suppose I should threaten my friends with a stick next year to file their subscription immediately.

 

[Specter_]

Amusingly I eat more than some of my well-rounded friends. Oh, super-metabolism, how convenient are thou. (and not so convenient at the same time, I WANT TO GAIN MUSCLES TOO!)

Same here. But you, same as I, can gain muscles, you just need to train more and probably change your diet.

For the first year or so you'll lose weight and get even skinnier (burning what little fat you've got), but after that you'll gain weight (meaning muscles) as long as you train on a regular basis and eat the right stuff (proteins, proteins and after that some proteins).

Go to a good gym, even if it costs some money, let them give you a good plan and a good diet (supplements are the suck btw), train there for half a year to get the feeling and then switch to a cheaper gym.

I can?
Last year I did something with school, ?40 to get access to a gym everyday after school for 2-3 hours a long with a bunch of other possible activities (supposedly you could let people make a plan for you for free, but they never were there)
After a month or so I went less and less because none of my friends were doing it (they filed their subscription too late) and the lack of visible progress didn't help either.

I suppose I should threaten my friends with a stick next year to file their subscription immediately.

You won't see any progress after a month (most people don't), unless you ruin your joints and muscles in the process (as did I, but at least now I know that I've got a tumor in my arm ^^ )
Patience is not only a virtue, but necessary if you want to build healthy muscles.
Just keep training, don't overdo it, don't underdo it.
I don't know how fit you are as it is, but for beginners twice a week, 2 hours each should be fine.

 

[rowan-thats-me]

That seems logical, as you hang out with people with simlar lifestyles to yourself(normally)
thats and lifestyle generally effects weight.

 

[The_Echo]

The answer to this is better dietary habits. Plain and simple. Hard to accomplish, but plain and simple all the same.

 

[Monocle Man]

You won't see any progress after a month (most people don't), unless you ruin your joints and muscles in the process (as did I, but at least now I know that I've got a tumor in my arm ^^ )
Patience is not only a virtue, but necessary if you want to build healthy muscles.
Just keep training, don't overdo it, don't underdo it.
I don't know how fit you are as it is, but for beginners twice a week, 2 hours each should be fine.

That is indeed how I started.
Then it lowered to once a week 2 hours, then only 1 hour a week, then I quit.

 

[Xojins]

Moral of the thread; you adopt mannerisms and habits from hanging out with friends.

 

[Johnn Johnston]

So, if you cluster with fat people, you will start looking like a pig?

SWINE FLU!![sup][/pun][/sup]

 

[Specter_]

You won't see any progress after a month (most people don't), unless you ruin your joints and muscles in the process (as did I, but at least now I know that I've got a tumor in my arm ^^ )
Patience is not only a virtue, but necessary if you want to build healthy muscles.
Just keep training, don't overdo it, don't underdo it.
I don't know how fit you are as it is, but for beginners twice a week, 2 hours each should be fine.

That is indeed how I started.
Then it lowered to once a week 2 hours, then only 1 hour a week, then I quit.

Just keep on going.
Building muscles is a slow process and if you keep on track, you'll get there eventually.

And in case your friends start to slack off, just listen to music while you work out.

 

[Labyrinth]

Wait, you're telling me that someone who faces ridicule for their weight will be friends with people who share that experience? My god!

It's silly to call this a contagious disease, and biologically incorrect. We need to grow up.

 

[bjj hero]

Wait, you're telling me that someone who faces ridicule for their weight will be friends with people who share that experience? My god!

It's silly to call this a contagious disease, and biologically incorrect. We need to grow up.

The study doesn't suggest a cause and effect relationship but did suggest people with "heavier" friends gain weight over time. I used the term contagious with tongue firmly in cheek.

It has been a long time since I went to school but I never noticed any sort of fat kid apartheid.

 

[LordGarbageMan]

This raises the question: are ugly kids contagious?

 

[WrongSprite]

Sounds pretty logical. Fat kids tend to stay indoors all the time playing videogames with cola and chips.

But I do that. And I have fat friends. But I'm in great shape. ....that article sucks.

 

[Fairee]

I don't have any friends, so why am I fat?

I know, it sucks. Surely making the same person fat and unpopular is just cruel....

 

[Labyrinth]

Wait, you're telling me that someone who faces ridicule for their weight will be friends with people who share that experience? My god!

It's silly to call this a contagious disease, and biologically incorrect. We need to grow up.

The study doesn't suggest a cause and effect relationship but did suggest people with "heavier" friends gain weight over time. I used the term contagious with tongue firmly in cheek.

It has been a long time since I went to school but I never noticed any sort of fat kid apartheid.

I can tell you right now that being fat leads to being teased and endless attempts to shame one into being thin. Not just in the media either it's in social groups and all the rest. I hear all to often people ridiculing someone who's fat with euphemisms and insults.

And believe me, I'm speaking from experience.