Fat activists lean heavily on society for own faults

Deseret News ^ | 2/4/02 | Marianne M. Jennings

[Coleus]

Fat is where it's at.

[the]

Fat activists lean heavily on society for own faults

Deseret News | 2/4/02 | Marianne M. Jennings

Shouldn't that be the "Dessert News?"

[Cyber Liberty]

Ha....

[tdadams]

I hope more people have the courage to speak out like this. Being fat, despite the desperate claims of those who claim they can't help it, is a matter of lifestyle choices.

I'm happy to throw a story in here. I have a friend, I'll call her V for her anonymity. I first met V eleven years ago when she was about 240 pounds. She had beautiful features covered by a lot of extra padding. She lamented about how big she had gotten and that there was nothing she could do about it, that she'd tried everything.

About three years ago, she stopped making excuses. She quit looking for a quick fix, and instead ate healthier foods in smaller portions and started excercising almost daily.

She is now a stunningly gorgeous young woman at 130 pounds. Only after she lost the weight would she admit she knew all along that she was deceiving herself and her friends about her struggle with weight. She was always looking for a quick way to lose weight and got discouraged when it didn't happen. Then she'd go back to her comfort foods.

Only when she accepted that losing the extra weight was going to be a very long term prospect, not a matter of weeks, did she slowly and consistently start to lose weight. Little by little she was getting smaller and people started to notice. She now looks and feels great and I'm thrilled for her.

[End Times Sentinel]

”…making horrible fun of fat people… is still acceptable in our culture.".

Yes it is. Quit blaming others for turning you into a monstrosity.

Elizabeth Fisher, 5-foot-6 and 350 pounds, whose Honda minivan seat belt will not cover her girth

Interesting. In a case such as this, I’d probably think there was something wrong with ME yet she believes the problem lies in THE CAR.

Owl_Eagle

”Guns Before Butter.”

[scholar]

America, get some discipline. Overweight is your fault.

As someone who used to be disciplined about diet and exercise, I am now carrying quite a few more lbs. that I would like. But, I know that all I have to do is get off my @@@ and go out for some regular walks.

The PC now is that all overweight folks are prisoners of their genetic makeup. What hooey! Seems like something must have gone dramatically wrong in the gene pool in the last 30 years.

[tophat9000]

The finest part of this story is her 140-pound friend's quote, "If they're in a car unbelted and people are careening around, it's dangerous not only for the people without seat belts but for all the occupants of the vehicle."

LOL!

[Economist_MA]

I am 6'4 and sitting in a Honda is a pain in the neck - literally. Can I sue somebody? And unlike weight, my "problem" is not due to lifestyle choices I have made, unless you think that my parents fed me too well when I was a kid.

[Phantom Lord]

I am 20 to 25 lbs overweight because I am a lazy bastard. Well, that and the fact that i eat like a pig, my portions are enough for 3, i enjoy eating, and i must do a tremendous amount of "quality control" while i am cooking dinner every night.

[oldvike]

You are correct. It is all about lifestyle choices. Anybody that says it's genetic is either lying or does not know what they are talking about. I know because I have been down that road. I'm speaking from experiance. I have the utmost empathy for fat people (I was one once), but they are fat by choice.

[US admirer]

I maintain that fatness is an argument against the existence of God, for if God exists, and assuming that he does not “play dice with the universe”, God could arguably be expected to organize nature in such a way that proper behavior (i.e. eating vegetables) was incentivized. It would seem to me that, ensuring the ingestion of cheese cake resulted in a lowering of cholesterol would not only have been recognized as a sensible design, but one well within the powers of an omnipotent one. It seems strange that nature would entice people into bad health habits by making crème brule and key lime pie (the type made with the real key limes in Key Largo, not that BS stuff you get up north) irresistible.

[scholar]

I am 6'4 and sitting in a Honda is a pain in the neck...

You should definitely initiate a class action suit against Honda as they are undoubtedly discriminating against TALL people.

[Pistias]

Haven't you heard? Genetics is evvverrryyythinnnnggg! All we have to do is pump more money into genetics research until we find the "fat gene" (recent findings indicate it's closely linked to the "lazy" and "stupid" genes) and we can cure this terrible disease! Until then, we should help the unfortunate victims by giving them whatever prescriptions they want and pick up the tab ourselves...nothing else would show compassion to their plight. It's our patriotic duty.

[GoodyBrown]

Hmmm - It seems to me only a short step from saying obesity is bad to saying obese people are bad.

[Pistias]

LOL! Read this book for an answer on that one. BTW, if you quit eating all those fatty foods & delicious sweets, you'll find that fruits are terribly tasty once the palate is no long oversensitized.

[justshutupandtakeit]

Of course, this brings to mind the Simpson's episode in which Homer decided to get so fat he could quality for disability and work from home. Not only was it screamingly funny but ended with one of the greatest lines ever in a Simpsons.

[Phantom Lord]

Anybody that says it's genetic is either lying or does not know what they are talking about.

I would say you are right about 99% of the overweight people out there. But I have no doubt that there is a small portion of those that are overweight that it is indeed genetic.

[scholar]

Hmmm - It seems to me only a short step from saying obesity is bad to saying obese people are bad.

I don't think anyone here is saying obese people are bad--they just need to take responsibility for their condition instead of blaming their problems on society.

[MotleyGirl70]

Elizabeth Fisher, 5-foot-6 and 350 pounds, whose Honda minivan seat belt will not cover her girth...

I have to say it: Holy Lard Ass. That's a big girl.