Brit Girls - Fat

[Macpherson]

3 minutes ago, aspenarb said:

You only need to peer into a shopping trolley thats being pushed around a supermarket by a woman sporting a Gunt to see why she is the size she is, normally packed with readymeals, crisps cakes , sweets and for some very strange reason diet coke

 

Bob

Yeap,  seems like very few people are aware of the dangers of the artificial sweetener Aspartame [ and it's many trade names ] , which was corruptly introduced to the food chain in 1981 aided by the despicable Donald Rumsfeld.

 

 There is a growing school of thought that the three known poisons that it' consists of are responsible for much more than just the obesity epidemic,... Well worth a google, specially if your a cokeheed of the diet type

[Khriss]

Marvelous ! a 'Gunt; K

[Gary Prentice]

1 hour ago, aspenarb said:

You only need to peer into a shopping trolley thats being pushed around a supermarket by a woman sporting a Gunt to see why she is the size she is, normally packed with readymeals, crisps cakes , sweets and for some very strange reason diet coke

 

Bob

Thanks Bob, more life is so much better after looking up that word 

 

The diet coke is so that they can eat all the bad stuff

[Khriss]

That diet coke baffles me ! But then , some people wearing sports clothes baffles me fr same reason K

[stihlmadasever]

Leaving the gym and going straight to the chip shop is one that baffles me...

and of course the obligitory can of diet juice to wash down the fish and chips 

[Haironyourchest]

 

Just for kicks...

[felixthelogchopper]

 

 

Edited December 20, 2017 by felixthelogchopper

[matelot]

Anyone else notice the phenomenon of really fat people eating unbelievable small/ healthy portions of food in public? I was at a table opposite a woman that must have been 4 foot wide and she had a roll and an apple for her dinner.... As if that fools anyone...

[Gary Prentice]

Dont be so quick to judge.

 

 

My sister was petite all her life, until in her late forties developed a thyroid dysfunction. Despite five years of medical intervention she /they still can’t find the right combination of drugs to resolve the problem. She’s huge despite eating properly and it’s a constant source of misery to her.

[the village idiot]

This will sound like complete claptrap but I think it is more accurate to view fat people as unlucky rather than as people who are making bad choices.

 

It is rather unsettling, but as we find out more about the brain and it's processes it is becoming increasingly clear that there is no such thing as free will. It feels very much like we can freely choose from a variety of options in any given moment, but the fact of the matter is that our brains produce a directive up to seven seconds before we are conciously aware of making a decision.

 

Our actions are pre-determined by our brains (which we didn't pick). We do not choose to do things in the way we think we do. Despite appearances, we are not in control. Our brains, shaped by our genes and our environment, lead us through life unconciously and our thoughts- also generated unconciously by the brain- scrabble to keep up and make sense of it all.)

 

It gets even spookier and more un-intuitive than that. It is now widely accepted among neurosientists and psychologists that our sense of self (the feeling of being an unchanging 'I' or 'me' situated in our heads, experiencing the world and located somewhere behind our eyes) is also an illusion, generated by our brains to help us get by in the world.

 

This is an incredibly difficult concept to get your head around, I understand it logically but it is really hard to map it onto our day to day experiece, mostly because the perceived sense of self (and it's partner in crime-free will) are so strong and we reinforce them constantly. There are however various ways to demonstrate that all is not as it seems.

 

If you are able to accept that free will and the sense of self are illusiory it radically changes your perception of things, particularly in terms of how you judge other people, their actions and most importantly...you.

 

Fat people are ultimately the victims of circumstances over which they had no concious control. As are we all.

 

This is not to say that people can't change. Brains can be influenced by all manner of inputs which can affect behaviour. The perspective shift is to realise that in a fundamental way the 'person' is not responsible. Blame the brain.

 

Notice your shift in perspective when you hear about Gary's sister's thyroid condition. The nature of our brains in any given moment is entirely analogous to this. Thyroid function is controlled unconciously by the brain, as are all human functions and thoughts.

 

Have a think about all this over the Christmas break, It's a confusing wild ride which can connect you more positively to all sentient beings including the one you call you!