Brit Girls - Fat

[the village idiot]

18 minutes ago, matelot said:

 

Yeah fair one. Morbidly overweight people are likely to die decades earlier and spend time in a wheelchair due to their joints being destroyed.

 

However the real problem is people like me pointing these things out because I might hurt their feelings 

 

Anyway, according to the village idiot I can't help writing these posts. So it's bang out of order for you to criticise me for something I can't control.

I would agree that in the moment you couldn't have written anything other than the post you did.

 

My hope is that the reaction of others will permeate into your brain, help balance out the assumptions and conditioning, and if we are lucky will spew out some gold in some time to come.

[WesD]

1 hour ago, matelot said:

 

Yeah fair one. Morbidly overweight people are likely to die decades earlier and spend time in a wheelchair due to their joints being destroyed.

 

However the real problem is people like me pointing these things out because I might hurt their feelings 

 

Anyway, according to the village idiot I can't help writing these posts. So it's bang out of order for you to criticise me for something I can't control.

Mental health is a real problem, no one is disagreeing that being overweight brings about its own health issues but your delivery on the topic amongst others is both shallow and shameful. 

[Gary Prentice]

2 hours ago, the village idiot said:

You may well have experienced the state of pure conciousness for brief moments whilst snowboarding or skiing if you are well practiced.

Similar with motorcycle riding, moments when you're a motorcycling god, in total sync with the bike and the surroundings.......

 

 

Then a taxi pulls out in front of you

[the village idiot]

6 minutes ago, Gary Prentice said:

Similar with motorcycle riding, moments when you're a motorcycling god, in total sync with the bike and the surroundings.......

 

 

Then a taxi pulls out in front of you

It is well worth taking note of these experiences as it shows conclusively that these 'states of being' are possible. They have the intrinsic nature of being extremely pleasurable and I would argue are a big part of why we fall in love with certain things.

 

The context in which you have this experience is very relevant. If you experience Self transcendence whilst riding a motorbike you fall in love with motorcycling. If you experience it whilst praying to God (a common occurance) you fall in love with God. Or more specifically, whichever God you have been pointed in the direction of.

 

My point is that these experiences are readily available to everyone but they have been hoovered up and branded as sacred by the World's religions. It is time we claimed them back.

[felixthelogchopper]

Just to check, I take it that everybody having a pop at fat people is an absolute stunner with the body of a Greek god?

[Gary Prentice]

Sting and Tantric sex comes to mind  Or am totally off the reservation there?

[Gary Prentice]

1 minute ago, felixthelogchopper said:

Just to check, I take it that everybody having a pop at fat people is an absolute stunner with the body of a Greek god?

Well, I don't know about you Felix, but you've just described me perfectly. Have we met?

[the village idiot]

Just now, Gary Prentice said:

Sting and Tantric sex comes to mind  Or am totally off the reservation there?

Not at all! I'm sure that could do it.

 

The interesting thing is so could eating a piece of cheese if you get your brain lined up properly!

[Big J]

2 minutes ago, felixthelogchopper said:

Just to check, I take it that everybody having a pop at fat people is an absolute stunner with the body of a Greek god?

Ha! Not quite. I'm back at the gym after 9 years off, but I'll never attain anything better than BOBFOC (Body Off Baywatch, Face Off Crimewatch). 

 

I appreciate that everyones metabolism is different, but my experiences of gaining weight were as follows. 

 

Aged 19 I decided to bulk up. I was 77kg and 6ft 8". I looked like a Holocaust survivor (I was as fit as a flea, and had competed nationally at Taekwondo, but was very much the proverbial string bean). So I forced myself to eat like a horse, lifted some weights and 4 years later weighed 131kg and was quite a lot stronger. The issue was that I more or less knocked out my digestive system (vomiting, retching, nausea almost constantly). 

 

It's always taken me a lot of effort to gain weight, and I find it almost impossible to overeat unless there is a stimulus (ie, I've been to the gym, hard day at work, long walk etc). 

 

I just can't fathom how a majority of the population is now overweight. It's boggling and frankly disgusting. How many photos from the 1940s do you see with scores of overweight people? It's simply a case of oversupply and endless temptation, coupled with an increasingly sedentary lifestyle and lack of willpower. We are nevertheless our own masters, to a greater or lesser extent and we control how much we eat and how much we exercise.

[Gary Prentice]

2 minutes ago, Big J said:

It's always taken me a lot of effort to gain weight, and I find it almost impossible to overeat unless there is a stimulus (ie, I've been to the gym, hard day at work, long walk etc).

I once put on half a pound over christmas and lost within two days of going back to work.

 

I couldn't put mass on eating 6000-7000 calories a day, which was annoying, but I can now eat whatever I like and not worry about it. Family bar of chocolate anyone?