Brit Girls - Fat

[spuddog0507]

23 minutes ago, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi said:

Technology is also making us more sedentary. We dont have to get out of our seats to answer a phone, change TV station, flip a record to the B side etc.  We can also order our shopping on-line, correspond with people many miles away at the touch of a keyboard and buy takeaways using our mobile phones. 

Even those who look thin may have significant fat around their internal organs due to a more sedentary life style.

Perhaps people in other European countries don't have the same level of access to technology or just have a healthier attitude to it an better outlook on life, on average?

Yes we don't need to get out of the chair to order a take away these days just eat and that other one and there are probably more of these apps but the big question to me is in years to come what will all this cost are already stretched and crippled NHS, it won't be millions but more like billions of pounds, as let's face it the bigger you are the more pressure there is on all your body parts and organs.

[bluebedouin]

14 hours ago, spuddog0507 said:

....there's a few lasses I grew up with that are still very tidy and all had kids and i would say fall in to the MILF.com category, and one in particularly stands out who has 3 children and 3 grand children but has a figure that a lot of 20 year olds would kill for.

You missed out on a few kudos points there.You should have added,"and I'm married to her"

[stihlmadasever]

8 hours ago, MattyF said:

Wow ... We board of been racist sexist bigots and now moved on to tearing up people bodies ?

I dont think thats the case matty,not by my observations of modern society.

Most overweight people are overweight by there own making,poor diet,lack of exersize,sedintary life style.

How much of a strain are people putting on the NHS by being overweight which as we all know brings a host of health issues.

Im not so sure of the op's opinions and views though...

[Darrin Turnbull]

maybe being together with boring Brit boys is causing it.

 

[matelot]

Tbh, I think the British climate has a lot to do with it. When it's pissing down outside it's easy to sit in front of the telly and phone up for a takeaway. I also think in places like Spain a lot of socialising is on the beach, if you know 6 months of the year you'll be in a bikini you'll probably want to look good...

 

However it honestly seems you just don't get super fat birds on the Continent. It's like the UK was twenty years back.

[stihlmadasever]

35 minutes ago, matelot said:

Tbh, I think the British climate has a lot to do with it. When it's pissing down outside it's easy to sit in front of the telly and phone up for a takeaway. I also think in places like Spain a lot of socialising is on the beach, if you know 6 months of the year you'll be in a bikini you'll probably want to look good...

 

However it honestly seems you just don't get super fat birds on the Continent. It's like the UK was twenty years back.

Or 20 years ahead of the continent as we seem to be following in the footsteps of the americans....

Edited December 19, 2017 by stihlmadasever

[spuddog0507]

5 hours ago, bluebedouin said:

You missed out on a few kudos points there.You should have added,"and I'm married to her"

I wish I was, went out with her when we where about 14/15 1st base and that was it, however I will see her on new years eve and get grope and a tongue lashing , can't wait,

[Khriss]

My simple rule is if I can't pick her up between my arms - Its No K

[Christopher Schroeter]

Fussy bastards!!

[Big J]

Nothing wrong with being fattist in my mind. For 98% of people who are obese, it is their own fault. They are eating too much and moving too little. It's a really, really simple energy in, energy out equation. 

 

I don't understand how when people notice themselves gaining more and more weight they don't do something about it? Gaining useless weight (I use that term to refer to fat, rather than muscle) makes every aspect of life more difficult, increases the health risks exponentially in so many areas, and must cost a fortune in replacing clothes etc. Surely eating a little less is simpler?

 

That our climate has been raised I think is valid. We do have uniquely poor weather compared to much of Europe, which won't help anyone's desire to get outside and get fit. 

 

I'd stick my neck out and say it's a class issue to a certain extent as well. We were at a friends kid's birthday party earlier in the month (outdoor scootering and biking and then food cooked on a campfire - for three year olds and the weather was actually kind to us!) and out of about 20 odd parents who were mostly from the local private nursery and climber friends, there was not one person I'd even describe as overweight. I'd describe myself as (skilled working) middle class and I can only think of a couple of friends who struggle with their weight. I'm not saying that I choose my friends on the basis of their weight, but rather as an observation of my social circle. 

 

The slimmest and most attractive country I've been to in Europe has to be Sweden. Whereas you might see a real stunner of a lady here in Scotland every once in a while, you see countless head turners every day in Sweden. They must come to the UK and think we're a country of (fat) trolls!