Oh let me guess… its hormones right?

Lala said: No it isn’t.

Fat is different. It is controlled by what type of and the amount of food you put in your mouth in relation to the amount of exercise you do. Calling someone fat makes them embarrassed or defensive, because you are essentially pointing out that they have a character flaw – laziness, in addition to stating the obvious fact that they are big.

Fat people deserve to be treated the same as anyone else. Respect, however, is earned. Its not a right, and its very difficult to respect people who let themselves become obese.

Right… and us fat people are the only ones IN THE WORLD that buy and eat junk food, right?

Not bloody likely.

Butt Matt, didn’t you read the comment from Anna Bananapants? Apparently, these days it takes a “hurculean effort” to get enough exercise.

Wow. Tubby and brimming over with pious, PC BS is no way to go through life. If she spent half as much effort in exercising as she does in her unconvincing attempt to paint the Critics rather than the gluttons as the source of the problem, she might actually lose the weight and enjoy the meteoric rise in quality of life that would bring about. But she doesn’t, or will not, and that is the real point Sal is making. If you don’t like being fat, put down the goddamn fork and break into a sweat for an hour a day. It isn’t rocket science. ( Of the thundering herds that Americans have become, perhaps 2% are obese as a result of health problems. That’s a guess, of course, but I work in a grocery store and have ample opportunity to watch what the obese are jamming into their shopping carts–I assure you it’s not chicken breast and veggies. )
If you lack the self discipline to make these things happen, then yes, you are simply lazy and insufficiently motivated. Spare me your mewling and your excuses–it is what it is, and I for one will not be guilt–tripped into pretending it’s ‘not your fault’. Yes, it is. At the very last spare us your insufferable self righteousness. If your comfortable being fat, then whatever–but quit expecting the world to bend over backwards so your fragile little ego won’t be bruised.

I just returned from DisneyWorld and saw scooter people yelling at other guests because they were in their way. I also saw adults as well as children(thank god not mine) get hit by people in scooters not paying attention.

Then how America, through the industrial revolution, then through changing econommics, has become a country obsessed with convenience. If more cities here had evolved without the automobile to facilitate transportation we’d be healthier by walking more.

Furthermore, sedentary work coupled with modern conveniences and economic necessity making two incomes necessary for a household have all made it a hurculean effort to get enough movement. However, I would definitely not advocate returning to the old days where a woman was practically chained to the stove and it took the greater part of a week to do a load of laundry.

It’s so interesting to see how fashion and the bodily ideal have changed. Earlier centuries associated fat with wealth since the wealthy had access to food and leisure, while now it’s turned upside down.

The wealthy now have access to organic, high quality food, personal chefs, personal trainers, etc. and the leisure time to pursue the ideal body while the poorer working classes have little time to devote to cooking, nutritional training, working out, etc.

If you have $2.00 for a meal, and are pressed for time, you’ll end up at McDonalds – not at the sit down place with organic salad and chicken.

We’ve now got our convenience and time saving meals, but as it often is, we didn’t exactly plan for the results of this change.