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 Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 9:30 am
bluebellfaerie24 Honestly I believe that we should stop poking fun of the "fat" people. I myself am overweight, but all my friends think its muscle (I exercise quite a bit). In the old days, those who ate often (and would be called overweight now) were the ones that survived the famines. The media is what makes everyone so obsessed with losing weight. Granted, some people are naturally skinny but abolish the media and many of our problems will end. If you read the book "The Uglies" it talks about a world where everyone under 16 is considered ugly. At 16, they go through a "magic surgery" where they become "pretties". Therefore everyone under 16 consider themselves fat, ugly and constantly berate themselves. I've read that. Excellent book it is, I want to read the rest of the series but when I see them I never have the money to buy them xD;
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Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 8:50 pm
i am skinny. not because im anorexic, but because of a high metabolism.
i am attracted to larger women. as long as its not disgustingly mishaped.
i say, if people are fat, it doesnt matter. dont change. dont hate them, dont make wider doors.
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Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 8:06 am
RaveToTheGrave i am skinny. not because im anorexic, but because of a high metabolism. i am attracted to larger women. as long as its not disgustingly mishaped. i say, if people are fat, it doesnt matter. dont change. dont hate them, dont make wider doors. She lay down on the grass,
Looking up at the sky,
thinking, it’s all she can do.
If she disappeared she would not be missed.
She will be gone just like everyone else.
Getting up from the grass,
she walks on the sand,
looking outward towards the sea.
She walks into the water high up above her knees.
~~~♥~~~♥ Narc Lit ♥~~~♥~~~
I'm just replying about the wider doors thing... So you would rather people not be treated because they cannot fit in through a hospital door? [No offense to anyone, but there are some people out there who are large and cannot fit through a certain size door. Should they not be treated?]
~~~♥~~~♥ Narc Lit ♥~~~♥~~~
The waves softly hit her legs.
She looks at the sunset and its yellow-red hues
she walks into the sea, farther and farther,
opening her arms towards the wave.
The water is high up to her hips.
The wave comes towards her.
She looks at the wave with her arms stretched out;
the water starts to rage, the wave hits her body hard.
Then the water calms down. The water recedes,
then darkness falls, and all goes dark.
The sun goes down and the day is done.
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Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 9:56 pm
It would make more sense to be a little over weight, and not be recognized, instead of being too lean or too fat. My sister does weight watchers because she felt like it was time to loose some weight, but it wasn't because someone was criticizing the way she eats, it was because she wanted to change.
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Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 1:47 pm
It is natural for people to have different needs, thoughts, illnesses, etc. It may not be their fault. dont bash if they have a problem(too big or too small).
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Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 10:35 am
I think that it should not matter if a person is too big or too small, unless it is to an unhealthy extent. If someone is really skinny because of being anorexic whatever, then something should be done. I don't think we should bash these people but we should try and help them with their disease because it can kill them. Same with overweight people. My boyfriend is overwieght and his doctor told him he needed to lose weight because otherwise he might develop heart problems when he gets older.
Nonetheless, we should not judge people by their apperance in the first place. Just think, if nobody cared what anybody else looked like we would have poeple who were just themselves rather than trying to be like such and such person. Why can't we all just be ourself
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Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 2:27 pm
^I agree. Myself, I am fat, but not mortally obese. I am in relatively good physical condition despite this; so why does it matter? If it's not broken, don't fix it.
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Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 9:20 pm
@ Thread creator - You say "fat" people need to put down the spoon and stop shovling, and that your tired of hearing people say don't bash fat people. Well, did it ever occur to you that some fat people can't help that they are bigger. Or that some fat people are trying to lose weight, jsut because they are bigger doesn't mean they are lazy, I for one am a little over weight, but I'm more in shape then alot of my "skinny" friends, and I am trying to lose weight.
If skinny people didn't bash fat people, then the rest of the world wouldn't have started bashing skinny people.
I've never once heard someone sat it's "ok" to call people annorexic. Alot more people get bashed for being big, then for being little, because the media basically fed to everyone in the country that if your not skinny or beautiful then you are nobody.
Yes, people getting ot the point where hospital doors have to be enlarged is bad, and extremely unhealthy, but so is people getting to the point where you can see every bone in there body.
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Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 4:58 pm
Well, overweights should not be bashed and made fun of, that's very cruel. Instead, overweights should have support, and encouragement to take action of losing weight. It's not a matter of being beautiful or thin, but of being healthy, because life is at risk when overweight. But only if you're very much overweight. A few extra pounds won't hurt you, I think. Now a lot of girls want to be super thin, like the models they see. First of all, everyone has a different body type. It's all about genes. You can only grow so tall and have thin bones. Most girls have medium-sized bones, and don't grow as tall as girls who have the "model" body type, nor as thin. Girls with "model" body types are tall, usually around 5'9" to 6'1", and have very small bones, not due to malnutrition, but to the simple genes they're born with. But even within these "model" body types there are different variations. Some are thicker, bigger-boned, and others thinner. It's not really a problem until you see your bones through your skin. Then it's a problem.
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Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 5:01 pm
Overweight people go through a lot of stress and pain. Imagine being constantly made fun of, being teased for being the "fat" one. Imagine how many times they went to the doctor only to hear that they are extremely overweight and need to lose weight or else they may die. It's frightening. They are human beings too, and need to be respected and treated as such. No one has the right to put down anyone else.
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Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 6:45 pm
MusicBoy89 Overweight people go through a lot of stress and pain. Imagine being constantly made fun of, being teased for being the "fat" one. Imagine how many times they went to the doctor only to hear that they are extremely overweight and need to lose weight or else they may die. It's frightening. They are human beings too, and need to be respected and treated as such. No one has the right to put down anyone else. You are right, but Marshjazz (and please correct me if I am wrong), is simply pointing out that underweight people suffer the same way, but on the opposite end of the spectrum.
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Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 9:22 am
I myself am skinny not because of a high matabalism or because i have a disease or something its because i watch what i eat. But i have a friend who is a little overweight and when i go to her house she barely moves she stays upstairs and just listens to music or harasses her brother. And she notices she is getting bigger and when i try to tell her she shouldnt be eating at like 2 Am its hard and i know i should say it but i dont and i know that her weight is partly because of the people around her because they dont have the heart to tell her. Not even me, and im a very outspoken person. I think overweight and underweight is becasue of how people are raised i watched my cousins grow up and they didnt eat that much and they had to work for what they wanted but some of my friends never had to work for anything. They jusy got what they wanted. And i think that plays a role in how their weight is.
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Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 12:06 pm
marshjazz Exactly, which is why I don't see what the big deal is about bashing fat people. They obviously need it more. Maybe it might motivate them to be less lazy. The baby treatment obviously hasn't worked.
I'm not nessicarily taking about people who have an eating disorder. I'm more so talking about the perfectly healthy people who everybody gossips about saying s/he does. But bashing ppl because of weight can cause them to develop an eating dissorder. Its stressful enough just liveing in your everyday life why do some ppl have to take it to another level of emotional pain? when u feel happy dont u have more energy? and when your sad u feel down and lazy? well the person making fun of the overweight person feel sad and down and lazy which will have a revers affect. I know a girl that cut the word fat into her stomach after her overweight dad yelled at her aobut her weight, tell me did bashing her help her at all? Also, i personaly know that u can be active and eat right but still be a litte overweight or just apear overweight.
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Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 12:09 pm
Gab Ghost bluebellfaerie24 Honestly I believe that we should stop poking fun of the "fat" people. I myself am overweight, but all my friends think its muscle (I exercise quite a bit). In the old days, those who ate often (and would be called overweight now) were the ones that survived the famines. The media is what makes everyone so obsessed with losing weight. Granted, some people are naturally skinny but abolish the media and many of our problems will end. If you read the book "The Uglies" it talks about a world where everyone under 16 is considered ugly. At 16, they go through a "magic surgery" where they become "pretties". Therefore everyone under 16 consider themselves fat, ugly and constantly berate themselves. I've read that. Excellent book it is, I want to read the rest of the series but when I see them I never have the money to buy them xD; yes i have also read that book and its sequel (i have the third but havnt read it) it is a fery good example. in the book all the under 16 year olds (uglies) fantisize about becoming a pritty and not being ugly anymore, this is the same as life today but celbs. and ppl in magizens are the pretties that are looked up to. the only difference is that looking like a pretty is almost unobtainable for us.
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Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 2:50 pm
Ok first off Anorexia is a chioce. But what happens is it becomes a illness. Just like Bulemia. The person chooses to do these things to themsevles.Its like digging yourself a hole that you eventually cant climb out of,becoming a illness.
And as overwight people go. In my opinion it can be a chioce by making concious desciions to eat fatty foods and not workout. But then again eating healthy is not cheap,organic food is a bit expensive. And working out takes time. But there is always a way,always.If you just eat a piece of fruit with whatever you have for breakfats EVERY morning youll be ok.Or drink small cups of water throughout the day. And maybe try to workout atleast 2 to 3 times a week thats good.And then not nesicarily do rigorous things;go ride a bike or take a walk.Even invite a friend if you want.
To me its not about being thin but being healthy.Some of the healthiest people are alittle thick. Sometimes its just genetic. But if you try to be healthy you will overall end up loosing wieght. 3nodding
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