People Out Here Fat AF

[Dzali OG]

Fat has become cultural for this country. It's type "acceptable" now. In the black community many black women aren't ashamed to admit they want a "fat nikka" now. It used to be no matter how much money you had, if you were fat you were lucky to have a decent woman. Much less something over a 6 or 7. Now nikkas out here with their whole big belly out...as if they are a prize because they have a bag from rappin or hustlin.

Fat women still have a fairly hard time. Unless she has a very large ass (which few fat women do).

It's almost as if it's in many peoples genetics now. Which isn't strange because your genetics get passed down to your children. You're now seeing alotta "fat" children because momma chose to have kids from a fat nikka. Daughter cursed to miss the prom because she's fat and not thick. Son cursed to be like Big X the Plug...and have to make it rappin.

 

[Loose]

I feel where you're coming from and food is the main factor when controlling weight..... but burning calories is right behind it

It's 80% diet like 10% working out like 10% sleeping, if you eating like shyt over your maintenance you won't lose weight

 

[jerniebert]

There's so many ways to not be fat. Quit making excuses for being fat.

 

[xXMASHERXx]

There's so many ways to not be fat. Quit making excuses for being fat.

It's wild. Mentally ill people don't get anywhere near the amount of sympathy and they have something that they have no control over. Hell most of the people in this country think we should just let them die out. But fat people need all our sympathy because they don't have enough discipline to do better. I don't even have a problem with fat people, got plenty of them in my family. The problem I have is making it acceptable to be fat. It's not acceptable to be a drug addict or an alcoholic so why it is acceptable to be overweight?

 

[jerniebert]

It's wild. Mentally ill people don't get anywhere near the amount of sympathy and they have something that they have no control over. Hell most of the people in this country think we should just let them die out. But fat people need all our sympathy because they don't have enough discipline to do better. I don't even have a problem with fat people, got plenty of them in my family. The problem I have is making it acceptable to be fat. It's not acceptable to be a drug addict or an alcoholic so why it is acceptable to be overweight?

It's crazy how normalized it is to be fat.

 

[desjardins]

How ppl get fat should be obvious if you live in the U.S

What I don't understand is how ppl go from "fat" to morbidly obese. I have a weight where when I start approaching it I take action to lose weight. We all got mirrors, enjoying fast food every now and then and being like 20-30% body fat is one thing but you need to have a cut off line where enough is enough

 

[247Alex]

It was over when they came out with husky cut clothes for kids

That shyt is terrible tho

 

[The ADD]

It was over when they came out with husky cut clothes for kids

That shyt is terrible tho

lol this it’s been over for 50 years or so

I remember those times

 

[Wildin]

Keep in mind fast food workers eat the food where they work.

That's not always true.

It might be true with they are new because you get the discounts and sometimes free food, but often times mfs are like "I'm around that shyt 6-8 hrs a day I don't even want to look at a big Mac again, let alone eat one".

shyt I work with people today that worked in fast food 20 years ago and are still like "I won't eat at Applebee's, I worked there for 4 years and I just can't" and that's not the ones that are like "nah fukk that I worked at Panera and their soups come frozen in a bag and we throw the frozen bag of soup in a pot of boiling water then cup open the bag and serve it to customers" and other negative stories.

 

[jerniebert]

That's not always true.

It might be true with they are new because you get the discounts and sometimes free food, but often times mfs are like "I'm around that shyt 6-8 hrs a day I don't even want to look at a big Mac again, let alone eat one".

shyt I work with people today that worked in fast food 20 years ago and are still like "I won't eat at Applebee's, I worked there for 4 years and I just can't" and that's not the ones that are like "nah fukk that I worked at Panera and their soups come frozen in a bag and we throw the frozen bag of soup in a pot of boiling water then cup open the bag and serve it to customers" and other negative stories.

I'm that way. I've done enough catering for big groups and I won't eat if I cooked for a big group of people. I'm tasting as I go along but if I cooked a lot I don't even want to look at food for at least 24 hours after im done.

 

[Wildin]

I'm that way. I've done enough catering for big groups and I won't eat if I cooked for a big group of people. I'm tasting as I go along but if I cooked a lot I don't even want to look at food for at least 24 hours after im done.

And that's the same thing if you work at kfc, and shyt. I knew mfs that worked at kfc and would eat Popeyes because they just couldn't eat KFC after being around it for so long.

 

[winb83]

It's wild. Mentally ill people don't get anywhere near the amount of sympathy and they have something that they have no control over. Hell most of the people in this country think we should just let them die out. But fat people need all our sympathy because they don't have enough discipline to do better. I don't even have a problem with fat people, got plenty of them in my family. The problem I have is making it acceptable to be fat. It's not acceptable to be a drug addict or an alcoholic so why it is acceptable to be overweight?

We can't even begin to combat obesity in this country because you can't even have an intelligent conversation about it and treat it like what it actually is. It needs to be treated with the same levity as drug addiction and alcoholism. These people don't need to be talked down to and shamed over lack of discipline because again it's not that simple.

You talk about fat acceptance. Man these people lose the war against their addiction. Of course defense mechanisms like they should be accepted the way they are will prop up. For them they can't get to the other side of this. These are defense mechanisms for coping with failure because short term obesity and the issues it causes aren't as present for them. You shaming them and saying it is unacceptable isn't going to make them successful it will just lead them to darker places.

 

[Recca Gatsby]

Fat threads really brings out the best in people

 

[krackdagawd]

There is a 350lb weight limit on an x ray table and 350/450 weight limit on CT scan table

Hospitals sending patients to the zoo because Americans are that washed it has to be a mental illness at that point.

 

[Remote]

A lot of people in this thread have valid explanations for the obesity epidemic.

1. Inactivity is a big one. I wouldn't say laziness, as much as we've created a country or culture where people don't move. When I was a kid, we'd spend all day outside. Riding bikes, playing baseball, basketball, even just walking around town to joke around or flirt with girls. We had no concept of taking 10,000 steps in a day but we almost definitely exceeded that on a regular basis. Now you never even see people outside in many towns. Nobody walks. Everyone drives. A lot of people stay in the house. This is highly overlooked for why the pounds add up.

2. Food scientists have created super-palatable foods. The classic example is the potato chip. That iconic Lays commercial "Bet you can't eat just one" has a lot of truth to it. The convenience of fast food, as well as the ability to make it super tasty has added a lot of excess calories.

3. This could be combined with the above but eating out has always been an easy way to add calories since most takeout or restaurant food are highly caloric. At the same time it's worth noting that you can eat just as unhealthy by cooking your own food. You're not helping yourself throwing chicken tenders in the air fryer. Yes, you cooked at home. But come on.

4. Not going to the gym. I actually don't really agree with one too much. In a sense it's legit if you view it as Inactivity. But you don't need a gym membership to be in shape. And maintaining a healthy weight isn't going to happen primarily from lifting weights. Weight training IS awesome and everyone should do it. But you burn very few calories doing this. The famous saying is: abs are made in the kitchen, not the gym. People weren't obese in the 1960s. And there aren't a whole lot of gyms around back then.