Do Fat People Repulse You?
MAYBE...
I'll be honest....it depends. My neighbor creeps me out. She's so large, she cant carry her own weight and gets handicap transportation. My mother complained of another neighbor that asked her to help push her up onto the bus. I figure at some point, you should say enough is enough. So it's really only the morbidly obese that make me uncomfortable. "Fat" people don't phase me at all. And honestly, I'm much harder on myself than anyone else. If I'm not a perfect 8, I pick myself apart...even over 5 or 6 pounds.
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Your post very much interested me. I come from a "large" sized family. My mom used to comfort eat, but has since ceased that habit. My dad has a big belly, but it's solid and has been since I was born. I wouldn't call him fat, just a large guy. My brother used to be an active kid, but as he's gotten older he is now inactive, plays on the computer all day and eats... what seems like almost constantly. I fear for my brothers health, but he does not repulse me... unless I catch him in only his boxers in which case that's just wrong even if he wasn't "fat". I myself have battled my weight for pretty much all of my life. I used to be skinny and was for most of it. I still however can remember my grandmother constantly trying to shove food into me because the fatter I was it meant the more money my parents had to feed me. Or the time I made my first communion and I had to get a dress with a high neck collar to please my grandmother because my neck "was too skinny". I however turned 18 and piled on the weight. Low and behold I was now "too fat" for my grandmother. This from the woman who takes ExLax to control her own weight and refuses to eat breakfast!
I've weighed in at 340 before. I was misrible and hated the way I felt. To top it off my ex wasn't helping either being an alcoholic and telling me I was fat repeatedly (he's an ex for a reason). So I busted my butt, dropped 75 pounds to please him and then kicked his ass to the curb when he didn't keep up his part of the bargin by quitting drinking. I realized I ate because he drank. He made me feel like crap so I comfort ate.
I am now engaged to the most wonderful man. He loves me no matter my size as long as I'm healthy and happy. In his eyes I am the most beautiful person he knows. I currently weigh 235. My goal is to get below 200 by our wedding next August and with the help of Weight Watchers and self control I know I can do that without any problems.
The only way I'm repulsed is when someone complains about their weight and then does nothing to help themselves to lose it. I guess I wouldn't say replused, but more disappointed. There's tons of help out there, but you have to get off your butt to go get it and do something about it. Complaining doesn't solve anything.
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I mean personally, I am not one for obesity. I know that some people do have actual conditions that cause them to be overweight which is alright, not their fault. But the majority of overweight people in the world is mostly due to that fact that they simply just eat too much. I mean, I personally have known a few people that were at one point overweight but they finally decided to make a course for themselves to slim down. They stuck to it and what do you know...they lost some weight and actually got fit. So that goes to show that it is possible to lose the excess baggage if you put your mind to it.
The thing that I hate the most though is the people that become overweight, whine about how hard the stairs are to get up, how their bones ache etc. etc and then they judge you if you actually point the fact out that they have a problem. Seriously, if someone tells you that you have a genuine weight problem and you should seek help...that should set off a lightbulb in your head saying "Hey, maybe this guy is right?" But again, a lot of the obese people I have encountered seem to make no effort, or seem to even care that they have that kind of condition.
Now I know that a lot of people say "Hey, if they are happy like that leave them be." They might be happy, I have no doubt. But what about their family and friends? I know thinking about yourself is usually the number 1 priority, but still. What good is your happiness if there is a chance that you may end up in a hospital or worse due to a illness/condition caused by your obesity? Now you can't say that is necessarily going to happen for every overweight person in the world, because its not. Some could live perfect lives and stay that way til they are 100. But the chances are slim. So I mean, thats some food for thought (puns are awesome :P).
Anyway, I guess the point I'm trying to get across is that most overweight people can change to better their body, health, along with self-esteem, and overall moral but they simply choose not too. Thats the kind of thing that irks me. Oh and I know that the punchline of this blog/thread or whatever you want to call it was from the other post entitled "Do fat people repulse you?". I would have to go with a general no. But there are certain ones that do. One group that honestly irks the ----- out of me is those (usually) teenage girls that walk around in those disturbingly tight t-shirts that say...you know like "pink", "hotness", "sweet"...you get my point. I mean hey, express yourself and wear what you want...thats cool. But how can you honestly get angry at me for not wanting to look at that. That may seem kind of judgmental on my part, but I'm entitled to my own opinion...and I do have to say that kind of person just...ugh, gives me the shivers. Have fun ripping this post to shreds :)
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ok-I'm not exactly "slim" but I had recently been dating a guy that was rather big compared to the guys I have dated in the past. He is a sweetheart of a guy but the sex sucked!!!!I can't speak for everyone else in the world, but for me,it just wasn't going to work.It was to restricted and confined. Just being honest.
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Fat people should lose weight, not because of what other people think/say about you but because it is so bad for your health. Being overweight causes so many health issues such as diabetes and high blood pressure and of course it has its social ramifications too. Love yourself enough to know you are beautiful at any size but also love yourself enough to get healthier.
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A few years back I lost my dear friend at the age of 38. She was a wife, mother, daughter, sister, school teacher and 80 lbs. overweight. In a very tight circle of girlfriends, she was the only one with a weight issue. We thought we loved her soooo much so we didn't make it an issue. We all sobbed with broken hearts as we watched her young sons stand next to her open casket. We didn't love her enough or in the right way. She needed help and we ignored it. I will beg anyone out there with a relative or a friend with a serious weight issue to lend a tender hand. Offer to go to Weight Watchers, TOPS, or a health club with them. Join a walking group with the person, do whatever you can, if you love them.
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It just bugs me when fat ppl show their but crack...they need to get it together ang not show it...but in the other way im ok with i mean every one is how they are no one is perfect!
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"Fat" people do not repulse me, however- I DO worry about them. There is increased risk for diabetes, heart attack, high blood pressure,etc. Take care of yourself. What does repulse me is when "fat" people complain constantly about skinny people or how people view them- but do nothing to lose weight and feel good about themselves. Key is loving yourself, and then taking steps to be healthy!
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DEPENDS....not all fat people stuff their faces with junk foods, they can be lazy or on medications that make them gain weight. I have for the most part always taken care of myself and I have been lucky, have had a gym membership most of my life, have been able to eat healthier foods that are slightly more expensive and I love working out. Its more like its sad because i am sure society is hard on them and I am also sure it wears on their confidence to be over-weight. These days it seems like more people are more critical of others being over-weight along with being older, physically challenged, poor...we live in a very unforgiving society these days...but don't say anything about their gender, religion, heritage, culture, or even the way they dress, or there they live or what their sexual preferences because then you'd be out of line with the times or old fashion or narrow minded.....lol
SEEMS LIKE WE ALL FORGOT THAT WE ARE ALL CHILDREN OF GOD....WE SHOULD BE ENCOURAGING EACH-OTHER AND HELPING ONE ANOTHER INSTEAD OF FINDING FAULT. NOBODY IS PERFECT!!! LAST ONE THAT WAS, WAS CRUSIFIED REMEMBER?
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I'm friends with some really big people but they don't make me sick. However, it gets annoying when big people complain about how big they are. If you're big and not happy with it, do something about it. If I don't like the way my body looks, I exercise or I don't eat as much. How can you not be big when you stuff your face with junk food, sodas, candy, and chips and so on and so forth? School food is not the problem. Let me say that they actually don't give you enough most of the time and I'm still hungry after I ate lunch. Parents should stop buying junk food if they're concerned about how big their kids are.
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I think its a hard question to ask and a hard one to answer truthfully. I don't mean to imply that the answer is 'yes' and saying that is hard. But there's the point - I have to justify why it was hard to answer. I had a long fight with an eating disorder in high school. A lot of people did. I thought I hated people who were overweight. I thought I hated myself because I wasn't thin enough. The reality of it is that if you are uncomfortable with WHO you are then you have to define yourself by how you look. The competitive, sexy, famous, well-documented people in movies, on tv, in all of the ads we are subjected to every day (those myspace banners of women's bellies??) lead us to believe we need to have that look to feel good. I now find myself jealous. Jealous of people who are overweight and happy. I am thin and still not satisfied, though it's what I thought I wanted. I am not repulsed by fat people, I don't hate myself. I am unsure of what I need to be to be happy. Theres an education that girls don't get in how to handle misinformation and hollow advertising, and that marketed image is what fills that void. It's a sad state of affairs and it's intolerance just as much as if you asked me if people who aren't pasty white disgust me. And I can tell you, no. They don't offend me either.
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Thank you for being brave by posting such a topic (it leaves you open to some really mean comments, but you did it anyway).
I used to find really obese people as a bit... repulsive... but then I gained weight by not eating very well and realized how easy it was to gain weight. I lost the extra weight and then some after I changed around my eating and exercise habits and now I'm considered "skinny"... but I tell you, sometimes it's not freaking worth it. I work HARD for my figure b/c I am not naturally thin (I have hypothyroidism so it's extra hard for me). I can see why a lot of people would rather just be "fat and happy" than thin and constantly counting calories and exercising 3-5 times a week (which is hard to do when you're always busy like me). I know a lot of people have trouble staying "thin" due to metabolism problems and stuff like that, but I think that if you're not too far gone (to the point where even walking can injure you) that almost anyone can make changes to better themselves and the weight will come off with those changes.
Also, somewhat unrelated... I've noticed that a lot of men are either dating or attracted to "large" women these days... one of my best friends is 5'2 and 180 lbs and can't keep men away from her! In the end, I think it's all about your passion for life and how comfortable you are in your own skin, and whether or not you are making the most of your life. Stay strong on your road to good health! :)
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You don't have to be a super obese 400 pound person to be ridiculed, verbally abused, and demoralized. You can be a 200 pound person. Fat women are treated like garbage by everyone except chubby chasers. Employers will abuse you, men will abuse you, family members will ridicule you. You will make less money and have less opportunity in every realm of life. If you want to do well in life you have to set an example, and that includes being relatively fit and attractive. You don't have to be a pulled and botoxed freak, but if you are a female you need to be between a size 4 and 14. If you are any bigger, your life will be filled with rejection. And it is easy to say, "just ignore it"
You can't prosper when you are being shutout. I have worked with some very obese women, and people treat them horribly.
Lose the weight for your life and career. It should not matter, but it really does.
Lose the weight for your health.
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I see everyone is sensitive to others and put things very diplomatically.
It's by being PC about weight issues that we are missing the big point and pussy footing around the BIG issue.
Being thin as a rake is not the goal. Being healthy IS a goal we all need to strive for ( I know some real skinny people who abuse their bodies with too much alcohol, smoking, drugs and yes...bad food choices.All those chemicals in diet drinks!!! )
Healthy weight = healthier life style = less medical issues = happier being = happier families.
Who wouldn't love to be around to see their grand children grow?
Stop the quick fixes. Join a weight loss group if you need help and for goodness sake don't ever ever sell yourself short by ignoring your body...you only have the one and it belongs to you! It took time to get fat so take the time to get it healthy. Forget about thin.Think healthy!
I'm overweight but I can out-run my skinny brother ,who smokes and don't exercise at all, anytime of the day cause I exercise and run daily.
I'm losing weight to become a faster runner.It's for myself. And the positive compliments on my improved appearance is fantastic and makes me feel proud of myself .
REMEMBER: THINK HEALTHY!
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I came to U.S few years ago from one of the developing countries of the world. I was amazed to see the amount of food you could get here for few dollars. all in cans and packets and so easy to prepare. And I found lots of obese people too. I thought it was coz they ate too much, but later after lots of reading and research I found that it was coz they didnt eat wholesome food. The processed food had so many hidden things added to them that people didnt know what they were doing to the body. For eg, corn syrup that is added to literally everything from snack to soups to frozen foods to increase flavor and shelf life can play havoc with your body giving it a tendency to store fat as well as give you diabetes. But you wouldnt get this information from doctors coz medical field is run by the drug companies. It is in the richest country that people are cheated the most.
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The truth is simple. People will now and always judge you by your exterior. Do you choose the box of cereal on the supermarket shelve that has a knock on the corners or do you look for a better looking box with no dents?
One thing I know for certain. If you truly are happy with your body then I say BLESS YOU.If only all of us could be so confident,happy and proud.
I on the other hand am over weight and lost 21.2 pounds in 3 months with 17 pounds to go.
Never will I again think that I'm depriving myself of a delicious chocolate cake, hamburger,pizza or any of my old favorites.
I'm depriving myself of :
* a healthy body.
* the joys of wearing clothes that look good on me and make being a woman all the more worth it.
* Knees that DON'T hurt, ache or cave-in on me when I walk.
I DON'T have to please others.But how can I say to anyone with a straight face that I respect and love myself when my body is straining under excess weight and falling to pieces?
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Fat people don't repulse me. What repulses me are people who are UNHEALTHY. You can be fat and be totally healthy, but then there's like...severly obese people with roll after roll after roll of fat. It's not the appearence of obese (not fat but obese) people that bothers me...it's the fact that they care so little about themselves, and all they can do is eat and eat and eat. Then the wonder why they're so depressed. I'm a 24 yr old male, and at my lightest I was 139.5 pounds, and I ballooned up to 204.5 pounds over the course of a few years. While I wasn't obese, I certainly wasn't happy with the way I felt about myself so I started doing something about it and I lost a TON of weight. I'm not 139.5 pounds, but that's not exactly healthy. I used to be a 36" waist, and now I'm down to a 32" waist which is A LOT smaller, and I feel so much better about myself. However, I lost the weight for vanity reasons, and the only reason you should REALLY lose weight is for your health. If you're 400 pounds, something should click in your head and make you think 'I'm gonna die if I don't do something.' My suggestion: eat less. Exercise helps, but if you're in bad shape, that's not easy to do. Just eat less. Keep yourself busy some other way.
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No they don't repulse me. But I do worry about the health of ppl who are extremely overweight, especially in children. That being said the ppl that really repulse me are the ones that put down ppl b/c of their size. I am a curvy women about 25 lbs over weight but I am healthy, excercise regularly, eat right and it is just the way I am built. I have been one of that had issues with my weight when I was young, but learned to love myself the way I am, without worrying about the number on the scale. Love yourself and take care of yourself and don't worry about what anyone thinks about you. These negative people must be very unhappy to comment about appearance and weight like that. Real beauty doesn't come from what you look like in the mirror.
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Of course I haven't read every single blog because there are currently 167 of them. I am currently going to be 25 years old, I weigh more then I would like to share, and I have been over weight since the day I was born. I never over ate, and I was a very active child, and teenager. We would walk at least a mile a day around the town of Mt. Savage. I would starve my self for days and days, and I even went through the deal of making myself throwing up to try to be skinny like my friends. Guess what it never happened. No matter what I tried I couldn't be skinny. Once I graduated high school, got a job, and got insurance. I found out that I have polycystic ovarian syndrome, and for those of you that don't know what it is look it up. I am not telling my story for pitty but to let someone of you know that a over weight child or adult might have to do with more then just food. Truthfully I know I am beautiful, my b/f tells me all the time, but would I sell my soul to the devil to a size 12, you bet your a$$ I would.
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I am overweight myself - I think most of our problem is the product of what we grow up in - how we learned to conceptualize good health as we grew up - if your family constantly tell you that you will be as large as a house and bigger becuz you eat alot of sweets, and your fear of food becomes a issue when you get older - and now our sick world of models trying to look like skeletons - what do we have- to all of you that hate or despise heavy people - maybe you need to look at your issues and see if its possible you have issues of your own becuz of your bad attitude towards others
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Wow! Since when is shine for women only? Since when has freedom of speech been a problem? Why can't shine post a blog like this. Actually makes me self reflect. Isn't that what a blog is supposed to do? Help others think outside the box? Want to read a story?
The girl I dated was wonderful. A God send. Now I look back and realize she's gone. She's moved on. I treated her wonderful for 2 years. Oh, and the sex! Man she was the best. She started planning our wedding, but I couldn't help but become a narrow minded jerk because of her weight. She was a bigger girl and I couldn't help but notice it. Then the more I thought of it, the more excuses I had to imagine (notice I said imagine) just to get rid of her. So one day without ever telling her, I packed up my rented house, changed my phone number and moved 2 hours north. Never told her what I was up too. How that for terrible?!?!? The worst thing I have ever done to anybody in my life. Even to this day.
A few years later, I still couldn't stop thinking about this girl. A marrige for me and a divorce later, and I still couldn't stop thinking of her. Was if my guilt? Was it because she was so great in bed? Was it because she was just fat?
It took some time, but I one day realized, she loved me. She loved me more than I could understand. And the sex? Turns out it was great not because she used her body, but because she used her heart. Turns out her weight was just my excuse to be a terrible person in the end.
I have paid dearly for this lesson and it''s my fault. Im sorry.
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Fat people didn't repulse me, but lazy, complaining overweight Americans did. It wasn't until I had my daughter and gained 50 lbs that has impossible to lose without 5 hour workout, that I gained a little more respect for those with more to love. I think that we all to some extent dislike those that are different until we walk in their shoes.
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The size of a persons body is not what rupulses me about fat people. It's the eating until you are out of breath. Or sopping up every last piece of food on a plate. Or when asked what you would like to eat, no opinion, just as long as it's a lot.
It reminds me of an alcholic. Eating for comfort-liquid courage. They are both harmful.
**Bottom line I'm disgusted by the overweight people who are overweight becuase they choose to eat a lot of fatty food.
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only god can judge you? thats a load of something all right.
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all this is very interesting. i too am "fat" and i'm sure i repluse people. i keep my body very clean, try to wear clothes that either acentuates or hides my size. i am not proud of my "fat" but that is the way I have always been. it has taken it's toll as well as i have back and leg problems. i don't enjoy seeing photos of myself but i am who i am. i have lot of friends and enjoy doing things everyone else does. to those i migh repulse, i hope you can find joy and happiness in others around you.
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I was physically fat for six years. Now four years later I wear a size 2 and I still can't look people in the eye. I believe my husband when he tells me I am beautiful... but when people look at me, I feel uncomfortable and wrap my arms around myself to hide my (now invisible) fat... gosh this is a difficult topic to discuss!
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Shallow people repulse me, cruel people repulse me, people who wear real fur repulse me, child molestors repulse me!!! Mother's who pressure their daughters to the point of making them anorexic that is also repulsive. How can we call ourselves civilized if we are still looking at outward appeareances when there are larger problems in the world?
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I don't dislike fat people but I do not like women who judge e and are mean to me because of my size. I am very thin 5'4 95lbs, very small bone structure, I eat very healthy and am very active. I work in the service industry and I hate the rude behavior and comments (oh she must never, eat, be anorexic, etc) I eat more calories than a lot of men and do not have an eating disorder, but because I'm small I get treated badly. What sense does this make??
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no, fat people do not repulse me. It is those who piss and moan about being fat and expect everyone to feel bad for them but they themselves won't do a damn thing about it. the people who have handicapped passes because they're fat is disgusting. just because you're fat doesnt mean you shouldnt have to walk your happy a55 across a parking lot so you can stuff your face. again, nothing against fat people in general, just the ones that use it as an excuse for being lazy
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The person as an individual doesn't repulse me but giving up on yourself turns me off every time. The crime is that so many overweight parents don't stop their kids from following down the same path. Having a weight problem should make parents want to keep their kids at a healthy weight all the more. But I see too many who just don't do that.
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The only fat people who repulse me are MEAN FAT PEOPLE! I am slender and find myself contantly being treated badly by women larger than myself. Like it's my fault I have the genes I do? Maybe I am insecure that people will think I am anorexic or something (which I'm not). I know that most fat people really try to lose the weight but just can't but that doesnt give them the right to cut others down to build themselves up. I feel sorry for you but don't be mean. It just makes you ugly too. And it's very obvious that your mean-ness stems from jealousy. Sad.
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First, let me compliment you on your ability to write a post that exposes your innermost feelings on a very touchy subject. And congratulate you on your continuing commitment to lose weight; I know you're doing this not to be "skinny" but to be healthy.
As far as the main subject goes, let me be brave also and say that some overweight people do repulse me. I will not globalize and say all fat people repulse me. I mean that overweight people with a bad attitude repulse me.
I did not make them fat, and I don't care why they are fat; just don't give me a crappy attitude because you hate yourself. We ALL have the ability and the knowhow to be fat. It's not a secret and anyone can do it.
If you choose not to do it, or your have some great genes or a crazy metabolism, that's fine.
If you decide to punish/comfort/anesthetize yourself with food, that's fine too.
People are people first and not the sum of their (excuse the pun) parts. People of all sizes disgust when they have a bad attitude.
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Well I have to say, that the last 2 and a half years I have gained weight (to much) and i can tell the difference. Not only in my self steam, but also in the treatment from the people, even the love ones… It’s been very depressing for me, when I used to be the one receiving cute phrases and nice words, now I can’t even get a job… I don’t know how to fix it, even my doctor told me (when I was asking for her help on this subject) I have to “stop eating” and prescribes me anti-depressing pills… No medical exams, no nutritional guidance, no advice… Everything I know now (on loosing weight) it’s because I read it on the internet… ¿how can you overcome that? I can tell you one thing: the pills are not working…
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Your candor is beautiful. I do have to say that if fat people repulsed me, I would be in quite a state, mentally. I look around and I am the minority, more than 61% of all people are considered "fat". I think it is the one's that are confined to motorized shopping carts that makes me feel so sad for them. It's as though they given up completely and so many of them are in their 30's and 40's. Last week at a festival, I saw a mother pushing her son around in a very large stroller with a safety belt around his middle. He got up long enough to go buy more fried dough. The child appeared to be between 8 and 10 years old. The mother repulsed me.
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As a general rule fat people don't repulse me. My grandmothers were both very short, morbidly obese women. I try not to be judgemental of people because I've been picked on for my supposed flaws and I know how much that can hurt. I tend to feel sorry for fat people more than anything. I have known overweight people who don't do things because they think they are too fat to do them. I also know how hard it is on a person's self-esteem and health to be overweight and I know how hard it is to lose weight.
It does anger me when I see fat children though because I know how much kids get picked on for their weight and it bugs me that their parents are allowing them to have poor eating habits and not making them exercise. I had a neighbor who was obese and had three fat children and you could find them by the trail of candy wrappers they left behind them. It bugged me because the Mom knew better even if the kids didn't.
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I have to say that I think that I sometimes repulse me. Not that I have bad self esteem, because there are parts of me that are pretty. But I do weigh 200 lbs. I work out, trying oh so hard to lose weight, because I know it's not healthy for me to be this way. Is it okay to insult big people, NO. WE are perfectly aware of how large we are, and are hard enough on ourselves, we don't need rude a##holes to voice their uninformed, cruel opinions. You don't know me, or how I got this way. So you have no right to any opinion about me.
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I think there's an instinctive reason that people are repulsed by fat people: naturally, humans are meant to be lean and healthy hunters/gatherers. Looking back to prehistoric times, any human who was obese either had a disease of some sort or was depleting food sources. Therefore, our instincts would dictate to stay away from that individual.
NOW, we are blessed with this idea of "instant satisfaction". We can get whatever food we want, whenever we want it. It's an indulgence that is still relatively new to the species. Not only are we inclined to eat more food more often, we are presented with the most unnatural substances that we put into our bodies.
A healthy person is one who recognizes what their body NEEDS and not what it simply CRAVES.
I am not disgusted by fat people who may be in their position due to trauma, stress or an illness, recognize their condition and are making active choices to improve their health. I AM disgusted by fat people who wallow in self-pity, continue to make self-destructive choices and openly over-indulge themselves on unhealthy foods.
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Usually it's not the extra weight that's repulsive but the lack of self control. Because you see there is not a single obese person who is comfortable with his/her body and enjoys food. Fat people eat because of guilt, bulimia and they do not think about the consequences. Because fat brings health problems along, right? Anyway I think that this "repulsion" causes most of the problems. I myself have an obese child and it's the "repulsion" that caused it.
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I've read some good comments...***** make some good points, as do many of the others. Being overweight myself, h e double hockey sticks yes, fat people do offend me. Now, there is a difference here...yes, its pulling hairs, but I don't know how to say it any different.
There are people who are overwieght, aware of it, and trying to do something about it. They are the people you see at restaurants who order the exact same food all the "skinny" people do, who leave some behind on their plates because they can't finish it...they are the ones who are older, ill, injured, not as active as they once were, who shop smart, who dress to suit their figures, who care, educate their kids, grandkids, families about sugars, fats etc. They are the ones who walk from home to the corner store, the ones who drive to town, park, and walk to do their errands...the ones who hear s ----- behind their backs, whose friends "counsel" them about being depressed, getting out more, going to the gym. The ones who hurt, and are ashamed, by the way others treat them, look at them.
Then there are "fat" people...they are the ones that go to a buffet and fill a plate eight inches high with salad, then another eight inches high with anything else they can cram in. They are the ones who dress outrageously, who takes thier kids to McDonalds for a "snack" after school, take the electric carts to shop, drive cars down their driveway to get the mail from the box at the end of it. They are the people who yell and scream, write letters, call lawyers about discrimination, school lunches, etc. They are the ones who disgust me.
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I have a lot of friends over 350lbs. I love them and wished they would loose weight. I see what their quality of life is and they could have so much more. 3 of my girlfriends cannot find GOOD boyfriends. I think they believe guys should fall in love with someone on the inside. Guys are visual and choose a date that looks good to them. Stop eating so much fast food and eat everything you want slower. Chew each bite 20 times, if possible. It works. I lost 12lbs in 3 months and more importantly, my blood pressure has gone down so I'm in the normal range now! Take care of yourself. This is the only life you get!!
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I am obese and have been for many years. I have always had a weight problem, starting when I was a young child & was told it was a sin to waste food, I was punished for not cleaning my plate & told I didnt "love" the person who cooked the food if I didnt eat it all! Then in high school, I stopped eating as much as possible, would lie to my parents & told them I already ate, threw food away when they werent looking, etc. That's the only time I have ever been slim, but I was anorexic! I couldnt keep that up, so I gained more. & more. Now, my granddaughter is the one who worries me. Her mother (not my child) has custody of her & she has overfed her since she was a baby to the point that she would throw up all the time. & was then diagnosed with "reflux". Now she is 4 yrs old & weighs 82 lbs. & is not quite 4 ft tall! she wears a girl's size 14! which is what I wore when I was 16 & anorexic & 5'2". Her mother denies there is a problem & always says the drs never tell her there is cause for concern. I dont know what to do about her. When the baby comes to visit us, we limit ALL of our snacking to healthy fruits, cheese slices, yogurt, etc., but she only comes about once a month so it doesnt do any good. I also take her to the park & walking trails, which she loves, but I know what a hard & UNHEALTHY life is in store for her, & it breaks my heart.
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I am a fat chick and I thought about your question, they do not repulse me perse. I know what a struggle it is and it's not always someone's fault. I do have a friend who complains about her weight issue then goes and eats junky food just about every day and drinks soda all day long. That part repulses me, but no not the size of the person.
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Ok so i know most people reading this are probably fat so here it comes... im cool with fat people my pearents some of my bffs are fat.. and its all cool as long as people smell good if fat people smell bad thats just worse couse ur fat and u also smell bad!! and yeah i know u sweat a lot more than skinny people but most of the fat people i know smell ok.. so its all good. what gets me is people against drugs ok so drugs are bad theyll eventually mess you up.. so will food i mean u get diabeties and all that stuff that yeah its going to kill you some day.. but then agian were all going to die eventually so what ever u know.. peace and love.. love to all my faties out there.. America being #1 in obisity just means we got big bones and more food.. so peace
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I am going to be honest. That occasionally I will get quite opinionated when I see someone who is terribly overweight. But when I do its not just because they happen to be there, something besides there weight will stand out to me and I wil comment on that. For example, when someone who wears clothing 3 sizes smaller then they should, because they are in denial about their weight gain. I think to myself, that the weight wouldn't look so bad if you wore the right size. I never say to myself geez they need to lose weight. I think of ways that they could be happier being the way they are. Certain things like clothes I know can be difficult to deal with when you gain weight but I think that something as simple as clothes can make you more comfortable with it. I am a big believer in liking who you are and what you look like. But if it makes you unhealthy to do something about it. I have recently gained some weight, yes i'd like to lose some weight, but as I work on that I am comfortable with the size I am now and work with what I have. I do know someone though who weighs more than she'd like to. And she catches herself making bad comments about people more severely overweight then she and then is shocked by herself. She finds that she is repulsed by overweight people because she is afraid of becoming obese herself. Our society promotes this image of being skinny but the average citizen isn't. What's a country to do??
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PRISCILLA, I TOTALY CAN RELATE TO WHERE YOUR COMING FROM.AT MY HEAVIEST 250, I WOULD GO TO THE MOVIES WITH MY BABY GIRL AND HAVE TO SIT SIDE WAYS.. IN THE SEAT..IT REALLY IS A SHAME THAT PEOPLE DONT RELIZE HOW MANY OF US OVER WEIGHT PEOPLE THERE ARE IN THE WORLD...AND MOST OF US DONT WANT TO BE OVER WEIGHT,,THANKS FOR BRINGING THIS UP......
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ok this rub you raw stuff is about fat people or 'flab.' the strange thing is in the UK fence lats like slosh posh spice and the rest of the amemic self starved bean poles are supposed to be sooooo good looking? well if you starve yourself you will have a head that is 22 mile fatter than your body, and anyway real women have curves, and dont look like anorexic men.
as for flabbies, well some people after child birth, or age or health get fat, some want to be fat, and just lose any hope of being thin. besides flab is not really the same as obese or fatness any way. yeap men get a beer gut and well they do all they can to get fat, because of so little in the way of inhibitions.
usually the vulgar comments about 'fat,' and 'flab' and all the celeulte thing is usually aimed at women thou due to Oestrogens. thou men can get fat patches of seemingly impossible to get rid of flab.
the thing is by choice or by some event not all the facts are known as what makes us thin, or relatively fat. and i dont think people should ever take note of some magazine or the BMI index since it had nothing to do with weight or peoples body statures, it was in relation to a medical condition as obsestiy, this subject being feasted on by the trash newspapers and magazines.
before people rely critisise each other can they actually try being a bean pole or some one grossy fat for a day?
some bodies can carry a lot of fat, in proportion to how or what the reason for such energy storage is being caused some people look naturally fat, even thou there are not, and some just look thin no matter what they eat, there is a lot of views and opinions not a lot of fact!
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Everybody is different some big some small,fat people don't repulse me it's ignorant ones that do.
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Although I wouldn't say I am "fat," I have some extra weight. I am very short and have lots of curves that I think are attractive but that are not in vogue for what a body should look like today. My mother was extremely thin when she was young but when she quit smoking (yay!) and hit menopause at the same time she gained about 50 pounds and became very large. Recently she bought a Wii Fit at the insistence of my aunts and I and has started to drop weight. In 2 weeks she has dropped 6 pounds! My lifetime has been full of feeling bad about my weight and watching my mother sink into a depression about her own. Now we are both starting to feel better. I've realized that although I am not repulsed by "fat" people since I realize it is not always just because they eat too much, I am repulsed by the way society makes every extra pound seem like 100.
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Over weight people do not repulse me if they are friendly and know how to dress themselves due to their body. When over weight people, ecspecially women,that weigh over 200 pounds wear skimpy shirts and mini skirts! i get that you are over weight, okay? and i understand that you have the right to dress how ever you feel but realize that when you wear stuff like that it gives an awful impression on others. i dont care if you are over weight but wear appropriate clothing because then you have a much much better impression on others. And then you wont "repulse" others who are repulsed by "fat people".
You are who you are. And im sure you all know that every extra pound put more pressure on your body and your very very unhealthy. But like i said you are who you are and you should love yourself no matter your weight
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Fat people that make jokes, put themselves down, and always talking about skinny people repulse me!
We know no one chooses their body!
We're all human..
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Yes, I am fat. Yes, I do love myself. Yes, I am comfortable with who I am. No, fat people, in general, do not repulse me (with VERY few exceptions...) At my heaviest, I weighed close to 300lbs, but I dress appropriately. The only larger people who repulse me are the ones who INSIST on wearing tube tops, two-piece bikinis, short shorts, and no bras. I commend them for the fact that they feel comfortable enough to wear such things, but please, have enough self-respect to cover yourself modestly - I'm NOT saying you can't show skin, but make your clothes curvacious, not explosive. Another exception is those larger women who are forever frowning, think that the world needs to revolve around them, and are pissy, rude, and crude - It's my OWN fault that I'm as large as I am and that I haven't done much about it, but I didn't cause YOU to be the way you are...I have a husband who loves me for who I am, and a son who adores me - so if I repulse you, oh %$&*@!* well, get over it and yourself...Matter of fact, skinny people repulse me LOL (just kidding :0)
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Fat people want sympathy for their lack of willpower. They forget their habits affect others that are fit. It raises insurance premiums, the larger portions at restaurants cost more money for those of us who don't need 3000 calorie meals. Obesity has caused a huge drop in production here in the US and has made us the laughing stock of the world painting us as fat slobs with no willpower, a label that us fit people have to share with you.
You want sympathy later for the dozens of diseases your habits have caused. Of course its hard to get back in shape, its also hard to quite smoking but that's as far as the understanding goes. Fat people will call a smoker stupid and have no problems limiting their freedoms and even taxing them but we should not do the same with fat people? How about a tax on sweets? Higher premiums? "No gorging" signs at some restaurants so us fit people don't have to be bothered when you are at the trough.
I am not repulsed by fat people but I do not feel sorry for them beyond the fact they may lack the education to realize what they are doing to themselves.
Its preventable. If you don't have the willpower to increase your quality of life, extend your life and improve almost every aspect of your life by just using common sense then you have to live with the consequences. And the reason others are bothered is they have to live with it too.
At least with smokers the taxes offset the damage to the rest of us.
If all of you fat people have such big hearts how can you eat yourself to an early grave and leave loved ones behind? How can do show such a lack of respect for people that care about you? All over a chocolate ding-dong?
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I would just like to comment on this topic. I was anorexic for a good 25 years of my life. Now, my metabolism is so messed up, it doesn’t know if it should slow down or speed up. Needless to say, starving yourself may work short term, but let me tell you when you get up in your 40’s and 50’s, you will pay dearly for it. I have been many different weights in my life. You know, I remember I would always tell myself, “If I could only be 20 (30, 40) pounds lighter, I would be happy. I dropped every one of those pounds over the years; and you know what, I wasn’t anymore happy than I was before. If you don’t like yourself, it just doesn’t matter if you weigh 80 pounds or 480 pounds, you won’t be happy. Now, after years of hating myself and hours of counseling, I have finally accepted myself for who I am and I like that person. As long as my doctor says that I am in good health, I cheer about that and try to live healthy. Life is way too short to worry about this stuff. Take it from someone who has lost hours, months, and years of her life obsessing about weight and food. Again, I repeat life is way too short.
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Fat people in general don't repulse me, but a lot of them I feel are on "see food diets", they see food and eat it. There people with medical problems that are obese sure, but many, many people just plain eat too much and all the wrong things. Count calories. One 32 ounce pop and a candy bar is just about half of what and active.... that's active adult needs in a 24 hour period. If you're sitting on your butt in front of the TV or computer all the time you're awake you don't even need to be taking in 2000 calories! And I hate this comment....fat people know they're fat, they don't need to told all the time; OK .... how many other problems should we "just ignore" ? Put that in with not using capital punishment and time outs for kids instead of a good spanking. This country is so concerned about "political correctness" that everybody is afraid to be blunt anymore. KISS .... Keep It Simple Stupid !!! You're FAT! Find out why, do something about it, And YEAH... it IS about will power butt-heads.... the will to say no to all those calories. Don't like being called stupid? Don't act stupid! We need to start all over again in this country, back to basics. Start with the Constitution and Bill of Rights, read it, learn it and abide by it. What's next? Calling obese people "handicapped"? Good grief Charlie Brown!
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It's not about the weight, or worrying about what other people think about you. It's about self respect and will power and personal health. It only starts with weight gain- the things after that are what you should worry about- high cholesteral, high blood pressure, diabetes, coronary disease. I see fat people all the time at my job (waitress) complain -not about their weight- but about how many medications they're on- yet eat a stack of pancakes with a side of bacon. Change not out of vanity- but out of a fear of death and sickness.
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When you say that overwt. people do not repulse you but they eat does, then overwt. people DO repulse you. You talk about people who are gluten w/ food, but what are you gluten w/. There's always something.
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U know I am a fat person. At my heaviest I weighed 290 lbs. I was one of the first to have a Gastric Bypass Operation. I now regret it! Of course I lost weight over 130lbs. But I still consider myself as fat. I had many surgeries with many infections.6-7 yrs worth of problems. Priest giving me last rights 3x. I can no longer have a job due to all the crap I went through.I am so sorry I did all that because I still think and act like I did when I was a larger person
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I'm a personal trainer and a paramedic on a bariatric ambulance. I've cared for people of all shapes and sizes. I admire people who make the EFFORT. It doesn't matter what shape or size you are, so long as you recognize that as you keep increasing your weight in an unhealthy manner...the more life-threatening it becomes. Not only to your physical person, but to your psyche as well. It takes a great deal of effort ans inner strength to overcome something such as obesity, but the people who make the attempts (in whatever fashion) are really the ones that should be applauded. Obviously it weight loss should be attempted in a healthy fashion, but clearly the stigma of this question should be in regard to the obese population that doesn't care enough to make an attempt to become healthy and to live life.
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It's hard to say--no one wants to admit superficial feelings. That's why, when I saw that episode of Moment of Truth, I felt more sorry for the guy being asked than for the fat person that asked. I'm sure he doesn't want to feel that way. The things that disgust us are not something we can control. I don't feel repulsed by fat people in general, but (and I know it sounds cliche'd) since I personally take very good care of myself, I don't want to DATE anyone fat. I had a boyfriend that, when we met, went to gym, ate healthy, looked fine. After we got together, he stopped working out, started drinking gallons of soda, eating fast food, and blew up. He told me later he'd always had a weight problem. Well, I agonized over how I felt about him after that. I was still eating right, staying active. Even after having a baby, I managed to get back to a size 2. Now, I know part of it is lifestyle, but a lot of it's genetics. I know people heavier than me that work much harder, and I know size 0 girls who lay around stuffing their faces all day. So, how can I persecute someone for something they have difficulty controlling? I happen to have a good metabolism--how can I look down on someone who doesn't?
So, it's hard. I think people should love themselves and take care of themselves. We need to respect and love our bodies, and not abuse them with overeating, undereating, or poisonous foods. I think all bodies should be celebrated.
However...when my b/f gained 50 pounds, I was repulsed. Everytime I saw him eating ice cream and chips and fast food, I wanted to scream. I didn't want to get close to him. I couldn't bring myself to sleep with him. ANd I felt so guilty about it. I mean, how superficial can I be? Why do I have to feel that way? ANd I just couldn't help it.
Please, don't think I'm one of those people that bash heavy people. I understand that some people have different bodies, and I've always been a loud activist for fighting against the Hollywood ideal of what a person should look like. I struggled with anorexia and I have been active in outreach and teaching body acceptance. I work as a nutritionist, where I deal with people of all sizes, and I know that some struggle to shed weight much more than others. I always thought I was above that kind of thinking. I have overweight friends, and I thought they were beautiful.
Yet, it was different when it was the person I had to sleep with. I couldn't understand why he couldn't go back to the healthy lifestyle. It wasn't like I was slacking off or he had a partner in crime, like it happens in some relationships, when both parties start eating badly together. I was still working out and eating right and staying thin...and he...wasn't. I felt like the b---- of the earth being disgusted with him--it went against everything I believed in. If the situation had been reversed, and I had been the one to gain the weight and he had stopped sleeping with me, women everywhere would have denounced him a superficial ----- and said he never really loved me.
I just had to reply honestly here. When I saw that guy (who was a trainer, and treasured fitness, not too different from me) squirm on Moment of Truth, my heart went out to him. Who wants to answer that? Just as a lot of heavy people can't control their weight, some of us thin people can't control how we feel about it. And we wish we could. I promise, if I could have gotten hypnotized into finding my boyfriend attractive after his excessive weight gain, I would've done it in a heartbeat. However, my reaction to his weight did display rot in the relationship. Maybe if I'd really been in love with him, I wouldn't have been repulsed so easily.
Didn't mean to go on so long. Just wanted to say that there are a segment of the population that hate themselves for feeling repulsed, but can't change it.
And, all of us everywhere, just try to love yourself, because you can't control other people's feelings, either.
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I wouldnt say repulse me but I feel a mix of being embarassed for them and feeling sorry for them, especially in situations when they are clearly embarassed of themselves, like trying to squeeze into an airplane seat, while there is a long line of people trying to take their seat. That particular person ended up holding everyone up for about 10 minutes and then asked for a seatbelt extender. If you are 400 pounds - just face it, and be prepared. Or when I see someone who is extremely overweight and stuffing a huge burger in their mouth, shoving some fries, and gulping soda from a a gallon size cup.
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hi to everyone who has posted some deeply romantic views on the flab factor and nothing about it. you know nowadays people check the flab rating on the food before they buy. such is the fear that one crumb of cake will cause you to flab up with 48 kilos of belly flab!
ok i should point out the BMI is not medicaly apporved and should not be considered a fact it was invented to deal with the issues of being grossly overweight. the danger here is that people dive in for the nutritional books diets and all the money making scams that surround the diet industry. but the main thing no one has stated is why or what causes people to apparently flab up!
with age and time people do get a bit flabby and its the bony bimbo look in fake magazines and mens porn mags that make everyone belive that thin is the only body shape to be and anything else is well a fat slob!
think about it who is telling you someone is a slob? you or what you heard in some dumb magazine?
you know muscle weighs more that actual flab. and a womans body contains more soft fatty deposits than a man any way because of the effect of the two hormones oestrogen and testosterone.
above that is life style, some like being fat some just dont care if they explode with flab and look like a travelling ad for water beds. but sometimes peoples weight can be caused by poor diet intake illness treatments pregancy and the bodies actions in regard to all of these things, the so named 'float zone' were a body acquires a weight and tends to stick to it.
getting rid of flab is a tough act to do, since the person would have to know what or how the causes of there weight gain was actually being caused. unless it is someone for some reason just pilling stuff into the pie hole!
the thing is it men that think women are not fat? of it discrimiantion? as anyone and i mean anyone ever seen some flabby spectical wearing mum of 32 doing the weather? or the news? or is it some plastic individual with the silver encased life of good schools excellent dental care and a hair do by Vidal Sassoon?
do any one really know all the facts about flab? or breast cancer?
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the thing is it men that think women are not fat? of it discrimiantion? as anyone and i mean anyone ever seen some flabby spectical wearing mum of 32 doing the weather? or the news? or is it some plastic individual with the silver encased life of good schools excellent dental care and a hair do by Vidal Sassoon?
CAN ANYBODY explain this paragraph??????????????
I don't get it-is this a different language because I have been reading a lot of this garble lately??
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not at all the comment was to invoke the obvious, fat or flabby is a subjective not a condition that some one should be judged by. the contextual dialogue has a cogent theorim that conpels people to stipulate wether they think fatnes is a bad thing or some thing that people should hate.
a like or dislke is a matter of subjection in that a view not a need!
the abstraction of 'has anyone ever seen someone fat or flabby or some what as subjectively not pretty doing the weather or reading the news 'is a good one. has any one been on air that was not a blonde bimbo? or had 32 assorted children or wears specs? or has some rough local accent?
or tattoos, strange isnt it?
being seen as fat or flabby has become the staple diet of those to whom any minor imperfection espeically in a womans life is the seed of dooooom!
at the end of the day who cares?
flab is caused by either medical or the person scoffing loads into the pie hole, but why?
for all the science for all the big internationl medical opinion and all the expers they cant explain why people are getting fat so why not?
your body is a 24 a day chemical processing plant you can eat what you like and when you like the flab is stored energy that is the body uses fat deposits to fuel itself, in fatness and being flabby or over weight excess deposits occur that is the question is it some one stuffing themselves to the gun holes or is it something else?
the logical axium is why?
food or chemicals to your body is just that its just fuel that is all it is so if food is sooooooooo much in the way of being not healthy why then do people buy it and why are shops and supermarkets stuffing cheap foods full of salt sugar and chemicals bind all that fake food together being allowed to sell the stuff?
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I would like to say no but there is this fat guy that repulsed me about me beening to skinny.No name....
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You know, I just got back from China and learned a lot about this. There was lots of people pointing and jesturing towards me everywhere I went. I even think that some of the people we were with, paraded their fat american friend around as a spectacle. In the airplane, the man beside me got nothing but grief from the men sitting behind me. Is it culturally acceptable to point out that a person is fat? It's true, I'm a fat man with a fat heart. I just don't need 1.3 billion people to remind me. I think many times women have more difficulty with this because of how people and society responds to them. I get the "you must have been a football player" thing all the time. So they probably think that it's okay to speak of my fattness.
As for overweight men or women, they don't repulse me. All the women that I know that are "fat" are also attractive, smart, funny women. My mom is a great example. She would also kick your butt if you give her any trouble about her weight.
The fact is, we all have flaws that can be pointed out by someone. It's how we strengthen ourself and grow as a person especially spiritually that is most important in my opinion.
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Obese people do not repulse me, it's their actions that do though. For example in the grocery store. You can tell that over weight people are not happy with their image (some of them).. and yet when you look in their cart, it's filled with junk food. I'm 5'7 140 pounds, and even though i'm in pretty good shape, I simply never allow that stuff to enter my cart. It really isn't that difficult to not put the cookies and cupcakes in the cart. If your craving sweets, just buy ONE sweet item like a chocolate bar and that is it... The other thing that bothers me is the way over weight families feed their children! Almost every over weight kid i've ever seen has an over weight parent. Just because the parents eat too much and don't exercise enough is NO reason for their kid to suffer. There is no reason at all for any child to be over weight.. unless it's a medical issue. If anything, having children should make the parents want to change the way they eat for their childs health sake. But anyways, case in point, fat people do not repulse me. I just feel they could make smarter decisions, instead of grabbing the cookies in the grocery store.
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I've seen some posts saying nobody wants to be fat, but I disagree. I think some people do want to be fat because there is a degree of safety and insulation from lifes hard choices and difficult behavior changes in staying overweight. I feel bad saying this, but I am repulsed by fat people sometimes. I have worked hard to stay fit and follow my diet and I guess I just don't have respect for someone who won't even try.
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Yes and no. I know it sounds weird, but it really depends on fat displacement. Like if I see a woman whos ass you can balance an english tea service on, I can deal...BUT when I see a woman whose stomach really resembles a cow's udder, and hangs to her knees, that's repulsive to me.
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I have several people who are very close to me that are morbidly obese. They are
wonderful people and it kind of erases what they look like to me. It's amazing
how getting to know someone completely changes what you see when you look at
them.
Anyway, generally no, fat people don't repulse me. I do
occasionally cringe or feel embarrassment on their behalf, though.
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I had to kind of stop and think about this a little bit, because from my own experiences with eating problems I know my own mentality regarding weight is slightly skewed.... sometimes I see morbidly obese people and I feel nothing but disgust... but a significant part of me also feels allied with them because I know what it feels like to have a destructive relationship with food. A close family member is morbidly obese, but the funny part is: I don't think of her as morbidly obese... I just see past it. If I think about it hard enough, yes, I have to accept the reality that she IS close to 300 pounds, but I guess it's different when you know the person than when you see a random person on the street. It doesn't make it excusable, but what I guess I'm trying to say is I'm ambivalent towards fat people... In a way I feel disgust and shock that one could let themselves get that big, but I also feel sympathy and a sick kind of connection with them. I guess I'll always be a fat girl on the inside.
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Unless we are talking enormous, can't get out of bed fat, they don't repulse me. But I do feel sorry for them sometimes.
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I ve got a cousin,my age ,who is obese.She is funny ,childish and kind,but i got
too close to her and she got on my nerves.We had to find a restaurant or coffee
shop with the *right*chairs,we crossed the road and had to rest for 10 minutes
to go on walking,had to park in front of the places we went to.
And she kept
eating.
We had a long car drive and she badly wanted to pee.
I said i ll
pull over to some parking area if it was so urgent,she begged me to find a place
with a toilet,in the middle of no where.
I finally understood she coul NOT
bend and relieve herself,like a normal person would.
I took a side way to a
village with a huge knot in my throat.
My resentement turned to pity when i
realized she is an invalid..
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I am not bothered by fat people, but I feel bad for them. At the doctor's yesterday, there was an older guy who literally could not fit into a normal waiting room chair. He had to stand around until he was called. It has to suck when you can't function normally because of your weight.
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Me, too. I have a friend/co-worker who has to plan ahead everywhere she goes and
think about where she's going to be able to sit. Booths at restaurants are out
of the question, and there's been several times she's confessed she's worried a
chair won't hold her weight. Plane and movie theater seats are out of the
question.
Yes, she keeps herself that heavy with the way she eats and
she recognizes that. It still breaks my heart for her though, because she's a
wonderful person who has a problem with food.
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I remember having college classes and students not being able to fit into the
chair/desk combos. Young people who were too big that they had to sit at the
desk made for students with wheelchairs.
The chairs at my university had
desks attached to them, and the seats were extra WIDE to fit adult asses. There
was enough space for 9 month pregnant woman to sit in them, so you can imagine
how big your butt/stomach would have to be to not fit in one. They were usually
women that were too big to fit in the chair/desk combo, and some would have to
sit half way off the seat because their whole butt couldn't fit on the seat. Or
hope that the wheelchair section was available to sit at.
That would
suck.
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Now that I've seen so many fat bodies in the buff....as long as they're clothed,
not usually.
And even a naked body that's just fat but still looks fairly
normal is no big deal to me anymore. But I have seen the stuff nightmares are
made of on a few people.
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I'm a large lady, so for me it's not repulsion, it's empathy and embarassment. I know exactly how I feel, and I look at other people and think they must feel the same as I do about myself. I do think there's a line, people who are overweight but still have a nice shape, and then there are those people with the giant stomach that hangs down to their knees. I think people see those two types of overweight person differently.
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