Half ton Dad

Who watched it?

Amazing to watch, and to think that the guy was 4 times my body weight. All the things that he had been through and his family live off McDonalds.

Felt really sorry for the lad that is the same age as me, thing is, I slightly blame his Mum, she wanted him to do all the things she said, then why let him get the way he was, but then why let himself get the way he was. I sometimes look at old pictures of me and think the same thing, yeah I'm not in as bad-a situation as him, but my weight bothers me, I can blame steroids and illness but still if I didn't eat all the crap I used to and still do sometimes I wouldn't be the way I am, heck I probably would be in the England academy for Goalkeepers where I was supposed to go, maybe the army, I was just too unfit and overweight for either.

Thoughts on the program boys and girls...

eat more salad, eat less cake, do some exercise.

job done.

next...

[mister c]

Didn't see the programme, but used to be a bloater myself. The doctor put me on a diet when I was 11 years old. My mum wasn't very helpful, she used to try & make me feel better by saying that I was "Big boned", so I still used to munch through Mars bars etc.
I started working at Morrisons Warehouse in Northwich about 6 years ago. This was really physical work & I lost three and a half stone in my 13 week probation period.
I went from 16 to 12.5 stone, dropped from a 38 inch to a 34 inch waist. i thought I looked good, but everyone around me said i looked ill.
Since leaving there I have put a bit of weight on, but eat sensibly now. It just goes to show it is true what they say, eat properly do some exercise and you will feel & look better for it

was he mobile?

If not he must have had a feeder - surely that person should be held accountable for cruelty or something?

[mister c]

Originally Posted by Kinvig

was he mobile?

If not he must have had a feeder - surely that person should be held accountable for cruelty or something?

I don't think he is mobile, sorry to anybody eating

[Luckypants]

Holy Cow!!! Always amazes me how small folks heads look when they are that size.

The bits in between his legs are fatty deposits, totalled up to 3.5 stone each

I watched bits of it as it was on in the background.

I was most disgusted at the end where the stupid young mother was feeding her baby Mc Fries and trying to ram a Big mac down his throat.

Made my blood boil that! But hey thats America for you.

That pic is awful. How long was he waiting to get treatment?

Really WTF!!!!! How can anyone let themselves get like that?? Seriously, that is pure greed and lack of self control to get to that stage. I don’t think people like that should have all the time money and effort to help them get over what is really lack of self control. Its self inflicted to the extreme so why should my taxes help people like that. Ill help them get thin, hand them over to a military fitness boot camp I am sure they will loose a few pounds in weight there. I was a little chubby as a kid and into my early teens. But as soon as I went to high school played footy all the time and was out all summer the weight dropped off. Being in the forces does help with keeping fit and healthy as well, if you are fat and un fit you can be treated like a second class citizen so kind of makes sure you don’t slack off. Your physical fitness is actually part of your annual report.

There is a big difference between having a bit of a gut and being a fat waster like that, It doesn’t happen overnight and how can you not do anything about it when you start growing out of things all the time? I can’t get my head around it.

Staying in shape is not hard, use more energy than you shove in your face.