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I think the difference between being fat and obese needs to be remembered. I have to agree, being obese disgusts me. I've lived with 2, who said they never ate anything and couldn't understand why. As if! They never did anything, and ate constantly! They couldn't even see it themselves. Whilst I think it's unfair to penalise people in hospitals for being fat, I do think it's ridiculous it is a 'disability' :

After i had an off on holiday, my knee was full of gravel (until they got the wire brush out!) and bandaged up. Movement was really limited. At 6'2" I'd asked for an extra legroom seat explaining the incident. I was refused unless I paid - yet the airline (NZ Airways) dialogue stated it would provide free larger seats for fat buggers.

and for genetics...

one hole is bigger than the other

that's as far as it goes

Originally Posted by Pedrosa

Mrs.Part timer......They might not whinge, but they look disgusting. So when they suffer from heart disease,back pains,joint aches,cholesterol problems etc etc they simply suffer in silence and don't go off draining the NHS system? Hmmm.

No one has to live the life of a monk in order to not be a fatso. Try like moderation? Far too much salad dodgeing going on these days...mark my words.

They look discusting to you maybe but beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Surgery should only be offered if all other ways of weightloss have been exhausted.

If any good to redeem myself a little.....I find ridiculously thin people almost as revolting as our more copulous friends.

Originally Posted by Pedrosa

Mrs.Part timer......They might not whinge, but they look disgusting. So when they suffer from heart disease,back pains,joint aches,cholesterol problems etc etc they simply suffer in silence and don't go off draining the NHS system? Hmmm.

No one has to live the life of a monk in order to not be a fatso. Try like moderation? Far too much salad dodgeing going on these days...mark my words.

whats with the mrs..part timer???

Originally Posted by mrs24_7

They look discusting to you maybe but beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Surgery should only be offered if all other ways of weightloss have been exhausted.

Just a play on your user name.LOL

Beauty? Boy I really do not get that one.


Surgery offered? WTF. Try insisting on them actually using a little self discipline and thought for once in their lives. That costs you or the state nothing.

Originally Posted by Pedrosa

If any good to redeem myself a little.....I find ridiculously thin people almost as revolting as our more copulous friends.

its so hard to get it right though whilst under societies scrutiny, always being compared to the celebs who can afford personal trainers and chefs and lipo suction. You'l never win, you are either too fat too thing, ugly or pretty - who the hell decides what defines each of these???

Originally Posted by Pedrosa

Just a play on your user name.LOL

Beauty? Boy I really do not get that one.


Surgery offered? WTF. Try insisting on them actually using a little self discipline and thought for once in their lives. That costs you or the state nothing.

but what if they have tried, been diciplined but due to their genes they cannot change who they are, should they be subject to torment and bullying?

I'm a trim 32" and my girlfriends a size 8. Perfect
Yeah it's tough to get slim, but it's a purely environmental issue. Those same genes were passed down by a slim war-era generation.

Originally Posted by mrs24_7

its so hard to get it right though whilst under societies scrutiny, always being compared to the celebs who can afford personal trainers and chefs and lipo suction. You'l never win, you are either too fat too thing, ugly or pretty - who the hell decides what defines each of these???

Ah but we are more sensible on the whole than the false world of TV/cinema/pop imagines us to be. there will always be the woman or guy that stands out from the crowd as a tastier piece of eye candy, but they are the exception.

I mean more along the lines of "the body beautiful" here. You see an extra few pounds here and there does not see most people fall in to the Billy Bunter category at all. That amount of surplus can most often be carried very well and the person in question remains physically attractive. If they wanted to take any action it would be more for self being reasons,i.e tone up a little.

I have noted that there are far more beautiful women,(side issue here...I went to Seville on business on Tuesday and have never seen so many gorgeous females of varying ages in the one place EVER!) that do not fit the supposed ideal catwalk model pigeon hole at all. So it is not about fitting what the media and marketing people suggest is the perfect shape or size, it is being a size and shape that is not excessive to either degree.

A gene issue probably falls in to the predetermined medical reasons and so they would not be treated unfairly by the system because of that. I have nowhere suggested that bullying of these people should take place but the system must I am afraid show that becoming obese is not acceptable.

"Proud to be fat" can I am afraid be blown out yer a*se!