BF2S Forums Why are Americans so F A T

I walk at least a mile a day, and until my friend got injured I weight lifted for an hour and a half every night as well.  But I wasn't losing any weight.  The reason is simple, I was taking in as much as I was using.  And its not like I was eating shit food either.  A turkey sandwich, or bean burritos, or a chicken breast with oven fried potatoes are all healthy foods... the problem is I was having all of them in a meal (what? i live right next to the college's buffet).  And it all stems from what the parents have taught me: you take what you want, but you eat what you take.  My father grew up in south america, where food was not always readily available.  My mother grew up here, but under the influence of ppl who lived through the depression.  Years and years of eating everything in serving sizes twice of what they should be has made my stomach incredibly efficient at digestion, leaving me with a near constant feeling of hunger if and when i do eat appropriate serving sizes.  For instance, once after dinner i sat down at the table to review calculus for the AP exam.  i felt a little hungry still, so i pulled out a container of strawberries which had been washed and cut earlier.  Without noticing I devoured an entire pound of strawberries after having a full dinner.  Its this overeating obsession that has paralyzed the fat ppl of the nation.  Its the idea of having to finish ones plate before dessert, the idea of not wasting food that has oddly enough made ppl fat.  The solution is very simple, invent something that has no calories, but has texture and taste.  I've found ice to be effective, but it melts.  Grapes also work, theyre like natures popcorn.

I think it's mostly due to the lack of excersize cause people are so damned lazy.  30 years ago most people had jobs that kept them physically active, and no one paid attention to what they ate, food was food, you ate what tasted good.  It's still true today, I've got a friend who is a certified tree climber and he spends all day going up and down trees carrying a 20lb chainsaw and about 25lbs of rope, he does this every day.  I've watched him eat 2000 calories in one meal, and he does that about every meal.  He can get away with it cause he actually burns it up.

But then I've got another friend who doesn't get any excersize at all, usually sit around all day, and he eat's like a pig, he's 5'11 and only weighs 140lbs, and he eats some of the worst foods.

I can say I've never seen a fat person who only eats small portions though.



I used to be a fat ass.  Back in highschool I was 260lbs (I'm 6'1").  I at like a pig, I never ate fast food,(hate the stuff, tastes nasty) but I ate huge portions, and I only got excercise on the weekends.  But my senior year of highschool I wound up having 3 PE classes a day (surgery my freshman year had kept me out of PE my sophmore and junior years) and I dropped 80lbs that one year.  I found I also didn't have the appetite I used too.  I found that if I quit excersizing I gain weight very fast even though I'm not eating much anymore, so I still try and put in at least 2 hours a day.  I'm 6'1" and I weigh 185lbs now.  I want to loose another 20lbs but I've never been able to get that last 20lbs off no matter what I try.

Agent_Dung_Bomb wrote:

Americans are very heavy.  My theories, based on the way things are where I live are...

1. Fast food joints on every single corner.

2. As people move from the cities to the burbs, developers are putting up strip malls and everything else.  We no longer have walkable communities.  People drive everywhere.

3. Schools are suplementing their income by using vending machines, which contain nothing but high sugar, high fat junk food.

4. People don't have to go out for anything.  There is nothing you can't buy online, and even grocery stores offer delivery.

5. Commercialized food processing uses so many fats, sugars, starches, and preservatives to reduce cost and extend shelf life, that even if you do go shopping the things you buy aren't that good for you anyway.

6. Our own government.  When the "food pyramid" was laid out most food was still oganically grown, grains were whole grain, and people did much more physical labor for a living.  The amount of bad carbohydrates that are abundant in most current foods, fueled by the old Pyramid design, were leading people to eat foods that quickly metabolized into sugar, along with 1-5 above, creating a very high calory diet with little physical activity.

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Also that Weight Watcher diet does work if you have the will power to keep track of the points of the things you eat, I was down to 215lbs from 240lbs at one point, but if you dont have the willpower like me and go off of it you will slingshot back up like I did.

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beerface702 wrote:

once i hit 25 i put on some pounds. im 5'10 and weight about 165 . that is fat to me, up from 148 lol


probably all the brew.

americans are lazy fucks. but europeans are too. almost every british person ive met is over weight and just as obnxious

OMG went to London last year to visit a friend going to college there and found out that their "bars/pubs" stop serving drinks around 9:30-10 wtf. Maybe that extra 4 hours a night drinking makes a difference. And I know the clubs stay open later but I do way way way more drinking in a pub then at a club. For one it takes you forever to get a drink at a club unless your date is banging one of the bar backs on the side.

That's not actually true. Pubs stay upon as late as their license permits, it used to be 11pm I think, but not anymore. Clubs in London are regularly open and serving drinks till 6 or 7am.

Most pubs are open till 12 nowadays, some even later, especially on weekends.

wtf? 95% of pubs in las vegas are open 24/7.

i used to bartend. dont contradict what im saying


some exotic places on the strip close at 3 am. but that's it

Does anyone see anything wrong about this?  He has a gun in each hand jumping around in the middle of a park with kids and slides all in the background...

Thats horrible.. lol

the same thing is happening in every developed/developing country.  with economic growth comes less activity, processed food, convenience coming out the ass, etc.  Americans are getting fatter, Europeans are getting fatter and the Chinese are even getting fatter.

Food is getting shittier by the day.  eveything has trans fat and high fructose corn shit, stuff we humans arent meant to digest.  just trying to eat health now can be difficult and expensive proposition.  is is so much cheaper to pull into the drive through and lay down 5 or 6 bucks for a fast meal that to go to the store, buy all the fruits and veggies and lean cut chicken and cook it up, you're looking at 10 bucks.

could any of the non-Americans tell me if other coutries have "all you can eat" style restaurants?  There are few thing as revolting as going to one of these restuarants and seeing 350lb. men, women and children shoveling plate after plate of starch and lard into their face holes.  I always feel like I'm getting ripped off at these joints, but it's like these huge people take the "all you can eat" title as a challenge.  They aren't happy unless they think the restaurant has lost money on the deal.  It is frightening.

We in UK have some all u can eat, but we tend too do it in moderation. Its not about how much you can eat til your sick, it gives you the flexibility to choose your portion size dependant on appetite. Rarley see fatties in my local ones, but if it is all you can eat, the food is generally healthier, and more vegetable based.

Such a simple question with such a simple answer. Its the same reason every person in the world is fat (excluding the minute proportion of people who it is medical). The reason is that they eat too much (be that a small amount of high calorie food or a lot of low calorie food) and don't exercise enough.

cpt.fass1 wrote:

Ok I have a few theories on this.  Being American myself and skinny(6'0" and 165 lbs), it makes me sick when I watch T.V. and walk around town everyone is huge. I'm a minority in our blatenly lazy culter.

So theories,

1. Majority of kids can't leave there house cause they'll get arrested(if they deserve it) or just harrased. I grew up in the Ledgewood area of New Jersey which is a quite town and got harrased almost ever day I went out.

2. Knowledge that someone else is going to protect us so we don't bother staying in shape.

That's all I have now so let me know what you think?

1. Media saturation & subsequent lack of exercise.
2. Poor nutrition.

Even if someone's being harrassed at home and/or outside, they could still probably find some place to do sit-ups. It's just that people lack the will (or perceived time) to do so. I'm 6'1" and 250lbs (though don't look it), so I should hardly be talking.

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