I'm 6.2336" and 187, either I'm a little overweight or I just have a lot of muscles
I did not claw my way to the top of the food chain to eat celery sticks.
fastfood shops on every corner
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We hibernate in the winter.
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Americans, let's face it: We've been a spoiled country for a long time.
Do you know what the number one health risk in America is?
Obesity. They say we're in the middle of an obesity epidemic.
An epidemic like it is polio. Like we'll be telling our grand kids about it one day.
The Great Obesity Epidemic of 2004.
"How'd you get through it grandpa?"
"Oh, it was horrible Johnny, there was cheesecake and pork chops everywhere."
Nobody knows why were getting fatter? Look at our lifestyle.
I'll sit at a drive thru.
I'll sit there behind fifteen other cars instead of getting up to make the eight foot walk to the totally empty counter.
Everything is mega meal, super sized. Want biggie fries, super sized, want to go large.
You want to have thirty burgers for a nickel you fat mother fucker. There's room in the back. Take it!
Want a 55 gallon drum of Coke with that? It's only three more cents.
Do you know what the number one health risk in America is?
Obesity. They say we're in the middle of an obesity epidemic.
An epidemic like it is polio. Like we'll be telling our grand kids about it one day.
The Great Obesity Epidemic of 2004.
"How'd you get through it grandpa?"
"Oh, it was horrible Johnny, there was cheesecake and pork chops everywhere."
Nobody knows why were getting fatter? Look at our lifestyle.
I'll sit at a drive thru.
I'll sit there behind fifteen other cars instead of getting up to make the eight foot walk to the totally empty counter.
Everything is mega meal, super sized. Want biggie fries, super sized, want to go large.
You want to have thirty burgers for a nickel you fat mother fucker. There's room in the back. Take it!
Want a 55 gallon drum of Coke with that? It's only three more cents.
I'm 6'2 165lbs, I get made fun of so bad for being skinny because it's so out of the norm. What happened to the good ol' days, when fatties got made fun of!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?
I've also heard that our country's educational system is going into the toilet, too.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 BLATENTLY lazy CULTURE.
So theories,
1. Majority of kids can't leave THEIR 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 QUIET 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.
Here is my opinion: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?
During times of plenty any Animal (including humans/americans) will STORE excess energy as FAT, to be used during Hard Times or times when food is not ez to come by.
Americans have not had "Hard Times" since the great depression.
This, and the fact that fatty food is cheaper and ezer than heathy food.
It think its a combination of this and many things:
Work
Geans
Kids
I don't think its a just matter of being lazy but i'm sure it has a little to do with it.
shhhh! now the EU knows when to attack!!Kmarion wrote:
We hibernate in the winter.
Simple - Parents are lazy and dont what to parent their children by hurting they're feelings
I like how it used to be docs couldn't say "your kids fat", so they started saying overweight, then "overweight " became bad, so they used "obese", now people are complaining about them using "obese"
I don't see WHY people blame it on fast food, elevators, escalators, and things like that. It isn't like people are unable to go for a run or go to the gym every day or two. It pisses me off like nothing else when people say Obesity is an "epidemic" or that we need "government action". Stop being a fucking lazy ass and excercise, you will be fine. I speak from experience, because I eat like shit but excercise every day and I am 6'1 185. (A little over but not obese by any means)
I am proud. i am 5' 10" and weight 120 lbs. Yet i am in excellent shape ( i play sports). and i AM an american. GO GENE POOL!
People blame it on fastfood, elevators, escalators, etc., because God forbid that they actually had something to do with their present situation. It's kind of the same thinking that video games are the cause of most juvenile crime. I'm 6'0" 195lbs. By clinical definition, I'm over weight. However, I play baseball for my college and I run a few miles everyday, so trust me when I say that very little of that weight is from fat.bobby177 wrote:
I don't see WHY people blame it on fast food, elevators, escalators, and things like that. It isn't like people are unable to go for a run or go to the gym every day or two. It pisses me off like nothing else when people say Obesity is an "epidemic" or that we need "government action". Stop being a fucking lazy ass and excercise, you will be fine. I speak from experience, because I eat like shit but excercise every day and I am 6'1 185. (A little over but not obese by any means)
You think your skinny? im 6'4 and weigh 140 lbs.misconfiguration wrote:
I'm 6'2 165lbs, I get made fun of so bad for being skinny because it's so out of the norm. What happened to the good ol' days, when fatties got made fun of!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?
and to the person that said that our schools are going to shit, homeowork has increased by 51% since 1981, yet were all getting stupider, i dont get it... maybe its because we waste all our memory on how to use computers and technology? lol i dunno
Agreedmcgid1 wrote:
People blame it on fastfood, elevators, escalators, etc., because God forbid that they actually had something to do with their present situation. It's kind of the same thinking that video games are the cause of most juvenile crime. I'm 6'0" 195lbs. By clinical definition, I'm over weight. However, I play baseball for my college and I run a few miles everyday, so trust me when I say that very little of that weight is from fat.bobby177 wrote:
I don't see WHY people blame it on fast food, elevators, escalators, and things like that. It isn't like people are unable to go for a run or go to the gym every day or two. It pisses me off like nothing else when people say Obesity is an "epidemic" or that we need "government action". Stop being a fucking lazy ass and excercise, you will be fine. I speak from experience, because I eat like shit but excercise every day and I am 6'1 185. (A little over but not obese by any means)
yo yo yo. im 5'10"/ 5'11" and i weigh 116-120. now im skinny. and yea. people make fun of me. Ive decided something. if someone calls me skinny, i call them ugly/fat. Cuz hey, Fuck you for putting me down because im better fit than you!.HURLEY wrote:
You think your skinny? im 6'4 and weigh 140 lbs.misconfiguration wrote:
I'm 6'2 165lbs, I get made fun of so bad for being skinny because it's so out of the norm. What happened to the good ol' days, when fatties got made fun of!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?
and to the person that said that our schools are going to shit, homeowork has increased by 51% since 1981, yet were all getting stupider, i dont get it... maybe its because we waste all our memory on how to use computers and technology? lol i dunno
Just thought I would point out, that is not originally written by you lol. That is from a "song" if you will from Lazyboy, called "Underwear Goes Inside The Pants".Jinto-sk wrote:
Americans, let's face it: We've been a spoiled country for a long time.
Do you know what the number one health risk in America is?
Obesity. They say we're in the middle of an obesity epidemic.
An epidemic like it is polio. Like we'll be telling our grand kids about it one day.
The Great Obesity Epidemic of 2004.
"How'd you get through it grandpa?"
"Oh, it was horrible Johnny, there was cheesecake and pork chops everywhere."
Nobody knows why were getting fatter? Look at our lifestyle.
I'll sit at a drive thru.
I'll sit there behind fifteen other cars instead of getting up to make the eight foot walk to the totally empty counter.
Everything is mega meal, super sized. Want biggie fries, super sized, want to go large.
You want to have thirty burgers for a nickel you fat mother fucker. There's room in the back. Take it!
Want a 55 gallon drum of Coke with that? It's only three more cents.
But it fits in very well, and its 100% true.Lazyboy lyrics via azlyrics.com wrote:
"Underwear Goes Inside The Pants"
Why is marijuana not legal? Why is marijuana not legal?
It's a natural plant that grows in the dirt.
Do you know what's not natural?
80 year old dudes with hard-ons. That's not natural.
But we got pills for that.
We're dedicating all our medical resources to keeping the old guys erect,
but we're putting people in jail for something that grows in the dirt?
You know we have more prescription drugs now.
Every commercial that comes on TV is a prescription drug ad.
I can't watch TV for four minutes without thinking I have five serious diseases.
Like: "Do you ever wake up tired in the morning?"
Oh my god I have this, write this down. Whatever it is, I have it.
Half the time I don't even know what the commercial is:
people running in fields or flying kites or swimming in the ocean.
I'm like that is the greatest disease ever. How do you get that?
That disease comes with a hot chick and a puppy.
The schools now: It is all about self-esteem in the schools now.
Build the kids' self-esteem, make them feel good about themselves.
If everybody grows up with high self-esteem, who is going to dance in our strip clubs?
What's going to happen to our porno industry?
These women don't just grown on trees.
It takes lots of drunk dads missing dance recitals before you decide to blow a goat on the internet for fifty bucks.
And if that disappears, where does that leave me on a Friday night with my new high speed connection?
Masterminds are another word that comes up all the time.
You keep hearing about these terrorists masterminds that get killed in the middle east.
Terrorists masterminds.
Mastermind is sort of a lofty way to describe what these guys do, don't you think?
They're not masterminds.
"OK, you take bomb, right? And you put in your backpack. And you get on bus and you blow yourself up. Alright?"
"Why do I have to blow myself up? Why can't I just:"
"Who's the fucking mastermind here? Me or you?"
Americans, let's face it: We've been a spoiled country for a long time.
Do you know what the number one health risk in America is?
Obesity. They say we're in the middle of an obesity epidemic.
An epidemic like it is polio. Like we'll be telling our grand kids about it one day.
The Great Obesity Epidemic of 2004.
"How'd you get through it grandpa?"
"Oh, it was horrible Johnny, there was cheesecake and pork chops everywhere."
Nobody knows why were getting fatter? Look at our lifestyle.
I'll sit at a drive thru.
I'll sit there behind fifteen other cars instead of getting up to make the eight foot walk to the totally empty counter.
Everything is mega meal, super sized. Want biggie fries, super sized, want to go large.
You want to have thirty burgers for a nickel you fat mother fucker. There's room in the back. Take it!
Want a 55 gallon drum of Coke with that? It's only three more cents.
Sometimes you have to suffer a little bit in your youth to motivate yourself to succeed in later life.
Do you think if Bill Gates got laid in high school, do you think there'd be a Microsoft?
Of course not.
You got to spend a long time in your own locker with your underwear shoved up your ass before you start to think,
"You'll see. I'm going to take of the world of computers! I'll show them."
We're in one of the richest countries in the world,
but the minimum wage is lower than it was thirty five years ago.
There are homeless people everywhere.
This homeless guy asked me for money the other day.
I was about to give it to him and then I thought he was going to use it on drugs or alcohol.
And then I thought, that's what I'm going to use it on.
Why am I judging this poor bastard.
People love to judge homeless guys. Like if you give them money they're just going to waste it.
Well, he lives in a box, what do you want him to do? Save it up and buy a wall unit?
Take a little run to the store for a throw rug and a CD rack? He's homeless.
I walked behind this guy the other day.
A homeless guy asked him for money.
He looks right at the homeless guy and says why don't you go get a job you bum.
People always say that to homeless guys like it is so easy.
This homeless guy was wearing his underwear outside his pants.
Outside his pants. I'm guessing his resume isn't all up to date.
I'm predicting some problems during the interview process.
I'm pretty sure even McDonalds has a "underwear goes inside the pants" policy.
Not that they enforce it really strictly, but technically I'm sure it is on the books.
Since its an undead thread: im not gonna go through all of it, so if it hasn't been said already watch the Move Documentary "Supersize Me" by morgan Spurlock. that is one surprising documentary...
I think there's a variety of reasons why us Americans in particular seem to have a lot of fatties:
-The food itself. Unless you go to whole markets (Here in the Metro DC area they have "whole foods"), you get this ultra-processed food thats uber-cheap but also horrid for you. The healthier, more whole eats are more expensive.
-Fast food. Why pay 20 bucks for a fish and potatoes dinner and invest the time in making it when you can just pop some Hot Pockets in the microwave or get some McD's?
-Our American lifestyle. For some reason we have this "go go go work work work" ultra-competitive lifestyle that makes you have to do as little "other stuff" in order to maximize work. And by work I mean typing up financial records for 8 hours a day. Go to Starbucks and get a small sandwich and coffee, go to McDonald's for lunch, and order pizza for work.
-Drive everywhere. So convenient, why walk? There are some ways to remedy this though. Park a bit farther from your destination. Take the far back space in the company's parking lot, which tends to have more spaces anyways. Get off the bus a stop earlier.
-Just being lazy in general. I'm a member of this group. I don't exercise that much, I'm lucky in that my genetics make me metabolize pretty quick. But most of the fat goes to my pecs (well, more like man boobs right now), my abdominal area, my ass, and legs. Honestly, if people worked out more and got more muscle mass then eating wouldn't be a problem. There's this weightlifter who eats big steaks for lunch and dinner because he has a high-demand diet for calories and proteins and energy due to his muscles.
So basically, the convenience of cheap food compared to having to prepare and pay more for healthy but tasty food. Foods you buy at the supermarket being processed to hell and back. The fast-paced American lifestyle that seems to leave no good time to do things like work out, and almost forces you to "eat Fast" in order to get to work on time. And a lack of effort. In France, people walk because everything is so close. They also eat smaller portions. And tend to not have soda with their meals, which has shitloads of sugars that get turned into fats if you dont burn them. If you exercise enough that you require lots of energy, then you can eat what you want.
-The food itself. Unless you go to whole markets (Here in the Metro DC area they have "whole foods"), you get this ultra-processed food thats uber-cheap but also horrid for you. The healthier, more whole eats are more expensive.
-Fast food. Why pay 20 bucks for a fish and potatoes dinner and invest the time in making it when you can just pop some Hot Pockets in the microwave or get some McD's?
-Our American lifestyle. For some reason we have this "go go go work work work" ultra-competitive lifestyle that makes you have to do as little "other stuff" in order to maximize work. And by work I mean typing up financial records for 8 hours a day. Go to Starbucks and get a small sandwich and coffee, go to McDonald's for lunch, and order pizza for work.
-Drive everywhere. So convenient, why walk? There are some ways to remedy this though. Park a bit farther from your destination. Take the far back space in the company's parking lot, which tends to have more spaces anyways. Get off the bus a stop earlier.
-Just being lazy in general. I'm a member of this group. I don't exercise that much, I'm lucky in that my genetics make me metabolize pretty quick. But most of the fat goes to my pecs (well, more like man boobs right now), my abdominal area, my ass, and legs. Honestly, if people worked out more and got more muscle mass then eating wouldn't be a problem. There's this weightlifter who eats big steaks for lunch and dinner because he has a high-demand diet for calories and proteins and energy due to his muscles.
So basically, the convenience of cheap food compared to having to prepare and pay more for healthy but tasty food. Foods you buy at the supermarket being processed to hell and back. The fast-paced American lifestyle that seems to leave no good time to do things like work out, and almost forces you to "eat Fast" in order to get to work on time. And a lack of effort. In France, people walk because everything is so close. They also eat smaller portions. And tend to not have soda with their meals, which has shitloads of sugars that get turned into fats if you dont burn them. If you exercise enough that you require lots of energy, then you can eat what you want.
Well, i'm skinny myself, I live in Miami, FL and to be honest with you, I don't really see too many fat people. A lot of beautiful women though :]].
yes, but you live in Miami.......not Indiana, Arkansas, Wyoming and other "non attractive" places lol.
Except when there's no pavement (sidewalk) to go for a run on. Florida is a strange place.bobby177 wrote:
I don't see WHY people blame it on fast food, elevators, escalators, and things like that. It isn't like people are unable to go for a run
Then buy a fucking treadmill. I bought Men's Health home workout guide.... that fucking book can teach people how to burn fat by curling water jugs. Bad ass book. It can be done, no matter the situation. We just need motivation, determination, and to lose our laziness..:XDR:.PureFodder wrote:
Except when there's no pavement (sidewalk) to go for a run on. Florida is a strange place.bobby177 wrote:
I don't see WHY people blame it on fast food, elevators, escalators, and things like that. It isn't like people are unable to go for a run