Rant: The fatso next to me
Discussion
I'd like to help my mum lose weight, but whatever I advise her is ignored. The same old s
tty sugar rich yoghurts, cakes, pastries, drinks and whatnot fill the fridge.
She understands what I tell her, nods but still buys the same old stuff. Makes me tear my hair out.
I also snack on st food as well, but I try and cycle it so I'm not mixing sugar with fat (save for my cheese and jam butties.
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tty sugar rich yoghurts, cakes, pastries, drinks and whatnot fill the fridge.She understands what I tell her, nods but still buys the same old stuff. Makes me tear my hair out.
I also snack on s
t food as well, but I try and cycle it so I'm not mixing sugar with fat (save for my cheese and jam butties.)Halb said:
I'd like to help my mum lose weight, but whatever I advise her is ignored. The same old stty sugar rich yoghurts, cakes, pastries, drinks and whatnot fill the fridge.
She understands what I tell her, nods but still buys the same old stuff. Makes me tear my hair out.
I also snack on st food as well, but I try and cycle it so I'm not mixing sugar with fat (save for my cheese and jam butties.)
Well just tell her to follow Nutritional Expert Zod's advice and live off her blubber, that's totally healthy tty sugar rich yoghurts, cakes, pastries, drinks and whatnot fill the fridge.She understands what I tell her, nods but still buys the same old stuff. Makes me tear my hair out.
I also snack on s
t food as well, but I try and cycle it so I'm not mixing sugar with fat (save for my cheese and jam butties.)
tyrewrecker said:
I am amazed that she has not managed to cover 100 extra miles than her commute in a year.
I get that 1.9 miles a day would be 893 a year over 235 days working.
3stone overweight and "not fat in the classic sense?".
Do you count your skittles before you eat them just to make sure they've given you an eqaul amount of all colors? I get that 1.9 miles a day would be 893 a year over 235 days working.
3stone overweight and "not fat in the classic sense?".
No, I still looked perfectly normal, just didn't have a 6 pack and a bf % age less than my shoe size, ho hum.
Marf said:
Well just tell her to follow Zod's advice and live off her blubber, that's totally healthy
Zod's correct - okay you need some proteins and vitamins as well to keep things ticking along - but she could reduce her carbohydrate intake to a minimum. A big bowl of muesli and dried fruit in the morning to help her sh8t properly would probably do the trick.
okgo said:
The diet industry is amazing.
Losing weight is SO fkING EASY its laughable, yet the human nature is to want to avoid hard work at every possible turn, I want to do this diet, that diet, blah blah blah.
I had this conversation with my partners mother the other day, who IMO is fat, she said she was on weightwatchers, which is obviously a triumph in marketing, however, she doesn't stick to it, and is therefore fat, and obviously someone we all hate. She said she was going to move to a new diet that included two days of fasting per week, and was moaning about how hard it would be. I told her quite frankly that is was ridiculous, and her lack of will power was staggering. How can you expect to stay on one of these diets for the rest of your life, because any loses you make will require that, unless you start doing some fking exercise. I said to her, why don't you walk to work once a day (having just google mapped it 1.9 miles), but she said it was too far, I said why not get the bus half the way and walk the rest, apparently that's a faff (this is the person that bought a brand new car for this very commute, its a year old and has done less than 1k miles). So I said why not go to the gym you pay £100 a month for, she said it was a good idea and forgot about it.
I mean, what the fk is wrong with people, if you're overweight, stop scrabbling round for excuses, eat less, or eat the same and accept that your new life needs movement otherwise you'll be fat forever. I only realized this through my own findings, I went from lifting weights and eating/drinking st to cycling 15 hours a week and still eating and drinking st, guess fking what folks? I lost 3 stone, shock horror (I wasn't fat in a classic sense anyway but you know). I'll be honest its taking real restraint not to go onto that phat fighters thread and give some people a good kick up the arse.
Dangerous ground...Losing weight is SO f
kING EASY its laughable, yet the human nature is to want to avoid hard work at every possible turn, I want to do this diet, that diet, blah blah blah. I had this conversation with my partners mother the other day, who IMO is fat, she said she was on weightwatchers, which is obviously a triumph in marketing, however, she doesn't stick to it, and is therefore fat, and obviously someone we all hate. She said she was going to move to a new diet that included two days of fasting per week, and was moaning about how hard it would be. I told her quite frankly that is was ridiculous, and her lack of will power was staggering. How can you expect to stay on one of these diets for the rest of your life, because any loses you make will require that, unless you start doing some f
king exercise. I said to her, why don't you walk to work once a day (having just google mapped it 1.9 miles), but she said it was too far, I said why not get the bus half the way and walk the rest, apparently that's a faff (this is the person that bought a brand new car for this very commute, its a year old and has done less than 1k miles). So I said why not go to the gym you pay £100 a month for, she said it was a good idea and forgot about it.I mean, what the f
k is wrong with people, if you're overweight, stop scrabbling round for excuses, eat less, or eat the same and accept that your new life needs movement otherwise you'll be fat forever. I only realized this through my own findings, I went from lifting weights and eating/drinking st to cycling 15 hours a week and still eating and drinking st, guess fking what folks? I lost 3 stone, shock horror (I wasn't fat in a classic sense anyway but you know). I'll be honest its taking real restraint not to go onto that phat fighters thread and give some people a good kick up the arse.Marf said:
So he's not totally correct then eh, but correct with a caveat, which I pointed out?
Okay okay. A fat friend of mine has been on a similar diet and she's actually not bad looking now - hopefully she's not reading this. TBH I didn't think it was possible to go from fat to normal in such a short space of time. And she still has a decent rack, possibly slightly bigger since the weight loss. The thing that did it for her was 1. lack of blokes (she's Aussie and the guys don't seem to f
k fatties like people here do) 2. getting called names on public transport.
fido said:
Okay okay.
A fat friend of mine has been on a similar diet and she's actually not bad looking now - hopefully she's not reading this. TBH I didn't think it was possible to go from fat to normal in such a short space of time. And she still has a decent rack, possibly slightly bigger since the weight loss. The thing that did it for her was 1. lack of blokes (she's Aussie and the guys don't seem to fk fatties like people here do) 2. getting called names on public transport.
Of course you can. If you start changing things it happens quickly, I reckon I lost 3 stone in 9 months, the other half a stone has taken a lot longer, and although I'm now a perfectly healthy weight I want to keep going as it helps with my sport, so obviously going beyond the natural point is difficult, but the natural point for most people would still be a vast improvement.A fat friend of mine has been on a similar diet and she's actually not bad looking now - hopefully she's not reading this. TBH I didn't think it was possible to go from fat to normal in such a short space of time. And she still has a decent rack, possibly slightly bigger since the weight loss. The thing that did it for her was 1. lack of blokes (she's Aussie and the guys don't seem to f
k fatties like people here do) 2. getting called names on public transport.Good, another thing I like about Aussies, alongside their sparkling wit and their high end lager, they're shallow - they're proper winners those lot.
In fairness to our resident tubber, he's not particularly offensive in either size or eating habits (although I do sit on the opposite side of the office, so I may be being generous), but he does have a very disturbing propensity towards creating fairly exaggerated sound effects while he's using the facilities.
It sounds something like an orchestra warming up during a weight lifting competition.
On one particular occasion, my attempts to stifle my laughter at his usual performance were thwarted by a particularly loud, lengthy bout of flatulence and I let out a full on belly laugh for a split second before I regained my composure.
I had to sit in the traps for fifteen bloody minutes of bog stalemate after that, as clearly neither of us wanted to reveal our identities.
It sounds something like an orchestra warming up during a weight lifting competition.
On one particular occasion, my attempts to stifle my laughter at his usual performance were thwarted by a particularly loud, lengthy bout of flatulence and I let out a full on belly laugh for a split second before I regained my composure.
I had to sit in the traps for fifteen bloody minutes of bog stalemate after that, as clearly neither of us wanted to reveal our identities.
Marf said:
Zod said:
Marf said:
Zod said:
ESOG said:
I was going to post saying that even overweight people need to eat too,
but they don't, do they? If they drank water, they could survive on their fat reserves for quite some time. Sure, they'd feel hungry and unhappy, but they'd slim down.
Fat will give them energy. It's hardly as if fatties prioritise an ideal nutrient balance. As a temporary measure, not eating will allow a fat personm to lose weight by burning fat.okgo said:
another thing I like about Aussies, <snip> they're proper winners those lot.
Tell that to thier Olympic team 
It's the noisy eaters I hate. I share an office with one, he's not seriously overweight but the noise when he eats at his desk is horrible. I accidentally ended up sitting opposite him in a restaurant when we were away on a work a while back too, nearly put me off my dinner.
People phoning you and munching down the phone 
I cannot bear the sound of people eating - Its one of those things that just grates on me... Even at home with the family, I'd rather put a CD on during a sit down meal than have to listen to others masticate.
In fact, thinking about this more... Im quite sensitive to how people eat (the sight of them I mean)...
People who roll food round in their lips like a fking chimp 
People who put their food in their mouth and continue a conversation
People who will gnaw round a bone to get every last ounce of grissle off it, regardless of the mess all over their lips / chin / cheeks
People who simply put too much in their mouth - Use the front teeth to bite, the back teeth to chew dhead
People who having had an especially garlicky lunch decide to come and get in your face to have a chat
People who dont clean their teeth properly and appear to have a layer of 'I cant believe its not butter' all round the rim of their gums
Obviously a little more sensitive about it than I thought
I cannot bear the sound of people eating - Its one of those things that just grates on me... Even at home with the family, I'd rather put a CD on during a sit down meal than have to listen to others masticate.
In fact, thinking about this more... Im quite sensitive to how people eat (the sight of them I mean)...
People who roll food round in their lips like a f
king chimp People who put their food in their mouth and continue a conversation
People who will gnaw round a bone to get every last ounce of grissle off it, regardless of the mess all over their lips / chin / cheeks
People who simply put too much in their mouth - Use the front teeth to bite, the back teeth to chew d
head People who having had an especially garlicky lunch decide to come and get in your face to have a chat
People who dont clean their teeth properly and appear to have a layer of 'I cant believe its not butter' all round the rim of their gums
Obviously a little more sensitive about it than I thought
But only one each, don't wanna get fat. sleep envy said:
okgo said:
The diet industry is amazing.
Losing weight is SO fkING EASY its laughable, yet the human nature is to want to avoid hard work at every possible turn, I want to do this diet, that diet, blah blah blah.
I had this conversation with my partners mother the other day, who IMO is fat, she said she was on weightwatchers, which is obviously a triumph in marketing, however, she doesn't stick to it, and is therefore fat, and obviously someone we all hate. She said she was going to move to a new diet that included two days of fasting per week, and was moaning about how hard it would be. I told her quite frankly that is was ridiculous, and her lack of will power was staggering. How can you expect to stay on one of these diets for the rest of your life, because any loses you make will require that, unless you start doing some fking exercise. I said to her, why don't you walk to work once a day (having just google mapped it 1.9 miles), but she said it was too far, I said why not get the bus half the way and walk the rest, apparently that's a faff (this is the person that bought a brand new car for this very commute, its a year old and has done less than 1k miles). So I said why not go to the gym you pay £100 a month for, she said it was a good idea and forgot about it.
I mean, what the fk is wrong with people, if you're overweight, stop scrabbling round for excuses, eat less, or eat the same and accept that your new life needs movement otherwise you'll be fat forever. I only realized this through my own findings, I went from lifting weights and eating/drinking st to cycling 15 hours a week and still eating and drinking st, guess fking what folks? I lost 3 stone, shock horror (I wasn't fat in a classic sense anyway but you know). I'll be honest its taking real restraint not to go onto that phat fighters thread and give some people a good kick up the arse.
Dangerous ground...Losing weight is SO f
kING EASY its laughable, yet the human nature is to want to avoid hard work at every possible turn, I want to do this diet, that diet, blah blah blah. I had this conversation with my partners mother the other day, who IMO is fat, she said she was on weightwatchers, which is obviously a triumph in marketing, however, she doesn't stick to it, and is therefore fat, and obviously someone we all hate. She said she was going to move to a new diet that included two days of fasting per week, and was moaning about how hard it would be. I told her quite frankly that is was ridiculous, and her lack of will power was staggering. How can you expect to stay on one of these diets for the rest of your life, because any loses you make will require that, unless you start doing some f
king exercise. I said to her, why don't you walk to work once a day (having just google mapped it 1.9 miles), but she said it was too far, I said why not get the bus half the way and walk the rest, apparently that's a faff (this is the person that bought a brand new car for this very commute, its a year old and has done less than 1k miles). So I said why not go to the gym you pay £100 a month for, she said it was a good idea and forgot about it.I mean, what the f
k is wrong with people, if you're overweight, stop scrabbling round for excuses, eat less, or eat the same and accept that your new life needs movement otherwise you'll be fat forever. I only realized this through my own findings, I went from lifting weights and eating/drinking st to cycling 15 hours a week and still eating and drinking st, guess fking what folks? I lost 3 stone, shock horror (I wasn't fat in a classic sense anyway but you know). I'll be honest its taking real restraint not to go onto that phat fighters thread and give some people a good kick up the arse.Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff