Disgusting Fat People on TV
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Zaxxon

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4,057 posts

191 months

Wednesday 11th January 2012
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What is it with the various sattelite channels fascination with walking mounds of Lard?

Save my life I'm Fat

Help me I can't stop Eating

Harpoon me I'm morbidly obese



Endlless crap about vile, weak willed massively overweight peaple. Are the programmes trying to make it acceptable? A bit overweight is ok but the creatures on these programmes are horrible.

The worst thing is the preview adverts for the programmes, on whilst your preparring the evening meal etc.
I think it is obscene to show these people stripping off on the ads, in the actual programme fine, those who are interested in the subject can watch naked fatties, but the rest of us just don't want to see pasty, wobbling lard.

supertouring

2,228 posts

264 months

Wednesday 11th January 2012
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I noticed this last night when I sat down to watch freeview. The schedule was full of fatty programs, not what I want to see on my TV thanks.

It must be a New Year thing, along with all the "You Too Fat" leaflets dropping through the door.


Brigand

2,547 posts

200 months

Wednesday 11th January 2012
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I'm inclined to agree, and why is it okay to show man-boobs but not real boobs on TV?

I suppose its to tie in with new years resolutions, and getting fit for the year. Maybe it inspires us normal or tubby types (like myself) to get fit or get fat, and make the big types feel that they're not alone.


voyds9

8,490 posts

314 months

Wednesday 11th January 2012
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Watching one now

Obese One year to save my life

I think the trainer has as many issues as the obese bloke.

The trainers mostly seem to have the attitude that if you aren't training all the time you will be dead by the end of the week.

How many of these trainers die young or have eating disorders. Does being that 'fit' lead to other problems, heart attacks, premature ageing of joints etc.

Halb

53,012 posts

214 months

m444ttb

3,183 posts

260 months

Wednesday 11th January 2012
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I usually hate this sort of thing, but really enjoyed the 'Obese: One year to save my life' I saw the other night. It was good to see someone really turning their life around through hard work over 12 months. No instant fix plastic surgery, liposuction, or 'it's fine to be fat' bks. Hopefully it has set the guy on a different path.

On the flip side i also saw 'The fat fighters'. This was much more of the usual and more than a little irritating!

g4ry13

21,998 posts

286 months

Wednesday 11th January 2012
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Brigand said:
I'm inclined to agree, and why is it okay to show man-boobs but not real boobs on TV?
That's a bloody good point. I was watching the biggest loser last night and it really put me off my dinner seeing all that nudity.

Halb

53,012 posts

214 months

Thursday 12th January 2012
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g4ry13 said:
Brigand said:
I'm inclined to agree, and why is it okay to show man-boobs but not real boobs on TV?
That's a bloody good point. I was watching the biggest loser last night and it really put me off my dinner seeing all that nudity.
Just eaten about ten quality street, I'm on my way....

PurpleMoonlight

22,362 posts

188 months

Thursday 12th January 2012
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Zaxxon said:
What is it with the various sattelite channels fascination with walking mounds of Lard?

Save my life I'm Fat

Help me I can't stop Eating

Harpoon me I'm morbidly obese



Endlless crap about vile, weak willed massively overweight peaple. Are the programmes trying to make it acceptable? A bit overweight is ok but the creatures on these programmes are horrible.

The worst thing is the preview adverts for the programmes, on whilst your preparring the evening meal etc.
I think it is obscene to show these people stripping off on the ads, in the actual programme fine, those who are interested in the subject can watch naked fatties, but the rest of us just don't want to see pasty, wobbling lard.
They can probably spell correctly though ......

RodMod

1,172 posts

239 months

Thursday 12th January 2012
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PurpleMoonlight said:
They can probably spell correctly though ......
That's because of all the Alphabites and Alphabet Spaghetti they munch on.

Rod.

rich85uk

4,386 posts

210 months

Thursday 12th January 2012
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try watching The Chawners

Tv show based on these people:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howabou...

you might end up with a fist shaped hole in your tv after though....

Big Fat Fatty

3,315 posts

187 months

Thursday 12th January 2012
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Too fat to work? If they were willing to get up off their arses and do some they wouldn't be so fat in the first place, where does this sense of entitlement come from anyway, why do they think the rest of us owe them anything?