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It's their problem and their life, of course, so they can do what they want. It doesn't directly bother me. I of course treat them with the respect they deserve as a human being.
I do have a friend on the larger side of things and her room mate is even larger than she is. I feel self conscious going to dinner with them now because my room mate and I are on the smaller side of things and so we eat less and my room mate mentioned something once that the other girl took the wrong way and was deeply insulted by so now I'm afraid to mention anything that has to do with portion sizes or calorie intake or overall health of the food itself.
My larger friend goes to the gym every day with me and yet still does not lose weight because of her portion sizes and what she puts in her body and she complains about not getting any progress and I KNOW it's because she's eating poorly but I'm too afraid to tell her that because I tried it once and she was like, "Nope. You're stupid. I only had this foot long wrap today and that bowl of mac-n-cheese and this bowl of hummus and pita chips and this slice of triple chocolate layer cake and these two glasses of diet coke for lunch. It's not that much. I burned 250 calories at the gym, I can afford this."
And... yeah. So that's that.
I understand the whole medical reason for weight gain but I do believe that most anyone, if they put their mind to it, could lose weight and be thin and healthy if they wanted to. And I would rather see them do something about their weight than sit and stuff their face full of cookies and complain about being fat.
Another person being overweight does not affect me in the slightest so I have no reason to care about their weight. I feel bad for people who try to get in shape but have a hard time losing weight. I eat compulsively and if I didn't have a fast metabolism I would be horribly overweight. I know exactly what it feels like to be out of control with your eating. Some people think that looking in the mirror and being fat would be enough of a motivating factor to diet. I've never been overweight before but honestly, as much as I prefer to be slim, I care about food more. It's a struggle. I don't know if being overweight would be enough of a motivator for me to stop eating as much. So I can sympathize with others who have that issue.
The only thing that annoys me is when people who are obviously overweight try to call themselves curvy. Curvy is when your waist is defined and significantly smaller than your hips. Being thick does not automatically make you curvy, just like being slim does not automatically mean you are shaped like a pole. It is simply annoying when someone with a waist even larger than their hips swears up and down they are a "real woman with curves." How the heck does being a size 12 (or any size at all, for that matter) make you a real woman?
I am also tired of the media acting like being thin is 'out' and being thick is 'in.' How is body shape or size a trend? I mean really, oh well I guess it's not cool to be thin now so I'll stop exercising and gorge on Big Macs ◔_◔
Well the first thing to realize is that being fat/overweight is an unhealthy thing, it's not normal or good by any means and should NOT be viewed as a lifestyle. Obesity is a problem. It kills people and makes peoples' lives worse, and it will do this even more the further it gets ingrained into our society. Treating it like a valid lifestyle only helps this process. Of course this doesn't mean it's completely the person's fault, but some of the time they do share some of the blame for being overweight.
In general you should never be mean or anything to someone whose overweight because for all you know they might've tried vigorously to lose the weight, or it might just be extraordinarily hard for them due to their body. Of course if you know the person hasn't actually tried to lose weight and treats it like a lifestyle then they really they need to be shown that it's not.
Obesity is a huge problem in America because people stuff their faces while not even caring about nutrition or exercise. Part of this is all the advertising and lack of education, but another big part is that people simply don't care and they need to be given a reason to care. I'll say it once again, being overweight is NOT a lifestyle, it's an affliction. Treating it like a lifestyle only worsens the problem of obesity, there's a reason there's a national agenda to end it.
I think if a person is overweight and it's due specifically to lifestyle choices they make that is unfortunate but also not my issue. it's their problem (if it's a problem). I don't think they should stay in a corner and it certainly doesn't mean that I don't care about them or for them if they have issues in their life.
everyone deserves to have kindness and love in their life regardless of their weight.
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Its their life why should I care? I do loose my appetite a bit when I see someone over weight and eating a meal for 7 by themselves. I just wish they could see for themselves how harmful it is to live that way. I see people be mean or rude and I do feel bad but unless they have a disorder like cushing disease or such they brought it upon themselves. I personally wouldn't date an overweight person chubby maybe because I am extremely fit and need someone to run around not sit around and eat a meal for 25.
I don't know. There are so many skinny people who gained weight and so many overweight people who got skinny, some people who were always skinny, some people who were always average, some people who were always overweight... People change all the time. I don't think anything about it. If a person isn't harming other people with their lifestyle choices, then I really don't care. Your body, do what you want with it.
I don't believe that people have suddenly lost an ability they once had to exercise restraint around eating or whatever. Our ancestors, dropped into our society, would, as a group, be fat.
So while individually we each need to do our best to be healthy, from a 'what do I think of fat people' standpoint, I think as a society we need to be considering what elements of our culture result in so many bad outcomes, and how that can be changed.
I think they no better and no worse than anyone else. I firmly believe that people should take care of themselves and respect treat their bodies right. But its their life and they can do as they please. Just don't whine about being overweight if you're always stuffing your face with junk food.
To me, its there lifestyle and there choice. Suffer the pain if discipline or suffer from the pain of regret. I don't shun them for making that choice and do not agree with it, I believe you should be good to your body and keep it doing what its made to do, MOVE and eat natural foods. But that being said to which there own.
I don't really have a problem with overweight people, hang-out with quite a few actually. Just wish that they would realize how harmful it is to themselves being overweight.
I don't have an opinion. Everyone has to live their life as they see fit. However, I think the recent "fat acceptance" movement is just silly.
Although i wish they lived happier lives, as long as their happy, thats all that matters. I dont think of them any different they are people
Indifferent. "Reap what they sow" and all that. I choose mine, they choose theirs.
I think they're weak, but I won't treat them differently or anything. I try to be nice to everyone.
No issues with them. Their life style is their choice.
I wouldn't comment on it because it is their lifestyle. As long as they are happy。
I don't have a problem with them.
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