Has the 'big is beautiful' phenomenom gone too far?

Canada
August 6, 2007 1:13pm CST
Everywhere I go I see huge people, it seems like our world is getting more and obese and people are getting more and more acceptant of it. It's killing us and yet we don't seem to care, even having clubs for Big Beautiful Woman and Those that love them. The truth is tht I have lots of fat friends and everyone of them is stereotypically obese. They sit around, don't get out and exercise, consider a walk to the store to get a chocolate bar 'moderate exercise', are lazy in their homes never doing housework, have bad hygeine and eat horrible food for them. I have one friend whos favorite food is pizza pockets. She weighs over 200 lbs. At over 200 lbs don't you think you should change your dietary habits to not include cheese filled deep fried food? I have another friend that apparently has everything under the sun wrong with her (diabetes, high cholesterol, and on and on and on) and has been told by her doctor that she needs to change her diet drastically, but still eats kraft dinner followed by a big bowl of chocolate ice cream. I'm not kidding when I say EVERY SINGLE one of them is like that, either. I don't know one of my fat friends who plays sports or goes to the gym on a regular basis, one of them who would get a salad over a cheeseburger at a restaurant or one of them who has a house I'd even contemplate living in, it's so dirty. I personally am sick of it. I'm not anorexic looking but I'm a healthy weight (150 lbs) and I look good in my skin. Sometimes I feel paunchy, but I make efforts, going jogging or swimming or playing baseball with my team, to keep my weight ideal and to look and feel fit. If half the fat people I knew made as much of an effort as I do to keep themselves in good shape maybe I wouldn't feel this way, but I do. I'm sick of it. There are simply too many excuses being made from comfortable couches by severely fat people, instead of action.
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@tater03 (1765)
• United States
6 Aug 07
I honestly think that you have to take each case individually. I to have friends like you describe above but I also have friends that have medical conditions that make it harder for them to lose weight. So when I meet someone I just cannot assume they are overweight just because they are lazy because that is just not the case.
• United States
23 Nov 09
So may I ask you how you feel about a girl who is, say, 250 pounds? But this girl eats good portion sizes, doesn't eat deep fat fried foods, and exercises for 30 minutes 5 days of the week? Would you feel that it is horrible to be fat then? I'm certainly not trying to be mean, but it seems your friends are simply lazy. Believe it or not, not EVERYONE who is overweight is lazy. I may not have a job, but I take care of my disabled mother with NO help, and find time to exercise for 30 minutes a day. I am trying to lose weight but believe it or not it's not as easy as munching on salad instead of a cheeseburger. I do admit, however, that they should probably get up off the couch a few times a week. I see no problem if they want to eat what they're eating, just smaller portions.
@teison2 (5921)
• Norway
19 Mar 08
I pity your friends. This was one of the worst posts about friends I have read in a long time. Feel free to attack me - I am sure you will. If you think saying these things about your overweight friends will help in any way you are sadly mistaken. If you are so sickened by them I do not understand why you call yourself their friend. If you were maybe it would be more worthwile and more friend lie to help them? How? I am sure you'll be able to figure that out by yourself since you are so perfect yourself.