65% of americans are fat

Dis · April 27, 2003, 03:18

sad

Yes this is another americans are fat thread in theory. But I can back this up. I saw this statistic on the front page article of a USA today newspaper. So it must be true

What bothers me is I'm paying for these *******s health care. I think think thin people and non-smokers should pay less for health care. What do you think? Of course we don't have a national health care system. Mine is a private one provided by my company. I still have to pay $20 a month for it. Which is too much if you ask me. I never go to a doctor. I'm perfectly healthy. I think I should be able to pay less.

But anyways. How can america ever sustain its power if it is so fat? How long until we cannot provide soldiers to fight wars because they are so fat? I hold my prediction that in 50 to 100 years America will not be a superpower.

orange · April 27, 2003, 03:24

yeah. Americans are decadent spoiled *******s.

I don't think it's a phenomenon exclusive to the US, but it is sad to see how many severely overweight people there are in this country. Get out and jog, stop indulging so much in food. I know too many people who live to eat, rather than eat to live. It's very, very sad. I want to say something to them, but of course that would be anti-PC and unaccepting of 'exercise challenged' people. Especially the ones that are fat asses and try to wear skimply clothes. Christ!

Dis · April 27, 2003, 03:37

I do have to include my past self in that case. I did weigh up to 185 pounds at one point.

I didn't own a scale for the longest time, so I went and bought one. When I saw how much I weighed I strived to lose weight.

I exercised, but really the best way to lose weight is to eat less. I suggest cutting servings by 40%. That is what I did. It takes a lot of discipline though. I won't say it is easy.

And I just heard that being fat increases the chances of cancer. Which makes sense, I'm suprised they are now just finding this our.

diabetes, heart disease, cancer. Do you need any more motiviation?

Lancer · April 27, 2003, 03:42

Shouldn't charge fat, smoking Americans more for health care because they pay the same social security and use less.

orange · April 27, 2003, 03:45

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I did weigh up to 185 pounds at one point.

You heffer! Seriously...that's nothing.

Gatekeeper · April 27, 2003, 03:56

I'm sure we can do a genetic scan of your nuts and bolts, Dissident, and find something "awry," which can then be used to make you pay more for your health insurance, hmm? Thin doesn't necessarily mean you're healthy.

My point being that we're *all* screwed up in one area or another at the genetic level. Life isn't always crisp and organized, y'know. Lots of junk DNA in us. Plenty of nooks and crannies exist to stuff an obscure risk factor or two in.

Gatekeeper

red_jon · April 27, 2003, 04:04

I'm underweight, but naturally so. I eat right, and never put weight on or lose it.

But then to be on target weight when you're 6'5" would mean you could platten a baby hippo with your foot

Bosh · April 27, 2003, 04:10

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65% of americans are fat

Must be some strange measure, I don't think even us americans are quite that fat. But then common BMI-based measures of being overweight can be pretty screwy at times...

MLeonard · April 27, 2003, 04:14

i'm underweight... NOT MY PROBLEM!

Dis · April 27, 2003, 04:17

well I don't have a large frame, so 185 pounds for me was like 40 pounds overweight. I'm still like 10 pounds higher than I want to be. But I'm still losing 1 pound every week or two, so I'm happy with that.

And you can do a genetic scan. There is no history of heart disease or cancer, or any other bad thing in my family. I am perfectly healthy. My only flaw is I'm not good looking. I wish women can see my insides to see how great I am

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muxec · April 27, 2003, 04:18

Diss, and what is the percentage of stupid americans?

red_jon · April 27, 2003, 04:20

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Originally posted by Dissident
I wish women can see my insides to see how great I am

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All you need is a scalpel, a coupla clean tissues and a helluva lot of vodka.

MLeonard · April 27, 2003, 04:21

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Originally posted by red_jon

All you need is a scalpel, and coupla clean tissues and a helluva lot of vodka.

or x-ray specs!

Gatekeeper · April 27, 2003, 04:27

You should offer yourself for cloning then, Diss.

Dis · April 27, 2003, 04:29

good idea.

I am so great, everybody should be me

muxec · April 27, 2003, 04:33

The good person must be in huge amount.

Diss, you must be fat

red_jon · April 27, 2003, 04:38

Isn't Australia competing for the fat title?

Kropotkin · April 27, 2003, 04:43

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Originally posted by Dissident
And I just heard that being fat increases the chances of cancer.

Everything increases the chances of getting cancer.

Rogan Josh · April 27, 2003, 05:21

Diss, it isn't the likelihood of you getting seriously ill that is the problem - it is the high cost if you do. If you were to contract cancer tomorrow it would cost your health insurance a lot of money.

low risk * high cost = medium insurance costs

$20 a month seems rather cheap to me.

Demerzel · April 27, 2003, 05:49

65% of Americans are fat eh? Looks like MaccyDs should watch out for more legal cases along the lines of "McDonalds are evil and made me fat when I ate 3 of their Big Macs for lunch each day this year!"

Frozzy · April 27, 2003, 06:04

I would say I'm fat, but it's more likely related to slow metabolism. I eat right (perhaps maybe a few snacks like fruit, or maybe one day some chips (crisps to Brits) between meals), and I play soccer, cricket, gridiron and rugby.

My parents were "fat", so it's just slow metabolism...

Rogan Josh · April 27, 2003, 06:33

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Originally posted by Frozzy
I would say I'm fat, but it's more likely related to slow metabolism. I eat right (perhaps maybe a few snacks like fruit, or maybe one day some chips (crisps to Brits) between meals), and I play soccer, cricket, gridiron and rugby.

My parents were "fat", so it's just slow metabolism...

Judging from your avatar, a 'slow metabolism' is a little hard to believe...

Alexander's Horse · April 27, 2003, 06:57

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Originally posted by red_jon
Isn't Australia competing for the fat title?

Yes it is - but I have lost 10 Kilos (22 pounds or one and a half stone) over the past few months.

My secret? Eat a hearty lunch after 2pm each day and then only have a very light meal for dinner, say toast or breakfast cereal. Drink lots of tea.

I've gone from over 90 kilos to around 80 (or around 14 stone/200 pounds) to 80 kilos (under 12 and a half stone/180 pounds)

Either that or I have cancer

Demerzel · April 27, 2003, 07:29

1lb a week is the safe limit for losing weight - that requires you to burn 3500 calories more than what you intake.

That means you can safely lose a stone in weight every 3 mths. So for most Americans to get to normal weight would take a couple of years

VJ · April 27, 2003, 10:15

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Drink lots of tea.

Actually, water would be better.

Drinking anything tends to take a mild hunger away.

Skanky Burns · April 27, 2003, 10:19

I have the opposite problem - I couldn't be bothered eating. I weigh 55kgs, exactly the same weight as my fiance who is a hell of a lot shorter than I am. Alas.

But now that she cooks for me (rather than me cooking for me) I eat much more than I used to, and am gaining weight. Or so I hope. But since this post has not much at all to do with the topic, I now return you to your regular programming...

Pekka · April 27, 2003, 11:13

If YOU want to lose weight, I suggest you stop eating that donut you disgusting fat body!
Let's go with 3 pounds per week. Forget about eating little, just eat correctly. Come to me fat camp, where we will sweat it off, KILL those invading fat cells.
5km run every morning, 2 hour HARD workout including mostly cardio workout. And that's just the first week, before we discover weight lifting, swimming and wrestling! I WILL KILL YOU! Then I will give you birth again, you're different person. IT WILL HURT! I'll promise sweat, tears and pain, you'll cry for help but it's not coming dude! So SUCK IT UP, because it's time to make you a better person.

Pekka · April 27, 2003, 11:16

and if you bring up excuses like candy bars to my camp, I'm gonna personally kick your ass! If you start with 'it's my genes' crap, YOU WILL GET ANOTHER BEATING!
If you're not up to it, then you'll just have to be fat forever, and the chicks won't like you!

Bereta_Eder · April 27, 2003, 11:24

I was never fat

Pekka · April 27, 2003, 11:27

paiktis, but you are not cut and ripped either, now are you? WE MAKE YOU MEAN, LEAN KILLING MACHINE! So.. SHUT UP and get your butt moving right now!