Are you happy being fat (Overweight)

Thread life expediency - cream cake in presence of person that is just big boned.

I'm a size 14, about a stone and a half overweight, and perfectly happy.

I lost more than half of my body weight already through hard work and determination, so I couldn't give a flying fcuk if I never lose the last bit. I like how I look, and if somebody calls me fat (not that it happens much, I AM fat but am rarely called it to my face), I say that I know and ask if they have anything of substance to say.

Skinny people have it worse

mdwexford wrote: »

This.

Everyone would rather have a healthy and attractive body than not.

Sure, but why does that mean overweight people aren't truly happy?

I'd love to drop the last bit of weight I need to lose. If I don't though - big swinging mickey, I'm attactive enough already.

I'd also love a boat, a mansion and five million euro, but I'm perfectly happy without those.

There is a bit of a language failure with the question and people are on different wavelenghts. Mainly the context of the word happy.

uch wrote: »

Feck off, we're fat and happy

I'm 5'9" ........ 220 lbs .......... balding .......... philosophical ........ whimsical ....... spontaneous ......... and (I can honestly say ) that the only things that makes me mad are some boardsies.

I know if I'm reading the National Inquirer, watching Fox News or listening to that überDickhead Mikey Graham - what to expect. But on boards.ie, where I come to relax, you never know.
And that is the beauty of boards! I can't believe I just said that. Perhaps too many Long Island Ice Teas

I saw a programme a few years ago about a man that was stabbed and survived the attack. His fat stopped the knife reaching his internal organs. If he hadn't been overweight he would have most likely have been killed.

Irish Guitarist wrote: »

I saw a programme a few years ago about a man that was stabbed and survived the attack. His fat stopped the knife reaching his internal organs. If he hadn't been overweight he would have most likely have been killed.

Take it away baby!

I don't think anyone would choose to be overweight/fat for the sake of being it (okay, I'm sure someone would, but most people wouldn't). But I can completely understand why people 'choose' to be in the real world.

I did sports all through uni and after I graduated I took to the gym. It was great. I enjoyed it and I was in great shape. Good times. I'd spend an hour in the gym, six days per week. And I'd spend a lot of time keeping track of what I ate and preparing healthy food. After two years of that, I was really happy with how I looked.

Now, I never work out and I'm overweight. I'm getting more and more overweight. I hate being overweight, but....it's just a matter of priorities.

I have a long commute (~1 hour each way) followed by a demanding job with reasonably long hours. If I leave my apartment at 6am, I'll be walking in the door at 6pm. I don't have a car, the nearest gym would be 20 minutes out of my way, and expensive too! But I'd still do it, except...on my night and weekends, I'm trying to complete a post-graduate degree.

For the last three years, that's been my life. When I'm not at work, I'm at school. Every 4 months or so, I'll have a week or two without class, but not enough to make a difference in my fitness. So I don't bother.

I've tried to do little things that people talk about. Take the stairs! Walk at a brisk pace. It's all a joke. When I worked out properly I saw real results, but this stuff is just an annoyance. It doesn't help.

Yeah, I could start eating like a rabbit and, while I'd still be out of shape, I'd be skinny and out of shape; but it just comes back to not being worth it. The highlight of my day is ducking out of the office and eating a large, fattening lunch. Giving it up so I can be slightly less fat seems like a bad deal.

Ultimately, yes, I'm choosing to be fat. But I'm choosing my job, my education and my wife over hitting the gym. So, it sucks, but it's where I'm at. I can only imagine what it would be like if I had kids to worry about on top of it all.

UCDVet wrote: »

I don't think anyone would choose to be overweight/fat for the sake of being it (okay, I'm sure someone would, but most people wouldn't). But I can completely understand why people 'choose' to be in the real world.

I did sports all through uni and after I graduated I took to the gym. It was great. I enjoyed it and I was in great shape. Good times. I'd spend an hour in the gym, six days per week. And I'd spend a lot of time keeping track of what I ate and preparing healthy food.

Now, I never work out and I'm overweight. I'm getting more and more overweight. I hate being overweight, but....it's just a matter of priorities.

I have a long commute (~1 hour each way) followed by a demanding job with reasonably long hours. If I leave my apartment at 6am, I'll be walking in the door at 6pm. I don't have a car, the nearest gym would be 20 minutes out of my way, and expensive too! But I'd still do it, except...on my night and weekends, I'm trying to complete a post-graduate degree.

For the last three years, that's been my life. When I'm not at work, I'm at school. Every 4 months or so, I'll have a week or two without class, but not enough to make a difference in my fitness. So I don't bother.

I've tried to do little things that people talk about. Take the stairs! Walk at a brisk pace. It's all a joke. When I worked out properly I saw real results, but this stuff is just an annoyance. It doesn't help.

Yeah, I could start eating like a rabbit and, while I'd still be out of shape, I'd be skinny and out of shape; but it just comes back to not being worth it. The highlight of my day is ducking out of the office and eating a large, fattening lunch. Giving it up so I can be slightly less fat seems like a bad deal.

Ultimately, yes, I'm choosing to be fat. But I'm choosing my job, my education and my wife over hitting the gym. So, it sucks, but it's where I'm at. I can only imagine what it would be like if I had kids to worry about on top of it all.

I know a guy who moved from his tiny Austrian hometown, became a pro athlete, became wealthy in the property market, managed to break into hollywood as a leading man, married into royalty and later held political office and he managed to stay in pretty good shape throughout.

busy isn't an excuse, be fat all you want but please spare everyone the whining

urabell wrote: »

I know a guy who moved from his tiny Austrian hometown, became a pro athlete, became wealthy in the property market, managed to break into hollywood as a leading man, married into royalty and later held political office and he managed to stay in pretty good shape throughout.

busy isn't an excuse, be fat all you want but please spare everyone the whining

Actually - he didn't stay in shape at all. Compared to the shape he was in, he completely abandoned working out. And, let's be honest, becoming a pro-athlete got him lots and lots of money. He started business ventures in the fitness industry that he couldn't have done without being a world-class bodybuilder and having the money from his winnings. His entire success was predicated on him being in great shape. He did invest in real estate at a great time to be in real estate. But I've got investments too! The difference between mine and his is that he had LOTS of money to invest. If I make 30% one year, it's a great year for me, but we're talking peanuts. If I had a few million invested, it woudl be a different story.

His break into Hollywood - again, was all about being in shape. Being in shape made him rich and famous.

The guy is an amazing success. I'm a fan of his, I really am. But everything he did was built around being in shape, and the success that came with it. Without his movies, fame, and money; I don't believe he would have been elected into political office and once he did, he fitness level dropped. From world class bodybuilder to not too bad is no different than me going from 'In shape for a regular dude' to 'Overweight for a regular dude'.

Also - there was no whining. Just my personal take on it. When I started school I also stopped playing World of Warcraft. I'm not whining about not playing WoW - it's just how it is. I decided to stop working out and I decided to stop playing WoW. My choices. If someone had a thread on why people choose not to play WoW, I might share my opinion on that too.