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Why are Irish people getting so fat??

yank_in_eire · 2009-07-29 21:25:50

Where I'm from back in the States it's not unusual to see people who are so fat they can't walk and have to use those electric scooters to haul their lard around. When I first visited Ireland 8 years ago you had to search far and wide to find a big fattie like that but now your average day trip to the Square will result in…

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#92 05-08-2009 9:47am
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Don't know if this has been posted on this thead yet but:

www.thisiswhyyourefat.com

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#93 05-08-2009 10:10am
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vibe666 wrote: »

is anyone else secretly quite chuffed that a lot of the skinny attractive looking eastern european types that have been here a while are all starting to go a bit pudgy round the middle?

only if you're an irish girl id guess....:D

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#94 05-08-2009 10:49am
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LouOB wrote: »

1. Irish women - we were never taught to cook 'properly' hence we now go for convenience foods. Men can hardly take care of themselves - pitiful creatures altogether

Ah now come on, speak for yourself there now, I was thought to cook 'properly' thank you very much and most of my friends are great cooks also, that includes men (well the 2 chefs anyways ). And what does 'properly' mean anyways? I can cook very healthy food, which is what I have most days, and when I'm having the odd dinner party it is not so healthy food, like a homemade lamb rogan josh with extra sour cream!! :eek:

I think the difference in Ireland now is that people tend to overdo it at times, high cal food is fine every now and again as a treat. But even when eating healthy it's important to exercise, it's also great when you feel angry, sad, tired, drained or bored!!

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#95 05-08-2009 11:13am
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vibe666 wrote: »

is anyone else secretly quite chuffed that a lot of the skinny attractive looking eastern european types that have been here a while are all starting to go a bit pudgy round the middle?

Some of them are quite pudgy in the right places too - God bless em.

Do the cut those jeans off every night and sew them back on in the morning?

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#96 05-08-2009 2:56pm
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AnonoBoy wrote: »

Don't know if this has been posted on this thead yet but: www.thisiswhyyourefat.com

that's freaking awesome!

awww, now i'm hungry.

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#97 07-08-2009 3:13am
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vibe666 wrote: »

is anyone else secretly quite chuffed that a lot of the skinny attractive looking eastern european types that have been here a while are all starting to go a bit pudgy round the middle?

stateofflux wrote: »

only if you're an irish girl id guess....:D

Or a Nigerian guy... boom boom.

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#98 07-08-2009 6:24am
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well i work in a petrol station and sometimes wonder how did this person get so fat and then they come up to me with a half kg bag of pick and mix worth 2,500 calories at least and then i go oh right.............

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#99 07-08-2009 6:37pm
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georgiecasey wrote: »

Or a Nigerian guy... boom boom.

very true....i worked with a nigerian guy.....loved his big asses....

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#100 08-08-2009 2:39am
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stateofflux wrote: »

very true....i worked with a nigerian guy.....loved his big asses....

How on earth do you notice such??....any confessions to make he/:D

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#101 08-08-2009 2:56am
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ha my thread moving here is very weird.I get the point that you are trying to make but jesus h christ.Anyway moving swiftly on...

When i was in Florida I saw many people who were too fat to walk and had to use a wheel chair to get around.I thought at first it may have just been someone with elephantitus but someone who knows more about it told me otherwise.

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#102 08-08-2009 3:00am
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poisonated wrote: »

I had a very nice pizza earlier and it got me thinking...when you are ordering pizza delivery,what do you get them to put on it?
I generally go for ur ma with extra cheese and I have a big sausage to complement it.If that isn't available...I have pepperoni and bacon:D

Urge to kill.......rising.......

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#103 08-08-2009 3:02am
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http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055635870

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#104 08-08-2009 3:09am
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I make my own pizzas in Supervalu for a fiver. As many toppings as I want.

Mushrooms
Ham
Pepperoni
etc.

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#105 08-08-2009 3:27am
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good question OP. Also has anyone noticed how all the hot girls from school are FAT now? I recently signed up for facebook and had some old friends from school contact me, some of them were the quintessential "hot popular girls" from school... they are BLUBBERY now, all of them.

I think it comes down to two things; DRINK and LAZINESS.

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#106 08-08-2009 9:13am
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It's not just the women. Not by a long shot. I know very few blokes who haven't got "middle aged spread" by their mid 20's. I'd know more trim women actually.

Wrong foods, portion size and not moving much = Fat. It's not genetic either. Our grandparents were a lot lighter than us(mine anyway, I'm old:D). Eat like them, meat and two veg, porridge for brekky and walk to work. That'll slim most up. So you dont need to be one of those austere, self flagellating, tiresome, organic pulse eating gym bunny types either.

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#107 09-08-2009 1:03pm
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procure11 wrote: »

How on earth do you notice such??....any confessions to make he/:D

notice big asses? they are quite hard to miss lol :pac::pac::pac:.....*drools over the tenth 4 star menu that came through letterbox and stares into fridge with a half of a tomato and 1 slice of tesco ham....for health reasons....*

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#108 10-08-2009 3:38pm
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totally agree with Wibbs.

i know why i'm fat. at the end of the day I take in more calories than I expend and I lack the motivation to expend more calories than I take in (yes, due to laziness).

unfortunately, until i manage to convince myself that going out for a walk is a better idea than eating junk, staying in and watching tv and playing video games, nothing is going to change.

I KNOW this, it's just too easy to keep doing nothing instead of something about it.

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