Why are all Vegetarians Fat???

Tender Hoop · 03-10-2010 2:20am #1

I eat meat and love it and will continue to eat meat for the rest of my days.

I know many vegetarians, nice people, but personally cant stand their choice.

One thing I have noticed is that they are nearly all over weight. Strange indeed.

My question is how are these people overweight when all they eat are greens???

epgc3fyqirnbsx · 03-10-2010 2:28am

Cos they eat loads of spuds and pasta too

But the ones I know aint fat

Dudess · 03-10-2010 2:29am

Any vegetarian I know is very slim. And I'd imagine the OP is - as usual - talking through his hoop.

alwaysadub · 03-10-2010 2:31am

Ooh, another thread generalising things. Goody.

Funny,most of the vegetarians i know are quite slim.
Could people actually be different sizes?! Shocking.

immature ejaculation · 03-10-2010 2:32am

your fat!

old_aussie · 03-10-2010 2:35am

I know a few vegetarians and they all slim

alwaysadub · 03-10-2010 2:35am

immature ejaculation wrote: »

your fat!

His fat what?

Irish Guitarist · 03-10-2010 2:41am

Vegetarians can eat plenty of things besides greens. Pasta, cheese, rice and yogurt just to mention a few things.

I haven't noticed vegetarians being fatter than anyone else though. I'm a vegetarian and I weigh about three and a half stone less than I did when I ate meat.

I know many vegetarians, nice people, but personally cant stand their choice.

Why do you care what someone else chooses to eat?

Rockery Woman · 03-10-2010 2:44am

I know a few vegetarians - some skinny but most of them overweight.

Im not an expert (or a vegetarian) but Im guessing they are eating more carbohydrate than protien.

Rockery Woman · 03-10-2010 2:47am

oh and one vegetarian I work with.... she is very condescending when it comes to other peoples diets, and almost cries if you eat meat in front of her, but got very annoyed with me when I queried why she wears leather shoes!

She also eats from a chipper which uses lard to cook the chips in but when I told her this she got really p***ed off!!

03-10-2010 2:49am

alwaysadub wrote: »

His fat what?

His fat idol!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjvochvMeeg

R0ot · 03-10-2010 2:59am

Ah vegetarians, oh how I hate them.

the_syco · 03-10-2010 3:56am

I could kill for a burger right about now. One that is well done, no red in the middle, with grease dripping off it. Bit of cheese on it. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Sisko · 03-10-2010 4:02am

Hitler was a veggie , just sayin....

<_<

>_>

That's right folks , 14 posts and I've already Godwined the thread. Deal with it.

Lia_lia · 03-10-2010 4:24am

I'm a vegetarian. (not one of those annoying "aww poor animals!" vegetarians)

...and I'm not fat.

OutlawPete · 03-10-2010 4:36am

I've been eating in Cornucopia for almost twenty years and I don't think I ever saw any any really fat people there in that time.

Now, I've seen quite a few obese people in Burger King and the like though.

Maybe you just know unhealthy vegetarians who don't know how to eat well.

The Pizza, Chips and Diet Coke brigade.

Beans on toast being about the healthiest meal they consume.

xzanti · 03-10-2010 8:52am

Rockery Woman wrote: »

I know a few vegetarians - some skinny but most of them overweight.

Im not an expert (or a vegetarian) but Im guessing they are eating more carbohydrate than protien.

They also eat a lot more dairy products like cheese, unless they're vegan..

Terry · 03-10-2010 9:04am

OutlawPete wrote: »

I've been eating in Cornucopia for almost twenty years and I don't think I ever saw any any really fat people there in that time.

Now, I've seen quite a few obese people in Burger King and the like though.

Maybe you just know unhealthy vegetarians who don't know how to eat well.

The Pizza, Chips and Diet Coke brigade.

Beans on toast being about the healthiest meal they consume.

Food of the gods.

Anyway, the reason they are fat is that they don't hunt their food.

I know a slightly over weight vegan.
He had a hissy fit when I told him that certain plants have a similar central nervous system to some animals.
He was none too pleased when I asked him what he was going to eat now.

cormie · 03-10-2010 9:10am

Just because you're vegetarian, doesn't mean you're healthy and just because something is suitable for vegetarians, doesn't mean it's healthy either.

Nevermind being overweight, a lot of vegetarians just look very unhealthy because they aren't getting the right nutrition elsewhere.

Most people don't eat enough vegetables and fruit anyway and when you cut out something like meat from an already deficient diet, well you're not going to cope very well.

If you're going to go vegetarian or vegan, or already are, it's important to get the best nutrition possible, as it is with meat eaters too, do all people do this? No.

A lot of the "meat substitutes" have little to no nutrition anyway and this is what a lot of vegetarians go for, cheap, taste bud pleasing junk.

A diet with plenty of (organic) dark green leafy veg, fruit, sprouts and adequate nuts and seeds and of course exercise will help you maintain a healthy lifestyle.

bnt · 03-10-2010 9:28am

Terry wrote: »

I know a slightly over weight vegan.
He had a hissy fit when I told him that certain plants have a similar central nervous system to some animals.
He was none too pleased when I asked him what he was going to eat now.

Love the animals ... Hate the plants! As if a central nervous system determines whether or not an organism is food? :cool:

I do like good vegetarian cooking, such as Indian, but that stuff will kill you too. I've tried cooking some myself, and the amount of oil (coconut, ghee etc.) used in some Indian cuisine is insane. Even worse: vegans won't eat normal ghee, which is butterfat, but "vegetable ghee" is similar to margarine and is even worse for you. If you're poor and working on a building site in Delhi, you need the energy, but otherwise ...

King Felix · 03-10-2010 9:55am

Terry wrote: »

He had a hissy fit when I told him that certain plants have a similar central nervous system to some animals.
He was none too pleased when I asked him what he was going to eat now.

Tell him about the 'Backster Effect' next time he goes to dig in to a plate of greens.
That'll really freak him out.

OT; I've met very few fat vegetarians.

/non-thread.

Chuchoter · 03-10-2010 10:01am

I know several vegetarians (all of whom are between 15 and 20), none of whom are fat. In fact for most of them, its an eating disorder they want to cover up to others and themselves with something more acceptable.

Wibbs · 03-10-2010 10:03am

Veggies like anybody can be big or small or can have good diets or bad. The fat ones Ive known may not eat meat, but are mad for carbs and not just pasta, they're big sweet eaters.