Are you happy being fat (Overweight)

uch

Taking from the earlier thread about obesiety, are you a happy Fatso.

Personally, I'm very comfortable being an xxl

SweepTheLeg

I was a chubby kid and hated it, got into shape in my early teens and have never felt better. I don't know someone could be happy being overweight, it's not healthy.

Professey Chin

Everytime I get any kind of gut I hate it. So no

Addle

No.
And I don't believe anyone who writes they are!

anncoates

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

SV

uch wrote: »

Taking from the earlier thread about obesiety, are you a happy Fatso.

Personally, I'm very comfortable being an xxl

the only thing I will ever be happy about being an xxl in is condom size.

Penny Tration

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.

PizzamanIRL

I'm unhappy being skinny.

Sierra Hole Borer

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

I'm unhappy being skinny.

Eat more pizzas?

diograis

uch wrote: »

Taking from the earlier thread about obesiety, are you a happy Fatso.

Personally, I'm very comfortable being an xxl

i laughed so hard at this

Evelyn Cusack

Skinny people have it worse

Frosty McSnowballs

Stupid big bones!

dodderangler

Hey fat face!!!! You stay classy

Professey Chin

Im not fat. Im festively plump

PizzamanIRL

Sierra Hole Borer wrote: »

Eat more pizzas?

Too expensive and I wouldn't want to put on 'bad' weight.

mdwexford

Addle wrote: »

No.
And I don't believe anyone who writes they are!

This.

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

lau1247

No, i was overweight but this year i lost a good lot of it, as a result my clothes fit better and i'm in much better shape overall

I like the newer thinner me

Hello_MrFox

If i cant see my top 2 abs clearly defined, its time to do something drastic.

Penny Tration

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.

Catari Jaguar

Hello_MrFox wrote: »

If i cant see my top 2 abs clearly defined, its time to do something drastic.

Apt username

Professey Chin

green_screen wrote: »

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.

Christ id love a boat

J_E

I'm not quite to a point where it particularly bothers me but I have just gotten a membership to a local swimming pool/gym and am planning to trim up a little.

mdwexford

green_screen wrote: »

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.

Might be happy but would be even happier and more confident etc with a perfect body.

I won't be truly happy till I get the mansion as well.

Addle

green_screen wrote: »

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.

That's not really a fair comparison though.
You have it within your power to do something about your weight, which you have.
Your ability to accumulate economically valuable assets isn't as accessible.

uch

Addle wrote: »

That's not really a fair comparison though.
You have it within your power to do something about your weight, which you have.
Your ability to accumulate economically valuable assets isn't as accessible.

Feck off, we're fat and happy

AlanS181824

I've always been underweight no matter how much I eat I just stay the same!
But if I had a choice between underweight or overweight I'd probably stay the same as I think it'd be easier to gain weight than to lose it both emotionally and physically. But I know a good few "overweight" people who are totally content with how much they weight.
So it really is an individual's choice.

Skuxx

I think if anyone says they are happy being fat hasn't experienced the high you get from doing some exercise and getting into shape! You might think your happy now but you'd be a whole lot happier (and healthier) if you weren't fat!! And once you get into shape you'll never go back to your old ways!!

freshpopcorn

Skuxx wrote: »

And once you get into shape you'll never go back to your old ways!!

I know lots of people who has lost loads of weight and put it all back on because they missed their old life, eating healthy/excising just made them miserable.

Pj!

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

Sir Osis of Liver.

Well happy with my relaxed muscle.

GoAheadCaller

Why is everyone so concerned with OTHER people's weight? I think these people must not have much going on in their own lives.

uch

GoAheadCaller wrote: »

Why is everyone so concerned with OTHER people's weight? I think these people must not have much going on in their own lives.

To maybe be active, or be fit ?

WilyCoyote

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

uch

mdwexford wrote: »

Might be happy but would be even happier and more confident etc with a perfect body.

I won't be truly happy till I get the mansion as well.

Another fattie I bet

biko

Hey Fatty Boom Boom

WilyCoyote

Skuxx wrote: »

I think if anyone says they are happy being fat hasn't experienced the high you get from doing some exercise and getting into shape! You might think your happy now but you'd be a whole lot happier (and healthier) if you weren't fat!! And once you get into shape you'll never go back to your old ways!!

Am not quite sure that you know what you're talking about. I work out for 40 mins each weekday. But I know people in the gym that are addicted to their gym schedules or getting their endorphin fixes by other ways.
These people are some of the most boring that I've ever met. And are avoided by most - other than other gym bunnies.

I was at a party a few nights ago and there were some people walking around with bottles of water. I mean ........ bottles of water! WTF! And they discussed their gym regimes with anyone that wished to be bored to death.
The upside of this was ......... all these H2Os left before 11pm and the party took off

uch

WilyCoyote wrote: »

Am not quite sure that you know what you're talking about. I work out for 40 mins each weekday. But I know people in the gym that are addicted to their gym schedules or getting their endorphin fixes by other ways.
These people are some of the most boring that I've ever met. And are avoided by most - other than other gym bunnies.

I was at a party a few nights ago and there were some people walking around with bottles of water. I mean ........ bottles of water! WTF! And they discussed their gym regimes with anyone that wished to be bored to death.
The upside of this was ......... all these H2Os left before 11pm and the party took off

Good Lad !

WilyCoyote

biko wrote: »

Hey Fatty Boom Boom

Sure I heard this back in the early/late 60s

Irish Guitarist

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.

SV

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.

but if he hadn't been fat he probably would have been able to run away from the attack :pac:

WilyCoyote

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!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgLMO4dAImM

Galwayguy35

Was very fat as a kid, no big surprise considering I was shoving all the wrong kinds of food down me gob and taking no exercise.

Was called every name under the sun at school so at 15 I decided fook this and changed my diet and exercised every day.

Never going back to those days again.

Princess Peach

Skuxx wrote: »

I think if anyone says they are happy being fat hasn't experienced the high you get from doing some exercise and getting into shape! You might think your happy now but you'd be a whole lot happier (and healthier) if you weren't fat!! And once you get into shape you'll never go back to your old ways!!

I'm much happier being fat now that I'm in recovery for eating disorders than when I was in shape and obsessed. For me being thin didn't make me happy at all, and it's taken a lot of work to come to a place where I don't rely on my appearance for comfort and confidence.

I'll be healthier if I lose weight, which I am conscious of, but its not my main goal since I know it won't make me any happier

Cee-Jay-Cee

diograis wrote: »

i laughed so hard at this

You don't get out much, do you?

UCDVet

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.

*sobs into pillow*

urabell

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

MRnotlob606

tbh i wish i had more weight at sometimes,Im only 10 stone atm

UCDVet

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.

Teyla Emmagan

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

Nothing about that is whining. He has loads of perfectly fair and rational reasons as to why he's overweight. He's chosen to make other things his priority for the time being.

Am also pretty sure most people don't want to emulate Arnie or consider him a particularly good role model.

Princess Peach

Thinking about celebs being in great shape, how many hours a week do regular people spend doing shopping, cleaning, cooking and such that celebs can pay someone to do?

I'd do much more exercise if I could come home to a clean house and a good meal ready for me everyday!