Can you be fat and happy?

Volvoboy · 04-02-2006 08:32PM #1

Listening to the fm104 phone show there last week and the topic was can you be fat and happy?

now, i'm not a small fella by no means of the imagination but i'm as happy as larry, when i look in the mirror i dont see a fat or obese person looking back all i see is 'me', i have a good life, job, friends etc. what do you think can you be fat and happy?

i'm fat and i'm happy
38' waist
6ft 3
17 st

jesus_thats_gre · 04-02-2006 08:36PM

I am bigger that yourself and am at about 95% happiness..

TerrorFirmer · 04-02-2006 08:38PM

17 stone, 6'3 and a 38 waist? That doesn't really add up.....unless you are either muscular, or have a beer belly as opposed to being actually generally fat - but judging from the thread topic I hardly imagine it's the former.

I'm 13 1/2 stone and wear the same size (38) trousers usually, so I don't see how somebody nearly four stone heavier then me wears the same trousers

Of course you can be fat and happy. It's not so much about being fat; it's about how you feel about being fat which varies from person to person.

Uthur · 04-02-2006 08:38PM

Volvoboy wrote:

Listening to the fm104 phone show there last week and the topic was can you be fat and happy?

Why not? If weight isn't something you care about you can be as fat
as you like and be perfectly happy. One size does not fit all as they
say

deaddonkey · 04-02-2006 08:41PM

Ask Frank Black, he'd tell you for sure.

hullaballoo · 04-02-2006 08:41PM

Fat is subjective.

/Edit. Actually so is happiness. So I don't know what my point is.

Faith · 04-02-2006 08:42PM

HavoK wrote:

17 stone, 6'3 and a 38 waist? That doesn't really add up.....unless you are either muscular, or have a beer belly as opposed to being actually generally fat - but judging from the thread topic I hardly imagine it's the former.

I'm 13 1/2 stone and wear the same size (38) trousers usually, so I don't see how somebody nearly four stone heavier then me wears the same trousers

Because height plays a huge part. If he's 6'3 and you're, for example, 5'8, that's how he wears the same size trousers. He has more body for the weight to spread over.

TerrorFirmer · 04-02-2006 08:43PM

Faith wrote:

Because height plays a huge part. If he's 6'3 and you're, for example, 5'8, that's how he wears the same size trousers. He has more body for the weight to spread over.

I'm 6'1 and fairly broad :cool:

So 2 inches doesn't really explain that in an almost four stone variation two guys wear the same trousers

Not that I care like lol, just a silly thing, but anybody I know that's 17 stone or over wears size 42 or over....

ST* · 04-02-2006 08:45PM

In fairness VB, your height would carry off your weight.
and to answer your question, I think its person dependant.
I know when I was a bit bigger, I wasn't too happy tbh. It wasn't
all about looking better, I feel better healthwise too. I'd a hell of alot of
baby weight to get shot of, and did. I'm lighter now than before I had the
two kids. I've a couple of friends who are + sizes, and their attitudes vary.
One of which is fine with it, a happy person. and and one or two others lament about not sticking to diets like its the only thing in the world that matters. People have lost sight of the real issue, which is the health benefits involved with weight loss. not to get into those old jeans or whatever.

hullaballoo · 04-02-2006 08:47PM

Shock_Treatment wrote:

In fairness VB, your height would carry off your weight.
and to answer your question, I think its person dependant.
I know when I was a bit bigger, I wasn't too happy tbh. It wasn't
all about looking better, I feel better healthwise too. I'd a hell of alot of
baby weight to get shot of, and did. I'm lighter now than before I had the
two kids. I've a couple of friends who are + sizes, and their attitude varies.
One of which is fine with it, a happy person. and and one or two others lament about not sticking to diets like its the only thing in the world that matters. People have lost sight of the real issue, which is the health issues involved. not to get into those old jeans or whatever.

Ah so it is subjective.

ST* · 04-02-2006 08:49PM

hullaballoo wrote:

Ah so it is subjective.

Love the sig, has a nice psychotic touch to it

Ickle Magoo · 04-02-2006 08:51PM

Of course you can be fat & happy, same as you can be skinny & happy, ugly & happy, etc, etc.....

If you are overweight but happy with your weight and life in general, you will obviously be a fat, happy person....if your weight contributes to making you miserable or you over eat as a result of being unhappy, you will be an unhappy fat person.....

I was 4stone overweight after I had my son but I can honestly say I had never been happier....that's not to say I wanted to be 4stone overweight but I was really, really happy - and fat!

HashSlinging · 04-02-2006 08:53PM

Hey im 6' 5', loose 38 waist and weigh 19 stone.. happy with my lot anyway.

Blisterman · 04-02-2006 09:01PM

Aren't fat people supposed to be jolly?

azezil · 04-02-2006 09:02PM

I could never be, some years ago I was living at home, depressed and went up to 11 1/2 stone came close to 12... hated how I looked, back to 10 1/2 now

I'm 5'10", 31' waist

dundalk cailin · 04-02-2006 09:11PM

Think there is more pressure on girls (in my opinion anyway)
Im not near happy with my figure, im 1.65m (5 ft 5), im a 12-14, round 10.5 stone and i am very self conscious of how i look. i suppose by irish standards there's a lot of girls out there the same size as me or bigger. most of my friends are bigger than me, my 3 closest friends are, and they're not happywith their figures. But im doing something bout it (healthier diet, more exercise) so i guess im dealing with the issue

spiderlegs · 04-02-2006 09:16PM

deaddonkey wrote:

Ask Frank Black, he'd tell you for sure.

Words of wisdom indeed.

Volvoboy · 04-02-2006 09:22PM

Ask Frank Black, he'd tell you for sure.

Googled his name i take it hes a singer, .

anyhew, i think that most people are so selfcontious -(i hope i spelled that right) about what people think hence, unhappy, just remember people are judgemental about everything in this world and they are never happy, you are.

cormie · 04-02-2006 09:23PM

Maybe you never think about it, but would you not prefer to be a bit more slim? If done correctly it would mean you will be far more healthier. Would you not prefer that, would you not be happier knowing you were more healthy?

Havok..... there's no way you're a 38! What you talking bout son? Here's Havok,

Terry · 04-02-2006 09:24PM

azezil wrote:

I could never be, some years ago I was living at home, depressed and went up to 11 1/2 stone came close to 12... hated how I looked, back to 10 1/2 now

I'm 5'10", 31' waist

you put on weight when you were depressed?
i was the opposite.
i'm 6' 2" and when i was at my suicidal stage (about 8 or 9 years ago. 21 years old then and a fully grown man) i weighed 9 stone. now i'm kind of happy and weigh 17 stone, which makes me technically obese.

i have a friend (see picture in the know your nerds thread) who is 5' 8" and did weigh 17 stone. he's now down to 12 1/2 and looks a shell of his former self. i don't think the weight loss has made him any happier.

oh yeah. 38" waist. most of my body weight is beer and pizza related. very large beer belly.

Mr.Nice Guy · 04-02-2006 09:24PM

You can't be fat and happy. Fat people aren't happy, they're jolly.

ST* · 04-02-2006 09:25PM

cormie wrote:

Havok..... there's no way you're a 38! What you talking bout son? Here's Havok,

Maybe he gets the bigger trousers for another reason altogether :v:

:eek:

Binomate · 04-02-2006 09:25PM

My old man seems to be hapy enough and he's a giant. Has a huge belly on him. I'm the other end of the scale. 6"2, 32" waist and I'm only 8 stone. Everyone keeps telling me that I should be a certain weight and should match standards for my weight but I'm happy as I am thanks very much. Either way, fat or thin you can be happy.

Cableguy · 04-02-2006 09:27PM

Just answering a stupid question without reading any reply`s

YES OF COURSE

What a stupid question.

Terry · 04-02-2006 09:31PM

6' 2" and 8 stone. :eek:

dude, you seriously need to put on some weight. that's not healthy.
when i was underweight i suffered from heart palpitations and they are scary as ****. pretty much harmless, but scary nonetheless.
no, that's just wrong. you need at least another 2 stone, if not more.

Volvoboy · 04-02-2006 09:32PM

Cableguy,

just answering a stupid post.

by your logic all thin people are happy?

i take it that your not fat, so are you happy?

cormie · 04-02-2006 09:33PM

Yes, you can, but you it's better not to be fat.

Terry · 04-02-2006 09:35PM

it's healthier not to be fat, but it's also healthier not to be skinny.

Ickle Magoo · 04-02-2006 09:36PM

Surely the healthiest thing is to be happy? If I were the perfect weight for my height & completely miserable - does that make me healthier than if I were overweight and happy? Just curious......

cormie · 04-02-2006 09:38PM

happiness is of course the main thing, but if you overweight and happy, you I'm sure 99% of overweight happy people would be happier if they were a healthy weight.

Binomate · 04-02-2006 09:39PM

julep wrote:

6' 2" and 8 stone. :eek:

dude, you seriously need to put on some weight. that's not healthy.
when i was underweight i suffered from heart palpitations and they are scary as ****. pretty much harmless, but scary nonetheless.
no, that's just wrong. you need at least another 2 stone, if not more.

But I'm perfectly healthy. I'm not fit or anything but I'm healthy. I like being underweight. I've done one of those tests before to see if I was under weight and I scored just slightly below average weight. If I had one extra pound I'd be classes as average.

Can you be fat and happy?

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