Eastern Europeans getting fat????

BoozyBabe · 17-05-2007 01:47PM #1

This is something I've noticed lately & I'm just wondering if anyone else has.

I work in a factory environment where about 65-70% of the workforce are Eastern Europeans.

When they first joined the company the females were all so noticeably nice & thin, lovely figures, at least 99% of them.

Lately it just dawned on me when I look around at the females, the thought of "they're so nice & skinny" doesn't hit me as it used to.

A lot of them have little bellies & love handles.

Anyone else noticed this?
Is it the wonderful Irish diet that's eventually winning them over, so they're starting to gain weight like us or what you reckon?

patrickolee · 17-05-2007 01:49PM

Would think it has more to do with the 'factory environment'

aidan_walsh · 17-05-2007 01:50PM

Jesus, how would we know? Aren't you in the idea position to find out? Ask one.

"Excuse me, why have you gotten so fat all of a sudden?"

Simple as that.

Owen · 17-05-2007 01:50PM

I'm actually trying to get my other half to gain weight. She's 5'6, and weighs 7.8 stone! :eek:

BoozyBabe · 17-05-2007 01:51PM

What you mean?

BoozyBabe · 17-05-2007 01:52PM

Aidan:- I was just wondering if other people had noticed that they're not as thin as they once were, or is it isolated to here.

That's all.

but if it's completely stupid then work away & get the thread deleted.

digitally-yours · 17-05-2007 01:53PM

Yes my wife <from poland> is too slim tooo

I love her to bits

and yes i asked her to put some weight too :eek:

KTRIC · 17-05-2007 01:54PM

My other half is German and she's expierienced this first hand since she came here 7 years ago. All her German friends and collegues are the same. Once they hit Irish shores the pounds just pile on

The strange thing is when I go to Germany I eat like a pig and drink a lot more beer than I would have here, but when I get home I've actually lost weight. Last christmas we spent 2 weeks in her mums house in Bavaria and I lost 3 pounds !!! AT CHRISTMAS !!!

Has to be diet related.

TerrorFirmer · 17-05-2007 01:55PM

KTRIC wrote:

Has to be diet related.

Well, obviously? It's hardly going to be the Irish air causing it

KTRIC · 17-05-2007 01:56PM

HavoK wrote:

Well, obviously? It's hardly going to be the Irish air causing it

Thats were you're wrong, Irish air has more saturated fat than air in mainland Europe.

The_B_Man · 17-05-2007 01:57PM

or natural ageing related pudge! its not the booze at all!

Dyr · 17-05-2007 01:59PM

because whats sold in this country as food products would be considered animal feed in the rest of europe?? :eek:

watna · 17-05-2007 02:08PM

I was reading this chuckling away at the absurdity that being in Ireland makes you fat until i realised that my other half (from NZ) has put on weight since being here. He now has a large (but still cute!) belly. He was showing me photos of him last night from home and he was all round much svelter. It's true, Ireland makes you fat. We live together and eat the same food, so why haven't I got fat? We must have some Irish gene that makes us immune to tha saturated fat in the air... it's the only explanation!

Raiser · 17-05-2007 02:08PM

BoozyBabe wrote:

.....When they first joined the company the females were all so noticeably nice & thin, lovely figures, at least 99% of them.

Lately it just dawned on me when I look around at the females, the thought of "they're so nice & skinny" doesn't hit me as it used to.

A lot of them have little bellies & love handles........

Oh God ! Every Irish mans worst nightmare re. Eastern European gals - assimilation :eek:

As soon as they turn plain too we'll have to issue them Irish passports

Naked Lepper · 17-05-2007 02:31PM

lol fat ppl are funny

latenia · 17-05-2007 02:42PM

They're all just getting married.

ruprect · 17-05-2007 02:44PM

BoozyBabe wrote:

Is it the wonderful Irish diet that's eventually winning them over, so they're starting to gain weight like us or what you reckon?

Could be overpriced gyms that they cannot afford, or do not want to spend money on since it seems so much compared to home. There have been 4 girls in our place, all went to the gym (and moaned about the cost), and lifting weights is very popular with the guys.

Same might go for food, unhealthy food is usually cheaper.

ntlbell · 17-05-2007 02:44PM

They can now afford to eat?

Dun laoire · 17-05-2007 04:35PM

BoozyBabe wrote:

Aidan:- I was just wondering if other people had noticed that they're not as thin as they once were, or is it isolated to here.

That's all.

but if it's completely stupid then work away & get the thread deleted.

Dont mind him.

Jumpy · 17-05-2007 04:44PM

Irish food is the worst in the world in regards to quality and price, the dodgier the food, the cheaper the price (still extortionate) so health standards lower. You cant get any decent variety.

daveirl · 17-05-2007 04:58PM

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Archeron · 17-05-2007 04:59PM

watna wrote:

We must have some Irish gene that makes us immune to tha saturated fat in the air... it's the only explanation!

If only that were true. Then perhaps I wouldnt have my own gravitational pull.
On the plus side though, at least my lack of that saturated fat non absorby gene means I'm welcome in the beer guts/receding hairlines forum.

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WindSock · 17-05-2007 05:31PM

Lifestyle probably. TV may be better here.

Kintarō Hattori · 17-05-2007 05:46PM

The quality of ingredients in Eastern Europe is far better than what we get here, so possibly that might have something to do with it. To be fair though OP I can't say I've noticed the Eastern European ladies getting fatter, they still look fantastic to me, would the reason be a wee thinge of jealousy that they look fatter to you?

estar · 17-05-2007 06:32PM

well ever since a polish girl i worked with told me

we all have "ze muffin top"

ive been waiting for this moment

haaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!

welcome to our world girls.

DublinWriter · 17-05-2007 06:40PM

KTRIC wrote:

The strange thing is when I go to Germany I eat like a pig and drink a lot more beer than I would have here, but when I get home I've actually lost weight. Last christmas we spent 2 weeks in her mums house in Bavaria and I lost 3 pounds !!! AT CHRISTMAS !!!

Me too. When I worked in Frankfurt, I ate and drank like a horse and I was down to an all time personal low of 12 1/2 stone compared to my current swarthy 15.

I think it was down to walking, as I walked to work every day. I noticed that the Germans I worked with tended to walk to the office too.

I also think it's down to eating little and often as opposed to having a massive kebab after eleventy pints in the local and then a 5000-calorie breakfast roll the next morning.

DublinWriter · 17-05-2007 06:41PM

daveirl wrote:

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...does she know who the father is?

brianthebard · 17-05-2007 06:43PM

KTRIC wrote:

My other half is German and she's expierienced this first hand since she came here 7 years ago. All her German friends and collegues are the same. Once they hit Irish shores the pounds just pile on

The strange thing is when I go to Germany I eat like a pig and drink a lot more beer than I would have here, but when I get home I've actually lost weight. Last christmas we spent 2 weeks in her mums house in Bavaria and I lost 3 pounds !!! AT CHRISTMAS !!!

Has to be diet related.

How much walking and physical activity did you do when you were there?

Gran Hermano · 17-05-2007 07:26PM

Maybe they've just analysed the local competition and realised they
can enjoy pigging out on spuds, buttermilk and Guinness and still
bag an Irish bloke

lukegriffen · 17-05-2007 08:52PM

in eastern europe they eat a lot of meat. The other day i was sitting nearby as this east european guy had lunch, & he opened a plastic container of sliced meat, basically spam, and had 5 or 6 slices in bread.
I know most of the cheap crappy meat is pure fat / water, so maybe back home the quality of their meat products is a lot better, with a lot less fat ?

Who knows...

I know when I went to Poland a lot of their traditional dishes (perogies - yum) are quite fatty, yet all the young people are all very slim. Maybe it's national service.

Eastern Europeans getting fat????

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