is fat shaming a thing?

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west ashley? thought you were from myrtle beach what brings you down here?

 

classic

 

Nah, live in Chas. surf FB most of the time.

 

Self pity is gross, in any situation.

Addiction is a powerful thing. When it comes to the neurological framework, are alcoholism and obesity really that different?

Drink 3 liters of soda a day; people can tell, and judge you. Drink 6 beers a day, or smoke a pack of cigs; people can't tell, and may even encourage it.

SI has jumped the shark.

 

oh last place i would want to go is north ctown or ashley anything lol.

 

If someone either drinks 6 beers a day or smokes cigs, I can indeed tell...from a mile away.
Don't deceive yourself, or rationalize behavior. For your sake, I hope it isn't yours.

 

Folks - I get sick of being around fat people too, always telling me I'm too cold. But I do thinks it's harder than ever to be thin given the food choices that pass for healthy. It's interesting to note that the economically disadvantaged are the most obese of all. Look at the poor folks of the Great Depression-super thin. Today's poor folks-not so much. What's happening? I think it has to do with too many unhealthy food choices and not enough healthy ones, and not enough intelligence to make the healthy choice.

 

It also has a lot to do with food stamps, welfare, etc, if it is solely, in your opinion, "poor folks".
I have seen a lot of fat rich people as well. Examples-Trump, Hillary Clinton, etc. Both are fat (and stupid).
There are a lot of healthy choices. A very lot. One just needs to look for them and they are to be found, and easily so. Fat is a choice. Smokers are a choice. Alcohol is a choice. So is heroin. The choice is to start; stopping of course, is a much harder choice.

 

I don't think it's food stamps so much as poverty in general and a lack of education. Ramen Noodles are super cheap, but very filling in large amounts and extremely unhealthy... high sodium and carbs. Fast food is often cheap.

 

Gotta agree with Barry on this one. The right choice is not always the easiest but it is still a choice. Not saying I haven't made bad choices at times just saying I own up to them instead of blaming others for my actions. I have a theory that the more packaged food you eat the fatter and generally less healthy you will be. A lot of packaged food has so much salt, sugar and other chemicals added to it.

 

^This too.

 

If the government didn't subsidize the growing and processing of grains, sweeteners, oils, corn syrups, etc., junk food would be more expensive, and actually compete for the dollar on the same playing field as whole foods. But it does not, which means the prices of junk food are artificially low when compared with the unsubsidized products like fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds, and other healthier choices. If you only have a few bucks, you can buy a lot more calories in junk than you can in healthy whole foods.

 

its still calories. you can live on mcdonalds and not get fat if you dont eat much of it. you might get sick as hell but it takes alot of discipline to buck our natural craving for fats and sweets and only have a little. back in the day most people had to move to live (walk to work, stand at work, no internet). now everything is geared to plop your consumer fat ass in a chair all the time to spend your money and mine. if you can charge higher insurance for smoking, you should able to to more for obesity. fat tax! if bloomie wins as an independent - so goodbye to your big gulps mofos! let in the syrian refugees and send them our fatties

 

Beans are cheap. Fruits and Veggies...pretty expensive. Lean meats increasingly expensive. Eggs are relatively cheap...probably best protein "bang for the buck". Man, I could make some really good, cheap meals back in the day. Peanut butter another good choice to get some decent fat calories. Canned Tuna (hold the netting debate). Frozen Peas are cheap.

I think education/up bringing has a lot to do with it (making healthy choices). I mean if you are drinking sugar water (Kool aid) and French fries (or a variety of Fried Tatars) everyday with no fresh fruits or veggies, you will be unhealthy and it will get worse as you age. I have friends who are grown adults with great jobs and eat horrible b/c of the way they were brought up.

But, my parents did not necessarily feed me a "healthy" diet and I was brought up in a blue collar family. I did educate myself and do try to eat healthy. But I will occasionally neglect myself (too many beers, or a late night snack like chili covered tater tots with cheese and Jalepenos....o'Z)

Personal choice versus bad habits....tough social issue

 

Growing up southern almost all veggies had some kind of meat, ham hocks chicken gizzards ect., or bacon grease added to them in the cooking process. Of course we were all very active. We ate very few sweets other than tea. Don't even get me started on fried food. Challenge comes later in life when the fat starts sticking to ya and you're used to eating that way.

 

Bingo.

Did you guys know that the food pyramid we were taught in school, which was originally created for nutritional guidance, was highly altered by U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, to please the meat, milk, and wheat lobbies?

And they force fed us this information as children. Indoctrination.

It's all bullsh*t ... engineered from the top down, for profits. People aren't thinner in Europe because they have less welfare/food stamps... Lobbying is illegal in Germany and they subsidize the food industry in an entirely different manner. Healthy groceries are ridiculously cheap over there.

 

I've said it before...population growth. Gov't does not want 300 million people to starve. Germany has probably 1/4 the population of us.

The indoctrination is no accident.

 

Btw, we need protein. Look at all the crap that we have become accustomed to

 

I miss that guy. He had it all figured out. Anyone ever see the movie Idiocracy? Basically it's about the future of fat dumb America. It's happening