[quote]cpwelch wrote:
I think letting your kids get fat is basically child abuse, but you only have to look at the parents.
I just don’t understand it. I might be naive but if you are a fat parent I would of thought the last thing you want is for your kid to get like you. As a parent you are in charge of what your children eat. I can almost understand not having the motivation or the will to lose weight yourself but really how hard is it to ensure your kids eat right? In the case of children if you don’t give it to them then they can’t eat it.
All this rubbish you hear about it costs too much to eat healthy is bull shit too. For 2 adult meals and 2 children’s meals at Maccys you are looking at about £12 - I don’t know about in the US but in the UK I can buy 4 fresh salmon steaks, broccoli, carrots and peppers for less than a tenner and I know what I would rather my family ate.[/quote]
I think the trouble is that the parents themselves have too much pride - they don’t want to acknowledge that being fat is a bad thing, beacuse that would mean they’re too weak to solve that problem for themselves.
As far as the money goes, I think that’s mostly true - but I think for some people who are REALLY on a budget it can be tough to eat healthy. I’m mostly talking about those people who live off ramen noodles and the other mass-produced incredibly cheap stuff. For some of those people any amount of meat/fish might be too expensive.
I remember a few years back a gym chain got in trouble over their billboards that said something like, “Remember, when the aliens invade, they will eat the fat ones first.” and ones that said something like, “Out running a fat person could save your life.”
They had to take down those billboards due to public outcry.
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I’m glad to report my gym is doing it’s part for the fat community. I haven’t been there much lately since I’m at a PL club. When I went in, there was a fat girl at reception and the new manager, while not fat, is no where close to my estimation of fit. He looks really soft. It kind of makes me want to beat him up. I realise I’m a mean girl but it made me sad because it felt like a family there before and now there’s all these gumby’s that I don’t know.
Happily for me, I could at least out run the receptionist.
I am shocked to see the backstabbing from the team that “gave their word” on saving the team that saved them the week before. Shocking, the man stood there on national television and went back on his word.
[quote]MaximusB wrote:
I am shocked to see the backstabbing from the team that “gave their word” on saving the team that saved them the week before. Shocking, the man stood there on national television and went back on his word. [/quote]
It was bad that they did that. I bet they regret it now.
It was good to see them doing so much lifting along with the cardio.
Like Ouroboro said, that hill challenge looked like fun!
How did that one guy gain 3lbs? Did he chug 2 gallons of water or something, right before the weigh in?
As far as legislation goes I’m sure not hiring people because they are overweight isn’t far off. Technically, they could fall under ADA guidelines for discrimination. Because it doesn’t have to be an actual disability people just have to view it as one. This is why pregnant women and people with diseases that don’t yet affect them, like AIDs, can’t be discriminated against for those reasons.
So somebody who is overweight will be hired because they’ll be viewed as slightly disabled. What employers need to do is start requiring certain physical abilities for the job…then again the government will come in and over turn that shit in a heartbeat if it isn’t actually essential to the job.
I can’t remember the golfer’s name but he had some illness/problem that would prevent him from walking on the PGA tour. The players and the tour were trying to deny him since the whole endurance thing comes into play. Government came in and overruled it stating that the object of golf is to get the ball in the hole which means he can use a golf cart.
On the subject of Bike Tag…never even thought of it. However, my friends and I would play Bike Soccer. The special rule was that if you wanted a pass or goal to be legal you have to kick the ball between your front and back wheel to the other side of your bike onwards to your teammate/goal. We ate pavement a lot at first but you eventually get the timing down.
[quote]GhorigTheBeefy wrote:
As far as legislation goes I’m sure not hiring people because they are overweight isn’t far off. Technically, they could fall under ADA guidelines for discrimination. Because it doesn’t have to be an actual disability people just have to view it as one. This is why pregnant women and people with diseases that don’t yet affect them, like AIDs, can’t be discriminated against for those reasons.
So somebody who is overweight will be hired because they’ll be viewed as slightly disabled. What employers need to do is start requiring certain physical abilities for the job…then again the government will come in and over turn that shit in a heartbeat if it isn’t actually essential to the job.
I can’t remember the golfer’s name but he had some illness/problem that would prevent him from walking on the PGA tour. The players and the tour were trying to deny him since the whole endurance thing comes into play. Government came in and overruled it stating that the object of golf is to get the ball in the hole which means he can use a golf cart.
On the subject of Bike Tag…never even thought of it. However, my friends and I would play Bike Soccer. The special rule was that if you wanted a pass or goal to be legal you have to kick the ball between your front and back wheel to the other side of your bike onwards to your teammate/goal. We ate pavement a lot at first but you eventually get the timing down.[/quote]
I remember that golfer! I was watching Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher and they were discussing the golfer and they had Dick Butkus (the most awesome linebacker of all time) on the show. Maher said to Butkus, “you played against Rocky Bleier who had half a foot after being injured in Viet Nam. Did you take it easy on him?” Butkus said that his coach told him to hit the cripple. So Maher asked Butkus what did you do? Butkus said, “I HURT the cripple.”… I love Butkus.
I dont believe his after pic that he lost 81 lbs. He looked like he lost some, but not 81 lbs. He has plenty of room to lose weight and to win the competition. Like he said, how do you go on a fat loss show and gain 3 lbs?
[quote]MaximusB wrote:
I dont believe his after pic that he lost 81 lbs. He looked like he lost some, but not 81 lbs. He has plenty of room to lose weight and to win the competition. Like he said, how do you go on a fat loss show and gain 3 lbs?[/quote]
I THOUGHT THE SAME THING! The dad definitely looked like he lost weight. The son lost some weight, but it didn’t look like 81-lbs!
They also have a good chance of rebounding back to their old fat ways with the rest of their family being walking land whales. The company you keep can have a profound effect on you.
[quote]OctoberGirl wrote:
hungry4more wrote:
A little off topic, but you guys remember that legislation a bit back (not sure whether or not it ever passed) to try and make it so there had to be a certain amount of overweight people in commercials and such?
And of course we all know how companies are generally required to be able to prove that they don’t discriminate against races/sexes/religions/sexual orientations and what not in the hiring process?
Well I’ll bet the next step is making companies prove they don’t discriminate against fat people in the hiring process. Now all companies will be required to have a minimum of 10% of employees that are clinically obese.
On that note, I should get to sleep.
No way!!! I hadn’t heard about that legislation.
I remember a few years back a gym chain got in trouble over their billboards that said something like, “Remember, when the aliens invade, they will eat the fat ones first.” and ones that said something like, “Out running a fat person could save your life.”
They had to take down those billboards due to public outcry.