What do you think about fat people?

Question

Personally, if someone is fat and not because of an illness, then I find those people unpleasant and offensive. A lot will call me a jerk, an a$$ but to me that's the truth. Someone who can't love themselves enough so as to take care of their bodies and don't have the will power to avoid all those temptations I find it sickening. They use the exucse that it is hard, they can't help it...but how come there are people that are fit and healthy? Is it by magic?? Hell no, those people work hard , and try hard to avoid all those candies, buffets, ice creams and be lazy and not work out. ( and I don't mean it for looks, but at least for a healthy body )

Jus tlast night, when Sonic's was govong free Floaties, it was INFESTED with fat people taking two at a time and probably after they had eaten some burgers....I just find it offensive and alack of respect for their bodies and health just because they are lazy and don't make a REAL effort to improve in life

OK, I have to clear because some people seem to lack the point here, what bothers me is not exclusively the fact that they are fat ( it oculd be genetics or an illness ) but fat poeple that are fat just because they are lazy is what bothers me, same goes for anorexics and bullimics that try to find an easy way out and that isn't even healthy, and yes, I have fat friends and they are very funny and I try to help em with diets, i just odn't like it when they are lazy, becuase it takes effort for everyone to stay fit not just them

Answer 1

This is coming from a fat, no, obese person:

I believe that there are some fat people that are plain lazy. I have friends who would rather take a bus for a couple of blocks than walk

I, myself, have decided to change my ways as my New Years resolution. Now, I exercise on the mini-step at home everyday, and I have started walking over the Brooklyn Bridge in NYC after work. I have stopped eating all those fast foods crap, and I have been eating more heathier. As of 2 weeks ago, my cholestrol level dropped from 239 to 161 and my glucose level is 99, and the last sonogram of my heart shows clear arteries (Thank God for that).

Why I let myself get fat, you may ask? The stresses from taking finals in college and the death of my father made me eat. Why is it taking me so long to lose the weight? To many family crises have gotten in my way (the most major one was my mother suffering 2 heart attacks and her getting quadriple bypass and she is alive today). Still no excuse for me to get fat. I am making it up for it though. Besides what I have said above, I have also cut out the fast food, stop drinking soda and those sugary juices and almost all the sweets, except for chocolate (I switched to dark chocolate and only in moderation). Hell, I don't even eat popcorn or any of the other stuff when I go to the movies. I do powerwalking in my neighborhood too.

So, please don't catorgorize all fat people. There are some fat people out there, such as myself, are really trying to make a difference in their lives.

Have a good weekend.

Answer 2

To some extent I agree with you 100%. Now when you talk about fat people you are meaning the obese correct, not the guy that could stand to lose 20 pounds. What bothers me is the obese people that complain about there weight time and time again and then they go through the drive through at Sonics and order 5 cheeseburgers on the way home they say I don't know why I am so fat, I try to work out. That bothers me. I feel for the people that do try and have a hard time getting rid of the extra weight. And my heart goes out to obese children, it isn't there faults. The parents are the ones that feed them.

Answer 3

i went suddenly,in 10 months from a size 8 to an 18.i still excercised as always(i walk 3-5 miles daily and have done for 26 years).i also am a vegetarian and very disciplined,so this was agony and difficult to understand.i thought i was failing somehow,tho i knew i was being careful.people were mean to me.after other symptoms developed,the dr finally gave me a diagnosis.i have ovarian cancer.one of the signs is unexplained rapid weight gain.i didnt do this to myself.i was disciplined indiet/excercise my whole life.genetics did this to me.the next time u judge someone,realise u cant tell if they have an illness or not.i am now facing the 5th most deadly cancer.i have maybe a 58%chance of being here in 5 years.i dont need to be ragged about my weight or considered a repulsive failure.soon,chemo will also make me bald.i guess there are people out there that will find me even grosser then.but my family loves me,and i just ask sensitivity from the rest of u.

Answer 4

I understand what you are saying and I can't say that you are a jerk but you do seem to lacking compassion.
There are some people who just don't care if they eat healthy or are healthy. I don't understand it and could never be happy that way but they are and that has nothing to do with me, none of my business.
There are people who don't really know how to love themselves or were never really taught how. You are not born with the ability to love oneself. Others were taught how unworthy they are of love. There are reasons why people don't respect themselves and showing compassion and love towards them is a way to help anyone who needs that (fat or not.)
Those people who complain all day long about how much their joints hurt and they cant exercise because it hurts and it is hard to breath while they eat another pizza topped off with a triple scoop sunday........that just irritates me to no end. Do something or shut up. It hurts me to exercise, my joints hurt (I'm not fat, just got sick) but I do it anyway. I like sugary sweet things but I don't eat much of it.

Just to clear things up.....being anorexic IS NOT THE EASY WAY OUT!!!!

There are much more irritating things in life than people who are lazy and complain about being fat. People who lack compassion and put themselves above others are intolerable. I would much rather spend time with a lazy person than an ignorant compassionless egocentric person.

Answer 5

Totally touchy subject, however, I must agree with you. I work at a kiosk in a mall, so I watch hundreds of people walk by a day. When I see people that are extremely fat...or thin...it disgusts me. I especially hate when they go the extra mile and where clothes 5 sizes too small, or aren't properly groomed. I always think to myself, "what could possibly be going through their minds to let themselves get like that?"

Sometimes I see a really skinny guy with a big girl (big is probably an understatement) as a couple, and that sometimes puts a bad image in my head...kinda gives a whole new meaning to body surfing, lol.

Answer 6

Fat people really have no idea how to feed their bodies correctly. They may or may not know how to cook for themselves, they may or may not know how to cook or prepare vegetables, they may or may not know how to eat vegetables. They don't know their serving size limit. Some people do not know how to cook good food and eat out all the time. Some people do know how to cook really good and eat all of their creations by themselves because the others don't like vegetables (that's my problem). Some people have never exercised before, and some people can't exercise because they are so heavy they can't move!
It is actually normal to resent people who are different than you - it happens all the time. Hence gang fights, wars, beating up gays and clowns, racial intolerance, etc.
Maybe if it bugs you that much you could become a nutritionist and a personal trainer and do something about it.

Answer 7

Coming from a thin person: wow, you're a bastard. How do you know they'd just eaten some burgers, or that those floats weren't for someone else, because news flash, when you go in with a few people its conveniant for one person to go up at once to get stuff! And what were you doing in there? Its okay for you to get sonic food because you aren't fat, but not them because they are? And how do you know they aren't addicted to food? We've all had moments where we can't keep our hands out of the cookie jar, or we don't feel like excersizing because we just don't need too, and in America today, that moment is everywhere we turn. Besides, there are plenty of lazy thin people and healthier, active fat people. Why don't you go rag on thin people who are just as unhealthy because they never work out?

EDIT: People with eating disorders are looking for an 'easy way out'? What? They were looking to lose weight with diet and exceresize, just like 'hardworking' people and got addicted to it, how is that looking for an easy way out? When I was anorexic, all I did was excersize!

Answer 8

I don't think YOU are understanding what a lot of people here are trying to say.

How can you personally tell why a person is fat?
Unless you see them (meaning you know their faces & their order before they open their mouths) every single day buying triple cheeseburgers, extra large fries, & a huge shake, you can't say that.

And may I offer this? I would hope when you try to help your friends with their diets, that you are a little more tactful than you are here. I totally blew off a guy when he started harping on weight issues & waving military height & weight charts at me. I know he meant well, but his attitude certainly put me off!

Answer 9

After saying all that...one of these days you may be fat.
How would you feel if you were so fat that you were embarrassed to go in the street?
Do you think that fat people want to be fat?
Do you think if they could get rid of the fat; that they would?
Do you think they need people to tell them that they are fat?
Do you think that they have spent a lot of time working on trying to loose weight? Or course they have.
They know full well what they look like.

If you want others to be sensitive to your handicaps and problems through life; you are going to have to have some compassion for others along the way.

The next time you see somebody fat or deformed, etc. Instead of looking at the critically; say a prayer for them.

Answer 10

I will agree you're being jerk-ish, and that this is indeed a can of worms.

I will restrain myself from making any nasty comments (being the bigger! person), and merely ask, how can you tell that someone is ill/just recovered or merely lazy?
It is fact that there are a few people out there who genuinely can't get thinner, tho they be perfectly healthy otherwise--exercise, proper diet, etc. I can tell you that I have a friend that for the 1st 10 years we knew each other, she was always the larger of the 2. BUT, she was the healthier & toner person all along.