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news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/health/newsid_7507000/7507037.stm?ls
She says it's fine to be a woman of size as 16 is now the average, but if 16 is overweight then all this means is that the average woman is overweight, not that it is ok to be overweight. I'm sure the same is true for men.
Question: Are you overweight?
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 13:57, 163 replies, latest was 16 years ago)
am I wrong?
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 14:01, Reply)
but she is fugly
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 14:03, Reply)
below her more your thing?
I think a girl with a gun is a turn off.
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 14:04, Reply)
the army girl below is far more attractive. in fact much better looking than most of the girls you see in that sort of thing
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 14:24, Reply)
I don't think she's ugly at all. She might not be the hottest girl on the planet, but she's certainly not an uggo.
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 14:25, Reply)
the video at the top does feature too much slap, and she looks like a fat Denise Richards, but the other one isn't too bad. Bit Kirsty Allsopp looking.
The bird below is quite fine though
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 14:28, Reply)
but she's certainly not beauty contest material
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 14:30, Reply)
And then grin to yourself, she can't see the grin, but she can feel it.
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 15:07, Reply)
I like a face that's not like every other supposedly beautiful face out there.
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 14:24, Reply)
Why couldn't there be a normal sized curvy girl who DOESN'T have a nose like Tubbs?
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 14:06, Reply)
I think she's perfectly nice looking. If I was single, out on the lash and I noticed her on the other side of the dancefloor, I would definitely go over and try and pull her fit mate.
Actually I wouldn't, I would stare at her fit mate from the other side of the room and make her feel uncomfortable. Then after I was totally shitfaced I would lurch over and mutter something unintelligible and she would ignore me and walk off.
But, were I to be at a party, I would talk to Chloe and probably get along quite well with her, we'd probably end up sleeping with each other and she would develop quite an infatuation for me. As I'm pretty weak willed I'd keep on slipping her the hot dog for a few weeks, but it would mainly involve me going round hers and then leaving in the morning as I just didn't want to be seen out with her. Finally, the reality of the situation would break through her little bubble and she'd try and broach the subject of where this was going. I'd lose patience and get angry with her, demanding why she had to plan everything out, why can't she just live for a while. I'd leave, she'd probably call me the next day and apologise and I'd end up doing her up the wrong 'un that night.
She'd cry herself to sleep. I'd lie awake hating myself. Eventually I'd sneak out and then dump her by text message. I'd change my number and move away and we wouldn't see each other again.
A few years later I'd get back in touch wit her via facebook. She would have a boyfriend now and be really happy. I'd still be alone and I'd curse myself for being so stupid.
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 14:17, Reply)
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 14:21, Reply)
But just so you know, she isn't reading this, probably, so won't think to herself "Oh BOY, that Al sure does like me, I reckon maybe I could, nah', that's silly, well, I'll give it a shot... maybe we can hook up some time for an ice cream down the rib shack."
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 15:09, Reply)
Some day I may be, but not now.
Are you an insecure fatty?
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 14:10, Reply)
although I was erring on a little pot belly before Christmas, but i have banished it with running and sit ups!
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 14:13, Reply)
"she is keen to point out that the average UK woman is a size 16 like her. She told Newsbeat: "I've always been bigger than most girls."
Silly bint.
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 14:13, Reply)
but aren't contestants of beauty contests supposed to be...err...beautiful?
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 14:13, Reply)
I'm pretty fit for a porker though.
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 14:13, Reply)
I'm not overweight. In fact (I typoed 'in fat' then and laughed) just this morning my WiiFit told me my BMI was perfect. And I ate half an apple crumble last night. I'm the kind of person weight-watchers hate.
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 14:14, Reply)
You seem to base a lot of your health-routines on what you Wii Fit tells you. What if someone's tampered with it and you're actually obese?
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 14:16, Reply)
about the same time I went through my unexpected weight loss phase and so was eating more to try and compensate for it. Eventually one day he bemoaned,
"It's not fair! The more he eats, the fatter I get!"
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 14:17, Reply)
if I have reverse body-dysmorphia, where I think I'm tall and slender, but really everyone else can see how fattus maximus I am. But Wii Fit wouldn't lie to me. And I think I would struggle with my dancing if I was a lolfatty
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 14:44, Reply)
was at some open day or awards night or something, when two fat girls got up and did a dance to some Santana. They definitely struggled with their dancing - I'm assuming you can move with a certain amount of grace and are therefore not the fattus maximus you fear you might be.
(The worst part was that they called the act 'Total Eclipse,' which prompted a lot of very obvious jokes...)
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 15:05, Reply)
I think I've got a bit of grace, but that could be more dysmorphia again. Although my students think the sun shines out of my arse and they can't all be trying to sleep with me.
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 15:27, Reply)
Then you'll see.
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 14:19, Reply)
mine shifted from being fat, to eating pretty much the same and losing weight anyway.
I'm 28, haven't changed things much, and am thinner and lighter now than I have been for at least 12 years
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 14:22, Reply)
Time to break out some more crisps then.
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 14:24, Reply)
I also started losing more weight when I stopped going to the gym.
bear these things in mind.
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 14:25, Reply)
I never understood why though, due to the huge number of snacks ingested during the munchie hours of 12 - 2
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 14:30, Reply)
the weird thing is, I've been at just above 13.5 stone for 6 months or so (maybe a bit more) but am still getting thinner
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 14:32, Reply)
and I still weight the same, that's the odd part
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 14:35, Reply)
in order to keep thin?
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 14:35, Reply)
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 14:36, Reply)
for crazy dieting wierdos. Kim Kardashian probably endorses them.
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 14:46, Reply)
and she forced me to watch that show. It was awful.
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 14:57, Reply)
100 reasons why Canada sucks? I'm trying to convince the boyfriend that Australia is the way to go but he's still clinging to the idea of Canada.
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 15:29, Reply)
they're socialites, rich and famous parents
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 15:01, Reply)
according to the BMI, which incidentally has been dismissed as crap.
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 14:20, Reply)
I went through a phase of being alarmingly underweight though; if you do it on BMI (which I realise is a ropey indicator) then I've gone from being right at the bottom of the 'healthy' range to right at the top of it. But then I do like beer.
As for 16 being 'overweight': I think that's an even more ropey indicator than BMI. The trouble with that scale is that it takes no account of the different shapes of women's bodies, even though they vary far more than those of men. I can walk into a shop, pick up a pair of trousers and I'm treated to a waist circumference and an inside leg length by which to judge whether they'll fit. The ladies, I'm told, get nothing more to go on than a single and seemingly arbitrary number, which - again, so I'm told - works fine if you're shaped like a two-legged lamppost, but is fairly useless otherwise.
So I wouldn't judge her weight by the "size" she takes. However, the fact that she's a few inches shorter than me and yet weighs almost as much as me suggests she might be pushing it.
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 14:15, Reply)
I wonder if the average size rises to 22 if people will still hide behind the fact that it is the average so therefore ok somehow.
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 14:17, Reply)
But again, it goes back to how crap the sizing system is: a woman who was 6'5 and still had some curves could probably be reasonably expected to take a 22 and still look fine (I'm guessing here, all figures are entirely arbitrary). You can tell if someone's fat by looking at them, not by the number on the tag in the back of their dress.
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 14:25, Reply)
I'm roughly a size 18. When I lost a lot of weight years ago I was a size 16/14 and looked anorexic. This is because I'm tall and built like a brick shithouse. Horses for courses really.
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 14:29, Reply)
But if I lose anymore then I lose my boobs.
I've become quite attached to them.
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 14:17, Reply)
the extra mass due to your much longer hair!
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 14:19, Reply)
Plus I've stopped biting my fingernails too. That will add a milligram or two.
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 14:21, Reply)
Careful measurements (by me) have shown that it's possible for some test subjects (me) to lose a few kg that way...
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 14:26, Reply)
and he quoted my BMI and said I was quite overweight. I couldn't believe a doctor actually used BMI as a measure of obesity. Fair enough, I could do with being about half a stone lighter, but that's all.
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 14:19, Reply)
Average size is probably 18 by now...
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 14:25, Reply)
but I've still got too much fat around the middle for my liking.
I spent quite a while around the 15.5-16 stone mark, which was shit.
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 14:21, Reply)
Making moves, yeah, on the dance floor
Gotta move on dancing yeah, real hard core
From the front to the back that's where I was at
You know, you know, the Artful Dodger do it like that
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 14:26, Reply)
oh sorry, I read that as "When the child says no molest her"
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 14:26, Reply)
Apparently he used to sing for the leftovers at Wimpy in Southampton at end of every night 7 days a week
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 14:28, Reply)
I'm now a tubby fucker, especially when you look at the way I was until 3 years ago.
Ah well.
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 14:28, Reply)
writing it inside the back cover yourself.
I'm on to you!
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 14:51, Reply)
Keep an eye on your waistline is all I'm saying.
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 14:39, Reply)
I'm surprised he hasn't blabbed to everyone about that threeway we had
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 14:50, Reply)
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 14:57, Reply)
I'm going to test you on that next time I see you.
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 15:02, Reply)
*excellent stalker*
Also remembers Cole Deschanel from Sunset beach.
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 15:02, Reply)
that no-one knows about!?
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 14:50, Reply)
I like 'em a bit geeky.
So you'll be alright if you just stay trim.
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 14:48, Reply)
and proudly so! 5'9" and a healthy 14-16 (on a fat day and depending on which shop the garment was purchased).
The BF says he is happy with the curves so there you go! Who wants to fuck a twiglet anyway?
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 15:03, Reply)
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(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 15:13, Reply)
The guy who got me to join, got me when I was going through a bad way, and now I don't know why I'm doing it. The guy who's bringing me into the group is a very difficault person too.
=(((((((((((((((
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 15:24, Reply)
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 15:30, Reply)
And don't go telling them my real name.
And don't turn into a scary prick.
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 15:31, Reply)
Oh my God I'm well scared now.
Aren't they the ones who can have you bumped off and that?
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 15:33, Reply)
Listen you, too many people will notice if I 'disappear'.
And don't ask none of your paedo judges or bent coppers to help you wriggle out of it.
EDIT: I'm just messing right. Don't kill me.
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 15:37, Reply)
does someone just come up to you one day and say "So, Freemason eh!?" and if you go "yeah, interesting bunch" then they go "So, want to join eh?"
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 15:48, Reply)
plus, the old man has a massive dislike of masons, for what reasons I am not entirely clear. It was his father-in-law who was the mason, not his father.
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 15:54, Reply)
I was talking to one of his fellow masons. they asked if I was interested.
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 15:55, Reply)
That sounds terribly discriminatory
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 15:58, Reply)
my experience is very limited
ask The Great Architect
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 15:59, Reply)
We're going to have to take you for a little ride...
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 15:55, Reply)
I'm not saying one more word about them in case I get iced.
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 15:50, Reply)
I think it means I can jump the queue at Harrods.
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 15:35, Reply)
and it will be interesting to see what happens over the next few weeks due to this broken ankle. On the one hand I'll be sitting around a lot more, but when I do get up and move it's a full-body workout that leaves me exhausted.
At the same time I'm only overweight by about 20-25 lbs, so it's not too bad.
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 15:33, Reply)
I'm currently about 122lbs and size 4-6 depending on where I shop. I look awful - you know, sunken cheekbones, hips sticking out. I'd like to get back to where I was about 18 months ago 145lbs and a size 8-10.
Unfortunately, I'm one of those people who stop eating when I get stressed and sometimes go for up to a week with little or no food.
(, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 16:33, Reply)
Total food hedonist and drinker of too much alcohol. I've had my fit time and tbh wouldn't go back to it. Too much effort.
(, Mon 29 Mar 2010, 19:08, Reply)
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