tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post2336829187962275079..comments2024-03-26T00:14:00.509-07:00Comments on Crunchy Chicken: Getting skinnier as we get fatterUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-62160498794893827712009-05-07T21:29:00.000-07:002009-05-07T21:29:00.000-07:00Heidi Klum is definitely NOT fat. But the average ...Heidi Klum is definitely NOT fat. But the average western woman sure is podgy.<br /><br />The reality check for me was looking through my parent's old wedding photos, and some old movies of a choir organisation I belong to.<br /><br />The increase in average body size of ordinary people - not "celebrities" - between the 1960s and now is very obvious.<br /><br />Average people in old photos and Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15497683565965322222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-89807798962034689302009-04-22T14:15:00.000-07:002009-04-22T14:15:00.000-07:00I'm someone who's always battled my weight. That b...I'm someone who's always battled my weight. That being said, I've done 4 half-marathons, kayaked in both oceans, enjoy hiking and try to appreciate the outside world.<br />Would I like to not wear the size I am? Absolutely. Do I want to be active enough to enjoy my children? Absolutely.<br /><br />My husband and I went to dinner at a bbq restaraunt for our anniversary (not overly romantic, true, Going Green Mamahttp://going-green-mama.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-75997016546841518552009-04-22T12:03:00.000-07:002009-04-22T12:03:00.000-07:00I would not say that guys have nothing to do with ...I would not say that guys have nothing to do with it.. I heard a friend of mine recently saying that Kate Winslet was "fat", and even called her a cow, if I remember correctly... The skinny trend concerns them too..the_young_dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11930984329663883020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-90006957810421264882009-04-21T17:11:00.000-07:002009-04-21T17:11:00.000-07:00As many have already commented, some people are me...As many have already commented, some people are meant to be skinnier and others are meant to be curvier, but as long as you are healthy according to your body type everything's a-okay. Purposeful extremes either way are decidedly unhealthy and shouldn't be encouraged.<br /><br />I think it's important to point out though, that telling a skinny person to 'eat a sandwich, or put some meat on those Sweetproserpinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02261873507033828695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-90041465319227632802009-04-21T12:34:00.000-07:002009-04-21T12:34:00.000-07:00Please see the film: WALL-E. It deals with diet, a...Please see the film: WALL-E. It deals with diet, and excessive weight and exercise. Brilliant movie.<br /><br />This message of the film, has been largely ignored, and has been one of the reasons it has not had more of a following. It is a story essentially about being modernly lazy, and by changing our diet from synthetics soft drinks to real plant food is our survival. <br /><br />The CDC has Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-5195382375605729642009-04-21T00:43:00.000-07:002009-04-21T00:43:00.000-07:00My ideal is athletic people. Those you see in heal...My ideal is athletic people. Those you see in health, with muscles and a thin layer of grease for the bad days ;o) People who move enough and eat healthy enough. Rosy cheeked and everything. That's sexy.<br />About fat or skinny people, I always imagine them with some more/less flesh : "if only he/she..., he/she would be beautiful". And I think that of me too. That's sometimes a hard thought Lilithhttp://lil-dans-les-nuages.over-blog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-80127664942773468422009-04-20T23:00:00.000-07:002009-04-20T23:00:00.000-07:00Rosa, fat people, whose size comes from an excess ...Rosa, fat people, whose size comes from an excess of consumption, remind us uncomfortably of our own excessive consumption in other areas. <br /><br />Burger-muncher on foot, carrot-muncher in an SUV, much the same thing in environmental terms.<br /><br />We don't want to be reminded of our own greed and wastefulness. Thus the vitriol. <br /><br />It's the same reason everyone goes on about Al Hanley Tuckshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13047638048463160737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-28933140789608181352009-04-20T20:49:00.000-07:002009-04-20T20:49:00.000-07:00The Cooking Lady - so what? Who cares?
Seriously...The Cooking Lady - so what? Who cares?<br /> <br />Seriously, what is it to you? Would the food be more or less healthy if only thin people ate it? Would the fat people get your approval if they only ate berries and greens? <br /> <br />I really don't get where this vitriol for fat people comes from.Rosanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-76733678008656945172009-04-20T12:26:00.000-07:002009-04-20T12:26:00.000-07:00The average model doesn't eat either. There is no...The average model doesn't eat either. There is no doubt that the perception of what is "ideal" as printed in fashion ads or shown in the mainstream media is damaging to all women's self-images, but especially scary for young girls.<br /><br />I say, love yourself. Create your own image whether it includes meat or not. I have some convictions against eating some types of farm raised meat, but Green Fundraising Ideashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02455649047737533864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-15281614003816895982009-04-20T11:53:00.000-07:002009-04-20T11:53:00.000-07:00Wow, some long comments here. I was just planning...Wow, some long comments here. I was just planning to quote a couple of lines from <I>Baby Got Back</I>The fashion industry can take a flying leap for all I care.Martin at Plasticlesshttp://plasticless.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-18549643782574744062009-04-20T09:54:00.000-07:002009-04-20T09:54:00.000-07:00You ever take a look at the size of the poeple who...You ever take a look at the size of the poeple who attempt to put those sadnwiches down. Usually they ain't on the runway.The Cooking Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16899099551443426511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-47164479985890636312009-04-20T05:45:00.000-07:002009-04-20T05:45:00.000-07:00What a strange contradiction. One moment a food pr...What a strange contradiction. One moment a food promotion that will guarantee obesity and the next a slim female model that is considered as too fat...<br /><br />Fickle lot, the general public.Rev. Peter Doodeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15095282505667909048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-79636236311786413552009-04-19T14:11:00.000-07:002009-04-19T14:11:00.000-07:00Outside of those w/ blatant eating disorders (obes...Outside of those w/ blatant eating disorders (obesity or thinness, in addition to body builders, who actually gross me out more than anyone else), I don't really notice.<br /><br />Am I correct in assuming you were looking at thisiswhyyourefat.com?Alliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09981628640737207011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-63468487131351391562009-04-19T10:57:00.000-07:002009-04-19T10:57:00.000-07:00I try to ignore it. I have the following belief: t...I try to ignore it. I have the following belief: the happier you are while you are eating, the less the calories get stored on your body. This stems from decades of eating seven course of high fat foods and drinking vats of wine whenever I visit my family in France and somehow returning thinner every time. <br /><br />My mother also likes to tell me often how she was at least 10 pounds lighter healinggreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00409082849074411812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-35516368646335630202009-04-18T19:33:00.000-07:002009-04-18T19:33:00.000-07:00Listen, I'm a meat eater but I don't eat it every ...Listen, I'm a meat eater but I don't eat it every day (2-3 times a week) and I eat the 3-4 oz serving not the 10 or 12 or 25 oz (!) servings these huge sandwiches/burgers seem to have on them. <br /><br />I saw on TV a couple of weeks ago for some fast food place, (Arbys, Carl's Junionr, McD's or Jack's place) about some new burger with like 4 patties of meat and at least that many cheese slicesShambahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01074819389467884194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-52539040685031546892009-04-18T18:33:00.000-07:002009-04-18T18:33:00.000-07:00Sometimes I forget just how disgusting food can be...Sometimes I forget just how disgusting food can be...<br /><br />What's up with all the personal comments on how others look/should look? BIG double standard there folks. Everyone is different, ok?<br />I am one of those freakish people who was born long and lean. I was also fed healthy, whole foods from day one, so I never had an extra ounce of fat on me until after I had kids. <br />All my lifeReneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18197004310704306179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-50488808301720250932009-04-17T19:49:00.000-07:002009-04-17T19:49:00.000-07:00I have been thinking about this issue for some tim...I have been thinking about this issue for some time and will have post up next week called "I'd rather be chubby". When i was sick with Crohn's Disease, I got skinny. Really skinny and people kept telling me how great I looked. Was so creepy. I thought I looked like a bobble head. I would so much rather be chubby and healthy!Meghan (Making Love In The Kitchen)http://www.meghantelpnerblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-66088573212466659662009-04-17T18:51:00.000-07:002009-04-17T18:51:00.000-07:00Who's Kevin? I'm Kyle, and I'm to blame for forwar...Who's Kevin? I'm Kyle, and I'm to blame for forwarding the inspiring meals! :)<br /><br />As to weight, there are two things: health, and appearance. <br /><br />For health, there's a very wide range in which you can be healthy. I remember an episode of a really crappy cop show, <I>Martial Law</I>, in which an American martial arts instructor poked at Sammo Hung's belly and said, "man, you're Hanley Tuckshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13047638048463160737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-17449242789383810522009-04-17T11:22:00.000-07:002009-04-17T11:22:00.000-07:00I was one of those women who, in my teens and 20's...I was one of those women who, in my teens and 20's, could eat anything she wanted and never gain an ounce. Then I hit my 30's, my metabolism slowed, and I had a kid. I now weigh about 30 pounds more than I did in my 20's. But you know what? I like my body so much better now than I did then. I like having curves. I want to eat right and exercise so my body can be healthy and strong, not so IAmy in Tacomahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05464967059185739727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-15974094157424329782009-04-17T11:17:00.000-07:002009-04-17T11:17:00.000-07:00I will admit I like bacon. Although I don't buy it...I will admit I like bacon. Although I don't buy it and eat it only rarely.<br /><br />As for the models, I just try to avoid it. We don't have a TV, and I dislike the whole commercial and marketing machine. Not so much because of the models themselves, but because of the consumerist message that promotes buying lots and lots of stuff. Not healthy, no matter who the spokesperson is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-67800721245562950942009-04-17T09:57:00.000-07:002009-04-17T09:57:00.000-07:00I eat mostly vegan and even the smell of fast food...I eat mostly vegan and even the smell of fast food grease makes me cringe. And what mixed messages we send - eat a day's worth of artery-clogging calories in one meal but look like a stick.<br /><br />Um, isn't Heidi Klum four months pregnant?Debbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08392847831995097561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-75459942585622359822009-04-17T09:45:00.000-07:002009-04-17T09:45:00.000-07:00just curious if you got those crazy foods from thi...just curious if you got those crazy foods from this site: http://thisiswhyyourefat.com/<br />i swear people make some of this sh*t up to post it there, gross. <br />in my own experience I have never run across one of these wonder meals of calorificness. Maybe it's just not a west coast thing, or maybe i don't go to enough county fairs who knows. <br /><br />Funny, I lost a lot of weight switchingKristijoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15790510053995458172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-24435051399956444922009-04-17T09:18:00.000-07:002009-04-17T09:18:00.000-07:00For thousands of years, famine was normal. The id...For thousands of years, famine was normal. The idea of having so much food that one could get 100 pounds or more overweight was so out of the realm of possibility, due to the cycles of famine, that it became a standard (especially for women, who need a certain amount of fat to be fertile) to achieve to. If you look at goddess art from ancient times, and even recently in Africa, the obese is theAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-4935226189369621652009-04-17T08:44:00.000-07:002009-04-17T08:44:00.000-07:00I think people should eat a healthy, balanced diet...I think people should eat a healthy, balanced diet and live an active lifestyle and not worry about their size or shape. The human body comes in all sorts of healthy shapes and sizes. If your lifestyle is healthy you will feel good and your body will find its healthy weight naturally. And healthy weight is not the same as fashionable weight...Sarahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-21199746225651826412009-04-17T08:26:00.000-07:002009-04-17T08:26:00.000-07:00I ignore it all together....but maybe that is beca...I ignore it all together....but maybe that is because I am thin and weight has never been an issue...of course my moniker "Ragamuffin" could say it all...I simply don't care what it fashionable or trendy.Jen BKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07821947760051000397noreply@blogger.com