If I can't have the Fat Chronicles, this thread will do nicely.
I'm a little pudgy myself lately, 215lbs. But I can bench my bodyweight (I think, if I had to). I know I'm still in better shape than 90-95% of Americans. Allow me to talk about the couple I know:
One is the classic "big-boned" and uses "that's just the way I am" as his excuse never to try to do anything about it. He's 6'4" damn near 350lbs, it's all fat, I assure you. He can bench 240ish, but gets pretty winded doing it for reps. He eats everything in site and drinks at least 10 cans of pop a day. His dad has diabetes, and we recently watched him trip face-first on the garage floor because he couldn't feel his feet. Does this change him? NO! He is now attached at the hip to a fatnasty who's 5'9" 200lbs if she's 100, and is annoying as hell to boot. I'm sure he's convinced himself he's happy as hell and has found the right one for him. I say even he could do better than that, especially if he did something physical just 90 mins a week. He is all around irresponsible, whipped (see: overdependent), and I had to cut off all contact with him. Used to be my best friend. If anyone on this board met him, you'd either be on the ground in laughter, or you'd be on the way to jail for putting him out of his misery.
Another ex-friend is just under 6', "only" 240, and doesn't strike you as tremendously fat, but his fiancee recently brought up his physical appearance/fitness to him (ouch). He doesn't exercise and eats out ALL the time (or when he's not, they order pizza). He is a lazy bastard, but you know what, he kinda has a right to be. He works a full-time job STANDING (that blows, trust me), and has a constant financial headache of supporting and entertaining her! What gets me the most about this situation is her role in it. She gives him shit about getting in better shape, but then tells him she wants pizza tonight 9x out of 10. I know for a fact she would absolutely flip if they didn't go out to eat at least 3x a week. It's also possible she'd flip if he took time away from her to go work out, or she may start accusing him of trying to pretty himself up for other women. She is truly the typical insecure golddigger, and he is truly, truly whipped.
Then I have a friend who's kinda like me. He's a twig, but moderately in shape. He wishes to keep himself this way and would expect the same from any potential mate. He catches all kinds of shit about this from the two jackasses I mentioned above. His only problem is he's totally ignorant of how to work out, and insists on using pussy machines with little intensity (heh heh, we're gonna find out if he reads this board now).
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