Do you notice this too???

[Freak Show]

I'm usually trapped at work (a gym) for like 40+ hours per week. Being there you get a distorted image of the typical american. I've spent most of my life in sports complexes or gyms. I was at the beach today and you know what? AMERICANS ARE TRULY GETTING FATTER! Its fuckin amazing! You hear/read the stats but like I said, being that I'm in a gym most days you don't see it. Young, old, black, white, EVERYONE! It actually makes me sick. Now I know being in MI is not like all other states, but GOD DAMN! I could not get over how fat these lil kids were. The boys looked like pubescent girls running around without their tops on. MAN BOOBS AHOY!!!!!!! This may sound corny, but we got an epidemic on our hands.

 

[RADAR]

i agree--sometimes i get looks on the beach like i'm the freak and they way everyone else looks is supposed to be normal.........but- if you want to look the way most people will never look-you got to do what most people will never do(train hard) RADAR

 

[WarriorPL]

yeah i hear ya man, all my friends are like that and i use to be on the chubby side myself but i am SO happy im out of that. Yeah i def. see fatter americans by the day, but im very concerned for my father, he is on the overweight side and has high cholesterol and i tell him to go to the gym but still refuses

~WizKid

 

[satanic goatslayer]

Fun with Fat People #55996

Rub cooking oil all over your body and proceed to walk to the nearest Wal-Mart or local equivalent. Once the obese people begin to catch the scent and follow you with their mouths open, ravenously looking for the sweet nectar of lard, it's time to begin the plan.

Once the whales have step foot in a 10 foot proximity, pull out a shuriken, or other such throwing object, and fling it into the abdomen of the beast. Most likely, it will be caught in the adipose tissue and won't faze the beast, but that's not the point.

Now, grab a spear, or other pointy object (dart, blast bar etc) and toss it into the fat one's neck or eyes. They should be somewhat immobilized.

It's time for the finale. Reach for your cordless drill and drill 3 or 4 holes into the chest cavity and skull of your victi...errrr patient. Now, proceed to stomp the living fuck out of the whale until it coughs up bloody sputum.

Now shoot it in the head with a harpoon gun.

Laugh for as long as you see fit.

 

[Freak Show]

bump for the fatties. I'm wrong for that.

 

[Big Buck]

yeap, even here in San Diego, there are some nasty people. Honestly..prolly only 5 percent, (if even that), I would consider to be in decent shape.

 

[velvett]

It's quite simple really..

In most schools they pump the kids with drugs and food all damn day long to what seems to me a way to make their jobs easier. Teachers and administrators don't have to do anything but round up the herd, pop a pill, feed often and regularly, shove them in front of a computer screen and then ship them off to their respective buses and/or after school programs.

The parents don't give a shit because they were too selfish in the first place to have a kid but did anyway - most likely to keep the marriage or start one. The parents either can't see beyond their own *cry me a river* dilemmas, so how could one expect them to care for their child like a parent? Most of them are still kids themselves and haven't grown into adults capable of noticing a problem with the growing waistline of their child.

So please explain to me if no one will care and those hired and paid to care don't want to bother because *God forbid they should have exert an effort* to do their jobs. (You know they have their own problems to deal with...)

So, Mr. Freak Show - What would you do about these obese and/or cardiovascular nightmare waiting to happen children, if you had the funds, resources and time to do so?

 

[Freak Show]

So, Mr. Freak Show - What would you do about these obese and/or cardiovascular nightmare waiting to happen children, if you had the funds, resources and time to do so?

You make a good point. I almost feel its too late, but I will try. First, I'm sick of hearing about PE programs in schools getting cut. If I had the money and power to make decisions, I would make it mandatory that there be a PE class once a day, EVERY day for one hour. No bullshit doctor's notice that my fat kid's fat ankles are too swollen from sitting on them while playing Sega. I know diet plays a role but I think the problem stems from lack of activity. Look at kid's leisure times and how they are spent.
Also, it starts at the home. Its easy to plunk your kid in front of the CPU and let it baby sit. Parents need to be made aware of the reality of obesity, diabetes, and orthopedic problems that face young kids. Most think, "oh they'll out grow it." When in fact, they don't. When I have kids, they will be encouraged to be active in sports. I will make the time to be there for them. Note: I said encouraged not forced. I think organized sports not only help with weight management but they help with building social skills and relationship development.

 

[liftsiron]

You want to see some fat on the hoof, call your local clinic and make an appointment with a dietician. My apolagies to the four in this country who are not yet obese.

 

[Big Buck]

I remember when I was a kid, my parents would be like go play outside....and that's what me and my brothers would do all day. Play army, football, basketball....anything and everything.