Fat Guy Sues Junkfood Companies

[ATrollFromTheFatBoard]

News flash!!! Fat people know they're fat!!

I hate to say it but fat people make me ill

Gee, thanks. How would you feel if I just looked at you and decided that you made me ill? I don't even know anything about you.

you know they had to look in the mirror and see what was happening this didnt happen over night

Well, duh.

In most cases it goes something like this:

Wake up one morning, note trouble zipping up pants. Or: Buy new outfit, look in mirror and notice you don't look the way the model in the picture did wearing it.

Hate self. Tell self you are fat and ugly, and no one will ever want to be with you again. Tell self how lazy and bad you are.

Start diet. Confine self to the foods one hates, yearning for whatever you aren't allowing self to have. Start exercising. Note how out of shape you are. Hate every minute.
Be miserable every second, worrying about the new things you have to do that you don't want to do, and the things you used to like that you can never do again.

Hate feeling miserable worrying about these things. Break diet for "just this one thing." Then berate self. Since self has screwed the whole day up and hates this anyway, self will now allow "one day off" and eat whatever. Self pigs out on junk, junk, junk. Yell at self some more. Feel worse.

Struggle the remainder of month. Weigh self at end of month, discover five pound weight gain.

Repeat endlessly for remainder of life.

_____________________

This is how most fat people live. I know, I've been one for ten years and know a lot of others who are also struggling. I personally am FED UP with the Holy Quest for The Perfect Body Shape, not to mention fed up with lots of other popular wisdom I've received.

"Wear these jeans and get your hair cut like that," they said. "Then you will fit in and everyone will like you."

Struggle for some years with silly rules. Break down, buy jeans, cut hair. Everyone hates me anyway.

"Don't spend time goofing off," they said. "Work hard, and worry about a social life and free time AFTER the work is done. Make A's."

Work, work, work, work. Miss most of childhood and high school. Eventually get into a level of schooling where no amount of effort can produce the desired A. Graduate *less* fit for my profession than most of my peers, because I wasted time in pursuit of the wrong thing, when extracurricular professional clubs would have been much more beneficial.

"Sex is sinful," they said. "Wait til you are married."

Live 30 years, realize self will never get married, go ahead and have sex and realize they are all full of shit.

"Go to school and get a good education," they said. "Then you'll be set for life."

Went to school and went to school and WENT to school. Ignored desire for time off. Graduated to join what has to be one of the world's most overworked and underpaid professions, struggling under a MOUNTAIN of debt I will never be able to pay off even if I do live to be 100, crippling my ability to save for old age, travel, take vacation time, or even own a decent car.

"Do all of this," they said, "for it is the Key To A Happy Life."

I don't think so anymore.



So when I hear advice like, "Do WHATEVER IT TAKES to look like this: (insert image of your choice here), for anyone who does not is lazy, ugly, stupid, not fit for human company, and will be spit upon by all of humanity; not to mention they are killing themselves and *I* have to pay for it," I just ... spit back. NONE of this horseshit has EVER done what it was supposed to do: make me happy and lead me to "the good life," whatever that is. I was killing myself BEFORE. Now I am taking care of myself the way *I* want to, and if someone doesn't think my body looks appealing to them, well, fuck them.

I am never, never again going to sacrifice my happiness to some external yardstick society wants to measure me by. That doesn't mean I eat only Cheetos and never get up off the couch. What it does mean is that *I,* not YOU, have to like what I do, and if I don't like it, I don't do it!!

I haven't been a pretty little package for quite some time and I never will be again. But I can lift more weight than I used to and I am working on lifting more. I can jog a mile if I want to, and I can power walk a mile and a half. I can actually use the Roman chair now, when a few months ago I couldn't do a single lift. I have healthy blood sugar, healthy blood pressure, and healthy cholesterol levels. And, most important, I have a HEALTHY MENTAL OUTLOOK, which I didn't achieve until I tossed society's "shoulds" into the dumpster where they belong.

Quit being such a sheep. What "shoulds" are you daily attacking yourself with? You might be happier if you threw them out the window!!!

 

[1911]

Re: News flash!!! Fat people know they're fat!!

"But I can lift more weight than I used to and I am working on lifting more. I can jog a mile if I want to, and I can power walk a mile and a half. I can actually use the Roman chair now, when a few months ago I couldn't do a single lift..."

Keep doin' what your'e doin' and do whatever it takes to make even the slightest amount of progress under the iron and DO jog that mile (5 out of 7 days min). Come back and read this post in a year and I guarantee that "sad sack" shit will be a thing of the past. Good luck.

Later,

 

[oneandthesame]

This is off the subject of AS and I apologize for that but it kind of relates to some of the topics and discussions lately about TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR OWN ACTIONS. Well, now I have heard everything, first people sue the cigarette companies because they are getting cancer (DUHHHH, not shit you get cancer from smoking) now I just heard on the radio on NPR (National Public Radio) that some fat guy junk food junkie is suing a variety of junk food companies because he is FAT. Well, no shit you are fat you eat Twinkies 4 times a day and washed it down with a McDonalds milk shake. I am not a hater or anything like that but when you shovel McNuggets, Fritos and Cup Cakes into your face all day everyday do not complain or blame anyone else because you are fat, don’t complain when you have to pay for two seats on a plane, you are the one who eat the 2 large Dominos Extra Cheese with Pepperonis and Sausage Thick Crust Pizza 5 days in a row (I also love how fat people always follow their order with, “Oh yes and a diet coke.” Like that is going to help, but that is off the subject) Anyway, I just thought this was ridiculous and it kind of relates to some of the discussions that have been going on. FRIGIN FAT PEOPLE. No offense to any fatties on this board, obviously you are all in just your bulking phase.

Fuck now I'm hungry

 

[PatBateman]

That was an extremely thoughtful and obviously from the heart post Troll. I think what people on here are pissed at is others not taking responsibility for their actions. UR right, no one has to live up to a certain image, I just think people would want to be healthy so they might live longer, but some people don't want that. If you are ok with being heavy, that's fine, but if someone is miserable with being out of shape, they should do something about it. I don't know what it is like to be that out of shape and I can only imagine that it would be extremely difficult, but if the person feels their weight is making them unhappy, they should make the effort.

People forget, and I do all too often as well, nothing comes easy. Nothing comes without the blood, sweat and toil, and if it does, either you're lucky or blessed.

I wish you luck with whatever fitness goals you may have, it sounds like you are doing great!

 

[AMBB4L]

So I've been eating 20 cupcakes, two large pizzas, 2 Big Macs (with Supersized fries) and 1/2 box of cereal every day for the past sixth months for a fellow lazyass fatty to beat me to suing junk food companies?! Damn. Need to think of another get-rich-quick scheme now...

 

[ATrollFromTheFatBoard]

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LOL

I can't jog every day or even every other day like I used to. Knees aren't as happy with it as they used to be. But, you know, the worst thing about being fat is the ugly comments and the judgement from others.

I am not a supersize fat person (like, 300 lbs.) I imagine at that size a person does become impeded in everyday activities. But most of the people you are sneering at are nowhere near a heart attack, and we can get around and do for ourselves just fine. What is painful is the decision, after 2 seconds of just LOOKING at us, that we must be depressed and lazy, we must eat nothing but hamburgers, we have accomplished nothing in our lives, we are miserable failures as human beings, and others can think and say whatever hurtful things they want. (It's just an ugly fattie!! Who cares how they feel?)

I observe that my fat friends know more about human kindness and how to treat people than most "pretty" people I have encountered.

Anyway, I'll let you know how it goes. I don't expect to ever be thin again, but if you are going to weigh 200 lbs., you may as well develop the muscle required to transport this from place to place. Plus I don't want to end up diabetic like my grandmother.

 

[Frackal]

The biggest problem in this world is that people can't take responsibilities for their own actions.

It's not a disability...that's BS...it's a choice. Someone that's blind has a disability, they didn't choose to not be able to see. Fat people choose to eat...accept the consequences of overeating.

Imagine a plane is full, and some huge fat person buys 1 ticket...and that ticket is next to you. Being a bodybuilding board, I'm sure most of us can barely fit in that seat as it is. So what happens now, the fat person takes your seat because they can't fit in theirs. No way. Either fit, get 2 seats, or get out. No special treatment.

By the way, if that guy wins any money...I give up on this country. Lawsuits should be illegal

"They said `100 percent beef.' I thought that meant it was good for you," Barber told Newsday. "I thought the food was OK."

Gee, you'd think that weighing 272 pounds and having 2 heart attacks...in 1996 and 1999 would make you realize that something you're doing isn't right.

No shit....I hope the judge spits on this piece of rank shit

 

[ATrollFromTheFatBoard]

I don't like frivolous lawsuits any more than you do. Just please don't judge all overweight people by this one.

 

[circusgirl]

iirc the ciggie case was based on tobacco companies suppressing evidence back in the 50s/60s about the dangers of smoking, when these were not as widely known. Same with the asbestos manufacturers around the same time.

McDs, on the other hand, don't try to claim that their food is nutritious. I see no negligence there.

 

[VicTusDeuS]

After reading all this, I wanted to post to say that I hope that you reading this will not judge all fat people by the actions of one.

It is a little simplistic to say that advertising MADE you eat only one thing to the exclusion of anything else, or determined how much you ate.

While I do think the fast food industry is not appropriately forthcoming about what exactly is in its food or how it was produced, I think it deserves to be sued for other reasons than this.

Did you know that most fast food is so processed it doesn't taste like ANYTHING???? The flavor in fast food comes from CHEMICALS made in a LAB. Can that be good for people's health?

Did you know that the meat for fast food comes very cheap, because that is how the Big Corporations sell it at those low, low prices and their coffers therefore stay rich, and, um, fat? Because they have to sell meat at such low prices, the meat packing plants from which this meat comes run the butchering and packing lines so fast that they are dangerous for the workers, who are rushing to keep up with the lines with large and dangerous sharp instruments. Sanitation is nowhere near what it should be (witness the E. coli outbreaks we see from time to time), and the workers are poorly paid and just plain EXPLOITED. Meat packing is one of the most dangerous jobs in this country.

I don't even want to talk about what they feed beef cattle (and I know something about this, as I am a veterinarian and former animal science major) and how these animals are treated. I only go into a fast food restaurant as a last resort, if I am stuck somewhere and there is absolutely nowhere else for me to eat.

Yes, it IS unconscionable what these companies are doing, but you would never know that from their sunny ads on Saturday morning TV. I hope SOMEBODY takes a big chunk out of their pocketbooks, but I wish it were for the right reasons.

Having said that, I would like to point out that fat people don't become fat in a vacuum. It seems that the more pressure there is in our culture to be thin, the fatter we become. All this obesity is a relatively new phenomenon. If 60% of America were just fat lazy pigs by nature, and absolute personal liability for body shape and weight were a real fact, how is it that this just occurred in the past 20 years or so? Why weren't we always a nation of 60% fat lazy pigs?

Something has changed, and I don't think it is the character of your basic stock hardworking American. I know it's easy to look at someone, decide you know all about them in 2 seconds and sneer, but that's not the right way to do it, guys. How you treat people is just as much under YOUR control as our eating is under ours.

I am assuming you side with the fat guy. He has no reason to sue. I eat fast food just as much as the next guy and I am the farthest from fat (sub 10% bf). You can sympothize with him all you want, but the fast food companies are not to blame. McDonalds and Burger King make their fries in greasy oil right in front of you. It's his own ignorance to blame that he didnt know eating large amounts of food cooked in hot greasy oil would clog his arteries.
Nobody was telling him to go their either. If a sign says made with 100% beef, that means that one of the ingrediants was beef, and it was composed of pure beef. The fast food companies are not idiots, they have their own lawyers too and can interpret things the way they want. Just like with race issues, this fat guy trying to sue because he is fat is only going to piss off the healthy unfat people and make them start hating fat people even more now too.