This is heavy....

[Galen]

whoever is hand feeding these animals should be ashamed

 

[harddtime]

it's really upsetting that someone would actually feed them to get to this size.

 

[Warik]

I am going to cross the invisible line and break one of the unspoken rules of never arguing with a Mod...

I'm a user who can delete and edit posts. (So are you). Big deal. Argue away. RyanH and I do it all the time. =)

Warik, these people have no lives, yes, they are slaves to food and spend most of their lives in bed. I'm guessing you've never been fat - to the point where people make fun of you, throw food at you and drag you to the bottom emotionally.

No, I haven't.

They did it to themselves I guess you didn't read any of the bio's - most had bad upbringings or were influenced by their families habits.

True, most of them did have bad upbringings or were influenced by their families' habits. This would move the blame to the parents or families if these people were children. They weren't children. They were adults whose lives consisted of waking up, eating, and then going to sleep.

They knew right from wrong. Being overweight or obese is one thing... being unable to physically move is another. I can imagine someone accidentally slipping into the overweight/obese category. I CANNOT undersatnd someone EATING THEMSELVES INTO OBLIVION like that. 1,600 POUNDS? I'm truly sorry, but I CANNOT FATHOM how someone got there without making a conscious effort.

I had hoped that the thread would have gotten more people thinking that they would have considered themselves lucky to be mobile, healthy, have sight and the ability to speak - but rather most site here and judge others according to some "standard" - and most of that is bullshit because it's pretty hard to imagine some of you getting off your asses and going to a gym.

I am thankful for everything I have. From something so fundamental as being able to breathe on my own to something so complex as thinking. All that would have been needed would have been a minor genetic mishap 20 years ago and I'd be a completely different person. I'm thankful for that everyday. The fact remains, however, these people were consciously eating themselves into oblivion and barely making an effort to save themselves once they got very large? How could you blame someone for judging? (I do go to the gym BTW)

Yeah, I feel sorry for them and I was once on that road to being morbidly obese [medical defination, being 120 pounds or more over your ideal weight].

Two questions:

1) Do you think you would have ever gotten to 1,600lbs without trying your best to do so?

2) Do you look how you look now because you did absolutely nothing about your obesity?

Better watch out of those pounds will show up one morning and you'll turn into something you despise.

Will do.

-Warik

 

[The_RAIDER]

I've always wondered how the hell these people afford to eat that much food.
I't obvious they aren't working 9-5 at the local Foto-mat..

 

[danielson]

hmmm

i was fatt. i didnt even realise, the increasing waistlines look in mirror etc seemed oblivious to me, until i got teased about it.

teasing does actually serve a purpose. it might be enough to motivate a lard ass to get up and do some exercise. being ribbed by my friends, family, it had an affect on me. my bodyweight went down to 9 stone (from 10.5), but whole skinny i was still healthy and well within my BMI.

thing is though i think those people have a psychological problem. they have been driven to eating, or never grew out fo eating lots and as a result have got addicted to it. its just like drug use. they derive huge amounts of pleasure by eating food, particularlys those with a fat content. something happens in obese people which makes sensory information from fatty food result n more endorphins released etc, they get pleasure out of it, perhaps too much. as a result if like in one case i read they wire their jaw shut to reduce their caloririe intake, the dude drank blended chicken curry...its like he needed a hit.

its why when a kid gets teased about his waist and the shcool cracks down on it, part of me thinks 'ok well at least he wont be teased' while another part thnks if hell now continue to chow down on big macs again

i absolutely hate establishements like macdonalds making happy meals ect, purely because a child and his infantile mind will want to eat all this fried gunk for a kids toy, and as a result his parent may take him there again and again. i do actually get worried when i walk into one of these places and i see an overweight child having a happy meal put infront of him

 

[supersizeme]

I thought this thread was going to be about my cock.

 

[Latimer]

I thought this thread was going to be about my cock.

Funny you should say that. I thought this post by Shag http://boards.elitefitness.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=38760 was going to be about your cock.

 

[FrankRizzo]

I'd bang Carol Yager.

 

[tlhc]

1600/2,205 = 725,6236kg = 725623,6g

725623,6g * 9=6530612,245 cals

assuming that a "normal" human needs 2000 cals a day

6530612,245 / 2000 = 3265,306122 days / 365 = 8,95 years ..........


nevertheless i feel sorry for those people,....


ps: no i'm not pro cannibalism and i hope i haven't miscalculated something there, i've never been good at maths