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undergroundpanther (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 06:18 AM Original message |
Fat phobic culture |
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acmejack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 06:27 AM Response to Original message |
1. Why is then that the majority of Americans are overweight? |
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Yollam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 06:32 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. There are a lot of pot (bellies) calling kettles black. |
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mcscajun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 07:12 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Yeah, it's easy to find a guy with a potbelly wearing a "No Fat Chicks" |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 11:39 PM Response to Reply #9 |
284. You mean like this guy? |
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suziedemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 06:34 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. I think that quote is originally from George Bernard Shaw. |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 10:51 AM Response to Reply #1 |
21. Self-hatred & fear of embarassment are very powerful marketing tools |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 12:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
40. crappy diets and not enough exercise. |
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Lindacooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 10:59 PM Response to Reply #40 |
164. Not always. Some meds really pack on the pounds. |
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ForeverWinter (77 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 02:58 AM Response to Reply #164 |
227. True, but... |
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Lindacooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 11:56 AM Response to Reply #227 |
248. Nope. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 10:11 AM Response to Reply #164 |
244. most human problems may be complicated... |
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Lindacooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 11:53 AM Response to Reply #244 |
247. No, that is not true. If it were simple, the weight loss industry |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 12:03 PM Response to Reply #247 |
249. "going on a diet" is the WRONG thing to do. |
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Lindacooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 12:39 PM Response to Reply #249 |
252. My goodness, how self-satisfied are you? |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 02:12 PM Response to Reply #252 |
257. it WILL work for everyone else... |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 04:49 AM Response to Reply #257 |
292. More importantly: eat tons of veggies! |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 06:31 AM Response to Reply #292 |
295. Stuff your face... |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 07:51 AM Response to Reply #292 |
298. my body is allergic to starch. |
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Moloch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 12:44 PM Response to Reply #247 |
254. No other country in the world has the same problem with |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 02:05 PM Response to Reply #254 |
256. exactly. |
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pookieblue (517 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 05:43 PM Response to Reply #254 |
266. what about those of us WHO ARE trying??? |
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ismnotwasm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 06:37 PM Response to Reply #266 |
270. Hugs for you |
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renate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 01:46 AM Response to Reply #266 |
300. someone SAID that to you????? |
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Lindacooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 08:00 PM Response to Reply #254 |
271. No, you're wrong. |
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PWRinNY (456 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 05:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
52. Prescription drugs, processed foods, super portion sizes |
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pookieblue (517 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 07:54 PM Response to Reply #52 |
59. Prescription drugs will do it to ya. |
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ForeverWinter (77 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 03:21 AM Response to Reply #59 |
233. Good! |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 08:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
67. Self-hatred? |
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Yollam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 06:30 PM Response to Reply #67 |
134. In the fifties, a serving of food at a restaurant... |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 08:19 AM Response to Reply #1 |
70. that's what I always say. |
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Seabiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 04:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
104. History's most overweight culture with fat phobia? Ironic. |
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Yollam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 06:27 PM Response to Reply #104 |
132. Well, we're also simutaneously the most sex-repressed and sex-obsessed. |
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Seabiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 07:38 PM Response to Reply #132 |
146. It doesn't make sense to me... |
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Yollam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 07:54 PM Response to Reply #146 |
147. It makes no sense to you, because you have empathy |
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Seabiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 08:06 PM Response to Reply #147 |
149. OK, so what % of Americans would you guess lack empathy as a result? |
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Yollam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 08:18 PM Response to Reply #149 |
150. Probably all of us, to one degree or another. |
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Seabiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 04:37 AM Response to Reply #150 |
237. That's quite interesting. My personal feeling about the problem here |
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suziedemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 06:28 AM Response to Original message |
2. I worked with a guy who, while pointing to fat people, would loudly say |
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Yollam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 06:30 AM Response to Original message |
3. I have no aversion to fat people, but I have an aversion to fat... |
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acmejack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 06:54 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. I went there too |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 11:13 AM Response to Reply #3 |
25. I do not believe that being "fat" decreases life span |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 08:29 PM Response to Reply #25 |
151. My great uncle |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 11:18 AM Response to Reply #3 |
27. False |
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mccoyn (512 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 03:55 PM Response to Reply #27 |
46. Do you have any sources? |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 04:35 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. Sources are legion; this is a pretty good summary |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 07:58 PM Response to Reply #50 |
61. You should read your own citation more carefully: |
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mccoyn (512 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 07:49 AM Response to Reply #46 |
69. Thanks! -nt |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 08:52 PM Response to Reply #27 |
66. That is SO much BS. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 01:39 AM Response to Reply #66 |
197. Yes |
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conflictgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 09:09 PM Response to Reply #27 |
156. Yes, and on your note about the cholesterol lowering drugs... |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 07:38 PM Response to Reply #3 |
57. Why is a stressful lifestyle idealized though? |
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Yollam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 08:45 AM Response to Reply #57 |
72. True, and lack of sleep has been linked to weight gain. |
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Nobody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 05:18 PM Response to Reply #72 |
120. And ADD. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 03:07 AM Response to Reply #72 |
232. I understand lack of sleep = weight gain |
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mcscajun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 07:10 AM Response to Original message |
7. Then there's the Bariatric Surgery boom... |
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Red State Rebel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 08:31 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. There are other surgical alternatives |
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WePurrsevere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 07:11 AM Response to Original message |
8. "Blame the victim" even though there are studies that show there are other |
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mcscajun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 07:13 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Sleep issues are a part of it, too. You're right. |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 08:57 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. I Was Told I Was "Too Young, Too Thin and Too Female" To Have Sleep Apnea |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 08:35 PM Response to Reply #8 |
152. The genetic factors |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 07:29 AM Response to Original message |
11. There is also an epidemic of untreated diabetes and thyroid conditions. |
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StellaBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 10:32 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. You've just described my problem |
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Nobody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 08:17 PM Response to Reply #17 |
62. Wow, I thought I was reading about myself for a minute |
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Yollam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 08:47 AM Response to Reply #17 |
73. Dry beans of various kinds are nutritious, cheap and long-lasting. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 01:14 AM Response to Reply #73 |
189. Now tell some fat woman with several part time minimum wage jobs |
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Yollam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 01:50 AM Response to Reply #189 |
205. I don't make that much more than minimum wage, and I'm dealing with weight |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 02:51 AM Response to Reply #205 |
224. It takes a long time |
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Locrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 10:55 AM Response to Reply #17 |
83. have you checked your cortisol levels? |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 11:18 AM Response to Reply #11 |
26. food ... yes. |
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StellaBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 11:29 AM Response to Reply #26 |
31. this is really true |
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Dervill Crow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 12:14 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. And when you have a skinny family who insist on eating unhealthy . . . |
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Yollam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 08:50 AM Response to Reply #36 |
74. Even if your family are thin, the junk food is not good for them. |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 12:19 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. I've found some organic frozen dinners that are quite good |
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prolesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 11:45 AM Response to Reply #11 |
32. I disagree that you have to have money |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 01:15 AM Response to Reply #32 |
190. And if you live in a studio |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 01:32 AM Response to Reply #190 |
192. There are websites out there that deal with issues like that. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 01:37 AM Response to Reply #192 |
193. Say the privileged who don't have to deal with being low-income |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 02:01 AM Response to Reply #193 |
211. Currently, I'm privleged. I'll admit it, however... |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 02:52 AM Response to Reply #211 |
225. And your eating habits were exactly the same under both conditions |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 03:39 AM Response to Reply #225 |
235. Well, I ate less tofu, but I still ate a lot of whole grains and beans. |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 06:13 AM Response to Reply #235 |
239. Yeah, right. Sure you did. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 03:01 AM Response to Reply #235 |
288. I don't call having to wait around for two hours to prepare a meal "easy" |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 06:10 AM Response to Reply #192 |
238. Because everyone has access to a computer, right? n/t |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 02:14 AM Response to Reply #32 |
214. It's the packaging (marketing) that makes it hard for poor people |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 12:38 PM Response to Reply #32 |
251. I agree 100% |
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JackDragna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 01:39 PM Response to Reply #11 |
44. You just pointed out one of the great sins of our culture. |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
14. Don't You Know Fat People Cause Everything Bad? |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 08:45 PM Response to Reply #14 |
153. while I agree judgemental and rude people exist |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 12:11 AM Response to Reply #14 |
285. Yea, Fat People and Clinton's Penis |
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skids (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
15. We are all living in a big High School. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 03:00 AM Response to Reply #15 |
229. how about the health problems associated with obesity? |
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skids (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 03:25 AM Response to Reply #229 |
234. Many of my friends are obese... |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 04:18 AM Response to Reply #234 |
236. teens are vulnerable. |
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Alpharetta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
16. 46 Percent Willing To Give Up Year Of Life |
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fishnfla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 11:13 AM Response to Reply #16 |
24. I think this is a new way of surveying all kinds of conditions |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 03:19 PM Response to Reply #16 |
92. Again, they mean "Would you rather live 25 more years and be fat |
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ariellyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
18. My friend's daughter died from weight loss surgery last year |
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Yollam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 10:47 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. I think there is a place for the surgery. |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 06:38 PM Response to Reply #20 |
138. Do you know anything about the qualification for weight loss surgeries? |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
19. Willing to "lose a limb" but not go to the gym or eat sensibly? |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 10:56 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. No offense intended BES |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 11:07 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. How about if someone did both and it didn't make a difference? |
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distantearlywarning (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 11:28 AM Response to Reply #23 |
30. Similar story here: |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 12:33 PM Response to Reply #30 |
38. Oh, I hear that! |
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SiobhanClancy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 07:54 PM Response to Reply #30 |
60. I had thyroid cancer... |
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w8liftinglady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 04:32 PM Response to Reply #30 |
108. same here-- |
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newyawker99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 03:46 PM Response to Reply #23 |
45. Hi MorningGlow!! |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 03:58 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Thanks! Good to be here! n/t |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 07:15 PM Response to Reply #23 |
54. The obesity epidemic is not a genetic change in our species |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 06:41 PM Response to Reply #54 |
139. Are you a physician? |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 07:07 PM Response to Reply #139 |
143. Yes I am |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 07:32 PM Response to Reply #143 |
145. I guess you won't mind a few questions, then |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 11:15 PM Response to Reply #145 |
171. ROFL! It's hard to get shutdown, eh Julie? |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 10:36 AM Response to Reply #171 |
246. Thanks for the response |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 12:20 PM Response to Reply #246 |
250. just because he has an md.... |
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Lindacooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 08:03 PM Response to Reply #250 |
273. You bet. How many nutrition classes do MDs take in their |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 12:52 AM Response to Reply #54 |
181. None are curable |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 01:03 AM Response to Reply #54 |
185. No, it's a change in other factors that individuals have no control over |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 08:03 PM Response to Reply #23 |
148. It's an unfortunate paradox |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
28. A friend of my sister's whole family is obese. |
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SupplyConcerns (305 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
29. If you're fat you're sacrificing a year of your life at least |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 03:17 PM Response to Reply #29 |
91. No, they mean you could live 25 years more and have them be |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
33. as someone who used to be a lot larger... |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
34. Why not? Only thin, perfect looking extroverted people get action in bed. |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 08:48 PM Response to Reply #34 |
64. well played |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 06:27 PM Response to Reply #64 |
133. Unfortunately, I'm not a player. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 11:16 PM Response to Reply #133 |
172. Don't hate the player, hate the GAME. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
35. I am fat |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
39. I'm not totally sure what fat folks want.... |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 01:28 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. "...rolls of fat wiggling through their hands." |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 01:37 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. And still convey (somewhat) what a lot of folks find not hot.... |
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distantearlywarning (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 06:11 PM Response to Reply #39 |
53. I'm 31 years old and very happily married |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 10:46 AM Response to Reply #53 |
82. **** AB-SO-FREAKING-LUTELY!!! **** EXCELLENT POST ABOVE! I hope |
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AnnieBW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 07:33 PM Response to Reply #39 |
55. What do Fat People Want? |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 04:08 PM Response to Reply #39 |
98. The average Joe/Josephine, skinny or not |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
41. I saw an interesting comment recently comparing obesity to alcoholism and |
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AnnieBW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 07:34 PM Response to Reply #41 |
56. Drunks Put Their Tiger In a Cage |
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mcscajun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 08:59 PM Response to Reply #56 |
68. I've never heard it put better. |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 10:19 AM Response to Reply #56 |
80. Exactly! You said it much better than I did though! |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 08:59 PM Response to Reply #41 |
155. except that's a total myth |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 01:20 AM Response to Reply #155 |
191. But you still don't ever *need* to take another drink |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 02:14 AM Response to Reply #191 |
215. Except that food isn't addictive |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 02:37 AM Response to Reply #215 |
221. Gonna have to disagree on the addiction thing but |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 08:03 PM Response to Reply #221 |
274. it's not physically addictive |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 01:00 PM Response to Reply #215 |
255. I agree |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 01:45 AM Response to Reply #41 |
200. I'm much much worse than that! |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
48. can we move on to Pit Bulls & Concealed Weapons? |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 01:38 AM Response to Reply #48 |
195. I'm adopting a pit bull tommorow. |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
49. I been fat. I been skinny. |
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Ksec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
51. Oh I admit to |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 10:22 AM Response to Reply #51 |
81. That's good of you to say. |
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Yollam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 10:51 PM Response to Reply #51 |
163. But there ARE times when it's appropriate. |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
58. All this fat phobia is rather triggering |
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Nobody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 08:21 PM Response to Reply #58 |
63. Callista Flockhart is hideous |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 08:38 AM Response to Reply #63 |
71. ITA. Anything can be taken to an extreme. There is a point where |
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diamidue (606 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 05:28 PM Response to Reply #63 |
124. Callista Flockhart is hideous |
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Nobody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 08:26 PM Response to Reply #124 |
279. I apologize. See post 278 |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 09:14 PM Response to Reply #63 |
157. Why is what you said ANY different |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 02:09 AM Response to Reply #157 |
213. You're absolutely right. I noticed that too. |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 02:25 AM Response to Reply #213 |
217. you're doing it too |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 02:56 AM Response to Reply #217 |
226. No, it is not in my imagination. |
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Nobody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 08:25 PM Response to Reply #157 |
278. Let me try again |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 11:19 PM Response to Reply #63 |
174. She's very pretty. It would just be nice if she discovered DINNER. |
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cmkramer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 10:08 AM Response to Reply #174 |
243. She's gained some weight since the "Ally McBeal" days |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 06:29 PM Response to Reply #243 |
267. Kudos to her then. |
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Nobody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 08:27 PM Response to Reply #243 |
280. I'm glad to hear that |
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coffeenap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 09:20 AM Response to Reply #58 |
77. Good luck with your continued recovery! Someone close to me |
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AmericanaAustraliana (38 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
65. Sexual attraction: My girlfriend is moderately overweight |
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Yollam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
75. BTW, my weight-loss regime has included choco-chip cookies... |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
76. "Phobia" = "fear", not "hatred". |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 02:20 PM Response to Reply #76 |
259. Exactly. |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
78. The world looks at us differently because the USA is fat... |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 10:11 AM Response to Reply #78 |
79. Is that a joke? |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 02:33 PM Response to Reply #78 |
87. They hate us for our fatness? LOL nt |
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Random_Australian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 05:18 AM Response to Reply #78 |
294. Nope, I think, as a whole, America never really gets how much, and why, |
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carl_pwccaman (259 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 04:15 AM Response to Reply #78 |
305. Maybe Europe is full of Fat-hating ignoramuses too |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
84. It's an AMAZING litmus test though. I'm telling you. |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 02:45 PM Response to Reply #84 |
88. Your post was very interesting to read. |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 03:22 PM Response to Reply #88 |
93. Thanks cat_girl25, that's kind of you to say. I should clarify that |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 03:40 PM Response to Reply #93 |
95. Oh, you don't have to clarify. |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 04:18 PM Response to Reply #95 |
101. Thanks! |
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Dervill Crow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 06:15 PM Response to Reply #95 |
130. That's awesome! n/t |
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conflictgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 10:29 PM Response to Reply #84 |
158. That is interesting...and I have noticed the same thing |
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iconoclastNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
85. Fat people cost us all tons of money |
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Dervill Crow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 02:30 PM Response to Reply #85 |
86. Yeah, that's what I hear. |
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iconoclastNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 03:17 PM Response to Reply #86 |
90. It's a chicken-egg thing |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 03:24 PM Response to Reply #90 |
94. Not always though. |
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iconoclastNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 03:57 PM Response to Reply #94 |
96. Why dont they just eat less? |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 04:11 PM Response to Reply #96 |
99. Wow, I'm so glad you've simplified that for everyone. I bet no fat person |
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iconoclastNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 04:34 PM Response to Reply #99 |
109. The fact is |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 04:50 PM Response to Reply #109 |
115. Yep, self-discipline is a VARIABLE. Not a constant. |
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iconoclastNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 05:09 PM Response to Reply #115 |
117. What? |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 05:37 PM Response to Reply #117 |
126. Yes, you're right. I can't imagine why any less than perfect human being |
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Lindacooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 11:13 PM Response to Reply #117 |
168. 'Tolerate them'??? |
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Yollam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 11:13 PM Response to Reply #117 |
169. You're right, and you're wrong. |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 01:08 AM Response to Reply #169 |
186. Absolutely stellar post. Thank you. |
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Yollam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 01:11 AM Response to Reply #169 |
188. Correction - "foot pain" not "food pain" |
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conflictgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 10:38 PM Response to Reply #109 |
160. Yes, but what is the standard you're using for "overweight"? |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 01:49 AM Response to Reply #160 |
202. Do you lift weights? |
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conflictgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 02:08 AM Response to Reply #202 |
212. I do, but they're light weights |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 03:39 PM Response to Reply #202 |
263. weight lifting is great, BUT |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 03:52 PM Response to Reply #263 |
264. I can't do over the head shoulder exercises anyway. |
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Lindacooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 11:11 PM Response to Reply #109 |
167. Um, no. |
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Lindacooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 11:14 PM Response to Reply #99 |
170. THANK YOU!!! You're right on. |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 12:57 AM Response to Reply #170 |
183. Thanks. And even if someone *has* gone through the |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 01:49 AM Response to Reply #183 |
203. It doesn't? Really? |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 08:14 PM Response to Reply #99 |
275. I guess the post you're replying to |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 11:33 PM Response to Reply #275 |
283. Well, I'm afraid we're going to have to agree to disagree. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 04:26 PM Response to Reply #96 |
105. Yes, we should be able to eat the same as people with normal metabolism-- |
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iconoclastNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 04:36 PM Response to Reply #105 |
110. So you are saying overeating = sexuality? |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 12:43 AM Response to Reply #110 |
178. Those things have nothing whatsoever to do with obesity |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 01:52 AM Response to Reply #96 |
206. Why don't black people just stay out of the sun if they don't like racism? |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 03:01 AM Response to Reply #96 |
230. And why don't poor people just work more? |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 01:41 AM Response to Reply #94 |
198. How would they be the "genetic kings?" |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 01:50 AM Response to Reply #198 |
204. No, not under conditions of life-long semistarvation |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 01:54 AM Response to Reply #198 |
210. Much more recent than that. |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 02:59 AM Response to Reply #198 |
228. No, they would need less food to survive because their bodies |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 04:06 PM Response to Reply #90 |
97. So you've researched and diagnosed every single case of obesity in the US? |
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iconoclastNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 04:42 PM Response to Reply #97 |
113. Yeah that's ONE CASE |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 04:19 PM Response to Reply #90 |
103. It's like being gay, not like being black |
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iconoclastNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 04:39 PM Response to Reply #103 |
112. How many gay people do you know? |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 05:04 PM Response to Reply #112 |
116. I know lots of gay people. |
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iconoclastNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 05:10 PM Response to Reply #116 |
118. You are the one equating sexuality with overeating |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 05:19 PM Response to Reply #118 |
121. No, I'm equating assumptions and sweeping generalizations about |
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iconoclastNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 05:22 PM Response to Reply #121 |
122. I'm stating a fact |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 05:31 PM Response to Reply #122 |
125. Fine, then I'll use the right-wing "welfare queen" argument. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 12:58 AM Response to Reply #122 |
184. Living in an industrialize society with enough to eat is a choice? |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 01:39 AM Response to Reply #122 |
196. And who ever said anything about elevating "being fat |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 12:37 AM Response to Reply #112 |
177. There is no such thing as some static "need" for calories |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 01:47 AM Response to Reply #90 |
201. Sure, like gay people can ignore their true desires and stay married |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 04:32 PM Response to Reply #86 |
107. Exactly |
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iconoclastNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 05:13 PM Response to Reply #107 |
119. Oh that's rich. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 01:10 AM Response to Reply #119 |
187. No study has shown any such thing |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 06:59 AM Response to Reply #86 |
242. You're right |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 04:15 PM Response to Reply #85 |
100. Nonsense |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 01:52 AM Response to Reply #100 |
207. Then the average person needs to lose weight. |
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Yollam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 02:24 AM Response to Reply #207 |
216. Definitely true. The body is a temple. |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 06:35 PM Response to Reply #216 |
268. Why is not ok to be 10 or 20 lbs overweight? |
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Yollam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 08:56 PM Response to Reply #268 |
281. It's not a crime - it's a free country. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 02:31 AM Response to Reply #207 |
219. The average person needs to forget about weight entirely, |
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distantearlywarning (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 04:18 PM Response to Reply #85 |
102. The last time I went to the doctor: |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 04:36 PM Response to Reply #102 |
111. Amen to that. |
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Lindacooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 08:01 PM Response to Reply #102 |
272. BRAVO!! And thank you!!! |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 05:25 PM Response to Reply #85 |
123. Yes |
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pookieblue (517 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 06:26 PM Response to Reply #123 |
131. damn that's how I got MS! |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 01:43 AM Response to Reply #131 |
199. Yes, as a matter of fact that's exactly what they want |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 12:20 AM Response to Reply #85 |
286. The Bush administration is costing us a lot more than fat people |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
89. Coming up on British TV (More4): "Tax the Fat" |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 04:27 PM Response to Reply #89 |
106. That should make a lot of money from professional athletes as well |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 04:50 PM Response to Reply #106 |
114. That's just what his opponent pointed out on the radio |
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Yollam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 07:16 PM Response to Reply #114 |
144. But in the long run beefy bodybuilders have almost as many health problems |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 12:47 AM Response to Reply #144 |
179. That "oxidation" nonsense is just pure bullshit |
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Yollam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 01:37 AM Response to Reply #179 |
194. There is LOTS of data linking low calorie intake to longevity. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 02:27 AM Response to Reply #194 |
218. Most of those studies are with rats and mice |
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Yollam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 02:33 AM Response to Reply #218 |
220. Most of the longest-lived Japanese are in the countryside... |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 02:47 AM Response to Reply #220 |
223. There is no such thing as a particular static number of calories |
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Yollam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 06:52 AM Response to Reply #223 |
241. Resting calorie utilization varies from day to day... |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 02:58 AM Response to Reply #241 |
287. It's mainly because their genetica allows them to maintain average weight |
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Yollam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 04:22 AM Response to Reply #287 |
290. Well, black people need to protect their skin from UV rays too. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 05:04 AM Response to Reply #290 |
293. My skin gets noticeably darker when I am in the sun more-- |
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Yollam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 06:39 AM Response to Reply #293 |
296. That's not true. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 12:41 AM Response to Reply #296 |
299. Being obese is normal if you live in an industrialized society |
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Yollam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 01:56 AM Response to Reply #299 |
301. It won't make you stick-thin, but it will make you healthier... |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 03:22 AM Response to Reply #301 |
302. NAAFA does not want people to continue to suffer! |
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Yollam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 06:15 AM Response to Reply #302 |
308. They don't say it in so many words... |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 04:10 PM Response to Reply #308 |
310. "Whopping" 175 lbs? |
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Yollam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 09:10 PM Response to Reply #310 |
314. No, I was 245 or 250 as a teen and got down to 175 as an adult. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 10:09 PM Response to Reply #314 |
315. Getting your spinal cord cut in an accident is very risky to your health |
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Yollam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 10:17 PM Response to Reply #315 |
316. And I agree with them on that point. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 04:22 AM Response to Reply #301 |
307. And what worked for you is irrelevant-- |
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Yollam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 06:24 AM Response to Reply #307 |
309. "slightly less" |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 04:15 PM Response to Reply #309 |
311. After a 5% loss, you are STILL FAT!! |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 03:22 PM Response to Reply #194 |
261. All my older heavy relatives |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 01:54 AM Response to Reply #144 |
209. While I think being overweight is unhealthy... |
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AllNamesHaveBeenUsed (140 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 06:41 PM Response to Reply #106 |
140. Athletic types |
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Yollam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 01:54 AM Response to Reply #89 |
208. Actually, that would be a GOOD IDEA. |
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AllNamesHaveBeenUsed (140 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
127. Diet Soda and Weight Gain |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 06:03 PM Response to Reply #127 |
128. Diet soda is junk food. |
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AllNamesHaveBeenUsed (140 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 06:10 PM Response to Reply #128 |
129. Junk |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 06:35 PM Response to Reply #129 |
136. Oh, so it's your drug delivery device! LOL! |
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AllNamesHaveBeenUsed (140 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 06:53 PM Response to Reply #136 |
142. Well... |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
135. You say "...in America". |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 10:45 PM Response to Reply #135 |
162. Yes. Many. |
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Yollam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 11:18 PM Response to Reply #162 |
173. Strange thing though... |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 11:50 PM Response to Reply #162 |
175. That's a good example. |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 03:24 PM Response to Reply #162 |
262. African cultures as well |
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BlueStateModerate (227 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
137. I would cut off a year of my life in a second |
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pookieblue (517 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 06:51 PM Response to Reply #137 |
141. hell, I'll cut a year off my life |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 12:50 AM Response to Reply #137 |
180. That's lack of activity, not weight |
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DoveTurnedHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
154. Every Fat Thread I've Seen Here Tends to Devolve Into a Battle |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
159. no fatties. |
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undergroundpanther (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 10:43 PM Response to Reply #159 |
161. Maybe |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 12:05 AM Response to Reply #161 |
176. the reason i chose the term "no fatties"... |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 02:39 AM Response to Reply #161 |
222. so physical looks mean nothing to you |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 06:27 AM Response to Reply #222 |
240. Having physical standards for your dating partners is your prerogative |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 08:23 PM Response to Reply #240 |
276. so if they hadn't used the word fatties |
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undergroundpanther (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 03:56 AM Response to Reply #276 |
303. Fatties is a shame word |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 11:00 PM Response to Reply #159 |
165. No. |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 12:53 AM Response to Reply #159 |
182. No it doesn't make you a bad person. Not at all. |
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Lindacooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 12:40 PM Response to Reply #159 |
253. Yes. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 02:16 PM Response to Reply #253 |
258. oh, well... |
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Lindacooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
166. Did you know the size you were as a baby has a significant |
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laundry_queen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 03:04 AM Response to Reply #166 |
231. Were the infants in the study |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 10:14 AM Response to Reply #166 |
245. i did not know that and i was a large baby, my mom was tiny and i came |
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Samurai_Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
260. This interview with Gwynneth Paltrow might shed some light... |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 08:25 PM Response to Reply #260 |
277. and yet she still played |
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Samurai_Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 10:14 PM Response to Reply #277 |
282. Yes, they did do fat jokes in that movie |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 04:30 PM Response to Reply #260 |
313. Dod people treat her differently because she was "fat".... |
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Jeffersons Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
265. GET YOUR RED-HOT PHOBIAS, BEFORE BUSH OUTLAWS IT.... |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
269. Diet soda DOES NOT make you fat or fatter. |
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Yollam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 04:19 AM Response to Reply #269 |
289. My weight gain accelerated when I started drinking diet... |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 04:44 AM Response to Original message |
291. Indeed |
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distantearlywarning (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 07:04 AM Response to Reply #291 |
297. Ding, ding, ding! Folks, we have a winner! |
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undergroundpanther (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 04:06 AM Response to Reply #297 |
304. Elitism |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 04:29 PM Response to Reply #304 |
312. I'm sorry for all of your suffering. |
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undergroundpanther (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 10:27 PM Response to Reply #312 |
317. Really now?? |
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carl_pwccaman (259 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 04:18 AM Response to Reply #297 |
306. In other cultures they just focus their idiotic nastiness in other ways |
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