FabSwingers.com forum: Over 50 s are getting to fat

By *eepster1 OP Man
over a year ago

birmingham

Over 50 s are getting to fat bbc news report why

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

they got shares in gyms? the BBC i mean, not the over 50s.

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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

We eat and drink too much and don't move around enough?

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By *ouple in LancashireCouple
over a year ago

in Lancashire

"Over 50 s are getting to fat bbc news report why"

because they are a news reporting service?

although it probably isn't news..

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By *yrdwomanWoman
over a year ago

Putting the 'cum' in Eboracum

Everyone is getting too fat. Not sure why they're picking on us

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Obesity is an issue across all age groups including children, with advancing age it can bring greater health risks so as we get older it becomes a bigger issue (no pun intended!)

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By *mmmMaybeCouple
over a year ago

West Wales

My over 50 isn't too fat as he has pleanty of sexercise

Also some over 50 women on our hotlist

H xx

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By *layfullsamMan
over a year ago

Solihull

"Over 50 s are getting to fat bbc news report why"

Wow that will be an interesting bbc news report

I'll cancel going out to watch that beauty,

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It is all ages, if you check the ti_eline since the 1950s, it is down to culture.

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By *a Fee VerteWoman
over a year ago

Limbo

To be fair, with the industrial quantity of chocolate this over 50 has shovelled in over the past week, the BBC might have a point ...

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By *mmmMaybeCouple
over a year ago

West Wales

"To be fair, with the industrial quantity of chocolate this over 50 has shovelled in over the past week, the BBC might have a point ...

I just make sure we balance it out with other good stuff like sweaty sex every time we eat chocolate

Actually it would be more accurate to say when we eat anything

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Most work these days is mechanised, people therefore become more sedentary. Sugar, sugar and more sugar in most processed food. An abundance of affordable food. It has now become socially acceptable to be overweight.

Many people gain weight easily if they over eat just a little.

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

"they got shares in gyms? the BBC i mean, not the over 50s."

I've just got a dad bod, but then again I've never been to a gym in ma life

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By *a Fee VerteWoman
over a year ago

Limbo

"To be fair, with the industrial quantity of chocolate this over 50 has shovelled in over the past week, the BBC might have a point ...

I just make sure we balance it out with other good stuff like sweaty sex every time we eat chocolate

Actually it would be more accurate to say when we eat anything

If I'd had sex each time I'd eaten chocolate this week there wouldn't have been time to do anything else ....

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By *eeandesCouple
over a year ago

clacton-on-sea Essex not east midlands

Don't they realise that big is Beautiful

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman
over a year ago

evesham

"Over 50 s are getting to fat bbc news report why"

Because the BBC have got nothing better to report. It's well known the whole nation is getting too fat. They find a new group to blame it on every other day.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Id love to see that ti_eline against the appearance of the first "where are all the bbw women over 50" thread on fab,

I'm not saying its the reason, but its a factor, I mean, how many swingers are there over 50

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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"Id love to see that ti_eline against the appearance of the first "where are all the bbw women over 50" thread on fab,

I'm not saying its the reason, but its a factor, I mean, how many swingers are there over 50

21,347

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By *risky_MareWoman
over a year ago

...Up on the Downs

Another slice of Christmas cake anyone? ?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The cheek of it I see young people walking around just as fat as 50 year olds where on earth do they get this from ??

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Same as the rest of the age groups, we don't exercise enough to burn off the calories we're eating.

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By *icecouple561Couple
Forum Mod
over a year ago

East Sussex

Apparently us over 50s are all overweight and unhealthy. There's even a special, extremely patronising quiz we can take that tells you that you're doing ok but surely can do a bit better by taking up yoga or something.

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By *alcon43Woman
over a year ago

Paisley

Should I lose weight before I'm 50 then or will it just all appear overnight on my 50th birthday? No cake

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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"Apparently us over 50s are all overweight and unhealthy. There's even a special, extremely patronising quiz we can take that tells you that you're doing ok but surely can do a bit better by taking up yoga or something.

I'm heavily invested in cake, chocolate and sloth. I'm doing it to the best of my ability.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'm losing weight that I put on when I was 35.

Stick that up your jumper BBC!

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By *uperock99Man
over a year ago

Milton Keynes

Funny how they also tell us we are living longer too, any excuse to put up the retirement age, personally the new generation to come will die like flies earlier than later with all the crap they put in our food these days.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'm heavily invested in cake, chocolate and sloth. I'm doing it to the best of my ability.

What do sloths taste like?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Funny how they also tell us we are living longer too, any excuse to put up the retirement age, personally the new generation to come will die like flies earlier than later with all the crap they put in our food these days."

Before they have time to cash in their pensions.

It's a conspiracy!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Another slice of Christmas cake anyone? ?"

Oh no I don't think I could...oh go on, just a slither....bit more....maybe a bit bigger.....oh for gods sake are we on rationing or something cut me a chunk

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By *icecouple561Couple
Forum Mod
over a year ago

East Sussex

I'm heavily invested in cake, chocolate and sloth. I'm doing it to the best of my ability.

What do sloths taste like?"

The same as anything dipped in chocolate...delicious

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By *erbyDalesCplCouple
over a year ago

Derbyshire

"Over 50 s are getting to fat bbc news report why"

If you want a fuller, more balanced and grown-up version, try here:

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/dec/28/middle-aged-britons-overweight-exercise-too-little-exceed-alcohol-guidelines-public-health-england

It is sad that those most at need of hearing the message are often the first to dismiss health advice as an affront to their right to avoid taking personal responsibility for their own health.

Mr ddc

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By *ust PeachyWoman
over a year ago

Prestonish

"Over 50 s are getting to fat bbc news report why"

Wouldn't say it was specifically the over fifties at all! Apparently 25% of women aged 25 and under are obese - that's not great if it's true - as many people get larger throughout life rather than slimmer! Most of my old friends who are a size 16 or greater were a size 10/12 when we were in our teens/twenties! X

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By *eepster1 OP Man
over a year ago

birmingham

True

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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"Over 50 s are getting to fat bbc news report why

If you want a fuller, more balanced and grown-up version, try here:

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/dec/28/middle-aged-britons-overweight-exercise-too-little-exceed-alcohol-guidelines-public-health-england

It is sad that those most at need of hearing the message are often the first to dismiss health advice as an affront to their right to avoid taking personal responsibility for their own health.

Mr ddc"

I read the PHE report. The answer, it seems, is to push an approach of Making Every Contact Count (MECC) where anyone talking to you about health things also covers smoking cessation, drinking less, better diet and exercise more. Those appointments are going to have to be longer...

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By *icecouple561Couple
Forum Mod
over a year ago

East Sussex

Something needs to be done for sure but as with lots of these things the people most in need of it will ignore it and those who already moderate their alcohol intake, eat healthily 98% of the time and exercise regularly will get fed up of being preached at and take the Mickey.

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By *eepster1 OP Man
over a year ago

birmingham

Yea l got to airsoft and there are some fat teens there fata than me lol

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By *alcon43Woman
over a year ago

Paisley

"Over 50 s are getting to fat bbc news report why

I was a 10/12 before I had three kids then had a desk job. More of us drive cars door to door, get shopping delivered and are generally less active. Our diets have more fast food for convenience too.

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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

I'm heavily invested in cake, chocolate and sloth. I'm doing it to the best of my ability.

What do sloths taste like?"

I haven't been eating them, just emulating them... but I've got more than 3 toes.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Over 50 s are getting to fat bbc news report why

If you want a fuller, more balanced and grown-up version, try here:

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/dec/28/middle-aged-britons-overweight-exercise-too-little-exceed-alcohol-guidelines-public-health-england

It is sad that those most at need of hearing the message are often the first to dismiss health advice as an affront to their right to avoid taking personal responsibility for their own health.

Mr ddc"

Shots fired....

This post is like jumping into the gladiator pit at the roman colosseum , covered in pigs blood with 100 hungry lions waiting for you.

I'll just sit back and watch the carnage

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Over 50 s are getting to fat bbc news report why

My 15 yr old niece is a size 24/26

She's been hospitalised due to the effect her weight has had on her body.

I'm not slim but as an adult it's my responsibility, I feel ever so angry at parents who allow their kids to get so overweight with not a care about their health!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Over 50 s are getting to fat bbc news report why

My 15 yr old niece is a size 24/26

She's been hospitalised due to the effect her weight has had on her body.

I'm not slim but as an adult it's my responsibility, I feel ever so angry at parents who allow their kids to get so overweight with not a care about their health!

The parents are usually overweight also... remember the apple doesn't fall to far from the tree

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By *mmmMaybeCouple
over a year ago

West Wales

"I'm losing weight that I put on when I was 35.

Stick that up your jumper BBC! "

Me too! Slow going though for me at least..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Over 50 s are getting to fat bbc news report why

If you want a fuller, more balanced and grown-up version, try here:

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/dec/28/middle-aged-britons-overweight-exercise-too-little-exceed-alcohol-guidelines-public-health-england

It is sad that those most at need of hearing the message are often the first to dismiss health advice as an affront to their right to avoid taking personal responsibility for their own health.

Mr ddc

Which is why, when you go to your doctor, by the time they have asked you if you smoke and entered it into the computer, weighed you, and entered it into the computer, printed out blood test forms to check your glucose and cholesterol, they don't have time to listen to why you are there.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I'm losing weight that I put on when I was 35.

Stick that up your jumper BBC!

Me too! Slow going though for me at least..

Now I'm actually bothering to lose weight I'm doing quite well. I changed what I ate and walk more. It's falling off me.

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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"Over 50 s are getting to fat bbc news report why

My 15 yr old niece is a size 24/26

She's been hospitalised due to the effect her weight has had on her body.

I'm not slim but as an adult it's my responsibility, I feel ever so angry at parents who allow their kids to get so overweight with not a care about their health!

I also get angry with parents who don't appear to care about the health of their children. Then I remind myself that it is largely ignorance, a seeming inability to say no and not malice.

Earlier this month I saw parents in M&S buy their daughter a family sized cottage pie. They were asking her if she would eat it all and if she wanted anything else with it. She looked about 5 years old.

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By *erbyDalesCplCouple
over a year ago

Derbyshire

"Something needs to be done for sure but as with lots of these things the people most in need of it will ignore it and those who already moderate their alcohol intake, eat healthily 98% of the time and exercise regularly will get fed up of being preached at and take the Mickey."

They will to start with, but with all public awareness initiatives it is about a consistent approach over time.

When I was a kid not wearing a seatbelt in a car, nor a hardhat on a building site, drink-driving, speeding, smoking and many more things were accepted as "normal", but society's stance had gradually changed.

Eventually people will accept that the NHS isn't a bottomless pit of resources, but one which we all have to pay for.

{shrugs}

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By *rsFine-MrBallsCouple
over a year ago

markinch

Damn i thought 50 was the new 40 ..ocht theres always something

xox

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By *erbyDalesCplCouple
over a year ago

Derbyshire

Mr ddc

Shots fired....

This post is like jumping into the gladiator pit at the roman colosseum , covered in pigs blood with 100 hungry lions waiting for you.

I'll just sit back and watch the carnage

Lose weight & exercise more. You don't have to out-run the lion, just the person next to you

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By *mmmMaybeCouple
over a year ago

West Wales

Probably going to get shot now but we tend to throw a fair chunk of chocolate cake & the like away.

Coffee & Walnut cake on the other hand usually doesn't touch the sides

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By *inky-MinxWoman
over a year ago

Grantham

"Damn i thought 50 was the new 40 ..ocht theres always something

xox"

It's the new 30

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Mr ddc

Shots fired....

This post is like jumping into the gladiator pit at the roman colosseum , covered in pigs blood with 100 hungry lions waiting for you.

I'll just sit back and watch the carnage

Lose weight & exercise more. You don't have to out-run the lion, just the person next to you

The body shaming police have put a warrant out for you.... they will be along shortly to tell you not all fat people are unhealthy and they are a size 26 but run 5 marathons per year , swim 10 miles per week , and eat nothing but salads and fruits

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend

I've put on a few pounds

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By *icecouple561Couple
Forum Mod
over a year ago

East Sussex

They will to start with, but with all public awareness initiatives it is about a consistent approach over time.

Eventually people will accept that the NHS isn't a bottomless pit of resources, but one which we all have to pay for.

{shrugs}"

My opinion is that they need to stop pussy footing about with quizzes that anyone who reads the news can answer in order to get a good result. We all need to take responsibility for the health we can control and I think it needs a much more hard hitting approach to make people sit up and listen. This opinion is extremely unpopular and won't go down well but people need to stop making excuses for being overweight and other people need to stop making excuses for them. (Medical reasons excepted of course )

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By *uperock99Man
over a year ago

Milton Keynes

They will to start with, but with all public awareness initiatives it is about a consistent approach over time.

Eventually people will accept that the NHS isn't a bottomless pit of resources, but one which we all have to pay for.

{shrugs}

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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

Eventually people will accept that the NHS isn't a bottomless pit of resources, but one which we all have to pay for.

{shrugs}

Fat isn't just about what's going on in the body though. I know WHY I am fat. It's not an excuse but it is a reason and food and exercise are a relatively minor aspect of why I remain fat.

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By *erbyDalesCplCouple
over a year ago

Derbyshire

I agree, but once the figures exceed 50%, you have to feel sorry for the politicians who have to upset the majority of their electorate. We need a multi-party approach, rather than allowing the public to believe that a magic wand exists if only we vote for the other guys.

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By *icecouple561Couple
Forum Mod
over a year ago

East Sussex

Eventually people will accept that the NHS isn't a bottomless pit of resources, but one which we all have to pay for.

{shrugs}

Fat isn't just about what's going on in the body though. I know WHY I am fat. It's not an excuse but it is a reason and food and exercise are a relatively minor aspect of why I remain fat.

Yes I understand that but all the quizzes and media coverage isn't going to address reasons other than physical. It's a sledgehammer concentrating on cracking one walnut in a big bowl of nuts.

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By *iewMan
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over a year ago

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By *iewMan
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over a year ago

Angus & Findhorn

Changed my mind

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

im not after this last week or so - food poisoning before xmas and now a tummy bug i picked up from work - 5 lb lost so far

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By *eepster1 OP Man
over a year ago

birmingham

Best answer yes l see this a lot overwaight children the parents are to blame full stop

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By *oachman 9CoolMan
over a year ago

derby

"It is all ages, if you check the ti_eline since the 1950s, it is down to culture."
close all the fast food places down, but you can still buy the same stuff from the shops/supermarkets most things are not good for you especially in the dairy cabinet cheese being one of them how many cook books recipes has cheese in them that people use the list goes on everything in small quantity would be my excuse but people don,t all eat in small quantitys, eat lots of fruit supposed to be good for you fruit has a short shelf life if out of the freezer usually grapes and the like forever going to the toilet with the runs..

you don,t with crisps and the like thou like most stoge its crap for yer weight watchers foods do nothing for me ... and don,t forget the nations magazines cookery pages that are recommended by top cooks etc those meals are crammed with calories, salt, fat, etc In my eyes beautiful meals but of course its the end product healthwise longterm that we have to deal with later in life.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Changed my mind

And you have deprived us of your witticisms again

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By *oachman 9CoolMan
over a year ago

derby

"Most work these days is mechanised, people therefore become more sedentary. Sugar, sugar and more sugar in most processed food. An abundance of affordable food. It has now become socially acceptable to be overweight.

Many people gain weight easily if they over eat just a little. "

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By *amissCouple
over a year ago

chelmsford

"they got shares in gyms? the BBC i mean, not the over 50s.

I've just got a dad bod, but then again I've never been to a gym in ma life

Mmmm...dad bod

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By *anB451Man
over a year ago

Reading

Nice to see the BBC reporting the biggest issues as usual...

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By *amissCouple
over a year ago

chelmsford

"Everyone is getting too fat. Not sure why they're picking on us

They're not, you're not over 50

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By *etitesaraTV/TS
over a year ago

rochdale

They will to start with, but with all public awareness initiatives it is about a consistent approach over time.

Eventually people will accept that the NHS isn't a bottomless pit of resources, but one which we all have to pay for.

{shrugs}

This.

Yes, there are some people for whom obesity is a side effect of other medical conditions, but the overwhelming majority of overweight people are that way because they eat too much and are lazy.

Simplistic? Possibly but true nonetheless. We all have access to the relevant information, its up to us to act on it.

Obesity has become the new normal & many think it is ok & not a problem, as a society we are storing up billions of pounds-worth of medical trouble for the future.

Get out and get active people, as I heard a doc say last week..

"we can fix your broken bones far easier than we can fix your heart & lungs".

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Personally I think we need to get away from the stuff espoused by many that obesity is all people barely moving gorging themselves on food at every opportunity. An awful lot of weight gain is people who eat just a bit too much, each day over a prolonged period.

That doesn't fit neatly into the good, responsible thin person / bad irresponsible fatty narrative quite as neatly but it's the truth.

Once that's understood then the converse, that weight loss can be achieved through eating at a slight calorie deficit each day, over a prolonged period, also seems a damn sight more achievable.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

This year I've dropped my BMI from 28 to 23. In July I set myself a target of just 1800 calories per day and stuck to it. As a result I have greatly cut my visceral fat level.

For me it was job done. Eating too much was my problem.

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By *oachman 9CoolMan
over a year ago

derby

"This year I've dropped my BMI from 28 to 23. In July I set myself a target of just 1800 calories per day and stuck to it. As a result I have greatly cut my visceral fat level.

For me it was job done. Eating too much was my problem."
And saved some money to no doubt.

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By *oachman 9CoolMan
over a year ago

derby

"This year I've dropped my BMI from 28 to 23. In July I set myself a target of just 1800 calories per day and stuck to it. As a result I have greatly cut my visceral fat level.

For me it was job done. Eating too much was my problem."
And saved some money to no doubt.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"This year I've dropped my BMI from 28 to 23. In July I set myself a target of just 1800 calories per day and stuck to it. As a result I have greatly cut my visceral fat level.

For me it was job done. Eating too much was my problem.And saved some money to no doubt."

Not really as I've had to buy new clothes

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By *LCCCouple
over a year ago

Cambridge

"We eat and drink too much and don't move around enough?

This. I have a theory, that for most people, we are the weight of our own chosing. I could have a body like shag's. He may well correct me, but it's not rocket science or some secret knowledge that only he and a select few hold. To look like that I need to stop eating crap, eat good food, and do a hell of a lot of exercise and spend a lot more time working out. But alas I don't have a body like shag's, now I could blame it on medical problems, but the real reason is that I can't be bothered. To look like that takes a lot of work, a lot of effort and I just can't be arsed. That's why my body is the shape it is.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"We eat and drink too much and don't move around enough?

I think that is over simplifying it.

So you are saying people larger than you can't be arsed to live the same lifestyle as you?

I don't think avoiding carbs and spending as much time as you work in they gym is a particularly good barometer.

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By *LCCCouple
over a year ago

Cambridge

"We eat and drink too much and don't move around enough?

I think that is over simplifying it.

So you are saying people larger than you can't be arsed to live the same lifestyle as you?

I don't think avoiding carbs and spending as much time as you work in they gym is a particularly good barometer. "

I'm saying almost everyone knows what to do to get healthier, if they don't, its because they don't want to put in the effort required to achieve it. I put myself very much in that camp. I wish I had the motivation and the dedication that others have, but I don't, and that's why I'm a lot fatter than I should be.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"We eat and drink too much and don't move around enough?

I think that is over simplifying it.

So you are saying people larger than you can't be arsed to live the same lifestyle as you?

I don't think avoiding carbs and spending as much time as you work in they gym is a particularly good barometer.

Extrapolate that.

So you are saying that you can't be arsed, but anyone larger than you can't be arsed even more(or less, depending on how you want to look at it)?

It doesn't make sense for everybody.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"We eat and drink too much and don't move around enough?

You are just speaking for yourself of course.

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By *LCCCouple
over a year ago

Cambridge

"We eat and drink too much and don't move around enough?

I think that is over simplifying it.

So you are saying people larger than you can't be arsed to live the same lifestyle as you?

I don't think avoiding carbs and spending as much time as you work in they gym is a particularly good barometer.

Extrapolate that.

So you are saying that you can't be arsed, but anyone larger than you can't be arsed even more(or less, depending on how you want to look at it)?

It doesn't make sense for everybody. "

Yeah that's pretty much it. I know there are some people with medical reasons for not being able to be as active as they may want to be etc. but for the majority of people, they know what they need to do to lose weight. Or do you believe the opposite, and think that I'm a bit thick for not knowing how to make myself look like a men's health cover model, and people larger than me are even thicker?

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By *LCCCouple
over a year ago

Cambridge

"We eat and drink too much and don't move around enough?

You are just speaking for yourself of course. "

Am I? Why do you think fat people are fat?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Exercise contributes minimally to body manipulation in general. Diet is king. You cannot, I repeat cannot, out exercise a shit diet.

Actually you sort of can, but a) we're talking about an unrealistic amount of exercise for the majority, and b) it would be quite silly given exercise cannot magically correct lots of the issues associated with a bad diet.

That said, it's entirely possible to exercise and be fit and strong while carrying too much chub.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"We eat and drink too much and don't move around enough?

You are just speaking for yourself of course.

Am I? Why do you think fat people are fat? "

I know why fat people are fat. That wasn't what I was addressing.

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By *heOwlMan
over a year ago

Altrincham

Not all over 50's are getting fat, some of us work our buns off.

Ah heck just realised that was my only good feature. Oh well back to the drawing board.

Owl

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Damn right!

The over 50's should have been shot at birth!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Don't they realise that big is Beautiful

Big is not beautiful, big is unhealthy, unnatural, big should get to a gym and burn some of that shit off!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Don't they realise that big is Beautiful

Big is not beautiful, big is unhealthy, unnatural, big should get to a gym and burn some of that shit off! "

It may be unhealthy but if people are happy being fatter that's up to them, it's their lives, their bodies xxx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Damn right!

The over 50's should have been shot at birth!

That's very offensive, watch your mouth sonny x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Dunno about down South but up here it's probably because greggs have started doing meals on wheels!

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By *amesB66Man
over a year ago

St Peter Port

Not all of us over 50s.

Happy New Year!

Dry January anyone?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"It is all ages, if you check the ti_eline since the 1950s, it is down to culture."

Culture & Haribo.

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By *iss_tressWoman
over a year ago

London

Before they have time to cash in their pensions.

It's a conspiracy!"

You'd think they'd want us to pop our clogs so they can keep our money, not tell us to keep fit to live and claim it...or is this reverse psychology?

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By *etitesaraTV/TS
over a year ago

rochdale

"Don't they realise that big is Beautiful

Big is not beautiful, big is unhealthy, unnatural, big should get to a gym and burn some of that shit off!

It may be unhealthy but if people are happy being fatter that's up to them, it's their lives, their bodies xxx"

To a point, but at what point do we as a society fund such unhealthy lifestyles? The ongoing & future medical costs of the obesity crisis (and it IS a crisis) threatens to destroy the NHS. Do we stop treating obesity-led conditions?

Maybe we should start by not paying for type II diabetes treatment, after all it was their choice to be sedentary over eaters so they can reap the rewards of that choice...

Or alternatively, we could stop enabling people into thinking it is normal & acceptable to be unhealthy lumps & move towards making it as socially unacceptable as smoking has become.

Look at the long term socio-medical advantages of the smoking ban, and consider how we can do something similar with obesity?

Saying "but it's my right to be a fatty" simply is no longer a societal option.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Don't they realise that big is Beautiful

Big is not beautiful, big is unhealthy, unnatural, big should get to a gym and burn some of that shit off!

It may be unhealthy but if people are happy being fatter that's up to them, it's their lives, their bodies xxx

Maybe we should start by not paying for type II diabetes treatment, after all it was their choice to be sedentary over eaters so they can reap the rewards of that choice...

Or alternatively, we could stop enabling people into thinking it is normal & acceptable to be unhealthy lumps & move towards making it as socially unacceptable as smoking has become.

Look at the long term socio-medical advantages of the smoking ban, and consider how we can do something similar with obesity?

Saying "but it's my right to be a fatty" simply is no longer a societal option."

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By *erbyDalesCplCouple
over a year ago

Derbyshire

Saying "but it's my right to be a fatty" simply is no longer a societal option."

Maybe we *should* come up with a system where everyone does have the right to treat their body how they wish, but they also take responsibility for their choice.

It has to be better than vilification.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'm over 50 and I'm getting fitter not fatter

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"they got shares in gyms? the BBC i mean, not the over 50s."

they are not getting the sexersise they were getting when they were younger

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Can we also decide then that it's not ok to say "it's my right to have no common sense and clog up the system with every sniffle", "it's my right to have loads of children even if I'm incapable of looking after them properly", "it's my right to engage in sexually risky behaviour" too? Because I'm buggered if I'm being made to feel less than other people who abuse the state and its generosity because I'm obese. I work hard, contribute a lot and take very little. I want to lose weight, I am losing weight, and it's because I want to be healthier. But nothing makes me reach for that biscuit tin faster than being lectured about what an irresponsible and useless human being I am.

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By *uckOfTheBayMan
over a year ago

Mold

Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we may die.....

From Type II diabetes and heart and liver disease, and diet induced cancer

Since when did we forget about moderation?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"they got shares in gyms? the BBC i mean, not the over 50s.

they are not getting the sexersise they were getting when they were younger

hope i am. saying that i'm not getting it now.

just it seems like the BBC are promoting gyms or something.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Don't they realise that big is Beautiful

Big is not beautiful, big is unhealthy, unnatural, big should get to a gym and burn some of that shit off!

It may be unhealthy but if people are happy being fatter that's up to them, it's their lives, their bodies xxx

Maybe we should start by not paying for type II diabetes treatment, after all it was their choice to be sedentary over eaters so they can reap the rewards of that choice...

Or alternatively, we could stop enabling people into thinking it is normal & acceptable to be unhealthy lumps & move towards making it as socially unacceptable as smoking has become.

Look at the long term socio-medical advantages of the smoking ban, and consider how we can do something similar with obesity?

Saying "but it's my right to be a fatty" simply is no longer a societal option."

i do think it will get to a point where certain people will not be allowed to breed because they are genetially faulty and cost us too much.

can just see how unaccepting society can be when you see certain parts of it for what it is and if they ever got power we'd be fucked.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Genetically*

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By *uckOfTheBayMan
over a year ago

Mold

"Don't they realise that big is Beautiful

Big is not beautiful, big is unhealthy, unnatural, big should get to a gym and burn some of that shit off!

It may be unhealthy but if people are happy being fatter that's up to them, it's their lives, their bodies xxx

Maybe we should start by not paying for type II diabetes treatment, after all it was their choice to be sedentary over eaters so they can reap the rewards of that choice...

Or alternatively, we could stop enabling people into thinking it is normal & acceptable to be unhealthy lumps & move towards making it as socially unacceptable as smoking has become.

Look at the long term socio-medical advantages of the smoking ban, and consider how we can do something similar with obesity?

Saying "but it's my right to be a fatty" simply is no longer a societal option.

i do think it will get to a point where certain people will not be allowed to breed because they are genetially faulty and cost us too much.

can just see how unaccepting society can be when you see certain parts of it for what it is and if they ever got power we'd be fucked."

I will hereby invoke Godwin's Law

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By *etitesaraTV/TS
over a year ago

rochdale

"Can we also decide then that it's not ok to say "it's my right to have no common sense and clog up the system with every sniffle", "it's my right to have loads of children even if I'm incapable of looking after them properly", "it's my right to engage in sexually risky behaviour" too? Because I'm buggered if I'm being made to feel less than other people who abuse the state and its generosity because I'm obese. I work hard, contribute a lot and take very little. I want to lose weight, I am losing weight, and it's because I want to be healthier. But nothing makes me reach for that biscuit tin faster than being lectured about what an irresponsible and useless human being I am. "

We are ALL irresponsible - this isn't about what happens on an individual level but a societal level.

For too long we've taken the easy option, eaten the mass-processed crap, driven half a mile instead of walking, d*unk too much, smoked when we knew it was killing us. I'm no less culpable than anyone else in this regard.

BUT, as a society we simply cannot carry on the way we are going. Not only is it racking up the social & medical care costs, but it is potentially hazardous to the very existence of our society. Things need to change drastically, and that requires hard & unpopular decisions made by Govts. Like taxing personal vehicles much harder to force people to become active. Taxing unhealthy food & drink to stop mass consumption. Ripping out multi lane roads in urban areas & replacing with separated cycle lanes, wide introduction of congestion/pollution charges for those who insist on using personal vehicles in urban areas.

These won't be popular, but the alternative is to become a society of slugs, only capable of moving around in motorised carriages & kept alive by medical intervention.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Don't they realise that big is Beautiful

Big is not beautiful, big is unhealthy, unnatural, big should get to a gym and burn some of that shit off!

It may be unhealthy but if people are happy being fatter that's up to them, it's their lives, their bodies xxx

Maybe we should start by not paying for type II diabetes treatment, after all it was their choice to be sedentary over eaters so they can reap the rewards of that choice...

Or alternatively, we could stop enabling people into thinking it is normal & acceptable to be unhealthy lumps & move towards making it as socially unacceptable as smoking has become.

Look at the long term socio-medical advantages of the smoking ban, and consider how we can do something similar with obesity?

Saying "but it's my right to be a fatty" simply is no longer a societal option.

The smoking ban has done nothing to encourage smokers to stop smoking, it just removed the issue from public places, who are we who feel we have the right to enforce our own _iew's on other's, is it right that anyone has the right to tell anyone that they can't do something just because "they" don't like it, I've seen super fit people in their early years keel over and die, I've seen sportsmen and women suffer horrendous injuries leaving them needing constant medical treatment, more people visit A&E every year for sport related injuries than any obese people do.Do I have the right to say " you shouldn't exerciser " NO I DON'T, it's your choice, so if you injure yourself carrying out the type of exercise or sport you do, then you pay for the treatment too.

Let's stop all this anti this or that and learn to live with each other in a good way.

Peace and love for the new year.