The FAT Chronicles

[Plumper]

i'll accept obesity when:

-you people stop costing billions in health care costs

-you people stop lobbying for special rights

-you people stop suing for jobs where you are obviously not wanted (see jennifer portnick)

-you people pay for 2 seats you take up on airline without bitching about it

-you people stop lobbying the FDA to regulate dietary supplements

-you people stop saying, 'diets dont work' and should be regulated

-you people stop harassing legitimate clothing businesses for not using fat models

-you people stop harrassing movie studios for putting out movies like 'shallow hal'

-you people stop trying to impose your idea of 'tolerance' to the rest of us

The last time I saw the doctor was for my tonsils removing (not weight related) In fact I have never had to consult my doctor about anything regarding my weight! I am surely not alone so therefore many other fat people don't cost anything either! In fact the last time i visited the doctors was with my young neice and 4 people in the waiting room were there due to problems they had caused themselves through over exercising.

I don't want special rights, but I want the right to be able to do things that anyone else can do and if that means being able to sue for discrimination on my size then why not, you can sue for any other discrimination!

Airlines should see that people are getting bigger and accomodate this, the same goes for allowing extra legroom for taller passengers. I don't want 2 seats, I just want a bigger seat!

I know nothing about lobbying the FDA so I won't comment on that!

Diets don't work as such. You could try a hundred (or more) til you find the one that's going to work for you if there is one! Yo-yo dieting is more harmful that staying fat.

I am fat I buy big clothes! I want to see what they look like on a fat person before I go try them on! What is wrong with that? I am not asking that shops that sell small size clothing use fat models, that would be stupid a small person wouldn't need to see what an item of clothing looks like on someone who dosen't represent them, why should fat people be any different??

I actually thought "Shallow Hal" was a good movie. Obviously they couldn't use a fat actress and slim her down for parts of the movie so what they did was the only way to go! What Hal saw was the person inside, beautiful to him as a thin girl, because that is his perception of beautiful, that dosen't mean his perception is right (or wrong) what the movie did show is that outward appearances shouldn't be the be all and end all!

I have a right to live my life as I want, and if you don't like that that is everyones problem, because we ALL should have the right to be accepted REGARDLESS of whatever makes us different.

 

[hard ruler]

I was banned from the NAAFA boards and I don't know why.

First let me give you all a little background. I'm a 17 yr old highschool senior. My current weight is 300lbs. I am down from 362 and I am interrsted in fitness. I know, thanks to a book by Bill Phillips I will achive an ideal body weight and eventually a high level of fitness.

I get teased and tortured at my school because I am fat and I have male breasts. I was onthe net trying to find a diet when I stumbled onto the NAAFA website. I was greeted with open arms and told to love my body and that being fat was genetic. At first it made sense to me or at least I wanted it too. Then a "troll" came to the boards called Wazoo who claimed to be a high school health who also use to have male breasts. I was a little rude to this guy but I could not overcome his logic.

Soon it became clear to me that the real reason I am/was fat is because I eat too much and sit on my butt all day. Soon Wazzo stopped posting. I think he was banned but he put me on the right track. I realized that FAT BY NATURE PROUD BY CHOICE (the naafa motto) was a bunch of crap but I didn't express that because there were a few people at NAAFA that I became somewhat fond of. They know who they are.

When I began to think about my eating habits I soon began to realize that for the most part my obesity was caused by my mother. She is close to 500lbs and is pretty much a mental case. When I revealed that to the board and the fact that I was losing weight suddenly I became a "troll"

I now understand where pOink is coming from. Even if he is a fat basher he is still right about fat people taking responsibility. Unlike pOink I will not judge fat people but I do know why they are fat. They are fat because the eat too much, end of story.

It seems when I decided to be responsible and stop being a victim in denial like they are and acting like a man they attacked me like a plate full of Twinkies.

Whether fat accptance is a good thing or not I really can't say and I can't proclaim to know but NAAFA is certianly hurting the cause of fat acceptance and spreading misinformation about health. Further for a supposed civil right organization they are extremely bigotted. I have found that NAAFA has never had a minority on their board of directors. Racial slurs are allowed and encouraged on their disscussion boards.

NAAFA is a very twisted organization that ecourages bad health pratices and a perverted sexual practice called feederism.

Maybe you don't like how he says it but pOink is 100% correct.

 

[SupraHero]

i'll accept obesity when:

-you people stop costing billions in health care costs

-you people stop lobbying for special rights

-you people stop suing for jobs where you are obviously not wanted (see jennifer portnick)

-you people pay for 2 seats you take up on airline without bitching about it

-you people stop lobbying the FDA to regulate dietary supplements

-you people stop saying, 'diets dont work' and should be regulated

-you people stop harassing legitimate clothing businesses for not using fat models

-you people stop harrassing movie studios for putting out movies like 'shallow hal'

-you people stop trying to impose your idea of 'tolerance' to the rest of us

DAMN RIGHT BROTHER!!!! I am sick of this bullshit that is going on with everyone wanting to sue because they are a lazy fat piece of shit that thinks everyone should accept them for who they are and love them because they are fat. To the guy that posted at the bottom I have nothing but respect for you buddy, you were fat but you realized why you were fat and you are CHANGING IT!!! You realized you were being lazy and eating to much and you are changing that I have nothing but respect for that once again. Back to my bitching. Being fat may be genetic but so is being skinny. ALot of guys on this board started out as skinny guys and CHANGED THEIR BODIES into muscular machines through hard work and diet. Fat people on the other hand sit around and bitch about being fat and want other fat people to agree and society to accept them. However I don't see any skinny bodybuilder boards around where hardgainers bitch to eachother on how unfairly they are treated by the big bro's because they are not big yet. My basic fact is stop your bitching if you don't like being fat then change it if you do like being fat don't expect people to accept it.

 

[p0ink]

it seems we have a fan club....

http://www.naafa.org/discussion/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=1&t=001248

 

[HULKSTER]

That's right! WE MUST FIGHT THE FAT ASSED PEOPLE'S NONSENSE!!!!

 

[PlateheadJim]

My thoughts on NAAFA and fat people:

NAAFA

- A sorry ass political group that focuses on avoiding them problem of obesity by encouraging other obese members to take a "I'm normal and thin people are not" mentality.

- Full of a great deal of racism/hate/etc! I'm astonished at all the angry defensive fat members like Jenni or whoever the fuck that seem to be fixated on roid use.

- In general NAAFA members somehow feel that since their fat and don't waste their time on needless activities such as weight lifting and eating right their IQ must be superior to that of a body builder? Astonishing... FAT=SMART? I don't think so.

FAT PEOPLE

- 90% have emotional eating disorders and weak will. Most people (including and especially body builders) have eating disorders but the healthy ones deal with it instead of giving the victim speech.

- Have very very low self-esteem and live in a fantasy world where they can't handle society and the truth.

- Spend too much time shopping/eating and watching TV.

- Spend too much time working - Hell, I'm a manager and make a good deal - guess what? I work 40-45hrs normally and if my corporation doesn't like that - fuck them! Health is the last priority in some peoples agenda.

Just some thoughts. Obvious I know.

 

[HULKSTER]

Good points, Jim.

 

[Ron Ritzman]

-you people stop saying, 'diets dont work' and should be regulated

This reminds me of some old posts on alt.support.diet where people would say that the Atkins diet should be banned.

Just exactly how do you "regulate" or "ban" a diet, require people to get a doctor's prescription to eat less?

 

[Ron Ritzman]

NAAFA is a very twisted organization that ecourages bad health pratices and a perverted sexual practice called feederism.

I have to disagree with you on this one. There are some positions that NAAFA takes that I disagree with but they don't take a position on "feederism". There was some threads on the "fat board" that covered it with mixed opinions from the participants. Yes Dimensions Magazine links to NAAFA's website but NAAFA has no control over that.

My problem with the concept of "feederism" is that it's no different from one trying crash diet because their mate wants to see them ultra skinny and I pointed that out there.

 

[Fonz]

It has taken me 2hrs to read the whole thread.....and I have to admit it was pretty funny.

Both groups will go along set in their own existentialist ways, oblivious to the fact that us "athletes" will double the life span
of the "NAAFA" people.

As sad as that fact is, it will ultimately become a reality.

Fonz