Training & Nutrition - Ever wish you were fat?

My favourite show is the Biggest Loser. I always end up thinking that I wish I was overweight so I could lose it all and feel great like the people on the show. I would love to win a home-gym, but no one is going to give me one because it doesn't really look like I need it. I don't look like superman or anything close, but I am in better shape than my friends and family.

Reality TV is evil, play some nice violent video games instead.

It probably wouldn't be as meaningful to you as it is to them. Most, if not all, have been overweight and completely out of shape their entire life. To have gone from that to where they are now is like nirvana. Unless you've been down that path, you won't feel what they are experiencing.

Nope. I went from 200 to 150 last year. I ain't never goin' back!

Uhhh, no.

Having been fat my whole life and living with the teasing & taunting from kids when I was young. Dealing with the descrimiation as an adult.

Man! You have no idea the HELL most of us fat people have gone through! And you would wish such a thing on yourself? So you can get a home gym! :eek:

That is just frick'n NUTS!!!

And you would wish such a thing on yourself? So you can get a home gym! :eek:

I should have mentioned in my OP that I'd have a chance at a $50,000 grand prize as well.

If I were offered this deal today, it would take some convincing from those close to me not to accept the deal.

Its a moot point anyway. The producers of the show probably wouldn't be interested in you, even if you gained 100 pounds over the next few months.

Its a moot point anyway. The producers of the show probably wouldn't be interested in you, even if you gained 100 pounds over the next few months.
I think you just stumbled on a great premise for a new health oriented reality show.

"There and Back follows the journey of fit people racing to add 100lbs to their frame, then turning around and dropping it off as quickly as possible, while competing in mini-games for cash and prizes."

????
Only if I knew a famine was coming

Having been fat my whole life and living with the teasing & taunting from kids when I was young. Dealing with the descrimiation as an adult.

Man! You have no idea the HELL most of us fat people have gone through! And you would wish such a thing on yourself? So you can get a home gym! :eek:

That is just frick'n NUTS!!!

I wholeheartedly agree, Zin!! Exactly one year ago I weighed 370 pounds. There is not one single part of your life that being fat does not negatively effect. From the lack of energy, irritability, profuse sweating, breaking of furniture, lack of available clothing, the roller coaster ride of gorging on terrible, terrible foods and then feeling wracked with guilt afterward 5 or 6 times a day, the physical and emotional pain, etc, etc etc. NO WAY would I go back. It was a living hell (& I am not stretching the truth with those words)
I am now, one year later, weighing in at 198 pounds (172 pounds lost). I am in better shape now than I have been in for my entire life. Having experienced both side of the spectrum, I can say that you should never, ever wish something like that on yourself or anybody. Not even semi-jokingly.

lack of energy, irritability, profuse sweating, breaking of furniture, lack of available clothing, the roller coaster ride of gorging on terrible, terrible foods and then feeling wracked with guilt afterward 5 or 6 times a day, the physical and emotional pain, etc, etc etc.
You are not making this sound very attractive anymore.

Congrats on the weight loss, btw.

WOW are you kididng? lost 172 lbs? Congrads ! ! ! That is a huge amount of determination!

Dave


I wholeheartedly agree, Zin!! Exactly one year ago I weighed 370 pounds. There is not one single part of your life that being fat does not negatively effect. From the lack of energy, irritability, profuse sweating, breaking of furniture, lack of available clothing, the roller coaster ride of gorging on terrible, terrible foods and then feeling wracked with guilt afterward 5 or 6 times a day, the physical and emotional pain, etc, etc etc. NO WAY would I go back. It was a living hell (& I am not stretching the truth with those words)
I am now, one year later, weighing in at 198 pounds (172 pounds lost). I am in better shape now than I have been in for my entire life. Having experienced both side of the spectrum, I can say that you should never, ever wish something like that on yourself or anybody. Not even semi-jokingly.

>>> Ever wish you were fat?

Lordy. Even here in Paradise, life is tough enough without adding FAT to the list! If you aren't cursed with that particular affliction, DO find somethying else to focus your self-improvement angst on and be grateful.

Wait! Did I just bite troll-bait? DOH!!!

I hate reality TV (well, except for Cops and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition)....

WOW are you kididng? lost 172 lbs? Congrads ! ! ! That is a huge amount of determination!

Dave


-or a huge stomach staple :D

Worst Thread EVER! lol, seriously no...... sh*t no man. I believe you get your ass kicked for saying some sh*t like that.

Wait! Did I just bite troll-bait? DOH!!!
You'd know if I were trolling, believe me. A lot of responses look like you've read the thread title, but skipped the post. The thread title is an introduction to the thread.

There is a big difference between:
1) Ever wish you were fat?
and
2) Ever wish you were fat so you could be on the Biggest Loser to recieve a free sweet home gym and a chance for $50,000?

You'd know if I were trolling, believe me. A lot of responses look like you've read the thread title, but skipped the post. The thread title is an introduction to the thread.

There is a big difference between:
1) Ever wish you were fat?
and
2) Ever wish you were fat so you could be on the Biggest Loser to recieve a free sweet home gym and a chance for $50,000?
I read the post and stick by my response. Losing 100 pounds was one of the hardest things I've ever done and I would never wanna go through it again. Even if it meant the *possibility* of winning a prize.

Ever wish you were fat so you could be on the Biggest Loser to recieve a free sweet home gym and a chance for $50,000?

Even if it were guaranteed, $50,000 isn't enough for me to go through it again ( I lost 110 lbs).

this thread sort of reminds me of that scene in fight club with raymond k. hessel.. where they threaten to kill him unless he turns his life around, and afterwards, ed norton says that it was really mean, and brad pitt responds that the next morning hessel will feel better than norton has felt in his whole life, his breakfast will taste better, etc.

overcoming strife makes everything more intense in comparison. it's really hard to appreciate something if you've always had it, if nobody's threatened to take it away or if you haven't had to work for it. question is, is the sweetness of that final result worth the difficulty of getting there, if you don't have to do it? sounds like consensus here is no.

is the sweetness of that final result worth the difficulty of getting there, if you don't have to do it?

What makes it sweet is not having gotten there, its having gotten there after going through a lifetime of hell. On the other hand, if you didn't have to do it in the first place, it could never be as sweet anyway.

Thanks to all with the congrats on the 172 pound weight loss. It was not from a huge stomach staple either. Most importantly it was help from my higher power (I'll leave it at that so as not to stir up a holy war). It was 100% natural, through a sensible, lifetime maintainable diet and plenty of excercise. I get accused of all kinds of things at work. I'm either dying from cancer, on the crank or the sneeze, or had surgery (I work in a prison, so what do you expect!)

Well I've been enlightened. For a couple of years I carried around a 'few' extra pounds, but cranked up my activity and adjusted my diet and got back down. So I know it's challenging. Obviously there are a number of psychological issues associated with being very overweight that I have not experienced. I have experienced prejudice, teasing and all that crap for other issues which I had NO control over.

Thanks for everyone's feedback, I guess I'm alone on this one.

Thanks to all with the congrats on the 172 pound weight loss. It was not from a huge stomach staple either. Most importantly it was help from my higher power (I'll leave it at that so as not to stir up a holy war). It was 100% natural, through a sensible, lifetime maintainable diet and plenty of excercise. I get accused of all kinds of things at work. I'm either dying from cancer, on the crank or the sneeze, or had surgery (I work in a prison, so what do you expect!)


Just joking about the staple. Crank was used in the 1950's as a wight loss drug.

Just joking about the staple. Crank was used in the 1950's as a wight loss drug.

I know that you were joking about the staple. Sorry if I came off like I was offended. I almost used a clickable smile when I said that! My hatred for cutesey things stayed my hand though.