Buster Cockerson wrote:

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Why can't these people take responsibility for their actions? It's irresponsible to continue to live like that. It affects your kids, their friends, everything.

I went to the gym tuesday night and the karate class was going on. Some parents will participate with thier kids, they are usually in good shape. They have bleachers for the families to sit and watch. In the bleachers was a mom and dad who were so big I couldn't get them in my cell phone camera. I stood in awe during my minute rest period as I saw the bleachers bend. Then I saw the kid, who is 8 and easily 150.

Imagine the brutality this kid must experience at school. And the sad thing is, he's just following the example his parents have set.

Don't ask why they can't. Ask why they won't.

Those beastial parents put their little eating machine in Karate class so they can tell the doctor he diets and gets enough exercise. The kid is going to feel like crap because he won't be able to do what the rest of the kids can do. His parents should have child protective services called on them.

Fat people love to sit.

Married2ASweatHog wrote:

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Buster Cockerson wrote:

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Why can't these people take responsibility for their actions? It's irresponsible to continue to live like that. It affects your kids, their friends, everything.

I went to the gym tuesday night and the karate class was going on. Some parents will participate with thier kids, they are usually in good shape. They have bleachers for the families to sit and watch. In the bleachers was a mom and dad who were so big I couldn't get them in my cell phone camera. I stood in awe during my minute rest period as I saw the bleachers bend. Then I saw the kid, who is 8 and easily 150.

Imagine the brutality this kid must experience at school. And the sad thing is, he's just following the example his parents have set.

Don't ask why they can't. Ask why they won't.

Those beastial parents put their little eating machine in Karate class so they can tell the doctor he diets and gets enough exercise. The kid is going to feel like crap because he won't be able to do what the rest of the kids can do. His parents should have child protective services called on them.

Fat people love to sit.

Sit and eat while sitting. It just blows my mind they can't see the obvious in front of their faces. Our adult class has every age and body type in it and its hardly 50 ft from them while they sit there reading the paper or talking on their cells. Most of them aren't even watching thier kids perform. Sad, really, really sad.

Sad doesn't begin to describe it. It is tragic. Kids deserve better.

Married2ASweatHog wrote:

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Sad doesn't begin to describe it. It is tragic. Kids deserve better.

and so do we fit spouses. I am glad this is firing me up because I have a fight class tonight and somebody is going to pay with their face.

markerbull wrote:

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Married2ASweatHog wrote:

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Sad doesn't begin to describe it. It is tragic. Kids deserve better.

and so do we fit spouses. I am glad this is firing me up because I have a fight class tonight and somebody is going to pay with their face.

LMFAO!!!

I'm stealing this^^..

This is where FA steps in and states that bothering children at an early age about food and getting fat will give them the foundations for future eating disorders.

This is where I really have problem's with Rachael's F-word blog. She loves to set this false dichotomy up.

Even more irritating is that after establishing this argument she basically ignores that their are any eating disorders that lead to obesity, like binge eating.

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Imagine the brutality this kid must experience at school.

This kid just needs to bring is Kate Harding talking points. I'm sure the other kids would understand and leave him alone once he discusses "setpoints" and "intuitive" eating with them.

Chris wrote:

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This is where FA steps in and states that bothering children at an early age about food and getting fat will give them the foundations for future eating disorders.

This is where I really have problem's with Rachael's F-word blog. She loves to set this false dichotomy up.

Even more irritating is that after establishing this argument she basically ignores that their are any eating disorders that lead to obesity, like binge eating.

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Imagine the brutality this kid must experience at school.

This kid just needs to bring is Kate Harding talking points. I'm sure the other kids would understand and leave him alone once he discusses "setpoints" and "intuitive" eating with them.

I am sure the kid is a hit in group therapy (Maryland elementary team building) class. Ms. Hymen, why does little jimmy have boobies bigger than yours?

But I saw the poor kid on the mat last night while mommy was pounding away on two chili dogs. He's taking karate, and is so big he's got an adult large belt and gi. He can't lift his leg more than a foot high, and I'm sure the bully's will learn to defend the shin kicks.

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This is where FA steps in and states that bothering children at an early age about food and getting fat will give them the foundations for future eating disorders.

This might come across as shockingly un-PC, but what the heck:

Anorexia epi-panic BOOGA BOOGA, teh eating disordeeeerz... and so on. I'm sick and tired of this scare mongering and imo it needs to stop, because it's completely ridiculous.

Hands up now, how many of you live in a community where the anorexia epidemic is claiming victims at an alarming speed, and people are staggering about their daily business hardly able to function because they are too thin? (For the odd chance that someone from Ethiopia is around, sorry, please don't be offended, it's not about you good people).

Rachel's problem is that, just because she was unable to understand the difference between healthy weight-loss and an anorexic lifestyle, she is convinced everyone else will make the same mistake. This is not true of course, and I can't understand what makes her think that her personal experience is more valid than, for instance, my personal experience.

Mary45 wrote:

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This is where FA steps in and states that bothering children at an early age about food and getting fat will give them the foundations for future eating disorders.

This might come across as shockingly un-PC, but what the heck:

Anorexia epidemic BOOGA BOOGA, teh eating disordeeeerz... and so on. I'm sick and tired of this scare mongering and imo it needs to stop, because it's completely ridiculous.

Hands up now, how many of you live in a community where the anorexia epidemic is claiming victims at an alarming speed, and people are staggering about their daily business hardly able to function because they are too thin? (For the odd chance that someone from Ethiopia is around, sorry, please don't be offended, it's not about you good people).

Rachel's problem is that, just because she was unable to understand the difference between healthy weight-loss and an anorexic lifestyle, she is convinced everyone else will make the same mistake. This is not true of course, and I can't understand what makes her think that her personal experience is more valid than, for instance, my personal experience.

I completely agree with you.
Maybe it would help if obese Americans visited Ethiopia for awhile.

-dandylioness:
..."I completely agree with you.
Maybe it would help if obese Americans visited Ethiopia for awhile.[/quote]"


No kidding. How about just about every other country outside the states? We are the home of the hogs. I did a study to see how many suffered from anorexia just to find out that according to the CDC the amount is so small they have a hard time calculating the percentage. They estimate it is somewhere near a fraction of one percent. The scare-mongering is out of f-ing control but it should be no surprise this insipid rhetoric comes mostly from idiots.

More people are dying from eating too much versus too little in America. Basically most people these days are digging their graves with their spoons.