Post by: chocolate chick on April 20, 2005, 01:18:01 pm
I got on the scales last night and I was 8 stone 7 and I feel fat, I
could not even begin to imagine being 26 stone and what that would feel
like.
Post by: smurfboy on April 20, 2005, 02:34:11 pm
I didn't watch it but I heard there's been complaints about it, as the woman running it is spouting all this 'be proud to be fat' guff and ignoring how unhealthy it is to be that overweight.
I know what you mean Choccy Chick - I used to be 15 stone (12st 4 now) and I felt hideous then; I can't imagine how anyone could get to nearly twice that.
Post by: chocolate chick on April 20, 2005, 02:56:48 pm
saying how much she hated being the way she was. She was also saying
about all the bad food she liked to eat. I like bad food too and I will
eat 2 chocolate bars in a row and I will get half a big bar of
Cadbury's when I buy one. But I also weigh myself one a week or
fortnight to keep a check on it and if I see the weight going on I will
up the exercise a bit the next week or cut out the treats until I am
back down to what I was. So it really is hard to understand these
people.
Post by: goldencup on April 20, 2005, 03:06:17 pm
Post by: chocolate chick on April 20, 2005, 03:10:09 pm
as you get older. I have witnessed it with my mum. But 26 stone is very
extreme.
Yes I see that programme. Did you see the next episode where the 13
year old girl had her stomach stapled to stop her over eating. She did
actually lose a lot of weight.
Post by: smurfboy on April 20, 2005, 03:10:23 pm
Post by: chocolate chick on April 20, 2005, 03:12:58 pm
Post by: smurfboy on April 20, 2005, 03:21:40 pm
Post by: chocolate chick on April 20, 2005, 03:22:10 pm
Post by: smurfboy on April 20, 2005, 03:22:58 pm
Post by: chocolate chick on April 20, 2005, 03:31:38 pm
He must have been eating a hell of a lot of food to get to that many calories.
Post by: loulou on April 20, 2005, 10:02:07 pm
Post by: smurfboy on April 21, 2005, 10:17:52 am
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on April 21, 2005, 11:07:12 am
I got on the scales last night and I was 8 stone 7 and I feel fat.
I think TV shows often make people often focus too much purely on their weight and not how their body is made up. Dare I say (as much as I dislike the woman and think she looks unhealthy herself) I like Gillian McKeith's approach.
But I think it's a shame on Gillian McKeith's show all the people who contributed were overweight; there were never any underweight people or people of appropriate weight who ate badly. For me it just faded into the mass of shows about fat people.
Post by: chocolate chick on April 21, 2005, 11:47:19 am
Gillian should do a programe for people who are only a couple of stone
over weight. Say for example a lady of about 5 foot in height, weighing
around 10 - 11 stone. i would find a programme like that interesting.
Post by: smurfboy on April 21, 2005, 12:01:05 pm
Post by: chocolate chick on April 21, 2005, 12:53:53 pm
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on April 21, 2005, 03:47:46 pm
Post by: chocolate chick on April 21, 2005, 04:34:56 pm
Post by: smurfboy on April 21, 2005, 04:56:59 pm
Post by: loulou on April 21, 2005, 07:39:43 pm
Post by: goldencup on April 21, 2005, 09:23:31 pm
It's true, no matter what weight you are you are made to feel fat by TV and magazine's.
Gillian should do a programe for people who are only a couple of stone over weight. Say for example a lady of about 5 foot in height, weighing around 10 - 11 stone. i would find a programme like that interesting.
I almost qualify so could I volunteer please? (5 ft 2, 10 stone)
Post by: chocolate chick on April 22, 2005, 10:24:17 am
Post by: smurfboy on April 22, 2005, 10:30:04 am
Post by: chocolate chick on April 22, 2005, 10:38:01 am
and broccolli, but it's eatable. I just can't eat cucumber, as well as
fresh tomato's.
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on April 22, 2005, 10:42:42 am
I liked the idea that as long as you are eating foods from the list you could eat as much as you liked to feel full.
I didn't like that she prohibited all dairy products.
Post by: smurfboy on April 22, 2005, 10:44:21 am
I don't trust diets that completely cut out certain foods. It might be an old fashioned idea, but I believe a little of what you fancy does you good.
That said, aduki beans rock!
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on April 22, 2005, 10:44:22 am
I just can't eat cucumber, as well as fresh tomato's.
The thing about tomatoes from the supermarket is that they are hard and tasteless. Try organic ones from a farm shop or grow your own and they are totally different; tasty and juicy!
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on April 22, 2005, 10:46:00 am
That said, aduki beans rock!
I tried them too. They take a lot of preparation but are tasty and versatile. But I wish they could be bought in cans ready prepared like red kidney beans (which also rock, by the way)
Post by: chocolate chick on April 22, 2005, 12:33:55 pm
Weight Watchers for example is good, no food is excluded.
Post by: chocolate chick on April 22, 2005, 12:35:09 pm
]The thing about tomatoes from the supermarket
is that they are hard and tasteless. Try organic ones from a farm shop
or grow your own and they are totally different; tasty and juicy!
I like tomatoe based sauces and tomoatoes cooked up with mushrooms and
onions etc, I just can't eat the fresh ones. It's something about the
texture.
Post by: smurfboy on April 22, 2005, 12:49:23 pm
I feel exactly the same Choccy - the texture is just
I have a friend who feels exactly the same; he loves tomato sauce but would vomit if you tried to make him eat a raw tomato. So we're not alone! 
Post by: chocolate chick on April 22, 2005, 12:54:51 pm
I'm glad i'm not the only one. I get some funny looks when I explain
it. I think it has something to do with the skin and the inside of the
tomatoe, just makes me feel all funny.
Post by: smurfboy on April 22, 2005, 12:58:18 pm
Post by: chocolate chick on April 22, 2005, 01:00:03 pm