Canadian waistlines are expanding. With excessive weight a strong contributory factor to the serious health problems that strain our beloved universal health care system – diabetes, heart disease, and joint degeneration – there are underlying issues that can no longer be ignored.
It’s time to address the issue forthrightly – and ask ourselves if those who choose to be in the public eye do not have a personal responsibility to set an example for other Canadians.
It’s a question that affects the health of every Canadian and it’s one we can no longer avoid;
So, let’s see, the media goes after Harper for being overweight, but won’t go after sports stars for using steroids in front of aspiring young athletes, and won’t go after entertainment celebrities for being so thin they promote anorexia in young girls?
The media really needs to get its priorities straight.
Wow, I never thought for one second that since I am 30 pounds overweight I was somehow an eyesore to Canadian children. Perhaps more positive role models can be rushed to view and then over weight folks be banned from all public places like smokers? I thought that my 25 years service to my country as a soldier might be inspiring to some, or perhaps that I now run my own business. But alas only the optics count. My goodness Kate, have we become that politically correct? What’s next? Dogs cause allergies in many people, some of them so chronic that it is a drain on the medical system. Maybe we should banish them and their owners from public view? There has to be more intelligent solutions than sweeping people under the rug simply because you don’t like how they look.
If Mike Puffy had to hussle to get his news stories ,rather than having it handed to him,like he and the “Mighty Press Galary” (aka Unofficial Opposition)want Harper to do he might be a tad more physically fit.
Peter,
“Lighten -up,” soldier. You served 25 years? Thank you for your sacrifice, for the values that you hold, and for the example you are to the rest of us.
But surely you wouldn’t begrudge Kate the chance of a gratuitous shot at Duffy?
ML
Spokesthingies, apologists, and liberal cabinet positions, are all well-paid, (and require no physical effort- hence the lardassedness!)
I firmly believe that the current “crisis of obesity” is clearly the fault of our multicultural and immigration policies.How can you watch your diet with the diversity of ethnic restaurants in our major cities.(But seriously folks….)
It is indeed a crisis we face and now is the time to invest some of our “surplus” into a comprehensive prevention program.We need to target kids especially to promote a healthier lifestyle.Canadian icons,please step forward,we need your leadership.
Also,I understand the “politically correct” Canadian Food Guide is a recipe for disaster in itself,prefering to promote the beef,dairy and other industries than promote more realistic proportions.
Maybe,just maybe,our current federal government will actually do something about it.How about removing GST on sporting goods for starters?
Participaction anyone?
Buddha: Thtake yer pick:
Thick:
http://www.amgmedia.com/freephotos/buddha-sm.jpg
Thin:
http://www.buddhismus.at/bilder/buddha_golden_gross.jpg
Thmile for the jpg.
Duffy is just one example of an over-weight media reporter. There’s one at Global in Vancouver, Harvey Oberfeld (sometime referred to as “Harldy Overfed”) who exhibits similar ponderous tendencies. Maybe they figure the more they weigh, the more weighty their pronouncments.
Mike in White Rock
ok, very funny regarding Mr. Duffy.
What is the reason for the need to take steroids? to be “better” and the reason to try and be more thin? well you can’t be too rich, or too thin.
The media is used to sell everything, I guess some people are just buying into it, more than others.
At the end of the day, all you can do is try to teach kids that they alone are responsible for carrying that tire around. I have never told my kids they should look away from a walking, talking, tragedy. Only that the reasons for this person appearing like this, may include too much food, not enough excerse, too much alcohol, not slowing the car enough to negotiate a turn in the road, or in the case or Mr. Bonds in major league baseball, the use of drugs to increase performance. I meant on the field, not in the bedroom…
Perhaps we should change Treasury Board Guidelines so we can protect Volpe from all those expensive pizzas? That can’t be good for children to hear, can it–an MP and
Cabinet Minister that uses the child’s parents hard earned tax dollars to stuff his face with fattening foods?Again it looks like the bleeding hearts are trying to prove that parents are not good for their children.
Good question about Duffy–and welcome back
No, no, no, NO, NO!
You’ve got it ALL WRONG.
It’s only AMERICANS that are overweight and unhealthy.
We, the true believers in a utopian society are of perfect health. I trust our benevolent leaders and teachers of our government.
Quick, get that bird out of here!
/moonbat EUroweenie
When are the class action lawsuits against all the purveyors of sugar and fat laden foods going to start? How do I get in on the..ahem..gravy train?
We gotta be careful.
The continuing leftist state apparatus put in place by the Libranos will probably haul the whole lot of us before the Human Rights Tribunal or Commission or pretend court or whatever it is for saying anything non-endorsive wrt persons of ultra-ample adipose tissue…
Geez…
Oh man.
Now retired, the spare tire I acquired during my years behind an office desk became the consternation of my doctor; he’s since given up trying to deflate it. My grandson, who is 3, knows that his mommy has a little brother in her tummy. He recently asked me if I was going to have a baby.
That’s par for the course as I have been asked the same thing by an adult, jokingly. But what was strange was an episode in an airport security lounge. After having put the prerequisites in the tray, I had set off the alarm. When picking up my stuff, I asked of my wife “Did you see that?” I explained to her that I was sure I had cleared the alarm but that it went off a split second later. Arms outstretched, the wand was passed around me with nothing further, but, the agent “accidentally” brushed the wand on said spare tire with an apologetic “sorry”. Question – does anyone know if airport security has the option to second-guess the security system? Fat chance? or, is my cerebral timer out of kilter??
The Puffster is a welcome alternative to the faux blonde, carefully coiffed Barbie and Ken dolls that populate American and increasingly Canadian network news. And he is BALD!.
This made me laugh out loud! Thank you Kate!
Here’s my thought on this whole story:
Female politicians can no longer claim a double standard when it comes to media speculation/comments about their personal appearance.
Belinda’s shoes and swanky clothes are now fair game – they are setting a bad example for Canadian children cuz, after all, where are those clothes manufactured?!? Child-labour sweatshops in third world countries? And those shoes – 3″ heels will cause any number of malformations of the feet and toes, not to mention the creating knee and back pain. Another drain on our overburdened Health Care System. Get the woman some Keds!
So there you go, days of hand-wringing over the societial implications of Stephen Harper’s expanding waist has, in my mind, broken the double standard Myth. And I’m glad of it – as I can’t stand the whiners who get into politics and can’t take the heat.
I remember when Mike Duffy was voted Sexiest Man in Canada a number of years ago – I think in McLeans magazine – unfortunately he looked exacly like he does now! Couldn’t quite see it, myself.
Think of the outcry of sterotyping if Stephan Harper was a female. Do you think the MSM would comment on a females politicians gain in weight. Equality not for all I guess.
Julia Child, 1912 – 2004:
Here’s Julia describing her first television show: “There was this woman tossing French omelettes, splashing eggs about the place, brandishing big knives, panting heavily as she careened about the stove.”
“If you’re afraid of butter, as many people are nowadays,” she said in one of her last television shows, “just put in cream!” she proclaimed, with a twinkle in her eye.
“Never be afraid to experiment in the kitchen, if it doesn’t quite work out, just add more wine.”
�Because of media hype and woefully inadequate information, too many people nowadays are deathly afraid of their food, and what does fear of food do to the digestive system? I, for one, would much rather swoon over a few thin slices of prime beefsteak, or one small serving of chocolate mousse, or a sliver of foie gras than indulge to the full on such nonentities as fat-free gelatin puddings.�
“Red meat and gin” was her rallying cry when the food world’s puritans dared to promise long life through nervous nutrition, and [she] scorned grilled vegetables as “burnt and undercooked at the same time.”
When [asked] to describe her guilty pleasures […] she was sure to respond with her usual cheerful defiance, “I have no guilt.” �The pleasures of the table � that lovely old-fashioned phrase � depict food as an art form, as a delightful part of civilized life. In spite of food fads, fitness programs, and health concerns, we must never lose sight of a beautifully conceived meal.�
�Life is to be joyous, and joy comes from sensory pleasures shared with others.”
We are now at the beginning of disgustifying fat people as we did to smokers in recent years.
What we know is that it works better than anything else. It’s called peer pressure. If we make overweirght socially unacceptable then more people will stop stuffing piles of shit er .. food down their gullets.
There is no excuse for being fat. It’s an indication that the person is lazy, over-fed and not too bright in some areas. Smart people don’t smoke, nor do they want to be unhealthy in that area either.
Being fat is not an addiction, or a disease, or a condition that is unusual. It is gluttony and sloth to quote the older more stinging terms. It used to be considered sin, but now it’s simply an indication of poor health and bad attitude coupled with low self-esteem.
I won’t buy into the old glandular proplem or slow metabolic rate since it seem that in all of humanity only those who can afford to be fat are fat.
I have always found ‘Jabba the Duff” hard to look at. It’s difficult to take a blimp seriously when there are F15s flying circles around them.
I find any amount of visible fat unpleasant to look at. The human body is basically a beautiful thing. When it’s distorted into a large pear shape, it is no longer beautiful, but rather a giant flabby pear.
Fat people can cry foul all they want to, in their hearts they know that they don’t have a big fat leg and sore foot to stand on. They are wrong and there is a price for being wrong.
It seems that prejudice of overweight people is alive and well, no matter what political stripe or media bent.. no question there is something to be said about bias coming from the media from those content and used to access to power via the liberal power machine who have been used to using the media to get their message out these last 13 years. As to Mike Duffy, he certainly has made it clear that he has his favourites in the lib party and can be biased openly.
Harvey Oberfeld? Well, yes, he is a big man, like Duffy… but to be prejudiced against anybody who has a weight problem does not address the issues that come from their reporting.
IF we want to cast aspersions why don’t we aim our arrows at those who make it their business to keep us uninformed and fatter than ever…
Most parents who work allow their children more than ample time in front of the boob tube or in front of a video game… it keeps them quiet and out of the way … some of the time.. but most parents are just as concerned about that time and limit it as they are having their children have a well rounded upbringing that includes sports and physical activity and go out of their way to see to it they get it.
So, why then are our children getting fat? Why is our population as a whole fatter than ever?
Rather than point out and ridicule easy targets like Duffy and Oberfeld… why not aim at the real culprits?
The pharmaceutical companies. The Food Industry and the Fast Food industry. All of which contain dangerous chemicals that not only get us fat but ensure we stay that way.. not only fatter but ill.
They have a vested interest in making sure that we will get ill and stay that way.
Check out what Gary Null has to say about that and also Kevin Trudeau. They are both easily found on the Internet and have a wealth of information regarding misinformation and dangerous information that ensures that we will get fat, stay fat and ill and stay that way.
What I find most distrubing is the result of the poll… 70% of those responding feel we should remove the likes of Duffy from “our sight and from the sight of our children” …
Now THAT is disturbing more than anything else!
Ric, that’s my point exactly – now that they’ve analyzed Harper’s weight gain to death – a female politician’s weight gain is fair game.
There’s always been feminist outrage when the media describe the looks of a female politician – well those feminists can’t complain now!
The next time someone like Belinda complains that “the media never comments on the hair, eyes, weight, clothes of a male politician”, we can gleefully pull out days upon days of coverage on Harper’s waistline.
Mike as a bad “roll” model??!! Perish the thought!! At least the man is a relatively smart cookie and can engage in intelligent discussion on the issues of the day. People need to teach their children that fat does not mean stupid. Lazy-maybe. Stupid–no. Teach your children to respect other people no matter what they look like. Teach them to respect their bodies through healthy eating and exercise and teach them this by example. Leave Mike alone–I am sure he is well aware he has a weight problem. Let him deal with it–and listen to what he has to say instead.
Seems all of this talk in the MSM about fat people stems from the MSM’s inability to find anything much of substance to pick out of the PM’s fur.
The MSM made a stink over the cab appts. Then over the E. Commish’s investigation. Then over what I see as necessary discipline of the Cabinet’s communications to the MSM. Now that Shapiro had to admit no rules were broken (because there ARE no rules to break!), the MSM is getting petty and mean and going around saying, “…oh, well, he’s fat, so he must be unqualified somehow to be PM…”
Yep, I expected to MSM to go at the new Tory gov’t with baseball bats. Looks like the bats are the hollow plastic type that little kids play with… y’know… the big, fat red ones…
MSM: get a life. Report on important stuff for a change.
Snowbunnie,
Trudeau is the crank who used to sell crap in late night informercials. Dont buy the shit he is selling now. He’s not a doctor or even a university grad. He is a huckster plain and simple, and a dangerous one at that. He is playing on peoples fears and spinning up conspiracy theories to enrich himself.
There is no reason people are fatter now than before other than that they get little to no exercise and succomb to the allure of easy drive thru take out.
Well I never saw that one coming.
“Scary Stephen Harper causes obesity in children.”
The sight of chubby middle aged men is not the problem.
Years of having the media headlining tragic but rare incidences of abductions of children by strangers has scared parents so much that they drive their kids every where.
How often do you see kids walking to school or roaming the neighbourhood by themselves?
Better to have them safe at home in front of the tube or PC than have them out catching grasshoppers or kicking a ball around at the park.
MINDFUL THAT WE ARE INTO THE THIRD WEEK OF LENT WHERE WE HOPEFULLY EVALUATE OUR SHORTCOMINGS, ESPECIALLY THE MAJOR ONES WHEREBY WE IN CRUEL FASHION POINT TO THOSE OF OTHERS, LET US REMEMBER THE WISDOM, “REMOVE THE LOG FROM YOUR OWN EYE”
MAY THE HOLY, IMMORTAL, ALL POWERFUL ONE FORGIVE US OUR SINS AGAINST ALL HUMANITY. AMEN. WE ASK THIS IN THE NAME OF OUR LORD JESUS, THE CHRIST.
Funny, Colin, you don’t mention Gary Null, whose advice is echoed by Mr. Trudeau, regardless of what you think of Trudeau you cannot try to besmirch Gary Null who is an example of his own advice and has helped millions of people to do exactly as Trudeau advises… as well as Dr. Mindell and others who are not bought body and soul by the Pharmaceutical companies.
Wake up and smell the COQ-10 buddy.
Dear Mr. Harper,
I write this on behalf of all the people out there in Canuck land, that have had the extreme discomfort of walking down a street, only to be assailed by the sight of fat women in spandex and Lycra, with their shirts revealing their fat stomachs.
Spandex and Lycra, as you know, should be a privledge, not a right, and while a little belly can be sexy, seeing the launch of the Titanic as it wells up from the too tight Spandex waistband… I don’t sleep for days afterwards as a result of witnessing this travesty.
There’s just no way to explain the pain Mr. Harper, no way to explain the feeling that doesn’t occur below the waist as a man’s ardour bleats out a tiny yelp, and then beats a hasty retreat into some far away place.
All because of this tragic turn in fashion events.
I beg of you, I plead of you, please make it illegal for fat women to wear Spandex and Lycra… Such a legacy would do your children proud.
PS, my wife asks that you outlaw Speedo’s for any men overwieght or over 50… She says that would be good too.
This topic is enjoyable, albeit in an ironic sort of way….
this works as satire of political correctness…I’m always irritated by ultra-P.C. types who think nothing “offensive” should be shown…
on the other hand, there is no question that obesity is a serious issue; of course there are those who would rather blame the entertainment/diet/food industries for promoting unheathly lifestyles, body images and eating habits, while ignoring the true causes of obesity.
Obesity is caused (in most cases) by laziness and a lack of discipline. If individuals made a point of controlling their eating habits and enganging in some sort of exertion on a daily basis, the epidemic would be reduced to those with genuine metabolism problems (>5% of the popultation).
As for Mike Duffy, leave him alone. Sure, he’s a liberal, but he’s also a modest and well-informed journalist. I still appreciate how he tore apart John Duffy during the debates in january anyway….
If we’re going to fire journalists, it should be on ability, and there are many more “worthy” candidates. (That woman from the cbc with the hyena-like laugh comes to mind)
I used to work with Duff a hundred years ago downeast. He used to throw his weight around then, too. Congenital, I believe, as opposed to my tire, acquired. As for picking on PMSH’s embellished belly…it was a slow news day. Cutting the GST, issuing childcare allowances, imposing stricter criminal sentences, guaranteeing patient-waiting times, introducing the federal acccountability act, supporting our troops here at home & overseas…all apparently not as news-sexy as portable flab.
Duff’s not fat, his body weight is dead on, it’s his height that’s the problem. His height to weight ratio is off. He should be 10’tall.
While the so called “3rd World” countries often find it difficult to feed themselves the so called “1st World” are awash in cheap calories; many of them available as soft drinks high in sugar and low in nutritional value.
Type 2 diabetes is fast becoming of epidemic proportion. Our bodies are meant to move; walking being the least stressful and most beneficial for those packing the extra pounds.
If one is eating more than you burn in terms of caloric intake the equation is weight gain.
Type 1 diabetics are off the hook as the etiology of their disease is that their pancreas has shut down and they need to carefully monitor food intake, exercise, and insulin management to stay on the right side of the graveyard.
If one drinks 2 Litres of sugar water Slurpies at the local corner store because one is too lazy to organize a balanced diet of fruit, starches, and protein within a reasonable time constraint; then it is time to slow down and live.
The marked differences between the etiology of type 1 and type 2 diabetes is something Canada Customs and Revenue Agency has been rather slow at coming to grips with; as it administers the Disability Tax Credit.
If PM Stephen Harper exchanged every pop tin for a choice piece of select fruit; I believe he will find his girth contracting appropriately.
Given he has been just elected, we would wish he stays around longer than the next incoming coronary infarction. A couple of trips running around Parliament Hill couldn’t hurt; as he is currently running circles around his political opposition.
Drop a modest 5-7 kg and he’ll probably feel better as well. Notwithstanding PM Stephen Harper’s recent trip to Afghanistan we would offer him this small encouragement:
“A balanced diet and modest exercise; there’s no life like it.”
I sure his wife can find a way to make the pop tins disappear in the household at 24 Sussex.
Want to lose weight? Want to stay fit?
Eat balanced meals, lots of fresh veggies. Don’t, I repeat, DON’T buy canned food.
Canned food is the first curse, pre-prepared foods are the second. Pre-made everything is out. Eat absolutely nothing that is instant, or has artificial flavorings in it.
Prepared foods will be high in salt, which will in turn affect your blood-pressure, and can make you retain fluid. Processed foods are just that, processed. All the good things are gone, no matter what the label says.
Like processed cheese, congrats, you just ate a petroleum product.
Learn how to cook. It is no more difficult, nor time consuming, to actually make your meals from scratch.
Eating prepared foods because they are “Quick” is a total bullshit line. Your lazy.
Now I do work out, two full body workouts a week. I don’t run, nor do I bike, but I do 50 push-ups and 50 sit-ups 5 days a week.
At 40, I’m 5’9″, 194 lbs, and I take a size 32 waist. You don’t have to move mountains to stay fit.
I party (smoke everything, and drink) like an animal Fridays each week, and I am always in the pub on Monday nights for sports. I eat what ever I want, whenever I want, because I eat in moderation.
My wife is 40, looks 25, and she eats enough for any two people. At 5’8″ and 130 lbs, she does Yoga, otherwise it’s all about the food.
Eat right, mix in some exercise, and you can have a good looking body. Eat shit, you end up looking like shit.
It’s not more expensive either, you just have to be a little more savvy when shopping, learn to read labels.
I might die from smoking or drinking, but I’ll be damned if I die because of eating too much or weight problems.
Besides, eating real food is an experience to be savored. Nothing better than a good meal, good wine, and good company.
KD is for idiots who can’t be bothered getting up off the couch.
“There’s one at Global in Vancouver, Harvey Oberfeld (sometime referred to as “Hardly Overfed”) who exhibits similar ponderous tendencies.”–Mike in White Rock.
Reminds me of a prospector I met years ago in Northern Ontario. I asked him about the authenticity of some of the facts published in Farley Mowatt’s book “Never Cry Wolf” to which he replied, “Up here, we call him “Hardly Know-it”.
Snowbunnie,
I did not mention Gary Null because his past is well documented on the internet through quackwatch.
I assumed most people could google that nutbar and find out for themselves.
Sometimes being wheel chair bound, such as Christopher Reeves, causes obesity. should he have been hidden from the view of our children? How about other disabled people? There are ALL kinds of skinny proffessional athletes who shouldn’t be setting examples for our kids. Sometimes obesity is caused by conditions such as thyroid and pregnancy, sometimes one agravates the other. Even my family doc is starting to look a bit like Stephen, should he hang up his stethescope because he is in such short supply and sacrifices his own health for that of his (too many) patients?
Lets not head down this path. Judge people for what’s inside, not outside.
Cheri, there’s always exceptions to the rules. Whats not acceptable to me is parents feeding themselves and their children crap, and then parking their lazy ass’ in front of the TV.
My niece is not required to attend phys-ed. It’s an option these days. When I was a kid, the option was start running your ass off, or fail. With the advent of computers, playstations, and handhelds, kids are turning into lazy shits.
There has to be some sort of impetus to try and get them out of the house, off the couch, and into motion.
What happenned to Participaction programs, or letting your kid play in the park. Shit, when I was a lad, if I stayed in front of the tube to long, my mother would literally pitch me out the door. “It’s a beautiful day out, don’t come back until you hear me scream it’s dinnertime”.
Children getting type 2 diabetes?? That’s because they don’t teach people how to look after themselves anymore, and they pass the inability to properly care for themselves onto their children.
Is it any less a case of child abuse, when you don’t feed your child proper food, you don’t encourage them to engage in activity, and you let them become overweight because you’ve let yourself go there? How is that any less violent to the child than kicking them around?
I like to smoke cigars, one might say I’m addicted to them, should a non-smoker have compassion for me because of my addiction? I hardly think so.
Sorry, my compassion stops at people who are to lazy to do differently, when they know damn well they should.
I am going to start out with a disclaimer here because I don’t want to get SLAMMED by any womans lib, feminist, socialist types so hear this.
I DO NOT think women should be pregnant and in the kitchen – I am not a neo-con; however I am a 53 (as of two days ago) year old woman, mother who has both worked and has stayed at home – an I have my own opinions – which thankfully, I am free to express in this Country.
Now for my comment – I am wondering how the growth in childhood obesity corresponds to the fact that so many mothers are working and parking their children in daycares.
One poster above mentioned about being herded outside to “play” from dawn to dusk in the “olden days” – since the advent of Women’s lib and Superwoman and Having it all – I think that we have stressed out mothers who are trying to do the best they can to bring home some of the bacon and cooking it up in the form of get it on the table quick TV dinners. They rush around – grabbing the kids from the daycare – stop at the store on the way home and grab some quick cooking processed food (or the fast food outlet) – run home – get the kids supper, bathed and into bed before starting the next day all over again.
So – here we are making stay at home mothers feel guilty, encouraging state run daycares for everyone and on the other hand wondering how our obesity problem got so out of hand.
Just a few thoughts from the old noggin as I contemplate some of the posts.
Now remember – no slamming me – see disclaimer above.
Duke,you are a complete and utter asshole.
Please tell us where you aquired this gift to determine one’s intelligence by their appearance.Sorry,I forgot it is not a “gift”it is a “curse”.It is called BIGOTRY.
You must have overweight friends or loved-ones?Have you told them to their faces yet that they disgust you and you believe you are better than them?Listen closely everyone,because if you are obese,you are a BAD and UGLY person.Why,because the all self-important Duke has decreed such.
To much,or not enough fat is unhealthy,moron!
People come in all shapes and sizes.Deal with it!
Or does your impression of the beauty of the human body come from jerking off to the plastic world of porn movies?
Oh,and when you find yourself expanding in your later years,I hope you do the right thing and kill yourself before anyone else sees you.
You bigotted,close-minded fuck.
If Stephen Harper is to do anything about his weight, it should be for Stephen Harper and only for Stephen Harper.
At least he is not out promoting the South Beach diet like our former PM, who was not exactly an exemplar for healthy living either.
Nonetheless, staying physically fit is a worthy goal for all of us. I could lose a few pounds myself. For inspiration, we could start up a new group called the Jogging Tories. Spring is approaching. What better time to start.
William, I know what you’re saying. I find it sad that so many kids are seemingly overweight and proud of it (girls showing off belly buttons etc.) but to discriminate against someone because of how they look is plain wrong. There are many people who put themselves , our health care etc. to risk with poor lifestyle choices (drugs, alcohol, un-safe sex), that is their and their family burden to bear. Do we deny joint replacement and other operations because of these same choices?
Maybe un-checked obesity in kids has something to do with falling through the cracks between Mom’s place and Dad’s place? Whose fault is that? Education , not discrimination.
How good of an example would Ashley MacIsaac or Andre Boisclaire (drug use) be for our youth?
Steve,
The Jogging Tories…..I like it!
Maybe this is why he fired his cook!
Leave hin on. If he cant teach children to be weight wary then who can?
I don’t suggest we deny Obese people anything.
I do state that they deserve to know why they are the way they are. If it’s because their lazy slobs who can’t be bothered to take care of themselves, then they deserve to know that too.
Sheltering an obese person from the true reason they are a fat fuck is never going to help them. Stating to the world that it is acceptable to be fat is no more logical than to state it’s acceptable to smoke.
When I was a kid I used to bug the kid beside me in class about his weight… one day after a few years of this, he told me to fuck off and look in the mirror. Damned if he wasn’t right, I was fat.
A great big belly sticking out of a 10 year old kid. I killed myself for 5 months getting rid of that gut, and then did the smartest thing I have ever done in my life… joined a football club with the meanest, most dispassionate, most contrary bastard of a coach I’ve ever had the displeasure of meeting.
He worked me to death. He worked every kid to death. He had no mercy, he gave no quarter, and he didn’t ask you to do the work, he scared your fat ass into it.
He was my coach until I was 15, and the last thing he ever said to me was that if I couldn’t find time to run or workout, that was okay. Just find time to eat right and don’t forget the push-ups and sit-ups, and everything will be fine.
That was 25 years ago, and that mean old son of bitch is still right.
William Macdonell,
Your setting a wonderful example for your kids (except for the stogie smokin I suppose)
Im sorry to say that when mine arrived I just didn’t have enough time to be so self absorbed with my own fitness.
How do you do it?
Well, we all know why we need the nanny state and its media sycophants to hype these things. Because they all �cost� the state healthcare system too much.
Smokers. Fat people. Boozers. Bikers who don�t wear helmets. Drivers who don�t wear seatbelts. Down with them!
Outlaw them all! Sic the smoke police, the food police, the safety Nazis on �em. Fine �em. Lock �em up. Throw away the keys. It�s for their own good! They don�t know any better!
Hey! All you PC control freaks out there! Mind your own freaking business! What I eat, drink and inhale and the safety precautions I take are MY decisions!!
The same goes for all you self-righteous, goody-two-shoes ass h*les with all the free �advice� on how we can all look and feel as great as you do. BUZZ the f*#% OFF!