Overweight people live longer Options

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[theIncredibleEdi...]

Ugh....I just lost a whole damned rant about this issue....

basically, in summation, most folks who workout only do so for cosmetic reasons, so they look pretty but are actually as unhealthy as the common Joe who is sitting his fat ass on the couch.

Weight can be deceptive, because the fat person can be healthy while the buff person can be unhealthy, and vice versa. It's not weight that should be focused on, it's high body fat percentage (as that seems to have the strongest correlation with disease and poor health)....but the most accurate test for that is the water tank method, and most people don't like it. BMI is just bad bad bad....its inaccurate.

[Oasis]

basically, in summation, most folks who workout only do so for cosmetic reasons, so they look pretty but are actually as unhealthy as the common Joe who is sitting his fat ass on the couch.

That's the dumbest fucking statement I've ever read in four years of posting on here.

Six months ago I was a mess. Drinking every night, eating fast food every meal, rarely working out, sitting on my ass watching too much tv, etc. My blood pressure and cholesterol were too high for someone my weight (190) and age. I looked like shit

Since then I've started eating better, drinking less, working out and running more, and generally being more active. I now run 3-4 miles every evening with relative ease and can do about 15 reps on bench at 200 pounds. My blood pressure is now slightly below normal, and my cholesterol has gone down a bit (heard this isn't exactly an overnight process). My diet is much better and I drink whisky about once a week or less. I have more endurance, I'm stronger, I'm quicker, and I look a helluva lot better. Of course I did it for cosmetic reasons. The better shape I'm in, the more self confidence I have. Nothing wrong with that.

I guaranfuckingtee you that I'm healthier than someone who sits on their ass and plays video games all day. I know this for a fact because I skate and play basketball with a bunch of guys. Earlier this summer I was getting schooled. Now I'm schooling them.

The only person who would say something as colossally stupid as that is someone who is overweight and is trying to justify being a lazy worthless fatass. Keep telling yourself that porky. It isn't true, but maybe you'll eventually believe it is and it'll make everything ok

[theIncredibleEdi...]

That's the dumbest fucking statement I've ever read in four years of posting on here.

Six months ago I was a mess. Drinking every night, eating fast food every meal, rarely working out, sitting on my ass watching too much tv, etc. My blood pressure and cholesterol were too high for someone my weight (190) and age. I looked like shit

Since then I've started eating better, drinking less, working out and running more, and generally being more active. I now run 3-4 miles every evening with relative ease and can do about 15 reps on bench at 200 pounds. My blood pressure is now slightly below normal, and my cholesterol has gone down a bit (heard this isn't exactly an overnight process). My diet is much better and I drink whisky about once a week or less. I have more endurance, I'm stronger, I'm quicker, and I look a helluva lot better. Of course I did it for cosmetic reasons. The better shape I'm in, the more self confidence I have. Nothing wrong with that.

I guaranfuckingtee you that I'm healthier than someone who sits on their ass and plays video games all day. I know this for a fact because I skate and play basketball with a bunch of guys. Earlier this summer I was getting schooled. Now I'm schooling them.

The only person who would say something as colossally stupid as that is someone who is overweight and is trying to justify being a lazy worthless fatass. Keep telling yourself that porky. It isn't true, but maybe you'll eventually believe it is and it'll make everything ok

It may be dumb to you, but if you ask most folks why they workout, they won't say, "oh, its for my health..." Fact is, most people workout to keep up with the media-projected images. Just walk around the rec center...I remember plenty of times going there and hearing girls complaining about being fat, and guys lifting weights and looking at themselves with admiration. You had a stimulus that shocked you into healthier behaviors.
A large population of people workout with any knowledge of nutrition and physiology....which is why so many people will ONLY lift weights, or ONLY do some cardio, or they will workout but maintain a fatty diet, or keep eating oversized portions. Perhaps you should have read my WHOLE statement....just shows the only one who is stupid, is you.