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I guess I'm just surprised so many think this is "normal."
Given the BMI stats in the U.S., it's impossible. But mass media has obviously distorted perceptions, IMHO.
It reminds me of how an individual with an eating disorder looks in the mirror and *genuinely* does not see themselves the way others do.
"Normal" becomes completely distorted. In that sense, it's *not* "normal," at all.
I only have one thing to add to this.
I hear a lot of folks in here making excuses as to why some people are fat. In my unit we have two guys who both had one of their legs blown off below the knee. Both of them are still very fit and can still out PT probably 90% of the military let alone the civilian world. If these guys can come back from an injury like that and still maintain that fitness level than there are very few excuses that I buy. My opinion but from what I have seen I would bet that probably 95% or higher of the population that are overweight because they have bad diets, don't exercise or more likely both.
Are you suggesting the "average" male body looks like U.S. Soccer Team??? Or Tony Parker???
Have you **been** to the beach this summer???
:lamo
Probably. And maybe it's just me, the way I view the people around me. yes, there are lots of out of shape people, but I have started going to a local gym, so I am probably exposed to more people who are concerned about their fitness.
I also see my son's friends and there is not a fat person among any of them, he's just 21 so most of them are lean and trim, that will probably be quite different in another 20 years.
Probably. And maybe it's just me, the way I view the people around me. yes, there are lots of out of shape people, but I have started going to a local gym, so I am probably exposed to more people who are concerned about their fitness.
I also see my son's friends and there is not a fat person among any of them, he's just 21 so most of them are lean and trim, that will probably be quite different in another 20 years.
No, I'm saying that they represent a normal body type. What I've seen at the beach, on the street, at the store, anywhere, is an obese body type.
Unfortunately, obese is the new average.
Good God! What on earth does this have to do with being overweight or obese? :roll: Get a grip on yourself dude!
The Google Exec was married with kids.
Veil lifted on call girl held in Google executive's death
He paid that woman for sex. Why did he do that? If he was married with kids and very rich, why did he pay some skinny young woman to sleep with him on his yacht? Could it be because he is medically obese? I think so.
I would say that guy looks like the average American. Medically fat yet would probably come into this thread and start arguing that they were "average" *gasp!*
No, I'm saying that they represent a normal body type. What I've seen at the beach, on the street, at the store, anywhere, is an obese body type.
Unfortunately, obese is the new average.
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