How fat is too fat?

No, once fatties get too fat they actually have trouble washing everywhere and cleaning themselves after defacting. The morbidly obese are gross.

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Any time you go past what is a natural male body, it's too fat. This includes overeating and bodybuilding.

Please elaborate, R3.

Your height and weight tell the story. It's not rocket science. You know when you've crossed the line.

Yes R5, but I'm not talking about body mass index. I mean fat people who are actually pretty light on their feet, as opposed to the lumbering slobs who can barely make it to the buffet for a second, or third helping.

If you have to ask, it's too fat.

You might be light on your feet R6, but those folds can still be stinky.

When you have trouble walking then you're too fat. A co-worker has been getting progressively heavier over the past 9 months. She's only in her 20's and it's sad. The other day I noticed her huffing a puffing down the hall twisting her lower half all the way. I'd love to help her but I have no idea how to approach the subject without pissing her off and having her run to HR. I really hope she gets some help.

Getting heavier over the past nine months? I wonder what that might be? Hmmm.......

That's what I'm talking about, R9.

More than once people have said, for a "big" guy I move really well. I'm sure they feel it's a compliment, but it makes me think.

I know fat guys who look like walruses trying to move about, while I don't seem so encumbered by my weight.

So just because the scale says someone is too fat, are they really, if they can actually function normally?

Look at Rosie O'Pig Face, it hasn't hurt her ham and cheese curtains any.

There really is such a thing as Fat-Fit. A lot of overweight people may not be successful with the weight loss component, but is does not deter them from excerising regularly, thus keeping them limber and agile. And that is certainly to their benefit, and to their credit.

This is about me, isn't, you appropriating lilywite ladymen?

I went on a medication for a while that caused me to put on weight. I noticed when I leaned forward to tie my shoes, it was like I had a stack of books in my lap, preventing me from bending forward. It went away pretty quickly when I stopped the medication, thank God! I'd say, that was too fat!

Later, I tried Cymbalta. It caused me to lose 10 pounds in a week or so. Unfortunately, it also caused me to wake up screaming at the top of my lung every night. It was ridiculous, I had to quit it. I gained the weight back immediately when I stopped it, damn! And it was immediately, like in a few days.

I seem to have a natural weight that I get regardless of anything, excepting when I try a new medication, obviously.

Nell Carter

Oprah Winfrey

Rosie O'Donnel

Roseanne and Dan

Olivia Newton-John

Any black actress in a sitcom in the 50s

Wendy Jo Sperber

The guy who played Nell's white husband on her show

DJ Brian Middleton

Michael Mooooo-ore.

Vince Vaughn

Fat Fuck Kevin Smith

Donna Brazzille

Margaret Cho

Channing Tatum walks the line when he's not filming, but still fiiine.

Use the "bus" rule.

The person in question sits in the back. This is not a Rosa Parks occasion.

When the bus hits a pothole or comes to a stop, does the person's gut and/or love handles stop moving or do they sashay?

If you said "sashay", it's too fat.

I realize some of you believe that public transportation is for poors, jerks, and lesbians. Fuck you and good night.

OP, you're setting a very low bar there. "I'm not in a wheelchair / I can wipe my own ass" is something that a lot of morbidly obese people can say about themselves, but they are still suffering very ill effects from the excess fat. Some of these people will die in the next year from being morbidly obese, even though they meet your too-generous criteria for being not too fat.

"How fat is too fat" is a tricky question because some people will answer it in terms of visual aesthetics or objective measurements like waist size or hips size relative to height and gender; and others will answer it in terms of health function.

I'd go with health function for the answer, because there are some chunky people who are also quite fit, they make a steady effort to be active and in-shape. Such a person can walk up two flights of stairs at a near-normal pace without being winded and wiped out, even if they are 30 pounds (13.6 kg) overweight.

Stop. Margaret Cho looks great now.

Agree about Ms Cho.

And on what planet is Olivia Newton John a fattie, per above list? Of all the 65-year-olds on Planet Earth, she's one of the most gorgeous. Regardless of whether or not she's had a boatload of cosmetic help.

You know when you are too fat. Just because you can walk around doesn't mean much.

This thread, as with all fat-related threads, will go on and on, ending only in bitter arguments and name calling. It will not reach any agreeable conclusion.But a newer one will surely rise up and continue the legacy.

All right, if you guys need a rule, here's a rule.

If you're fatter than Shia Labeouf in Disturbia, you're too fat.

[quote]Such a person can walk up two flights of stairs at a near-normal pace without being winded and wiped out, even if they are 30 pounds (13.6 kg) overweight.

But what if you're 130 lbs overweight, and can still take two flights of stairs without getting winded at a normal pace?

Bouncing doesn't count, R25.

R25, such a person doesn't exist. Anyone carrying that much excess fat (130 lbs!) is going to have a hard time walking up two flights of stairs at a normal pace.

Uh, YES.

OP, when you start developing the generic "fat face," the face that just looks like that of a fat person rather than a distinct human being, you are too fat.

Because "fat" - the thing usually called "brown fat" that lives inside fat people, actually is an organism with a hive mind separate from the hosts in which it resides. Scientists call it "The Fat." It even communicates between human bodies as it tried to propagate and expand.

Most people are infected with the spores by their mothers in the womb. Women are both the carriers and the agents of infection. The Fat is insidious and always hungry, trying to take over more and more bodies.

Think of the horror movie "The Blob" except with the blob living in pieces inside people. That's the horrible, hidden truth behind fat and fat people.

So when they start taking on that expressionless, stupid-looking fat face, the one that also looks evil, it's a sign that the human part has been destroyed and nothing but The Fat is left. Starving it and shrinking the body doesn't work. That's why fat people always gain it back, and are such miserable people anyway.

Here's an example of how The Fat can take over very early in life.

It is hard to look intelligent when you are really fat.

Anything over 157 lbs.

If you have to butter the doorway to get out of the house, you're too fat.

So many earnest people here. Ignoring the truth.

Extremely heavy people may be "light on their feet" when they're comparatively young and energetic, but if they lose strength due to age or illness... oy. Re-mobilizing after an illness can be terribly difficult, just because of the weight. And then there's "Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome", where the muscles in the chest wall aren't able to move the weight of a huge torso enough to breathe, an extra 100 or 200 pounds can make the difference between recovering from pneumonia, or ending up ventilator-dependent in a SNF.

However, don't take that to mean I'm taking the side of the Datalounge's fat-phobics, who are one of the meanest, nastiest, most useless and small-minded people I've ever encountered in my life. And dumb, too, they simply cannot grasp that being mean to fat people doesn't make them any thinner.

[quote]such a person doesn't exist

They do.

[quote]Anyone carrying that much excess fat (130 lbs!) is going to have a hard time walking up two flights of stairs at a normal pace.

I don't.

When my rolls no longer bring in new roles.

You are wrong, R27. There are plenty of people that overweight who can bound up two flights of stairs. However, what they are doing to their organs is another matter. Eventually, even with energy and the ability to move, they will suffer from diabetes, or heart failure, stroke, etc.

[quote]Eventually, even with energy and the ability to move, they will suffer from diabetes, or heart failure, stroke, etc.

[italic]Eventually[/italic] everyone will, fat or thin.

depends on the person and how they carry their fat.

[quote]All right, if you guys need a rule, here's a rule. If you're fatter than Shia Labeouf in Disturbia, you're too fat.

While this might be a strange example, it is absolutely true.

If you can't cut your own toenails, you're too fat.

Or very old, R41.

RE: R20, and in five years we'll be waving "Whatever!" to her as she speeds past us to the Frozen Foods section of Walmart on her electric wheelchair/scooter.

If you can run to catch a bus, walk up three flights of stairs without getting winded and comfortably walk for 2 miles, you're probably OK.

I can't answer that, but I do request that you dress appropriately for your size.

Just because you can get it on, button it or zip it, does not mean that you should wear it.

[quote]If you can't cut your own toenails, you're too fat.

Fortunately, I still can.

[quote]Or very old

Very true.

[quote]If you can run to catch a bus, walk up three flights of stairs without getting winded and comfortably walk for 2 miles, you're probably OK.

I guess I'm doing ok, as I am able to do all these things. But truthfully, I haven't had to run after a bus in decades, so I'm not sure about that one.

[quote]I can't answer that, but I do request that you dress appropriately for your size.

Agreed. It's a fat person's responsibility to cover up as much of themselves as possible, when out in public.

Nothing I hate more than seeing a big fat guy walking around in sweats and an ill fitting t-shirt.

Or, a fat man who tries to dress trendy, wearing clothes that look good on a thin frame--skinny jeans, v-neck shirts, etc.

Me? I'm beefy.

You, on the other hand, are fat.

R47's Grindr profile must be a hoot.

If you can't reach around and wipe your ass thoroughly, then you are too damn fat. That's always been my test.

I'm 40lbs over what most charts say, for my height and age. I'm 63yo, take no prescription medications( I do take vitamins and other supplements) and walk 3.5 miles/day(in just under an hour) No heart problems, no diabetes, BP is great. Blood tests results some people would kill for. My doctor doesn't even bring up losing weight,because I've told her, "This is as good as it gets." Am I wrong to feel as I do?

R50 Some people will never lose weight, and it's not for lack of trying. You are obviously doing many things right, as your overall health indicates. What's really important, is that we strive to do what we can accomplish, and not dwell on what doesn't work for us. For a man your age, both you and your doctor should be please with your current stage of health. You're doing just fine, so pat yourself on the back!

R51 is such a libtard response. You haven't lost weight because there is nothing to motivate you enough to lose the weight. Personally, I'd feel uncomfortable being 40-50 lbs. thinner. Also, your government programming has a lot to do with it as well. The programming is designed specifically for you with the goal of CONTROLLING you.

Well, health-wise (risk for cancer and other diseases, plus stroke and heart attack risk), too fat is anything over your recommended weight for your height and age, yet of course that number can be unrealistic because things like genetics and build also matter.

R52 Is a paranoid schizophrenic response.

The government is tracking you from the chip implanted in your left pinky toe.

whatever we'll all die eventually

Not true R53. People up to 25 pounds overweight apparently have higher longevity.

Obesity doesn't kill, but it is involved in many conditions that do. You can go a long time without ill effects and then POW zappo, everything goes wrong at once (Multiple System Failure). So, obese at 30 or 40, no big deal for many, troubling for some. Obese at 50, red sky at night, Obese at 60 red sky at morning, Obese at 70, boy are you lucky.

Adele fat is too fat.

Gabourey Sidibe fat is too fat.

Melissa McCarthy fat is too fat.

Kirstie Alley fat is too fat.

Dragging the old can

When you can't see your dick because of your belly...

It's easy to be fit-fat when you're young. Youthful metabolism is still on your side (as is lack of long-term damage from being overweight). Know many fat people over 40 who can still "bound" up a couple flights of stairs?

When I was early 20s I was with a morbidly obese partner who weighed 300 lbs. My partner could walk, bathe, exercise, etc, just fine and had a more chiseled face than average sized me. Everyone is different, and particularly younger adults can get away with a surprising amount of excess weight. Only BMI tells the true story (in most cases). BTW after we split up I hear my partner got bariatric surgery and lost over 100 lbs.

Why would anyone poison their body with drugs trying to loose weight. There’s no secret: eat less and walk and / or exercise more. And dont drink anything with fructose in it.

If you’re any fatter than a Hollywood star (and I don’t mean the token fatties), you’re too fat. It’s a weird thing that as society has gotten so fat, people of normal weight like Kidman and Paltrow are perceived by some as ‘thin’.

R9 I don't think she'll be running to HR.

If you get puffed-out when building that nest of toilet paper to shit on, then you're too fat.

I think that the medical profession have had this figured out for a while.

As soon your Body Mass Index goes over 26 you are Overweight, past 31 you are Obese, past 40 Morbidly Obese.