# Are you fat? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 22, 2009, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-fat/522238 "2009-12-22T21:25:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![gravitycrash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@gravitycrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gravitycrash)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-fat/522238/41 "2009-12-23T01:28:18Z")
I’m just big boned dammit. And we won’t discuss the bagel and cream cheese that I just finished snarfing down either. ---
**Author:** ![Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-fat/522238/42 "2009-12-23T01:48:33Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > That’s not what eating mindfully really means. It means being consciously aware of every item that goes into your mouth (at least the ones that you swallow); it can also mean making sure you thoroughly experience it while you’re eating it - that is, you savor it and don’t just shovel food in while watching TV or doing some other activity. You don’t have to plan more than the next meal in advance, you just need to know what nutrients foods really have. > > Writing down everything you eat really helps with this. No, for me, it is planning pretty much like Amarinth described - and yes, it can be tedious and a lot of work but mostly it’s habit and just how I live. I plan meals on Sundays, hit the grocery store and pack lunches on Monday morning. I have found it is nearly impossible for me to eat healthy by accident. If I’m hungry at 4:00 at work - what are my options? If I didn’t bring a tangerine or a string cheese from home, I can hit the snack machine for junk or eat junk off out of a coworker’s candy dish. I absolutely did not give up all my favorite foods forever. I made some choices based on what I truly loved - for example, I didn’t love fast food, so I gave it up. I do LOVE nice meals in restaurants and dark chocolate and peanut butter and ice cream, so I’ve made room for that in my life. I went to a 9 course tasting menu on Sunday night and it was fabulous - I loved every bit of it! Today, it’s a regular day and I had fruit and yogurt for breakfast, salad for lunch and fruit and cheese for snacks. I still like everything I eat! I’ll have a yummy chicken parmesan and roasted brussel sprouts for dinner. One of the quotes I read someplace and liked: **Being fat is hard, losing weight is hard, choose your hard.** ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-fat/522238/43 "2009-12-23T01:51:42Z")
I’m fat as hell. Probably the fattest person in this thread. ETA : On reading the replies, yep, fatter than the highest number I’ve seen. Joe ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-fat/522238/44 "2009-12-23T01:52:08Z")
Considering that I’ve been complaining (just to myself) that the size 8 jeans I bought the day after Thanksgiving are too loose, I think some women might hurt me if I said yes. So, no. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-fat/522238/45 "2009-12-23T01:57:20Z")
> [@Glory](#): > > **Being fat is hard, losing weight is hard, choose your hard.** I like this quote. I gotta say, I haven’t found being big really that hard. It actually is kind of fun, believe it or not. But I am getting older and I bet there will be some health issues, and then it will be hard. I wonder if I will decide at that time to choose to take the weight off. Now, I’m out of this thread! It’s gettin’ too heavy! ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-fat/522238/46 "2009-12-23T02:07:48Z")
I’m another one who’s legitimately big-boned (at least according to my doctor), but I’m still a fat tub of goo at 5’10’’ and 235 pounds. January 1, it all comes off. This time I mean it. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-fat/522238/47 "2009-12-23T02:07:53Z")
Oh fuck yeah. Go the gut going on. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-fat/522238/48 "2009-12-23T02:13:06Z")
Not anymore. 😃 I love [Sparkpeople.com](http://Sparkpeople.com). I lost 40 pounds and am maintaining around the 120 range. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-fat/522238/49 "2009-12-23T02:20:12Z")
I think so. My fiancee says I’m not, but I don’t believe her. Once I got out of the military I gained 10 pounds, and my goal is to get down to 160 by the end of the year. I’m probably not going to make it. I went into the Air Force at 133. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-fat/522238/50 "2009-12-23T02:54:58Z")
I’m 49 pounds less fat than I was five months ago. Still fat. I will be less fat five months from now. ---
**Author:** ![susan\_foster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@susan\_foster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan_foster)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-fat/522238/51 "2009-12-23T03:14:27Z")
5’2", latest weigh-in was 127.6. Not technically fat (within BMI range), but heavier than I want to be. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-fat/522238/52 "2009-12-23T03:26:42Z")
I am a little on the big side of voluptuous. . . . OK, yes, I’m fat. . . but still lovely. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-fat/522238/53 "2009-12-23T03:33:25Z")
Yes, I’m fat. And my partner is the thinnest person I know. So between the two of us, we’re normal. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-fat/522238/54 "2009-12-23T03:33:32Z")
Yep, grossly. ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-fat/522238/55 "2009-12-23T03:58:50Z")
With diet and exersise I’ve lost 80 lbs…but alas I’m still overweight but working on getting rid of 20 more pounds. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-fat/522238/56 "2009-12-23T04:15:02Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > It means being consciously aware of every item that goes into your mouth (at least the ones that you swallow); > [@](#): > > Writing down everything you eat really helps with this. The only way I’ve ever been able to do those two things is to plan out everything I’m going to eat. All three of those activities are unpleasant for me. I’m not a list maker/journal keeper person. For me, an hour and a half of exercise/day isn’t as onerous as that. ---
**Author:** ![TheTerribleTako](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@TheTerribleTako](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheTerribleTako)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-fat/522238/57 "2009-12-23T04:23:41Z")
Evening out the responses with another no. I’m actually underweight. It’s just small bones and a fast metabolism. ---
**Author:** ![Mrs.Cake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-fat/522238/58 "2009-12-23T04:40:03Z")
Yeah, been racing past “could stand to lose a few pounds” and “cuddly” and straight to “oh my god I’ve become my mother” in the last couple years. I blame encraoching middle age, an increasingly stressful job, and global warming. Joining a gym next week - maybe it will take this year. Husband is joining me so we’ll either encourage each other or enable bad behavior. ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-fat/522238/59 "2009-12-23T06:05:26Z")
Currently 155, down from 170. Healthy for me is 140, and I’ll get there this year. Really we should all be measuring percent bodyfat. I’m 5’4" and had lower-than-is-good-for-you bodyfat when I was 135. But by the lovely BMI chart, 140 is “overweight”. It’s hard, but not impossible. And it’s totally a matter of will. ---
**Author:** ![Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abby_Emma_Sasha)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-fat/522238/60 "2009-12-23T07:02:41Z")
Not fat but would like to drop 5 to 6 pounds. Certain things are starting to sag on my body and make me feel doughy. A couple months ago I was lying on my back in bed and shifting uncomfortably. My husband asked me what was wrong and I said “My fat rolls are pinching me”. This made him laugh uproariously because he didn’t think I had “fat rolls”. Hey, when your ass is sagging and you can’t get comfortable in bed it’s not pleasant. > [@lindsaybluth](#): > > Currently 155, down from 170. Healthy for me is 140, and I’ll get there \*\* this year\*\* I don’t think losing 15 pounds in 8 days is a good idea. On edit: I’m about 124 now, but i feel my best at 118, a weight I maintained through my thirties and early forties. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-fat/522238.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-fat/522238.md?page=4)