# Heeeeeeeeey FATTIES **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 5, 2010, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465 "2010-03-05T21:17:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 26
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/501 "2010-03-08T19:39:49Z")
I should have known, they have a bacon rimmed drink [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/UCjLM-L19-c/maxresdefault.jpg "Alie & Georgia Present: The Bloody Bacon & Cheese") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCjLM-L19-c) ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/502 "2010-03-08T19:49:16Z")
I’ve had the bacon martini at the Double Down Saloon in Vegas. It was truly awful, but there’s something about bacon floating around in a glass of vodka (even though I have a strong aversion to vodka “martinis”) I find incredibly appealing. These ladies offer a slightly better concoction, if only for the garnish. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/503 "2010-03-08T20:01:53Z")
> [@Zjestika](#): > > As a former fatty I was overjoyed to discover that it was my fault. I thought I was eating well- brown rice, pasta, veggies and lean proteins, low fat, occasional snacks- and exercising- biking to and from work- but I was still fat and getting fatter. So I was pretty sure that it was not my fault. I was fat and sad. > > Then one day I started tracking my food and fitness and went, holy shit, I’m eating too much food! And the biking to and from work was negligible at best. Wow, this is my fault, I’m doing this to myself! So I started to educate myself on nutrition and fitness. And I lost 100 pounds. I still maintain a healthy weight, and still track calories and workouts. > > Of course it wasn’t easy, and it’s going to be something I work at for the rest of my life, but I hated being fat. I am so happy that it was my fault because I was able to change. Hey, what do you think you’re doing, bringing rationality into this thread? You’ve got some balls on you. 😃 My husband and I started tracking calories, too. Big surprise, we were eating more calories than we should be, and that’s why we were slowly getting fatter. Now we’re tracking it, we’re slowly getting skinnier. It really can be that simple (note I said “simple,” not “easy”). ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/504 "2010-03-08T20:01:57Z")
> [@tacoloco](#): > > Is that an actual statistic or or one you made up? Because if it’s the former, it’s pretty pathetic to search for someone’s posts, review them for content and then report statistics about them. > > It is only a bit less pathetic for someone to make up a number to make a non point. > > 0/10 Cumpuppy. It’s only a couple seconds work, ditch liquor. I wanted to be sure I wasn’t mischaracterizing you. That profile page you reach by clicking on a name has all kinds of useful stuff. You’ve started six threads in all the time you’ve been here and only one of them wasn’t you bitching or whining. A click on the “all posts by” link for you shows a preponderance of similar anal leakage as your contributions to other people’s threads. I don’t think you’re capable of better, or you’d have done it by now. Being the waffle-soled dogshit footprints on the SDMB rug is your destiny. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/505 "2010-03-08T20:12:41Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > I’m going to take a shot of tequila every time someone says ‘First Law’ in this thread. Una, get me drunk! ::hic:: i;v been doinng that with teh word **FATTIES**.. ::burp:: ooh, now i can have another one! ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/506 "2010-03-08T20:14:57Z")
> [@Dangerosa](#): > > I eat less than 2000 calories a day normally (more if we go out for a nice dinner, or its a holiday meal, or I accidentally allow a bag of Oreos to enter the house), a half an hour run is easily 10% of my calories burned. I’m usually at about 1,500 calories per day and have been for years. I’m actually struggling a bit because you’re suppose to increase your caloric intake while pregnant by about 300 calories and it feels like I’m eating a lot of food. That’s the other thing that really needs to be pointed out. If you only eat 1,500 calories a day (or whatever amount is appropriate for you), and you do it every day for even a couple of weeks, if you try to eat more you’ll feel stuffed and uncomfortable. I’m sure if I decided to only eat 1,000 calories a day I would feel really hungry for a week or two, and then my stomach would shrink (an actual physical phenomina, rather than a violation of the First Law\*) and I would be full on that amount. \*that was for you **Nzinga** - drink up! ---
**Author:** ![tacoloco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tacoloco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tacoloco)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/507 "2010-03-08T20:17:43Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > It’s only a couple seconds work, ditch liquor. I wanted to be sure I wasn’t mischaracterizing you. That profile page you reach by clicking on a name has all kinds of useful stuff. You’ve started six threads in all the time you’ve been here and only one of them wasn’t you bitching or whining. A click on the “all posts by” link for you shows a preponderance of similar anal leakage as your contributions to other people’s threads. > I don’t think you’re capable of better, or you’d have done it by now. Being the waffle-soled dogshit footprints on the SDMB rug is your destiny. The fact that you bothered makes you a pathetic loser. Good game, Cummy. Good game. Please fling more impotent rage at me. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/508 "2010-03-08T20:18:24Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Hey, what do you think you’re doing, bringing rationality into this thread? You’ve got some balls on you. > > 😃 > My husband and I started tracking calories, too. Big surprise, we were eating more calories than we should be, and that’s why we were slowly getting fatter. Now we’re tracking it, we’re slowly getting skinnier. It really can be that simple (note I said “simple,” not “easy”). Tangentally related - check out this quiz about portion sizes 20 years ago and today. > **[nhlbihin - My WordPress Blog](https://hp2010.nhlbihin.net)** > > My WordPress Blog Dunno how accurate it is, but assuming it is - scary. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/509 "2010-03-08T20:22:24Z")
> [@alice\_in\_wonderland](#): > > I’m usually at about 1,500 calories per day and have been for years. I’m actually struggling a bit because you’re suppose to increase your caloric intake while pregnant by about 300 calories and it feels like I’m eating a lot of food. > > That’s the other thing that really needs to be pointed out. If you only eat 1,500 calories a day (or whatever amount is appropriate for you), and you do it every day for even a couple of weeks, if you try to eat more you’ll feel stuffed and uncomfortable. > > I’m sure if I decided to only eat 1,000 calories a day I would feel really hungry for a week or two, and then my stomach would shrink (an actual physical phenomina, rather than a violation of the First Law\*) and I would be full on that amount. > \*that was for you **Nzinga** - drink up! Sort of depends on the “caloric bulk” - i.e. I can eat a LOT of Costco macadamia nut clusters at a sitting - thousands of calories worth, and not feel full. But something with a more bulk per calorie (in my case, oatmeal) - I can only eat a few hundred calories of at a sitting. There was a diet movement about ten years ago where they focused on things with a lot of bulk but low calories - ice water (and iced tea), most vegetables and some fruits, whole grains, popcorn. And avoided things that were tightly packed bundles of calories (dried fruits, fruit juices, bacon, lamb chops). ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/510 "2010-03-08T20:27:58Z")
> [@alice\_in\_wonderland](#): > > rather than a violation of the First Law Nobody talks about Fat Club! ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/511 "2010-03-08T20:28:26Z")
> [@Dangerosa](#): > > Sort of depends on the “caloric bulk” - i.e. I can eat a LOT of Costco macadamia nut clusters at a sitting - thousands of calories worth, and not feel full. But something with a more bulk per calorie (in my case, oatmeal) - I can only eat a few hundred calories of at a sitting. > > There was a diet movement about ten years ago where they focused on things with a lot of bulk but low calories - ice water (and iced tea), most vegetables and some fruits, whole grains, popcorn. And avoided things that were tightly packed bundles of calories (dried fruits, fruit juices, bacon, lamb chops). I found out the hard way that relying on high-calorie low-bulk foods like trail mix will keep you alive, but not happy, when engaged in hard work over a long period of time. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/512 "2010-03-08T20:33:47Z")
> [@tacoloco](#): > > The fact that you bothered makes you a pathetic loser. > > Good game, Cummy. Good game. > > Please fling more impotent rage at me. I’m going to help you out with something here: you are never going to insult me with username insults. Every time you do that, you make yourself look a little bit more clueless. I’m still waiting for you to show the world how wrong I am about you by opening up that general interest thread that has actual participation from others. You know, one where you display knowledge of your own or ask an intelligent question that shows you have genuine curiosity. Cool thing about boards like this is that we own what we say for the life of the board. Not every post of mine is a source of pride. But hell, we’ve had child molesters, drunks, and criminals here with a more distinguished posting history than you. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/513 "2010-03-08T20:35:56Z")
**Scumpup** , **tacoloco** , post naked action pics of you two or gtfo. ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/514 "2010-03-08T20:40:13Z")
> [@bup](#): > > **Scumpup** , **tacoloco** , post naked action pics of you two or gtfo. NO! ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/515 "2010-03-08T20:40:33Z")
> [@bup](#): > > **Scumpup** , **tacoloco** , post naked action pics of you two or gtfo. No doubt. This was old and lame on page 6. ---
**Author:** ![tacoloco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tacoloco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tacoloco)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/516 "2010-03-08T20:45:41Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > I’m still waiting for you to show the world how wrong I am about you by opening up that general interest thread that has actual participation from others. You know, one where you display knowledge of your own or ask an intelligent question that shows you have genuine curiosity. I don’t need to show you or anyone else anything. What you or anyone else here thinks of my posts is utterly irrelevant in the big picture of life. You don’t like me or my posts? I’m fine with that. You bleating on about how bad a poster I am is ridiculous and makes you look like your obsessed with weeding out those you don’t deem worthy to post here. > [@](#): > > Cool thing about boards like this is that we own what we say for the life of the board. Not every post of mine is a source of pride. But hell, we’ve had child molesters, drunks, and criminals here with a more distinguished posting history than you. You write that as if having a distinguished posting history actually means something. It doesn’t. This board has exactly zero relevance to my real life. * * * BTW, I have to agree with Sleeps. Nobody here needs to see my fat ass naked. ---
**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/517 "2010-03-08T20:53:34Z")
> [@storyteller0910](#): > > Are you usually a moron, or are you having a tough week? I know the answer to this… ---
**Author:** ![grayhairedmomma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/47e85d/32.png) [@grayhairedmomma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grayhairedmomma)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/518 "2010-03-08T20:55:05Z")
[QUOTE=Max Torque] I have to give up the few hours a day that I have with my little girl. [/QUOTE] As a single mom of two with a schedule very close to yours, I understand how hard it is to find time in the day to exercise. The best way to do it is to incorporate it into your family’s daily life. I’m about 25 lbs overweight and just recently bought a rowing machine (cheap on craigslist). My little one and I get a kick out of her sitting in my lap while I row and we sing Row, Row, Row Your Boat and sometimes playing pirate. My oldest and I compete on the machine (and on the Wii fit and other games - she kicks my butt at disney dance dance revolution). Taking your child to the playground and pushing her on the swing is exercise for your upper body. Following her around the playground while she runs around getting into everything is a little cardiovascular exercise - and funny too. Chasing her around the house as the tickle monster is a little cardio too. Sit on the couch and do leg lifts with her sitting on your legs. Pick her up and swing her around. Put on some music and dance with her standing on your feet. Get her a little bike and walk beside her while she rides -or pull her in a wagon. She’s small enough that you could do it in the house. Play doggie - you crawl around while she sits on your back. Stand up and dramatically act out one or two of her bedtime stories. You just have to look at the whole picture differently and stop thinking that it’s an either or position. Doing physical activities together will positively affect your physical health, the physical health of your daughter, your emotional health and the emotional health of your daughter. ---
**Author:** ![tacoloco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tacoloco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tacoloco)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/519 "2010-03-08T21:00:27Z")
> [@bucketybuck](#): > > I know the answer to this… I was wondering when you were going to show up with your inane needling. Get a life. I’m not out there finding your posts just to make comments about them. ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/520 "2010-03-08T21:00:33Z")
This is your quote from the smoking thread in MPSIMS: > [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > Speaking personally, I wasn’t able to quit until I didn’t want to smoke anymore. And I mean, actually no longer enjoyed smoking. Not “I should quit” or “I will be healthier if I quit” or “I will save money if I quit,” but actual, honest-to-god, “I don’t like doing this anymore.” YMMV, but that’s how it was for me. So you understand addiction. You couldn’t stop because it was bad for you. You couldn’t stop because it was expensive. You couldn’t stop for any reason other than smoking becoming physically unpleasant. When you were smoking didn’t you have those moments where you said, “God I should really quit smoking before it kills me” but still picked up that cigarette the next day? That is what it is like for those fat people who complain about being fat but don’t do anything about it. They **know** it isn’t healthy but that siren song of eclairs and big macs is too tempting to resist just like you knew that the pleasure of that first puff in the morning was killing you slowly over time but you still lit up anyway. I’m not saying your comments are wrong or that you shouldn’t feel the way you feel, just that maybe you should be a bit more compassionate towards people when you’ve been in a similar situation yourself. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465.md?page=25) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465.md?page=27)