1 in 6 Americans are hungry!

[Penguin]

you're joking, right?

Well, if you weigh 160 pounds and are muscular, it's not the same as weiging 160 pounds and having a waist the size of a truck tyre. 

-Penguin

[druski85]

...When I look in the mirror and I look around me I don't see people starving...

This is the crux of the issue.  Get outside of your bubble and look at true poverty in America(or elsewhere) and you won't find this funny any more.  Better yet, try living it for a time.    

[Masherbrum]

This is the crux of the issue.  Get outside of your bubble and look at true poverty in America(or elsewhere) and you won't find this funny any more.  Better yet, try living it for a time.    

 

[Dichotomy]

I see this jumping to politics in 5, 4, 3, 2....

So IN

[Getback]

Drama queens. Sheesh, this is funny I tell ya.

[Skuzzy]

How many of you who are beating up Getback for this thread go out and donate time to help the poor/homeless?  It would seem many of you are doing it giving all the negative reactions I am seeing.  I would rather read about what you are doing to help those less fortunate folks, than read about how mortified you are you cannot see something from another perspective.

For all those good folk who are pitching in time and energy to help out, a big <S>.  Good for you for doing it.

I am so happy to see so many of the community pitching in and helping people who are having a rough go of it.

[Ardy123]

How many of you who are beating up Getback for this thread go out and donate time to help the poor/homeless?  It would seem many of you are doing it giving all the negative reactions I am seeing.  I would rather read about what you are doing to help those less fortunate folks, than read about how mortified you are you cannot see something from another perspective.

For all those good folk who are pitching in time and energy to help out, a big <S>.  Good for you for doing it.

I am so happy to see so many of the community pitching in and helping people who are having a rough go of it.

I encouraged the company I work for to start a matching program for employees who donate to the local food banks. I do find it sad that people are ignorant and insensitive to the plight and struggle of our fellow Americans. Not everyone is as fortunate as some of us.

[Masherbrum]

How many of you who are beating up Getback for this thread go out and donate time to help the poor/homeless?  It would seem many of you are doing it giving all the negative reactions I am seeing.  I would rather read about what you are doing to help those less fortunate folks, than read about how mortified you are you cannot see something from another perspective.

For all those good folk who are pitching in time and energy to help out, a big <S>.  Good for you for doing it.

I am so happy to see so many of the community pitching in and helping people who are having a rough go of it.

I do.  No drama about it.   

[BERN1]

So are you fat or skinny?  How much of that weight is muscle and how much of it is blubber?

-Penguin

he is 160 on a 6foot 2inch frame there aint much blubber
i know I am 6' 4 and in highschool i was 175 lb beanpole...I'm a lil more now

[Getback]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,288967,00.html

The waistlines of Americans continue to grow and a new study estimates that by 2015, 75 percent of adults will be overweight and 41 percent will be obese.

The percentage of adults in the U.S. that were obese increased from 13 percent in the 1960s to 32 percent in 2004, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's Center for Human Nutrition.

“The obesity rate in the United States has increased at an alarming rate over the past three decades,” said Dr. Youfa Wang, lead author of the study and an assistant professor at the Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Department of International Health, in a press release.

The proportion of overweight and obese Americans has increased at an average rate of 0.3 to 0.8 percentage points a year. Poorer Americans and some minority groups have been affected disproportionately, according to the analysis, which was published online in advance of the 2007 issue of the journal Epidemiologic Reviews.

Specifically, the study found that women ages 20 to 34, regardless of race or ethnicity, are becoming obese and overweight at a faster rate than men and children. It also found that 80 percent of black women age 40 and older are currently overweight, while 50 percent are obese.

“Obesity is a public health crisis,” Wang added. “If the rate of obesity and overweight continues at this pace, by 2015, 75 percent of adults and nearly 24 percent of U.S. children and adolescents will be overweight or obese.”

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,288967,00.html#ixzz1IJ9uTXOv

Enough said!

BTW. If any of you want to lose weight I can tell you where to go for help. Just PM me.

[dedalos]

This is the crux of the issue.  Get outside of your bubble

He can't.  Its too big     How fanny is it now? 

[ink]

well I've been homeless with a bunch of kids and it aint no fun, but there are a hell of a lot worse things to be joking about.

[Getback]

He can't.  Its too big     How fanny is it now?  

Now insult me if you want. I've been open and honest about my weight and my efforts to lose weight. It's not easy! I keep a ticker at the bottom of the page to show how much I have lost. I have several friends from these boards who have joined me once they've seen it was possible. I'm not ashamed of my weight anymore because I'm doing something about it.

I'll even be honest why I got so heavy. It was gluttony. Pure and simple. Oh I blamed it on my ex but that warranty expired and the only one with the cure is me. But that's how I like it.

While I was studying for the CPA exam I started thinking, if I put this much effort into losing weight I should be successful. So far yes.

I was down to 2 shirts that fit, an old beat up sweat shirt and a heavily stained tee. Now I have dozens and I got them all from my closet. The most thrilling was a Tee shirt I bought from my daughters track team. It was dated 2003! That is cool! I wear 2 belts now. Neither fit when I started my weight loss journey. Now one is on notch 7. I can do 3 hours of cardio and 250 setups. When I started I got on the stairmaster for just 5 minutes. Walked over to the trash can and begged myself not to throw up. It was embarassing.

So make the jokes if you want I will take them in stride.

[DrDea]

This thread is still in poor taste. 

 Not for the 1 in 6 it seems.

[Tupac]

I can do 3 hours of cardio and 250 setups.

Wow! I can barely do an hour of cardio. Keep up the good work sir!