Since when did "fit" people get made fun of?

[kelkel]

Lol, I remember being over my ex's house, and her getting upset that I wouldn't eat some of the unhealthy SHIT her mom cooked, or at family parties and her getting her shit in a twist that I'd only eat certain stuff, or bring my own food because I was dieting. She said I was being rude and made other people feel uncomfortable and it was disrespectful. Well, I think its disrespectful to be an unhealthy overweight piece of shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit that burdens our healthcare system and other infrastructure. I did a paper once, on the deleterious effects of obesity, I'm not talking about direct healthcare costs, but rather ancillary costs due to missed work days, etc, and it is in the BILLIONS of dollars.

Another story, a girl once said to me, "Why are you going to the gym? Aren't you on steroids?", and my response was "What if I was on steroids?", and she said, "Well, I thought you don't need to go to the gym if you're on steroids"...... Some people are actually so stupid they believe that if you juice, you develop muscles without having any need to train or diet.....Whatever...

Love to see you post this! I'm sure it's a great read!

kel

[tigerspawn]

Lol, I remember being over my ex's house, and her getting upset that I wouldn't eat some of the unhealthy SHIT her mom cooked, or at family parties and her getting her shit in a twist that I'd only eat certain stuff, or bring my own food because I was dieting. She said I was being rude and made other people feel uncomfortable and it was disrespectful.

I have received same comments in the past. I hate going to my family reunions because my family thinks I’m a stuck up ass because I don’t pig out like they do and don’t eat dessert. I try to ensure that when I go to reunions that I show up after they eat that way I have an excuse for not stuffing myself.

[tigerspawn]

Do they want to arm wrestle or have a full blown contest?

No they want to arm wrestle because there would be no contest in a full blown contest.

[DCI]

Was in a supermarket today, and was in a t shirt after work walking around some teenagers where there. I was walking minding my own business getting some food as you do. Walking down to the check outs and this clown of a guy decides to take me off by walking as if he was muscular. I just left it off but it really pissed me off. How ignorant can people be.

[JohnnyVegas]

Was in a supermarket today, and was in a t shirt after work walking around some teenagers where there. I was walking minding my own business getting some food as you do. Walking down to the check outs and this clown of a guy decides to take me off by walking as if he was muscular. I just left it off but it really pissed me off. How ignorant can people be.

I would be frustrated too. Luckily, someone else will punch that kid in the nose for something else soon enough. Better that it wasn't you.

[DCI]

I had a buddy with me, who is asian and for the first time I experienced what he probably has experienced all his life. Not that I trying to compare the two situations that they are 100% alike but both are dimilar as it is people movking you over your looks.

Thankfully he was there as he calmed me down I was going to say something to them but just left it off as he calmed me down but man it was a very annoying thing. A chap like that needs to learn some manners via a punch to the face as you said jv its only a matter of time he does it to the wrong person and they won't be as calm

[Honkey_Kong]

Was in a supermarket today, and was in a t shirt after work walking around some teenagers where there. I was walking minding my own business getting some food as you do. Walking down to the check outs and this clown of a guy decides to take me off by walking as if he was muscular. I just left it off but it really pissed me off. How ignorant can people be.

I've seen stuff like that on Animal Planet before with chimps. When one male feels threatened by another male, he'll try to make himself appear larger. So if it makes you feel better, the guy felt afraid of you.

[DCI]

It could be something like that all right. Indunno he was a prick

[ChiveOn]

Was in a supermarket today, and was in a t shirt after work walking around some teenagers where there. I was walking minding my own business getting some food as you do. Walking down to the check outs and this clown of a guy decides to take me off by walking as if he was muscular. I just left it off but it really pissed me off. How ignorant can people be.

People are just ignorant asses. To this community we get it in a different way. But so do blacks, and gays, and every other group that's "different" than others. That's why I just keep to myself. If I have to take care of business I'm not going to hesitate but I'd rather just do my own thing.

[amcon]

Well I think I have officially given up on people as a whole. Since when is it ok to be fat, and make fun of people who aren't? The more I look around in everyday life its like im a minority, im the weird one because im not fat. This country is literally eating themselves to death. Now usually in day to day life i just fly off the handle and tell someone that they can say what they want because i look better than them anyways. Now i rarely judge people on their weight because i have been there myself, until they start making fun of me for being fit.




So I went on a trip yesterday to cedar point with a group of people from my church, about 20 of us total. There was a group of around 8-10 of us walking around together all day, and one of the girl was getting a piece of gum out of her purse. So naturally she asked if anyone else wanted one. I said no because i had literally just thrown my gum out less than a minute before, and this girl that is about 30-40 pounds over weight says " ooh is that too many calories for you?" I just laughed it off and thought to myself that she was lucky this was a church outing or i would have let her have it.

and its not like Im super huge or super cut im 5'8" 170 pounds and 10-11% bf i go to get a bod pod next week. hopefully im down from the 12% 6 weeks ago

So do you guys have any stories like this where you want to just tell them to f off and stop being lazy and jealous?

fit or fat... people get made fun of because the person "making fun" is low self confidence or they are looking for any thing to start a conversation with some one...

here what i mean from the info you posted... the girl that you said made the comment, 98% chance she knows that gum doenst have alot of cals... so what were her other reasons for saying that?

1) she has a strange sence of humor ( could be possible)
2) she has low self confidence and looks for any possible thing to put other people down ( again, could be possible)
3) she was flirting with you ... and was nervous so it came out the wrong way...


and / or maybe you were a little sensitive and took the whole comment out of context...

just a diff perspective i hope...

[Grizzly Live]

People are just ignorant asses. To this community we get it in a different way. But so do blacks, and gays, and every other group that's "different" than others. That's why I just keep to myself. If I have to take care of business I'm not going to hesitate but I'd rather just do my own thing.

People have said shit to me at clubs and stuff like "what kinda juice are you on" and "Roid head" and i have a hard time not freaking out but the attention from the girls is worth looking like a juice head

[DCI]

People have said shit to me at clubs and stuff like "what kinda juice are you on" and "Roid head" and i have a hard time not freaking out but the attention from the girls is worth looking like a juice head

I get this too and haven't touched anything people just want to believe that it has to be some special tablet or protein you are taking that makes you big, nothing to do with the years of training the massive food intake, the sweat the pain the sacrficing etc.

[Heath48]

fit or fat... people get made fun of because the person "making fun" is low self confidence or they are looking for any thing to start a conversation with some one...

here what i mean from the info you posted... the girl that you said made the comment, 98% chance she knows that gum doenst have alot of cals... so what were her other reasons for saying that?

1) she has a strange sence of humor ( could be possible)
2) she has low self confidence and looks for any possible thing to put other people down ( again, could be possible)
3) she was flirting with you ... and was nervous so it came out the wrong way...


and / or maybe you were a little sensitive and took the whole comment out of context...

just a diff perspective i hope...

lmao never thought about #3 and possibly i was a little sensitive to it cause it happened multiple times that day. and everyday for that matter. just gets old sometimes like everyone else has said.

[Grizzly Live]

I get this too and haven't touched anything people just want to believe that it has to be some special tablet or protein you are taking that makes you big, nothing to do with the years of training the massive food intake, the sweat the pain the sacrficing etc.

It's unreal how jealous people can be People usually think Steriods are a magic needle, or pill that makes you look like the hulk. But then you get the wanna be health teacher that mentions shrunken balls or bitch tits and I can't help but laugh

[Java Man]

It could be something like that all right. Indunno he was a prick

I was just thinking about this... What if some kid did that to me, how would I react? Honestly it's probably do the same thing... Stand as tall as.I can and puff up. Normally I try to look compact so it's not so obvious that I lift a lot. No you can't hide it completely but I've gotten pretty good at trying to blend in. if I walked around back straight, chest out, shoulders back, lats spread I'd be pretty big looking at 6' 225lbs. The stupid kid would probably shit his pants. He.can make fun of me all he wants but it's jealousy and he's the one that looks like an ass. People respect the dedication whether they admit it or not. What guy doesn't want to be big and lean?

[Java Man]

I've seen stuff like that on Animal Planet before with chimps. When one male feels threatened by another male, he'll try to make himself appear larger. So if it makes you feel better, the guy felt afraid of you.

Lol @ chimps!

[DCI]

It's unreal how jealous people can be People usually think Steriods are a magic needle, or pill that makes you look like the hulk. But then you get the wanna be health teacher that mentions shrunken balls or bitch tits and I can't help but laugh

The health theachers are nearly worse they think they know it all etc and want to inform you how you are doing it wring when they are shit looking themselves. I don't tell people anything unless they ask me after that i dont say anything.

I was just thinking about this... What if some kid did that to me, how would I react? Honestly it's probably do the same thing... Stand as tall as.I can and puff up. Normally I try to look compact so it's not so obvious that I lift a lot. No you can't hide it completely but I've gotten pretty good at trying to blend in. if I walked around back straight, chest out, shoulders back, lats spread I'd be pretty big looking at 6' 225lbs. The stupid kid would probably shit his pants. He.can make fun of me all he wants but it's jealousy and he's the one that looks like an ass. People respect the dedication whether they admit it or not. What guy doesn't want to be big and lean?

Lol im 5ft 10 and 225lbs carrying a tiny bit of fat and thats probably why. They just wantbto be like us or automatically assume we are idiots because in films etc muscular people are portrayed as slow for some reason.

[Grizzly Live]

The health theachers are nearly worse they think they know it all etc and want to inform you how you are doing it wring when they are shit looking themselves. I don't tell people anything unless they ask me after that i dont say anything.

Lol im 5ft 10 and 225lbs carrying a tiny bit of fat and thats probably why. They just wantbto be like us or automatically assume we are idiots because in films etc muscular people are portrayed as slow for some reason.

Never understood why if your muscular you have to be restarted as well.... Maybe it's to make small guys feel better about themselves who knows lol

[Java Man]

Lol im 5ft 10 and 225lbs carrying a tiny bit of fat and thats probably why. They just want to be like us or automatically assume we are idiots because in films etc muscular people are portrayed as slow for some reason.

Never understood why if your muscular you have to be restarted as well.... Maybe it's to make small guys feel better about themselves who knows lol

Seriously what's up with that? Muscular = dumb. Why?? Arnold had a super thick accent in the 60's and 70's, it's gotten much better over time. Ferrigno was deaf almost completely so also was not very understandable but that's not the same as.dumb or inarticulate. Ferrigno recently got cochlear implants and speaks as clearly as anyone now. Neither of them are even close to stupid. Maybe that's where the stereotype originated though. Two huge bodybuilders who were famous at the same time and had speech problems. ??

[gbrice75]

All the time, especially at work. Constant comments... "Mr. Universe", "he's wearing his baby tee", etc.

I of course have a particularly tough time with it because in my head, they're making fun of me because I *don't* look like I work out, but am trying to (eg wearing tight fitting shirts, etc).

[Java Man]

All the time, especially at work. Constant comments... "Mr. Universe", "he's wearing his baby tee", etc.

I of course have a particularly tough time with it because in my head, they're making fun of me because I *don't* look like I work out, but am trying to (eg wearing tight fitting shirts, etc).

Lol. You obviously work out gb. I feel like that too sometimes but I was a fat arse 7 mos ago so I'm justified, sort of. More likely they're wondering how the hell I went from 240+ fatso to 225 with veins in such a short time. Steroids I'll bet!! They didn't know me 10yrs ago though. I can't see anyone thinking you don't even work out and are trying to look big by wearing 'tight' XXL shirts. That's purely in your head!

[OnTheSauce]

Its easy for me to look like I don't lift. Having short bicep and tricep insertions, in shirts, most sleeves drop past the size of my arms but before my elbow. Which gives the appearance I have about 13" arms lol. I guess my back and shoulders still look big but only people who lift would notice that. Non lifters focus on arm size more than anything else. Where as when I look at someone, I immediately look at their shoulders and back. And 99% of the time I find bicep warriors who have big arms and that's it. Easy to spot the guys who only bench and curl.

[skrollax]

i put it down to most ppl dont have the will or drive to the gym so they r jealous, its easier to sit on their fat ass and put ppl down then it is to get up and do it

[Java Man]

Its easy for me to look like I don't lift. Having short bicep and tricep insertions, in shirts, most sleeves drop past the size of my arms but before my elbow. Which gives the appearance I have about 13" arms lol. I guess my back and shoulders still look big but only people who lift would notice that. Non lifters focus on arm size more than anything else. Where as when I look at someone, I immediately look at their shoulders and back. And 99% of the time I find bicep warriors who have big arms and that's it. Easy to spot the guys who only bench and curl.

And their legs. You can't hide chicken legs in 36 waist pants with broom handles running down their length.

[DCI]

Jm i dunno were the stereotype came from but it must be people saying these tjings for their own failings, you get it with all things brands of stuff loads of people love bose stereos but in reality they are shoite but try and tell that to the brand fanboy and yhey will just laugh at any other suggestions if you get me.

Its just strange that people feel the need to make a comment

[Back In Black]

When I eventually look like I work out I'll be pissed off if nobody says anything to me

People just don't understand. They are uneducated in what we do. Same as we were all fairly uneducated when we started out. They don't realise it takes ALOt of effort into looking quite average in this game. Some people are genuinely interested in how you get to look good and, even if I know they aren't interested in doing it themselves, I will happily spend some time and try and educate.

I've never had any really disparaging remarks. Maybe I've never looked as good as you guys. Maybe it's because I've never weighed over 200lbs for any length of time.

[DCI]

Lol bib you look better than me so maybe they think im fat lol

[Blankinator]

It's similar to when kids make fun of other kids and bully in grade school...largely driven by low self esteem, it's an attempt to make themselves feel better.

[kelkel]

And their legs. You can't hide chicken legs in 36 waist pants with broom handles running down their length.

Very true.

[Java Man]

Jm i dunno were the stereotype came from but it must be people saying these tjings for their own failings, you get it with all things brands of stuff loads of people love bose stereos but in reality they are shoite but try and tell that to the brand fanboy and yhey will just laugh at any other suggestions if you get me.

Its just strange that people feel the need to make a comment

Yeah I'm following. It's backwards thinking though if one thinks with logic instead of thinking about what others will think for ego or status. Listen to the sound quality, buy the one that sounds the best, them look at the maker's label so you remember who makes good stereos. People don't do that though. Sheeple I mean

[DCI]

Exactly, if you ever read death of a salesman it really puts these kind of people into perspective lovely small book but very insightful and powerful to for our consumerist one tab/diet etc will solve all my problems etc

[Java Man]

When I eventually look like I work out I'll be pissed off if nobody says anything to me

People just don't understand. They are uneducated in what we do. Same as we were all fairly uneducated when we started out. They don't realise it takes ALOt of effort into looking quite average in this game. Some people are genuinely interested in how you get to look good and, even if I know they aren't interested in doing it themselves, I will happily spend some time and try and educate.

I've never had any really disparaging remarks. Maybe I've never looked as good as you guys. Maybe it's because I've never weighed over 200lbs for any length of time.

You look better than me. I still look like I eat more than I work out. My goal is to be a freak though. I'm going to give it another shot before I'm too old to add freak mass, if that even happens.

[bdos]

You look better than me. I still look like I eat more than I work out. My goal is to be a freak though. I'm going to give it another shot before I'm too old to add freak mass, if that even happens.

I eat more than i work out...well not lately

[gbrice75]

Lol. You obviously work out gb. I feel like that too sometimes but I was a fat arse 7 mos ago so I'm justified

Same here, but it was more like 5 years ago. 254lbs at my biggest, mid 30's BF%. So I feel you 100%.

I can't see anyone thinking you don't even work out and are trying to look big by wearing 'tight' XXL shirts. That's purely in your head!

lol, thanks man. If I were wearing XXL shirts that were tight fitting, we wouldn't be having this conversation, cus' I'd look like a beast and I'd KNOW it. Tight fitting size Large... that's about as good as it's gonna get for me.

Its easy for me to look like I don't lift. Having short bicep and tricep insertions, in shirts, most sleeves drop past the size of my arms but before my elbow. Which gives the appearance I have about 13" arms lol. I guess my back and shoulders still look big but only people who lift would notice that. Non lifters focus on arm size more than anything else. Where as when I look at someone, I immediately look at their shoulders and back. And 99% of the time I find bicep warriors who have big arms and that's it. Easy to spot the guys who only bench and curl.

Amen bro, SO fckin true.

i put it down to most ppl dont have the will or drive to the gym so they r jealous, its easier to sit on their fat ass and put ppl down then it is to get up and do it

Great first post... bingo!

And their legs. You can't hide chicken legs in 36 waist pants with broom handles running down their length.

Lmao

I've never had any really disparaging remarks. Maybe I've never looked as good as you guys. Maybe it's because I've never weighed over 200lbs for any length of time.

You're looking great bro. I hit 219lbs but looked like a bloated fat ass. Seems that hovering at/around 200lbs is my 'sweet spot', at 190lbs I'd look pretty lean and ripped. Maybe the same for you (however you're already leaner than I am atm).

Very true.

Says the man hiding boulders where a calve muscle should be.

[jasc]

"Since when did fit people get made fun of?"

Since we became the minority

[RaginCajun]

Exactly, if you ever read death of a salesman it really puts these kind of people into perspective lovely small book but very insightful and powerful to for our consumerist one tab/diet etc will solve all my problems etc

Nice analogy with the book!

[DCI]

Great book and makes you understand life a lot

[Java Man]

Great book and makes you understand life a lot

I consider myself well read but haven't read that. Haven't even seen the movie. I'll check it out.

[DCI]

Don't mind the movie read the book its really short only 200 pages id say if my memory is right

[spywizard]

i say, "choosing to be an adult onset diabetic is not my choice even if it is theirs"