R U wasting your life? (226)

Your statement in bold above is a total fallacy. My great grandmother was 16 stone, (about 220lbs) all her life. She never saw a doctor in her entire life and died aged 95. Her daughter, my grandmother was also around 220 lbs and lived until she was 93, never had high blood pressure or diabetes or a heart condition. My mother died young aged 79. She too was a large woman, but none of those things killed her either. She died of pancreatic cancer, (chromosomal, inherited from her father). My grandfather, a very inactive man due to having arthritis like me, never was in a hospital in his life and died aged 99, (actually 3 days before his 100th birthday). Your theory doesn't wash!

Jodes... how about you re-read the post to which I replied,
instead of reading my post as a reply to your original thread starter?

You mis-represented yourself!!!!

I know... I was born like that (wonderful and with a firm bum. No proof needed some things just are...

To be completely honest I had no problem with the "r u wasting your life" part my only problem was with the fact that you tied in being over weight or obease as you said with wasting life. Some of us are happy with our chunky selves, me being one.

I havent read the entire thread but by the looks of things the OP got into some hot water cause some people misunderstood her intention! Anyways, who asked me! In answer to your question OP.. I do feel as it I am wasting my life! I say this because I used to really participate! I used to go out and have friends and take an active interest in me! I also use to exercise regularly and have fun with my work and my play! But along the way, I've made a couple mistakes and some errors in judgment that have left me with life altering consequences and because of this, I have decided to retract a bit from the way I did things. Now, I feel as if I AM wasting away.. cause I dont do the things I used to do and dont know what to do instead, so I do nothing!! THAT is wasting my life!

Hope you get thing back on track

Thanks Jonnt!

I dont know your personal situation ,, and everyones is different ,

but some times we may have to let go of everything we have and everyone we know and move forward ....

... in closing i would like to remind everyone that this thread was intended as a question to ask yourself .. to ponder whether or not you are being active enough, i.e.: r u a lounge lizard? Life is all about BEING A PARTICIPANT >>> Getting into it .. doing stuff .. being active ...

The area of exercise .. was a general one .. i.e. Do u get off ya butt and exercise for instance? I also mentioned Do u chase a social life or steer clear?

The thread wasn't directed at GYM or NO GYM ... hmmm? In anyone's language *exercise* CAN take the form of gym work .. it can also take the form of a million other things .. gardening .. walking .. blah blah blah .. the point of the word *exercise* was intended as *R U active enough*??

There was no intention of directing this thread at any area of the community .. disabled .. not disabled .. obese .. or not obese .. It was a general question, directed at ANYONE who happens to participate in the forums ...

I have personally lost a family member due to complacency, lack of inactivity .. high blood pressure .. non-interest in life's activities .. obesity .. I choose to NOT follow that path and spend my life as active and as healthy as I can possibly be .. to both increase my enjoyment of life and extend it's longevity.

I hope at least some of you have taken a look at your current lifestyle and are satisfied that YES .. you are happy with the way things are .. your life is AWESOME!

Lets go...all the way!

Good for you.

I don't think that lady is insane and neither will anyone else reading this thread what she's trying to tell you is that you come across as very narrow minded and insulting to anyone who doesn't agree with you wholeheartedly. If you heed this and spend a little time thinking about it then make the necessary adjustments to the way you relate to people (stop calling them insane, dumb, obese etc;) your life will improve, possibly more than a few trips to the gym could help.

not just a firm bum, you're also very good looking!

She's just a woman man...chill.

No problem , she can fix this, all you have to do is go into a cupboard somewhere and pick up and put down some lumps of metal, or you can go and buy some expensive equipment that is basically lumps of metal on a string with a pulley. or a seat with some springs to pull against. then if you want to socialise it's best to do it online because of the way you get removed from the real world and your personality gets so bullish (or maybe she was always like that at least 2 fella's have found her unbearable that we know of).


otherwise I'd say give yourself the time we all need sometimes and start with baby steps to rebuild. wild animals are a great inspiration to me and I love watching them, they never take more than they need and even when things are really bad they never give up.
luv from us all

I think there's merit in this post.

I find the "drive to the gym" culture a little odd.

We have all these labour saving devices that use up resources and pollute, in order to have time to go and excercise.

If you hand wash clothes for a family, walk to the super market and lug your shopping home etc. as in times gone by, you get all the excercise you need, save money and have less impact on the environment all at the same time.

I like the sentiment behind chopping wood for an elderly friend. It doesn't have to be literal as there are many things that you can do for someone else who's slowed down in there physical capabilities.