I'm a fat mum, it's not a crime

the government has succeeded in demonising smokers now it has turned it's attention to overweight people because their next plan is to tax certain foods. For our own good of course!

fat is a bad word ta use cuddley or a few pounds is better my wife has gone bigger since our 3 boys but she is still beutyful and loving. As some people say its got nothing ta do with illness try having a
thyroid problem that causes weight gain aswell as other medical conditions

I know a lady who is obese,but certainly not because she over eats or is lazy. She was a very active mother with her 2 children,and as kids we loved to go to her house and play. She invited me to tea, all she ate was 1 tomato, a slice of cucmber and a very thin slice of ham, washed down with a glass of water.I looked at her daughter and asked if that was all her mum ate.She replied that although it looked like her mum consumed a lot, she did not, that plate of food was about as much as her mum would eat every day, she never ate crisps or chocolate, lunch was a piece of fruit, and a small bowl of cereal for breakfast. This woman never sat down, her house was spotless, her children clean and well turned out,the reason for her weight issue................... thyroid problems!!! So before people judge 'lazy fat mums',maybe they should find out the facts!!!!!

Im a 48 yr old Mum of 2 and Im whip thin and I love it.

mediaccom1 You are a total tosser

Sadly in todays totalitarian police states (hiding behind the titles of liberty and democracy) being a fat mum or dad is a "crime" in the minds of the "stazi" and I'm afraid ladies that a lot of that is to do with wimmin in powerful places. It is their natural female style (not the normal female style) to tell everyone what to do, think, feel, wear, carry, eat, drink or even dream. Not forgetting how to bring up your children. If you look at todays family problems you will understand why such demigod behaviour has got so many subjects completely and barkingly wrong!

Yes men (influenced by wimmin input) do slant down the same black avenue of life.

Incidentally regarding starving Africans who rightly deserve all the help we can give them. It is so strange that the way they look is regarded as the perfect, healthy build by those who run our health and fashion industries when discussing the right weight for UK ladies and gents. What a weird world these life dictators live in!

Blah, blah, blah, being fat is nothing to do with genetics or illness, they are all excuses, if it is possible to be ill and get fat, many Biafrans would be enormous but they are all thin because they have no food and are ill. Fat people should accept that they consume more than they need so should padlock the fridge.

the overweight in society are being picked on now that smokers have all but vanished. I am not overweight and I have never smoked, but it doesn't take a genius to see that now the government aren't getting tobacco taxes, and smokers are now costing the NHS instead of paying out in these taxes, another 'fall guy' group is needed. Hence the focus on those who are fat. They, like smokers before them are paying taxes via buying food, but when their health fails, they get kicked in the teeth. Because if the government really wanted to help them (and the rest of us) they'd shut down the takeaways and McDonalds and fruit and vegetables would be a lot cheaper!

Eat all your favourite foods - but halve the portions. Don't bother going to the gym. Stay at home and do some energetic housework, like changing sheets on beds, cleaning windows, tidying cupboards, sorting out unwanted clothes, hoovering capets or cleaning floors. Then run a nice hot bath, have a good soak and come out feeling all clean and virtuous. Weigh yourself. You will have lost an ounce or two. But don't, just because you have used up all that energy, go back to bingeing on food. Stick to half portions. And forget the gym. Housework is cheaper.

I'm the right weight but just too short, if you stretch me I'll be tall and slim...lol Seriously though I am morbidly obese and I feel the pain every fat person feels and more, I get the nasty comments in the street and people whispering to each other.
However, I go to the gym 4-5 times a week when possible. I haven't been for about 10 days due to suffering from Asthma right now. I can't wait to get back to the gym!
I have 3 sons none of them are fat or anywhere near! 2 are scrawny and one is bigger but he is 6ft 2" a size 14 shoe and he's only just turned 13yrs.
I do have medical issues which affect my weight but I don't try to fool myself by blaming completely that for my size! So far I'm lucky no diabetes, heart problems.
I do realise though that I have to change! There are emotional problems there I need to get past, I know I struggle with comfort eating!
I think people need to face up to the truth (me included) No one can be happy fat, they have just accepted it but ask any fat person if they would like to be slim and the answer would be yes, if they say no then they are either lying or need to see a shrink!
Being fat causes so many restrictions, no one wants that, believe me I know! Bing fat is the easy lazy way out! You accept it as fate, blame big bones, slow metabolism, anything but accept you can take control! You have to be ready to lose weight, you have to want it like you want nothing else, you have to be prepared to make sacrifices, work hard and never give up!!
I'm not there yet, I lost 5st but put most back on due to ill health and comfort eating. I have since lost over 1.5st and I'm determined to keep going. I have a great deal to lose but I'm now more determined than ever.

It's the underlying things that people need help with too, it's often more of an emotional/mental problem. Obese people need help with understanding why they allowed themselves to get to that state and why they haven't fixed it! Once they accept the problem and address the issues behind it they can then move on to repairing themselves! (Just my thoughts & feelings on the matter as a morbidly obese person)