Annabel Smyth wrote in message ...
You wrote at 11:12:55 on Thu, 12 Aug 2004:

I know, because fat is heavy and weighs you down.

Actually, fat is lighter than muscle.

It's still heavy, and it's dead mass, it doesn't do anything like
muscle. Muscle moves you around, fat slows you down. Take a person and
remove some fat, and you have a more mobile person. There is no
arguing with that.

Er, do feel free to point out where I argued that being fat was
beneficial?

Above.

And why would I be posting to a diet support newsgroup if I
wasn't trying to lose weight?

You were arguing before that excess fat was not hindering you.

If you think Bridget Jones was fat, then I fail to see any further point
in continuing this conversation.

Of course she was fat. Maybe not by fat acceptor standards, but by
athletic standards definitely.