I am fat and I can ride a bike for 2-4 miles

Well, I do know many people who are "fat" and fit, but a lot depends
on what you call "fat". I don't necessarily think the extra 30 lbs
will harm you - but once you start rationalizing, denying, and making
excuses, its a slippery slope, and suddenly 30 is 50 is 75.

My dad weighed 320, and he was very tall and broad shouldered, and
could "carry" his weight - few people would have guessed he was quite
the size he was. However, I promise you, that weight ruined his life
from his midyears on. All kinds of serious health problems all of
which trace back directly to the weight. He died at 63, in a family of
slimmer men who usually made it into their 80's. He paid a pretty
steep price for his poundage.

Mary
Age 50, been 196, been a whole lot less (currently 145). Guess which
one is better?

KY wrote:


Fat and fit is not a myth. I would ride a bike against any thin
person and keep up just fine. I ride at least two miles to the
grocery store or the coffee shop in my town almost every day. I weigh
around 240lbs. 5'10" tall

Fat and fit is not a myth.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0leLrjA20xo

--

On Mon, 4 Jun 2007 13:25:30 -0700, "Hard Bop Drums"
wrote:

"KY" wrote in message
...
Fat and fit is not a myth. I would ride a bike against any thin person and
keep up just fine. I ride at least two miles to the grocery store or the
coffee shop in my town almost every day. I weigh around 240lbs. 5'10" tall

I see fat people walking all the time and they are not out of breath or in
a scooter. I think the media and the helthcare system want the world to
believe being fat is a handicap and it isn't. Some extra weight doesn't
hurt at all as long as you are mobile and able to do what you want. Enough
of the negativity.

Ken Young



Is there a reason to post this crap in MFW?

Maybe he wanted to taunt the muscleheads with his fat and fitness.

Jade

When I was 320 I was afraid physical activities could lead to serious
injuries. One fall from a bike could have broken several bones, and God
knows what else.

"Fat and fit?" Maybe, fat and strong, for the moment. However, the odds
are stacked against you for things like diabetes and other health problems.

I guess, to make my case, I should research the life expectancy of Sumo
wrestlers.



"KY" wrote in message
...
Fat and fit is not a myth. I would ride a bike against any thin person and
keep up just fine. I ride at least two miles to the grocery store or the
coffee shop in my town almost every day. I weigh around 240lbs. 5'10" tall

I see fat people walking all the time and they are not out of breath or in
a scooter. I think the media and the helthcare system want the world to
believe being fat is a handicap and it isn't. Some extra weight doesn't
hurt at all as long as you are mobile and able to do what you want. Enough
of the negativity.

Ken Young

On 6 5 , 3 24 , "KY" wrote:
Fat and fit is not a myth. I would ride a bike against any thin person and
keep up just fine. I ride at least two miles to the grocery store or the
coffee shop in my town almost every day. I weigh around 240lbs. 5'10" tall

I see fat people walking all the time and they are not out of breath or in a
scooter. I think the media and the helthcare system want the world to
believe being fat is a handicap and it isn't. Some extra weight doesn't hurt
at all as long as you are mobile and able to do what you want. Enough of the
negativity.

Ken Young

In fact, good health is the Best

"Cubit" wrote in message
. net...
When I was 320 I was afraid physical activities could lead to serious
injuries. One fall from a bike could have broken several bones, and God
knows what else.

"Fat and fit?" Maybe, fat and strong, for the moment. However, the odds
are stacked against you for things like diabetes and other health
problems.

I guess, to make my case, I should research the life expectancy of Sumo
wrestlers.

That would be interesting to hear about.





"KY" wrote in message
...
Fat and fit is not a myth. I would ride a bike against any thin person
and keep up just fine. I ride at least two miles to the grocery store or
the coffee shop in my town almost every day. I weigh around 240lbs. 5'10"
tall

I see fat people walking all the time and they are not out of breath or
in a scooter. I think the media and the helthcare system want the world
to believe being fat is a handicap and it isn't. Some extra weight
doesn't hurt at all as long as you are mobile and able to do what you
want. Enough of the negativity.

Ken Young

"Real BBW" writes:

KY wrote:


Fat and fit is not a myth. I would ride a bike against any thin
person and keep up just fine. I ride at least two miles to the
grocery store or the coffee shop in my town almost every day. I weigh
around 240lbs. 5'10" tall

Fat and fit is not a myth.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0leLrjA20xo

Are you kidding me? I saw no evidence whatsoever that the lady in
that spot was "fit" by any standard that I can think of. She
apparently can walk around under her own power, and she can manipulate
pool noodles and 1 lb. weights, but then so can just about anyone not
confined to a wheelchair.

Granted, "fit" is a relative term, and it is probably true that this
lady is somewhat more fit than before she started exercising.
However, at some point you have to say that a person is fit enough a
particular task. The lady in the spot is barely fit enough to get
around town by herself, but that's about the extent of her "fitness."
If the bar to be considered "fit" is lowered to the point where
fitness is defined as "being able to move under their own power" then
"fitness" becomes a much less worthy goal. The lady in that spot is
"fit" in the same sense that my little girl is a math genius because
she can count to 10. You just have to define "math genius" as anyone
who can count.

Don't get me wrong. Everyone has to start somewhere, and from my own
experience I know that going from fat and completely unfit to fat and
mostly unfit requires a great deal of effort. I just think that it is
counterproductive to set your fitness goals so ridiculously low. If
you redefine "fit" as being able to manipulate a pool noodle then
nearly everyone is fit, including people whose inactivity poses
serious health risks. Hooray, gold stars for everyone!

Jason

On Jun 5, 11:49 am, "teachrmama" wrote:
"Cubit" wrote in message

. net...

When I was 320 I was afraid physical activities could lead to serious
injuries. One fall from a bike could have broken several bones, and God
knows what else.

"Fat and fit?" Maybe, fat and strong, for the moment. However, the odds
are stacked against you for things like diabetes and other health
problems.

I guess, to make my case, I should research the life expectancy of Sumo
wrestlers.

That would be interesting to hear about.


Nippon Eiseigaku Zasshi. 1995 Aug;50(3):730-6.


[Risk factors for mortality and mortality rate of sumo wrestlers]

[Article in Japanese]

Hoshi A, Inaba Y.

Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, Juntendo
University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.

We compared the mortality rate of sumo wrestlers with that of the
contemporaneous Japanese male population, and inferred the usefulness
of an index for predicting longevity in sumo wrestlers. The
standardized mortality ratios (SMR) for sumo wrestlers were very high
in each period, and also high for ages from 35 to 74. Cox's
proportional hazards model analysis revealed that the variables in
"nyuumaku" entry year and BMI were statistically significant (p
0.05) factors in mortality. In the survival curves, the lower BMI
group had good life expectancy compared with the higher BMI group. In
conclusion, the higher rate of mortality in sumo wrestlers seems to be
due to the markedly higher rate of mortality from 35 to 74 years old.
In sumo wrestlers, also, this study provides evidence that the higher
overweight groups have substantially higher risks for mortality.

Publication Types:
English Abstract

PMID: 7474495 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]


DK

"preben nielsen" wrote in message
. ..

"KY" skrev i en meddelelse
...

Fat and fit is not a myth. I would ride a bike against any thin person
and keep up just fine. I ride at least two miles to the grocery store or
the coffee shop in my town almost every day.

Loooooool

I bet he could ride a ****in' unicycle 2 miles if there were donuts waiting
for him at the end.

"KY" wrote in message
...
Fat and fit is not a myth. I would ride a bike against any thin person and
keep up just fine. I ride at least two miles to the grocery store or the
coffee shop in my town almost every day. I weigh around 240lbs. 5'10" tall

I see fat people walking all the time and they are not out of breath or in
a scooter. I think the media and the helthcare system want the world to
believe being fat is a handicap and it isn't. Some extra weight doesn't
hurt at all as long as you are mobile and able to do what you want. Enough
of the negativity.


I'm a cyclist, OK. Riding a bicycle can be fantastic exercise----or it can
be easier than walking. I'm not impressed. Now if you said you were riding
20 I would say you have a point. 2-4 miles on a bike is what, 20 minutes?