When FAT Attacks

"Bob in CT" wrote in message
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On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 13:35:14 -0400, Roger Zoul
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Bob in CT wrote:
:: On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 13:17:36 -0400, Roger Zoul
:: wrote:
::
::: Bob in CT wrote:
::::: is the headline in Newsweek. It provides a good description of
::::: research into fat cells. Supposedly, fat cells release
::::: inflammatory compounds, which is why an apple shape is worse than
::::: a pear shape ("visceral" fat releases more inflammatory
::::: compounds). Dang genetics!
:::::
:::
::: I can't seem to figure out what is meant by an apple shape.
:::
:::
::
:: They have a picture. If you gain weight in your legs, you're a
:: pear; if you gain weight around your waist (me), you're an apple. I
:: don't see too many pears. For me, I have almost no weight around my
:: legs (I can see individual quad muscles), but I'm still at least 30
:: pounds overweight, all on my stomach.

What if you gain weight everywhere, like me? Am I a hybrid apple/pear?



Interesting. Maybe. I wonder if there is a "hybrid" body type? I know
that my first girlfriend was definitely an apple -- when she gained
weight, it was all in her legs.

then she was a classic pear.

peace,
pen

Jenny wrote:
:: Roger,
::
:: The Apple Shape thing makes more sense when applied to female
:: figures than male.
::
:: Pears have big butts tapering down to a smaller waist. Apples have
:: the big waist and candy-apple stick legs.
::
:: For; a man the "Apple" shape is really what most of us think of as a
:: Beer Belly.

Okay, that's simply enough that even I can follow it. I know lots of apple
men, but as someone who was fat from a very young age, I didn't get fat just
in my belly. I think those with belly fat are mainly those who because fat
after many years of not being fat, at least, that is my observation on it.

Jenny wrote:
:: Roger,
::
:: The Apple Shape thing makes more sense when applied to female
:: figures than male.
::
:: Pears have big butts tapering down to a smaller waist. Apples have
:: the big waist and candy-apple stick legs.
::
:: For; a man the "Apple" shape is really what most of us think of as a
:: Beer Belly.

Okay, that's simply enough that even I can follow it. I know lots of apple
men, but as someone who was fat from a very young age, I didn't get fat just
in my belly. I think those with belly fat are mainly those who because fat
after many years of not being fat, at least, that is my observation on it.

On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 17:49:36 GMT, Bob in CT
wrote:

On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 13:35:14 -0400, Roger Zoul
wrote:

Bob in CT wrote:
:: On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 13:17:36 -0400, Roger Zoul
:: wrote:
::
::: Bob in CT wrote:
::::: is the headline in Newsweek. It provides a good description of
::::: research into fat cells. Supposedly, fat cells release
::::: inflammatory compounds, which is why an apple shape is worse than
::::: a pear shape ("visceral" fat releases more inflammatory
::::: compounds). Dang genetics!
:::::
:::
::: I can't seem to figure out what is meant by an apple shape.
:::
:::
::
:: They have a picture. If you gain weight in your legs, you're a
:: pear; if you gain weight around your waist (me), you're an apple. I
:: don't see too many pears. For me, I have almost no weight around my
:: legs (I can see individual quad muscles), but I'm still at least 30
:: pounds overweight, all on my stomach.

What if you gain weight everywhere, like me? Am I a hybrid apple/pear?



Interesting. Maybe. I wonder if there is a "hybrid" body type? I know
that my first girlfriend was definitely an apple -- when she gained
weight, it was all in her legs.


Oops! I meant Pear -- she was a Pear!

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On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 17:49:36 GMT, Bob in CT
wrote:

On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 13:35:14 -0400, Roger Zoul
wrote:

Bob in CT wrote:
:: On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 13:17:36 -0400, Roger Zoul
:: wrote:
::
::: Bob in CT wrote:
::::: is the headline in Newsweek. It provides a good description of
::::: research into fat cells. Supposedly, fat cells release
::::: inflammatory compounds, which is why an apple shape is worse than
::::: a pear shape ("visceral" fat releases more inflammatory
::::: compounds). Dang genetics!
:::::
:::
::: I can't seem to figure out what is meant by an apple shape.
:::
:::
::
:: They have a picture. If you gain weight in your legs, you're a
:: pear; if you gain weight around your waist (me), you're an apple. I
:: don't see too many pears. For me, I have almost no weight around my
:: legs (I can see individual quad muscles), but I'm still at least 30
:: pounds overweight, all on my stomach.

What if you gain weight everywhere, like me? Am I a hybrid apple/pear?



Interesting. Maybe. I wonder if there is a "hybrid" body type? I know
that my first girlfriend was definitely an apple -- when she gained
weight, it was all in her legs.


Oops! I meant Pear -- she was a Pear!

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On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 14:20:13 -0400, Penelope Baker
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"Bob in CT" wrote in message
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On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 13:35:14 -0400, Roger Zoul
wrote:

Bob in CT wrote:
:: On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 13:17:36 -0400, Roger Zoul
:: wrote:
::
::: Bob in CT wrote:
::::: is the headline in Newsweek. It provides a good description of
::::: research into fat cells. Supposedly, fat cells release
::::: inflammatory compounds, which is why an apple shape is worse
than
::::: a pear shape ("visceral" fat releases more inflammatory
::::: compounds). Dang genetics!
:::::
:::
::: I can't seem to figure out what is meant by an apple shape.
:::
:::
::
:: They have a picture. If you gain weight in your legs, you're a
:: pear; if you gain weight around your waist (me), you're an apple.
I
:: don't see too many pears. For me, I have almost no weight around
my
:: legs (I can see individual quad muscles), but I'm still at least 30
:: pounds overweight, all on my stomach.

What if you gain weight everywhere, like me? Am I a hybrid
apple/pear?



Interesting. Maybe. I wonder if there is a "hybrid" body type? I know
that my first girlfriend was definitely an apple -- when she gained
weight, it was all in her legs.

then she was a classic pear.

peace,
pen



I know -- my dang mind went wacky at the mention of my former girlfriend
(not that there's anything wrong with her, but when you're young, you can
make incorrect picks; hopefully, I'm over that now!).

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On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 14:20:13 -0400, Penelope Baker
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"Bob in CT" wrote in message
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On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 13:35:14 -0400, Roger Zoul
wrote:

Bob in CT wrote:
:: On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 13:17:36 -0400, Roger Zoul
:: wrote:
::
::: Bob in CT wrote:
::::: is the headline in Newsweek. It provides a good description of
::::: research into fat cells. Supposedly, fat cells release
::::: inflammatory compounds, which is why an apple shape is worse
than
::::: a pear shape ("visceral" fat releases more inflammatory
::::: compounds). Dang genetics!
:::::
:::
::: I can't seem to figure out what is meant by an apple shape.
:::
:::
::
:: They have a picture. If you gain weight in your legs, you're a
:: pear; if you gain weight around your waist (me), you're an apple.
I
:: don't see too many pears. For me, I have almost no weight around
my
:: legs (I can see individual quad muscles), but I'm still at least 30
:: pounds overweight, all on my stomach.

What if you gain weight everywhere, like me? Am I a hybrid
apple/pear?



Interesting. Maybe. I wonder if there is a "hybrid" body type? I know
that my first girlfriend was definitely an apple -- when she gained
weight, it was all in her legs.

then she was a classic pear.

peace,
pen



I know -- my dang mind went wacky at the mention of my former girlfriend
(not that there's anything wrong with her, but when you're young, you can
make incorrect picks; hopefully, I'm over that now!).

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Bob in CT
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"Roger Zoul" wrote in message
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Bob in CT wrote:
:: On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 13:17:36 -0400, Roger Zoul
:: wrote:
::
::: Bob in CT wrote:

:: They have a picture. If you gain weight in your legs, you're a
:: pear; if you gain weight around your waist (me), you're an apple.
I
:: don't see too many pears. For me, I have almost no weight around
my
:: legs (I can see individual quad muscles), but I'm still at least
30
:: pounds overweight, all on my stomach.

What if you gain weight everywhere, like me? Am I a hybrid
apple/pear?

http://www.weight-loss-i.com/body-shape.htm

HTH

revek

"Roger Zoul" wrote in message
...
Bob in CT wrote:
:: On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 13:17:36 -0400, Roger Zoul
:: wrote:
::
::: Bob in CT wrote:

:: They have a picture. If you gain weight in your legs, you're a
:: pear; if you gain weight around your waist (me), you're an apple.
I
:: don't see too many pears. For me, I have almost no weight around
my
:: legs (I can see individual quad muscles), but I'm still at least
30
:: pounds overweight, all on my stomach.

What if you gain weight everywhere, like me? Am I a hybrid
apple/pear?

http://www.weight-loss-i.com/body-shape.htm

HTH

revek

Roger Zoul wrote:
Jenny wrote:
:: Roger,
::
:: The Apple Shape thing makes more sense when applied to female
:: figures than male.
::
:: Pears have big butts tapering down to a smaller waist. Apples have
:: the big waist and candy-apple stick legs.
::
:: For; a man the "Apple" shape is really what most of us think of as a
:: Beer Belly.

Okay, that's simply enough that even I can follow it. I know lots of apple
men, but as someone who was fat from a very young age, I didn't get fat just
in my belly. I think those with belly fat are mainly those who because fat
after many years of not being fat, at least, that is my observation on it.

Interesting idea. Beer-belly-guy was a not so fat guy who got fat as an
adult. Fat-all-over-guy or fat-pear-guy has been fat from a young age.

Speaking as a formerly not-fat-guy, then adult beer-belly-guy, past a
point, you do start to get fatter all over but I never had had that much
fat on my arms and legs even at my heaviest.

Dan
325/211/180
Atkins since 1/1/02 (yeah, it was a New Year's Resolution)
Besetting sins: good beer, German bread, and Krispy Kremes