Jeez, what's going on? Fat booties in Rio
 

I guess you have to go to South Orange County, CA or Colorado to spot thin women these days. They are gone from Rio. What's going wrong with the world and where will it stop? We were in New Orleans a few days ago... OMG, I couldn't believe it. Talk about the trailer trash capital of the world. I used to think it was the proliferation of cheap and easy fast food, but now I'm beginning to suspect its ubiquitous government social programs.

I blame the Kardashians

Fat kids were rare, and likely had an endocrine disorder when I was a kid. I suppose that now, they are likely to have an endocrine disorder too, now it is common and the cause and effect is reversed.

Go to Japan or China. Lots of exotic looking skinny girls there :)

I agree I like women who are not overweight. Not sure whether women are overweight due to genetics or eating too much. I suspect the latter. It is to the point where if you are trim and buff then you are considered abnormal. ie . sick/unhealthy.
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You're right.... I was in China recently and the women are thin. And they dress nicely. Wonder how long that will last.

US "culture" is like the Borg, they are doomed.

Some women are big boned, you can't deny that. And I don't like emaciated looking women. Some curves are just fine with me.

But, sadly, yes. For many people it has become perfectly acceptable to be a giant lard ass.

As someone who has spent a lot of time in orthopedics, I can vouch that there is no such phenomenon as being "big boned."

Motion Rio is seriously overrated these days when it comes to pretty girls. In fact, the whole "all girls in Brazil are hot" is a myth and probably always has been. There are pretty girls everywhere in this world.

If you want to see some pretty girls get on a plane at Santos Dumont and head for the beaches in Florianopolis. It's much better down there. And much safer.

Is it too much food or just poor quality food?

A few decades ago meals were made at home with fresh ingredients and three equal portions of veggies, protein, and a starch.

I was fortunate you visit Hawaii before the fast food invasion... now the Hawaii locals are all "it is great! Soooo convenient!" (never mind rampant obesity and diabetes in native peoples)

And let me be first to say isn't it great that we men are immune and not getting fat!!! ;)

High fructose corn syrup.

:rolleyes:

You know what I meant. Some women are naturally going to have wider hips and less delicate physical features, even when they are at a healthy body weight.

Most women where I live are of slim to normal weight. Of course, being Portland, they aren't in bikinis. But plenty of yoga wear and skinny jeans.

You would think that diabetes would scare the heck out of these overweight people.

I cannot imagine being a doc and telling so many overweight folks that you must lose weight or die prematurely.Or perhaps the obese don't go see the doc until it is too late....:eek:G.

They don't care. They're still living in the 60's, " If it feels good, do it"!

Okay, that is the quote of the year.


I saw a foot film of the actor that was giant metal teeth guy in the Bond flicks. He was pretty big boned. His first proximal phalanx looked like a big first metatarsal. Or crabfoot lady, with the two big misshapen toes, rather than 5 or 6 normal looking ones. Trippy looking radiograph.

Appears to induce diabetes, lets put it in everything.

Hey, where did all these fat, diabetic people come from?

HD, that was pretty funny, you have to admit.

The fine, practically angelic bone structure of Gene Tierney vs the coarse, horse face troglodyte that is Darryl Hannah, is that what you have in mind? Maybe big girl with
man hands, built like Mike Tyson, minus the bizarre tattoos vs gymnast.

Plenty of fit women/people in NYC...the really large folks are often from out of town.

We had a cousin come in from Mississippi who stayed with us for a little while. She said "people here are so thin" and we replied "ummmm no...people in Mississippi are big"

That is one factor, another is US wheat which was modified almost 50 years ago by exposure to radiation to develop mutant hybrids that out produce European wheat 10 fold per acre. This stuff is so messed up not even God knows what it's really doing us.

Brazil and China are now big US wheat importers, watch their bodies inflame/expand just like ours.

USW: Trade Activities


USW: Trade Activities
http://www.wheatbellyblog.com/2012/02/wheat-is-not-genetically-modified/

Ahahahahahahahahahahahahaha etc. :D

Its not just the women who are fat, its everyone. Its our culture now. We eat too much, plain and simple. Just You Tube Soul Train or American Bandstand from the 70's and everyone is thin.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zpGfxgPEQY

I blame Queen.

Sugar, other carbs, processed food are to blame. When the "low fat is good" mentality hit years ago (food pyramid), it became okay to eat more crackers, breads, and other things that mess with our endocrine system. Sugar is everywhere. Keep track of how much you eat in a day (cereal, drinks, condiments, sauces, dressings, etc) and you'll be shocked.

Cheap processed foods + less time for healthy prepared meals + couch potato/screen addictions = larger society

Only going to become a bigger problem as fat kids become fat unhealthy adults.

U.S. Obesity is widely criticized in Europe, and a common joke on variety television. My wife and I spend a lot of time in there for business and it's embarrassing.

On our last trip, on the Subway in Paris, an overweight couple probably in their 40's, got on outside the Museum of National Resistance. A guy sitting behind us muttered "Americans" and the several people within hearing distance all chuckled. My wife and I are thin, and obviously hadn't spoken, or he might not have said it. I was hoping so badly that they would start speaking some language other than English. No such luck. They were Americans.

Unfortunately, its true. During our travels, most of the significantly overweight people we see turn out to be from the US.

...and my healthy 26 year-old daughter is paying for their diabetes and blood pressure management!

Plenty of rich women/people in NYC too. Plus the young and active in Boulder and Portland that some of us (me!) enjoy watching jog and wear yoga pants aren't exactly on food stamps.

There was once a day when the poor were thin and the rich were plump...

A century ago it was economic. Now it correlates strongly to education.

This is very true. I find myself (5'8" 170#, 40" coat 34" waist) on the hefty side at work and at conferences. (yeah I should do lots of stuff that I don't - get off my back mom!)

Los Alamos is, in every way, an aberration but there are so many marathoners and ultramarathoners that those of us that grunt through a 5 mile hike don't even exist. Good thing that I have beer to help ease the shame...

..........and government assistance, they are enablers.

What I find strange is, a lot of the younger guys I know, like girls with big huge fat asses. Ala' Kardashian.. I don't get it.:confused:

Sorry , I like my women fit and trim.


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^^^ Yep.

My guess is the Kardassian fashion came to be when she couldn't lose it. So, with her other assets and popularity, she probably figured to just glorify the pooper. Sure enough, the Brazillion ass and implants is the rage.

As for fat America, it includes Canada and Mexico. Each generation will add to the problem. The subliminal sugar pushers by food makers is a deadly and sad ordeal for the younger generation. Add the lack of physical activity and their fitness clearly shows. Kids can't handle a single push-up or lift their own weight in a single pull-up! HS PE? LOL..... Crying that they can't handle a jog around a football field and most end-up walking.

I clicked on this thread expecting to see "fat boobies in Rio."

You can imagine my disappointment!

I don't care what they look like if they will just put the damn phone down when they drive!!!!!

Grrr!

Haha. Damn. That is so funny.


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I'm 6'3'' tall. My wife has hands and feet as big as mine, and thicker bones around the ankles. I know guys with much bigger hands than I have, and much thicker bones, with skulls that look like they would break a baseball bat.

I'm the guy they always got to adjust the carbs.

It amuses me how the all knowing government will fill the airwaves with PSAs about childhood obesity while simultaneously cutting funding for extracurricular sports and PE. If kids spend their entire day sitting on their asses, all of Michelle Obama's healthy school meals are a waste of time. Physical activity is the key to physical fitness, this isn't complicated.

Dumb question, (cause I really don't know):

Do public schools in America still have the President's Physical Fitness standards and tests from JFK's time? When I was a grade school kid in the '60s, there was a certain amount of shame if one could not do the minimum number of sit-ups, etc. :cool:

+1!!! Staying thin is a simple formula. Sit on your arse all day - don't eat. Workout and get aerobic exercise - eat.