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Moving on from the slightly suspect title to this blog:
We have a program in England called 'How to look great naked' which has rave reviews and everyone loves it. In reality...actuality...this show is just an excuse for people to avoid going to the gym and dieting. The basic point is that this man called Gok Wan, some martian-impersonating, unidentified-origin new species which wears a large pair of offensively white sunglasses; tells a bunch of fat people that instead of dieting, exercising and sleeping well, they should merely learn how to hide their fat and 'act around it'.
Now I am sure that there is a considerable amount of people who in fact cannot physically be of an acceptable weight...BUT I AM ALSO CERTAIN that there is a huge amount of people who just have a slow metabolism; and therefore need to eat LESS than other people, and potentially exercise MORE.
I'm sorry but shows like this just offer a simple way out- that's why they are so popular. They give false confidence and avoid motivating people to do what they really need to do.
IT PISSES ME OFF when lazy female gastropods are called 'curvy' when in reality they are bloated, corpulent and equipped with a shocking assortment of rolls; bestowed with mighty cankles and bedrizzled with blubber. (Bedrizzled isn't a word btw). I mean it's perfectly fine to boost a girl's self esteem, but for god's sake, don't let her be completely SATISFIED with being a fatty, or sometimes even a podgy.
Yeah ok calm down if you are just about to launch into a 'HOW DARE YOU'. It's just my opinion and it's just my taste ok...but it really annoys me. I like women who are the right weight for their proportions...not women who just sit back and pig out.
A 'curvy' woman is, in my opinion, one whose arse and boobs grow more than her underams and belly when she puts on some weight; ie a woman who grows into an hourglass(ish) figure when she puts on some weight. Puts on a dress size, goes up like a letter in bra size. So it's great if these sorts of girls put a bit of meat on the bone, because it looks totally right. I'm thinking colombian girls as an archetype...well at least the colombian girls I have met (and seen... )
You can tell 'curvy' women apart from podgy women, because podgy women just have an average ratio of boob size to belly size, and well; they don't form into an hourglass figure when they put on weight, they just become a large, fleshy pear.
Like, I don't know when they decided this, but IMO curvy does not mean a curvy belly and a curvy underchin...
Does anyone see where I'm coming from?
Ps I don't like very skinny girls either. Matter of fact I don't like you...dickhead
 
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I just hate those stupid Dove commercials, where they promote "beauty of all kinds" and show pictures of naked old fat ladies.
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It's nice to be optimistic about aging, but honestly, are these really needed?
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South Africa4316 Posts
Gok Wan's father is from HK, and his mother is British, which is why he looks a bit strange. Guess who watches Friday Night with Jonathan Ross? :p
I don't specifically mind it when they boost people's self-esteems, there's not nearly enough self-esteem in this world as it is, and it's not like telling those people they are overweight is going to make them go to the gym. There are shows which forces fat people to gym, but that's an entirely different idea. How to look good naked is more about understanding your own body, and making the best of it, which is a fairly nice sentiment imo.
That said, I've only watched one or two episodes when I'm really bored. It's much better than What not to Wear. Don't mind Trinny and Susannah, but I fucking hate that psuedo-psychological twist they have on the show.
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United States22883 Posts
I assume it's backlash from years of popular culture objectifying women and expecting them to look anorexic. In that line of thinking, it's a refreshing change.
For men, soap commercials are about sex, but Dove isn't marketing to men.
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I agree with OP, damn fat asses need to exercise and stop stuffing their faces with food.
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I lolled when your post ended with "Matter of fact I don't like you dickhead."
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Canada7170 Posts
Thanks for sharing. Agreeeeeeeee
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portion control is very important, exercise is not essential... otherwise u can do work outs, cardios everyday until u faint, u aint gonna lose any weight... that why diet is the #1 problem fat asses face, not exercise
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true, but exercise will make you healthier, and can help you lose weight more effectively.
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iNcontroL
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i was expecting a thread about penis sizes 
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On April 20 2008 11:16 {88}iNcontroL wrote:i was expecting a thread about penis sizes
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On April 20 2008 11:16 {88}iNcontroL wrote:i was expecting a thread about penis sizes
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As a fatass myself, I actually have to agree with most of what you said. I'm kind of pissed off at all these people (irl and in commercials) who claim they've "tried everything" and just can't lose the weight so they turn to diet pills, or from what you described trying to force their society to believe that they're sexy. In reality it isn't that hard to lose weight if you actually make a conscious effort to do so, just from eating less food (especially junk food), walking instead of taking the bus/bumming rides from friends/driving, and using stairs instead of elevators/escalators I've gone from an obscene fatass (320 lbs.) to an almost normal sized one (260 lbs.). And I consider myself fucking lazy as shit, so if I can do it I'm sure these millions of other people could do it too.
Obviously there are some people who physically are unable to lose the weight, and I sympathize with them, but it seems EVERYBODY uses this as their excuse when this problem is only real to a small number of people.
Edit: C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!!!!
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