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KUchief25 · 03-13-2013, 10:09 AM

All they gotta do is tweak the BMI numbers and walla millions more obese will arrive overnight and more funding WILL be needed to combat this new threat to humanity.

jjrose · 03-13-2013, 10:12 AM

Looking at the women in my family (my mom and my three sisters) I am the most physically fit, and the only lesbian. My little sister out weighs me by 40 pounds and is 3 inches shorter. My next older sister is 6 inches shorter and about the same weight as me. The oldest of us is my height and a little heavier. My mom is a little lighter than me, but I have to bend down to rest my chin on her head.
According to the BMI charts I'm overweight at 5'7" and 165 yet I wear a size 10, do yoga 3 times a week, and eat healthy.

Mashed Potatoes · 03-13-2013, 10:13 AM

How many are lesbians because they are fat?

Obese pigs are in low demand by men, so perhaps the fatties turn to each other when no other available options present themselves.

softblueyz · 03-13-2013, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by jerseygal4u

This is stupid,but I'm taking a guess and I say because for some,being obese makes them look more manly?
When I see a lesbian,they are just sloppy fat,but muscular like the pic of Chaz.

Good lord. There are just as many straight women - married and single - who are sloppy and fat. Are they trying to looking "manly"? "When you see a lesbian", do you also see the beautiful ones, the ones that are physically fit and are professional career women? Not all gay men and women "project".

FYI Chaz is transgender.

I'm sure it would be against TOS if I were to post pictures of lesbians or links of gay women that don't fit your "perception". Do a search "photos of beautiful gay women".

jjrose · 03-13-2013, 10:26 AM

I think everyone should go to the CDC BMI calculator and try it out.
I am 5'7" and 165 pounds. I eat mostly chicken, fish, and tons of veggies. I do yoga 3 times a week and wear a size 10. I am listed as overweight.
According to an ideal weight chart I should be 121-125 pounds. When I was that light I looked skeletal. My collar bone and pelvic bones protruded. My shoulders looked knobby. I like the way I look now better, bony isn't pretty to me. I look healthy now, not like a heroin addict.

KUchief25 · 03-13-2013, 10:30 AM

I'm 6'3" tall. According to the government I'm supposed to weigh between 148-199lbs to be "normal". 148lbs? I'd look like a skeleton and then some. Hell I weighed 185 when I was in the military in the best shape of my life and was skinny then. It's a made up crisis. Sure there are fatso's out there but the BMI numbers are stupid.

legalsea · 03-13-2013, 10:31 AM

Because they eat too much, er, pie?

softblueyz · 03-13-2013, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by legalsea

Because they eat too much, er, pie?

Oh, please. There's a "large" population of straight women who clearly like their meat and potatoes.

summers73 · 03-13-2013, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by softblueyz

Oh, please. There's a "large" population of straight women who clearly like their meat and potatoes.

Then I guess the study is truly a waste of money in your opinion?

KUchief25 · 03-13-2013, 10:43 AM

Not a waste of money if your going to try and help the select group with government funded weight loss programs which is what this will come to. It's not their fault they're fat it has to be all the homophobe's fault. They make em eat that pie.