If this is a clue to diet...

[The_Dark]

So, on Wed. afternoon I drove down to mt. Pleasant and back. Not my idea of a fun thing to do in a blizzard.. but hey.. the boss said to do it, so I did. Anyway, on the way back.. about a 1/4 mile in front of me I watched a red Grande Am spin out and slide into the ditch. Now, this would not be a major event in Northeren Michigan except for where we were. We were in the swampy area between the Middle Branch River and the Muskegeon River. The car "sank" into the muddy and snowy ground about 15 or so inches. Being a good person I stopped to make sure everyone was alright. They had a cell phone and were in the process of getting a wrecker to come tow them out. What was making my stifle a laugh... The people were freaking out... They could not open the doors... and um... they wer FAT.. I mean really really big people. They were horrified at the thought that they were going to sink into the mud and die. They were so big there was no way for them to even crawl out the window. Being a good person.. I stayed with them until the wrecker arrived... and did my best to hide my urge to laugh hystarically.... if they had actually started to sink in more I am pretty sure I could have gotten them out.. maybe... but god damn that was funny.

[Onyx]

Yes, being overweight can kill you in more ways than one. That isn't so much funny as it is sad.

Take a look around - nearly everyone in this country is overweight, some more than others, especially as people age. The American diet is killing us all. White flour and sugar packs on the pounds and it seems to do it to me even if I eat a normal amount of food. I can't eat any of that crap without gaining weight, even though I love stuff like white flour pizza and desserts.

[Scary Guy]

Yes, being overweight can kill you in more ways than one.  That isn't so much funny as it is sad. 

Take a look around - nearly everyone in this country is overweight, some more than others, especially as people age.  The American diet is killing us all.  White flour and sugar packs on the pounds and it seems to do it to me even if I eat a normal amount of food.  I can't eat any of that crap without gaining weight, even though I love stuff like white flour pizza and desserts.

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You look like a rail, I however am a rail. I can eat anything and never gain anything.

I forget who's in the lead for fattest state, us or Florida.

[Nienna]

I struggle like a drowning person in cement shoes to maintain the weight I'm at...and society still considers me fat. I really think it has something to do with the abundance of processed crap and the fact that almost every job that pays well requires you to be almost 100% sentient. Welcome to America. *sigh*

[Homicidalheathen]

It is rare for somone to have an actual thyroid problem. My sis does. She takes pills for it.

This will make people fat without eating much but most americans are just spoiled.

I have a freind who wieghs close to 500 lbs.

She broke an ankle just taking a step off of the front porch.

I would honestly starve myself before I would keep getting that big.

But she does lie......oh I don't eat much....this is all I ate today.

What meal was she talking about?

2 big macs, large fries and a large coke.

Enough fat grams in that to last a week.

It is more what you eat...not how much......but how much too.

[Nienna]

Well.. I have this weakness for warme white bread... LOL

And I'm on about 3 steroid meds. Yeah.