Well, you are!

Slow down there, Tenzil!

Eat a bit too much, Taryn?

I could have gone the rest of my life without seeing that but I'm glad I didn't.

Hmm... I wonder how much pleading I would have to do to get an Agent Bek smiley...

And whom should I have sex with to get a "Tenzil fatassed" avatar?

Rejoice!

Your punishment is to dance the jitterbug with fat people-- FOR ALL ETERNITY!!!!

Can I get back to the post-boot Legionnaires, now?


Me.

Oh... I suppose...

The avatar rules, Nighty! Thanks so much! And just let me know when you're ready for your, uhhhh... payment!

Um... I think I should quiet on this one.

Skinniness is overrated!

It's beautiful to be inflated!

I've been avoiding this thread...

Why avoid it? It's in celebration of my ditching the "Dieters Support Thread" and learning to adore my weight gain! There's more of me to love*, baby!!

Plus, it was a good excuse to request a "fat Tenzil" avatar, which I've been longing for....

*Or loathe, depending on your point of view

Come back, Lash. Step out of the carb and into the lite.

I'm tired of fighting the fight!

I'm throwing it all in the air and letting the snack chips fall where they may!

Face it, baby - it's ICE CREAM SEASON!

As I can well attest with the 2 KLONDIKE bars I had yesterday!!

Yes, and how could you resist such delights as:

Nut crunch delight?

Thora's favorite.

Your kidding right?? I hope so!!

I work in an industry (hair dresser, 25 years now) where you see all shapes and sizes walk through the door but when you hear of someone of substantial girth pass away you know it was either cholesterol or a heart attack or stroke. Not to say there aren't plenty of us fit for lifers that don't bit the big one with similar fatalities but it's just makes me so sad sometimes to see folks like that huffing and puffing to just walk and then to watch them eat (my room mate suffered with mortal obesity for a while untill he got diverticulitis and had to have part of his intestines removed and wore a bag for 6 months while the internal stuff healed. He's got normal bowels again, bag is gone and he's OK, still a big man but not mortally obese as he was, thank god!).

It's a shame and it's part of life but I just don't' think that's a smart way to live one's life. USA is the FATTEST nation in the world and that's just plain embarrassing!! Well, and the fact that we have a really messed up, evil government, no that doesn't help either!!

If this thread is for real please be careful and don't addopt the attitude that "we all have to die of something". It's not a fun way to live, my room mate can attest to that now!!

No, no, no-- I'm just tired of freaking out if the scale reads 190. For gawd's sake, I'm 5'10. 190 isn't that bad. I'm tired of a diet that encourages me to eat 10 hamburger patties but DIScourages green beans, lima beans and sweet peas. WHAT the...?!?!

I say: Has Chuck Taine taught us nothing?

So, for a while anyway, I'm saying goodbye to the world of dieting.

OK, that's fine then.

My room mate was around 330 Lbs and he was just so sucked into his dietary badness that he was out drinking beer every weekend, hard liquor at night before bed, snacked all the time including fast food, pizzas and chips 24-7. It was horrible to watch and all I wanted to do was NOT be around him. He was like a living lawn mower eating everything in his path! Then all he would do is sit around wishing that some cute, in shape person would fall madly in love with him. Totally in denial. He had to do laundry about 3 times a week because his clothes were so big that dirty laundry would pile up very quickly and because of all the toxins in his system he had this nasty odor. Very sour, made my stomach lurch when ever I would get a wif of it. I just hate to hear of folks giving up on themselves. I will make a statement here and since it's a cyber community it's not like your in the same room with me in case your freaked out about health issues. I've been HIV positive for over 20 years. I'm one of my doctors long time HEALTHY survivors. It's not to say I will eventually subcome to some illness brought on by my immune system being so messed up but for now I am healthy and happy in life. No, I don't have "Mr. Right" in my life, dont' really want one in all honesty (folks have too much baggage and I don't like being stressed out over someone elses "stuff", so I don't bother any more). I work out, eat as well as I can and believe me I love my Wendy's burgers and fries and frosties as much as the next person but I live with a man that is like one of my best friends and watched him struggle with his own health stuggles revolving around his weight and it's just a shame he even had to "go there" in order to get where he is today. He's healthy and much happier and better off than he was but he's still tempted, I can read him pretty well these days but he at least tries as well as he know's how. So things are allot better around the house these days and I thank the Gods above for giving my friend this eye opening experience. Hopefully it sticks!!

Be well!

I walked 5 miles yesterday!

Are you saying, LASH, there's no hope for a full-figured dude like me to find happiness with a not-quite-so-full figured hottie?

I personally like various body types.

Not saying there is no hope, I just thinking giveing in to unhealthy life choices is unwise.

My ex room mate, now my downstairs neighbor has gone the way of morbidly obese again. He now knows this is a choice and not because he has "given up" on himself. He finally joined my gym, a year ago now, and I think he's gone about twice per month (NOT twice a week), he then, a good part of the time, goes up the city to drink and sometimes eat and drink as a "treat" for his hour barely breaking a sweat. He's gone from a svelt (for him) 222 lbs, 42 inch waist up to a 46 and around (from eyeing him, he won't tell me) 270 lbs or so, climbing back up there. He drinks often again, the last 5 times I've talked to him by phone, his words slur at times or he talks too much (dead give away for him) when he's high and he reeked the times I've seen him. How quickly one forgets his lessons. 46, grossly overweight, depressed and lonely. He's a nice guy but he really should have been straight, gotten married, raised some kids and just had a little life where he originally came from. He gets so overwhelmed and pissy when the world is not "cooperating" with him. As he says "God hates me". Pretty sad really!! Personally I don't think he makes a very good gay man with his personal upkeep (surroundings and all) or his attitude. I'm being an ass by saying that but he thinks it's so frustrating living his life but it's just as hard on those that are concerned for his well being and attitude and there is nothing you can do about it but watch and pray that the light will dawn some day!

Being a little overweight is fine, it's natural for most but in my friends life .... well that's just lazy and not a smart way to live life, especially after the big wake up call a year ago now!!

All the best to all of you, sorry I haven't been around. Busy in the 3D community.

Richard (aka )

You can be fat & sexy. Bouncing Boy wasn't fat he was just bloated! doh!

I am not sure about obese and sexy though. one thing is fat but obese is another. heh.

Yea, but look at Bouncing Boy or even other large men and women. There are fat and healthy (ones that at least try and are solid) and then there are folks like my friend that carries toxic water weight mixed with fat on in their muscles and under their skin. It's gross and it's just gross!!

I'll shut up now about this, I'm pretty grossed out about it all!!

Long Live the Legion and other folks that make a positive difference in the world!!

All the best!!

Oh, yeah! *That's* why there's an Agent Bek smiley!

Agent Bek! Which reminded me of Marij'n Bek from L.E.G.I.O.N., a fat woman made slim by the Emerald Eye, like Cera Kesh in Legionnaires. So Sarya of Venegar was originally a little chunky perhaps?