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From: misanthropic_curmudgeon on 21 Apr 2008 17:16 On Apr 22, 1:26 am, The Master <tar...(a)nospam.sdf.lonestar.org.nospam> wrote: [snip] > 8 and 10 hours a day workouts? How is she going to maintain when > she has to go back to work? You mistakenly make the assumption that maintanience levels of excercise are the same as those required to loose the excess pork-age.
From: Tin on 21 Apr 2008 19:22 On Apr 21, 6:26 am, The Master <tar...(a)nospam.sdf.lonestar.org.nospam> wrote: > On Sat, 19 Apr 2008, jenuis wrote: > > The Biggest Loser: ‘I am a whole new woman’ > > Ali Vincent, the first female winner of the hit show, shed half her weight > > So she's half the woman she used to be.  Sorry, but she isn't woman enough > any more... > > > Said her trainer, Jillian Michaels: “She’s a dream come true for me. I just > > think she’s inspiration incarnate > > WHAT?!?!?!?!?! > > She is an INSPIRATION?  How so?  She lost weight, big deal...  That's not > inspirational. How is someone who lost a whole bunch of weight not inspriational to people who are trying to lose weight? > > > But in her 20s, she saw that she “literally got fat five pounds at a time.” > > She was prompted to do something about it when she started “not getting as > > much affection.” > > So, she based her self worth on the input of other people.  She went from > the "hot chick" to a BBW, and lost the affection of perfect strangers who > don't care about her anyhow.  That's losing weight for them, not for her.. Of course some of any person's self worth is based on what others think of them. > > What she did is the FURTHEST thing from inspirational she could have > possibly done! > > > She teamed with Michaels upon her return to the show. Michaels described > > their workouts as “beatings — eight hours a day. Sometimes 10 toward the > > end.” > > 8 and 10 hours a day workouts?  How is she going to maintain when she has > to go back to work?  8 hours working, 8 hours sleep, 8 hours working out.. > That's already 24 hours, and you still have driving to work, eating, > getting ready, etc... When you get to your goal weight, do you really think you need to maintain an 8 hour workout? Are you an idiot...or do you just play one here? > > > And Vincent was in for the long haul. > > Unless she can bend the laws of time, she's already doomed.  There is no > way she can maintain her workout schedule.  If that's ALL she wants to do > in her free time, she could probably get in 4 hours, perhaps even 5. > > If that's what the fat bashers consider "normal" or "keeping in shape", > I'd RATHER being obese.  Sorry, but that is NOT a better quality of life, > period. > > > Vincent pocketed $250,000 for her losing ways. After taking a red-eye > > flight from California to New York, one of the first things she saw was a > > copy of USA Today with a “Got Milk?” ad featuring her chiseled self. > > $250,000 prize money, endorsements?  Ok, I stand corrected.  If she plays > her cards right, she could save enough money to not have to work again. > That would free up the time for her to continue 8 hour a day workouts. > But again, 8 frickin hours a day?  Again, I'd rather be fat. Sounds like you found your perfect excuse to stay fat. > > > Vincent hopes her dramatic weight loss will put her in a better position to > > achieve her goal of becoming a platform artist for a large corporation. > > And there go her 8 hour workouts again...
From: Kenny on 22 Apr 2008 21:27
On Mon, 21 Apr 2008, misanthropic_curmudgeon <misanthropiccurmudgeon(a)breastcancermail.com> wrote: >On Apr 22, 1:26 am, The Master <tar...(a)nospam.sdf.lonestar.org.nospam> >wrote: >[snip] >> 8 and 10 hours a day workouts? How is she going to maintain when >> she has to go back to work? > >You mistakenly make the assumption that maintanience levels of >excercise are the same as those required to loose the excess pork-age. TM's not too bright. He admits to buying his shirts at Walmart and he was very proud when he posted recently of his purchase of a 3 year old Kia Rio. His former wife left him after she lost weight. To believe otherwise would contradict fat acceptance propaganda. |