I've never seen a morbidly obese elderly person

I've learned that the stunning women are damaged goods. I don't date them anymore.

Give me a regular looking woman any day. They're much more likely to be a great person on the inside. They'll treat you right. It's way more important to be treated right.

Men are blinded by beauty and it makes their lives more miserable.

I've seen many.

Aside from diabetes and other issues that force weight loss, many elderly have poor digestion that robs the pleasure of eating.

Sadly, some lose the ability to swallow without major effort, choking, or aspirating. It's a big cause of pneumonia among elderly.

my cousin is a caretaker.
She takes care of a 74 year old lady, 5'4, around 300 pounds at least. She is severely obese, goes on cruises every year,fairly wealthy.

In fact, we thought she wasn't going to make it after the covid shots, but damn, she is alive and kicking like nothing happened.

She has two fridges and her freezers are full of ice cream. No freaking joke. She can walk but uses one of those electric carts whenever she goes out. My cousin's job is to load that thing on the hitch of her car and take her to doctor appointments and such.

Had a great, great uncle who was alive when I was little boy. He died at 97, just shy of his 98th birthday. He was 6'9" 325. He smoked, drank. Got remarried at 58 to a 31 year old waitress, quite the scandal in his day. his 56 year old, 120# wife died of cancer.

He had six kids with two wives. Five with wife one, one with wife two. I loved him dearly. He was a combat engineer in WWI. He was cool as hell. He wasn't a front line guy because of his height, but he also served in WW2 in the Reserves.

In early 1900s, he and his brothers, one a short fat bastard that lived to 84, shot out the electric street lamps in Eufaulua, Oklahoma because their cousin lost his job lighting the old gas lamps. I used to have the newspaper article. It was freaking hilarious! They all did their 30 days and a couple of them found their calling as electricians because they had to repair the lamps!

Crazy as hell, but true.

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It's mostly leftists who push the "big is beautiful" baloney.

Leftists make up their own "reality" as they go through life. That's why King Solomon said that those whose heart inclines to the left, are fools.

Leftists like to piss on your head, and tell you "it's raining".

The sin of gluttony is rampant in western, American culture.

72% of Americans are overweight. 80% of covid hospitalizations are overweight. Do you see the spike? Overweight people, this disease is coming for you. That and minorities. Those statistics are pretty messed up as well and I challenge you to take a peek at what the New York Times had to say concerning race and covid. From memory, I believe if you are white, you have a 1 in 16000 chance of dying from covid. If you are black in this country, you die at a rate of 1 in 500.

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I'm down 25 lbs in the last two months. I want to lose another 25-30. Already feel a shit ton better.

Amazingly simple, you just have to set your mind to it:

Cut out:

Potatoes
Rice
Sugar
Pasta
Breads

Eat less.

Exercise.

I used to be SUPER skinny. Tiny waist. I ate whatever I wanted. Had kids, got my weight back without effort. I had no idea what it was like to diet.

And then...

The year I turned 50, it happened. I couldn't fit into the same clothes. I dieted and found out, DAMN, it's hard to do. I can't eat just anything any more.

So I'm not obese, but I am overweight...and I have no clue how to get back to where I was. I tried all the fad diets. I tried intermittent fasting. My body just got used to the schedule and I still wanted to overeat.

I'm always hungry.

Good for you!

Diet and portion control are the key, tonight on the menu for us is smoked catfish tacos with homemade cilantro coleslaw dressing.

I'll be right over.

Are those people overweight because they are depressed or depressed because they are overweight?

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Love that story

Super skinny or overweight: both are not good for longevity.

OT

But, I believe China was tweaking this virus to thin out the African continent. They want the farmland, oil and minerals, but need the Sub Saharan population thinned down to just the workers they need.

After all, who would be suspicious of another nasty pathogen emerging from the Sub Sahara?

It just escaped before they were finished baking the cake.

IMO

To be honest, many of you Americans are frankly creepy...

That isn't funny at all you monster. Hopefully your kid is more mature (than you) now.
t: Skinny man

I have a relative that just turned 64. Obese. Health issues hitting them hard. I do not expect them to be around in the future. Sad. Hurts my heart. After going over and listening to the diagnosis from the doctors this relatives shoves a donut in their mouth. Meh. Some people don't want to live.

Yea yeah we also saw Austin Powers

I'm having beer and peanuts for dinner.

:beer:

What push for big is beautiful are you talking about, OP?

In your American society it's typically black people who think big is beautiful. I have never seen a white obese person be convinced she is beautiful, or actually encourage it in others.

There's a school of thought -- held by some MD's -- that morbidity is more related to being overweight PLUS being sedentary.

BTW, Marlon Brando, who was purportedly well over 300 lbs at death, lived to be 80.

so what is your poison OP? Or are you so virtuous your shit don't stink?

That man was gorgeous in his youth. Was shocked the first time I saw a pic of young Marlon Brando. All I knew was the fat old man from The Godfather.

It's impossible for a morbidly obese person to live beyond 60 ish. That's with a lot of luck.

Looking at that pic, I see severe osteoporosis of the spine. That is why his chin is smushed toward his chest.

That is why his abdomen looks rounded - a curved and shorter spine in back. May be fat or water weight under the clothes.
Especially in the hip area, common with men on androgen blockers for prostate cancer.

his wrists look small in the cuffs.
Fingers look like the skin is a bit tight, may be some swelling in them.

I think the fear of death is keeping this monster alive.

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That p.o.s gets the best healthcare in the world! The world will be a better place when he stops breathing!