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dax · 08-04-2009, 06:23 PM

Would you rather be overweight or underweight? I won't specify how much overweight or underweight, but just in general, which would you prefer?

bowlingpins · 08-04-2009, 06:27 PM

Underweight, I already am (slightly so) and it doesn't bother me much.

Just Lurking · 08-04-2009, 06:39 PM

I'd rather be underweight. It doesn't seem to have as much of a stigma (by far) as overweightness does.

Phibes · 08-04-2009, 06:50 PM

UNDERWEIGHT BTW, Skinny girls are delicious.

MavenMI6Agent009 · 08-04-2009, 06:51 PM

overweight, but not obese.

Duke of Prunes · 08-04-2009, 07:08 PM

Underweight, like I am now. It'd be easier for me to put weight on (if I tried) than it would be to lose weight, given how lazy I am. And I look normal with clothes on, if a little on the skinny side, whereas if I was overweight it'd be impossible to hide it.

huh · 08-04-2009, 07:18 PM

I'd rather be underweight. I felt really self-conscious and uncomfortable when
I was overweight.

Cerberus · 08-04-2009, 07:52 PM

In order to be underweight I'd have to weigh 128 lbs at most, and in order to be overweight I'd have to weigh at least 174 lbs. This is according to the BMI, anyway.

This is a tough one. I'd be really self-conscious if I was underweight, but being overweight does not feel good and going to the pool would be out of the question. Therefore, I'd be highly self-conscious either way.

However, seeing that I'm American, I would fit in better being overweight than being underweight, soooooooooo . . . . nooo I can't do it. I choose underweight. I'd rather have to gain weight than lose weight.

Sabreth · 08-04-2009, 08:20 PM

Overweight. Been made fun of throughout my entire life for being skinny.

I suppose I am not technically underweight, but I often feel like I am. It is damn near impossible for me to gain any weight at all (no matter how much I eat/workout).

If I was overweight I'd work my *** off and turn that fat into muscle

millenniumman75 · 08-04-2009, 09:20 PM

Underweight - being overweight is hard on the body.

Zeddicus · 08-04-2009, 11:19 PM

friggin' mouse. I meant to click underweight.

Phibes · 08-04-2009, 11:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sabreth

Overweight. Been made fun of throughout my entire life for being skinny.

I suppose I am not technically underweight, but I often feel like I am. It is damn near impossible for me to gain any weight at all (no matter how much I eat/workout).

If I was overweight I'd work my *** off and turn that fat into muscle

It's interesting because we want the opposite of what we are. Like, you'd probably love to be my size and I'd love to be skinny like you.

It's weird like that.
We aren't satisfied with what we look like.

STKinTHEmud · 08-05-2009, 12:17 AM

I think both underweight guys and overweight guys are equally unattractive to women, and both will be ridiculed, but underweight guys tend to have fewer health issues and more energy. I was really underweight at one point, but I changed that.

nubly · 08-05-2009, 06:45 AM

underweight. society doesnt like overweight people

PolarBear · 08-05-2009, 07:47 AM

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Originally Posted by millenniumman75

Underweight - being overweight is hard on the body.

Being underweight can be just as hard, but in a different way. It all depends by how much.

Personally, I'd love to be underweight. I have been overweight my entire life and have always struggled with it. I'd really like to know how it would feel to be 100 pounds lighter.

Hank Scorpio · 08-05-2009, 04:29 PM

Overweight guys are still seen as masculine, not as Hank Hill says "twig boys".

UltraShy · 08-05-2009, 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by nubly

society doesn't like overweight people

That's changing. Being overweight is now seen as average, since it literally is average in a nation where 40% of adults are either overweight or obese.

And I seem to recall statistics from one state where a whopping 44% of the kids were obese (I emphasize that since I don't mean merely overweight, but a BMI of 30+). How the hell do they decide on the playground who the fat one is so they can tease them?

I was picked on endlessly at as the fat kid, but back decades ago being fat actually made you stand out from the crowd; now most of the crowd is fat and me from 1985 would be nothing out of the ordinary on a 2009 playground.

STKinTHEmud · 08-06-2009, 12:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sabreth

If I was overweight I'd work my *** off and turn that fat into muscle

From what I understand, that's not quite how it works. Fat doesn't turn into muscle when you work out. Instead, it's always a at least two step process. If you're overweight, you work on cutting the fat while building a little muscle, then work on bulking up to build muscle while gaining a little fat, then cut the remaining fat (and end up losing a bit of muscle). If you're underweight, you have to bulk up to build muscle while gaining fat, then cut the fat (and end up losing a bit of muscle). Both overweight and underweight people have to take time to do it depending on how overweight or underweight they are.

Toad Licker · 08-06-2009, 12:24 AM

Underweight, but not a lot under.

sacred · 08-06-2009, 12:45 AM

ive met too many jealous no character overweight and underweight men to give a ****. im light heavyweight in size and in good shape and always will be. yay me.

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08-04-2009, 06:23 PM	#1 (permalink)
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08-04-2009, 06:39 PM	#3 (permalink)
Just Lurking Status: Student.. Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Ontario, Canada Gender: Male Posts: 2,852	I'd rather be underweight. It doesn't seem to have as much of a stigma (by far) as overweightness does. __________________ "The psychiatrist says, 'I think you're crazy.' The man says, 'I want a second opinion.' The psychiatrist says, 'Okay, you're ugly, too!'" ~Henny Youngman

08-04-2009, 06:51 PM	#5 (permalink)
MavenMI6Agent009 Status: Cook Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: EL Crapo, Tx Gender: Male Posts: 13,652	overweight, but not obese. __________________ "The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares." (Henri Nouwen) -------------------------------------------------------

08-04-2009, 07:18 PM	#7 (permalink)
huh Status: Statistical Anomaly Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: WI Gender: Male Age: 24 Posts: 1,037	I'd rather be underweight. I felt really self-conscious and uncomfortable when I was overweight. __________________ "It takes two to lie. One to lie and one to listen."

08-04-2009, 06:27 PM	#2 (permalink)
bowlingpins Status: Temporarily Banned Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 557	Underweight, I already am (slightly so) and it doesn't bother me much.

08-04-2009, 06:50 PM	#4 (permalink)
Phibes Status: blessed with lucky sevens Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Brisbane, Australia. Gender: Male Age: 21 Posts: 640	UNDERWEIGHT BTW, Skinny girls are delicious.

08-04-2009, 07:08 PM	#6 (permalink)
Duke of Prunes Status: A prune isn't a vegetable Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: England Gender: Male Age: 18 Posts: 208	Underweight, like I am now. It'd be easier for me to put weight on (if I tried) than it would be to lose weight, given how lazy I am. And I look normal with clothes on, if a little on the skinny side, whereas if I was overweight it'd be impossible to hide it.

08-04-2009, 07:52 PM	#8 (permalink)
Cerberus Status: SAS Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Utah Posts: 5,721	In order to be underweight I'd have to weigh 128 lbs at most, and in order to be overweight I'd have to weigh at least 174 lbs. This is according to the BMI, anyway. This is a tough one. I'd be really self-conscious if I was underweight, but being overweight does not feel good and going to the pool would be out of the question. Therefore, I'd be highly self-conscious either way. However, seeing that I'm American, I would fit in better being overweight than being underweight, soooooooooo . . . . nooo I can't do it. I choose underweight. I'd rather have to gain weight than lose weight. __________________ "Through the valleys grey Through the shapeless land I walk alone I'm left alone Through the deepest void, a blackened paradise I walk alone, I'm left alone"

08-04-2009, 08:20 PM	#9 (permalink)
Sabreth Status: Shiny Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Michigan Gender: Male Age: 21 Posts: 257	Overweight. Been made fun of throughout my entire life for being skinny. I suppose I am not technically underweight, but I often feel like I am. It is damn near impossible for me to gain any weight at all (no matter how much I eat/workout). If I was overweight I'd work my *** off and turn that fat into muscle __________________ Rise together We rise together http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0XmsUlz2hI

08-04-2009, 09:20 PM	#10 (permalink)
millenniumman75 Status: Super Moderator Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Dayton-Cincinnati, OH Gender: Male Age: 34 Posts: 38,669	Underweight - being overweight is hard on the body. __________________ millenniumman75 You are a success story waiting to happen! Live and let live VACUUMS more than a Hoover.... Live and HELP live is better!

08-04-2009, 11:19 PM	#11 (permalink)
Zeddicus Status: ۩ Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Miami, FL Gender: Male Age: 19 Posts: 641	friggin' mouse. I meant to click underweight.

08-05-2009, 12:17 AM	#13 (permalink)
STKinTHEmud Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: CA Gender: Male Age: 27 Posts: 359	I think both underweight guys and overweight guys are equally unattractive to women, and both will be ridiculed, but underweight guys tend to have fewer health issues and more energy. I was really underweight at one point, but I changed that.

08-05-2009, 06:45 AM	#14 (permalink)
nubly Status: SAS Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: USA the greatest and best country in the world!! :) Posts: 7,065	underweight. society doesnt like overweight people __________________ www.audacityofhypocrisy.com/

08-05-2009, 04:29 PM	#16 (permalink)
Hank Scorpio Status: SAS Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Underground Posts: 333	Overweight guys are still seen as masculine, not as Hank Hill says "twig boys".

08-06-2009, 12:24 AM	#19 (permalink)
Toad Licker Status: Broken Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: A Fruitloop Daydream Gender: Male Age: 44 Posts: 29,636	Underweight, but not a lot under. __________________ All will wither, go to sleep The ones you love you may not keep All you touch will fall apart The dreams you kill will break your heart There's no mercy, there's no rest The void will scream within your chest No one knows and no one will So leave this place that makes you Ill - Madder Mortem

08-06-2009, 12:45 AM	#20 (permalink)
sacred Status: bored of sas Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 156	ive met too many jealous no character overweight and underweight men to give a ****. im light heavyweight in size and in good shape and always will be. yay me. __________________