body shaming gone too far? (***warning*** Daily Fail Story ***warning***)

ChroniC said:
I don't think that it's the extreme ends of the scale that are annoyed.
For instance my misses works out, she's healthy but by no means does she look like that. (I wish) :), however the advert is implying she isn't ready for the beach and should try harder.
Bit harsh don't you think??
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Not really, because end of the day it's a sodding marketing bill board. There's loads that go up that are a bunch of dribble, but people don't start attacking them or making a deal of it. They could have quite easily gone more over the top and used a women with a full blown 6 pack, quads, arms shoulders etc, but they've used what looks like a totally respectable model with a body that I wouldn't say is actually too difficult to achieve should you wish to. There's been loads of adverts like this in the past as well that have gone up, but never been under fire like this one has and at the end of the day all it is is marketing. The protein company will actually be loving the fact that this thing has gone viral and No dig at your GF, but if she wanted a body like that, then she could probably achieve it if she wanted to.
 
cheesyboy said:
Perhaps I could go to the gym 3 days a week, but it's a tough sacrifice when those 6 hours are the only free time you have all week. And I'm a 15+ minute drive from the nearest gym.
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You don't need to go to a gym to exercise. You can run on the steet, buy a machine for home, get a set of dumbbells, loads of options. You don't even need to do a long work out. You will be surprised what 15 minutes a day can even do for your health benefits and also the fact that it can make you feel better.

I know a single Dad who had pretty much the same schedule as you do, except due to his wife passing away he had 3 kids to look after all by himself. He still found a way to exercise by buying himself a weighted vest, ankle weights and wore them while doing all the stuff he needed for his kids. In the free time he had he did 15-20 minutes exercise with dumbbells and he was in very good shape.

As people have already stated it's always the mind set you are in. If you want to lose weight or look better etc, then you can always find at least some free time to do so and yes you can decide what food goes in your mouth. If you are happy how you are then that is fine too. I've no issues with people stuffing their faces, going down the pub, or just relaxing around etc. My issue is the ones who say they don't have the time or always find some excuse to not do so.
 
dowie said:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-chubsters-complaining-bikini-clad-model.html

I don't have an issue with plus size models or people being happy in the way that they look even if they have let themselves go a little bit - but I really don't get why it is popular for some to get all worked up to the point where they want to ban an advert aimed at people who might want to work out and get into shape.

Fat acceptance shouldn't mean that skinny people are taboo or that the govt shouldn't still warn of the dangers of obesity or that, in this case, a protein company can't still promote products designed to supplement the diets of people who are working towards certain body/fitness related goals. If people are comfortable being fat then go be fat but don't make it taboo to be healthy and skinny or try to normalise, for example, obesity in women with terms like 'real women'.
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Who cares. Fatties trying hard to overcome their insecurities by 'tweeting' drivel. All the while 90% of them would give their two front teeth to look like that for a week.

All be forgotten in a week and they'll be on to a new crusade and the signing of worthless petitions nobody ever reads.
 
Craterloads said:
Fair enough but the broader argument in general what we are shown in magazines / advertisements usually are not representative of reality and sets an unrealistic bar for people.
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So we all know that. Why hate on those that can and want to attain it? Not their fault if fatties have no willpower.
 
Holliday said:
In my opinion it just boils down to women wanting to feel sexually attractive, after all women are the ones who are taught to be sought after and chased. This combined with the entitlement that modern feminism (tumblrism) seems to instil in these social warriors leads to these kind of overblown reactions.

Since when has the term 'Beach Body' meant anything but an aesthetically pleasing look?

You swap the image with a toned dude and no one would bat an eye-lid, apart from the majority of those women claiming the original version is terrible, I'm sure they wouldn't object to seeing such adverts then.

Simply put, guys are encouraged to aspire to be stronger, to see a toned athlete and told with enough effort you could be like that, to feel empowered by the possibility of being in such good shape.

Nowadays, when women see a strong athletic female they're encouraged to complain how it's unrealistic and doesn't represent the 'real' woman. To sit behind their keyboards and feel a sense of comfort that a niche group sympathise with their ideals. Vowing to fight and complain until the 'unrealistic' body standard society has idolised and lusted after has been destroyed... and been replaced by their own.

And just remember, just because we're big ladies doesn't mean we don't deserve hot hunky men! But... but not fat guys, they're gross.
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I remember seeing a lot of that when I used to online date. Gorillas that look like they've been repeatedly smacked in the face with a softball bat and then blown up to 32st.

'Don't contact me unless you have the style of (that guy from Mad Men), of Christian Grey, face of Brad Pitt and your own house and money. I deserve only the best'.

Sadly with all the desperate creatures slinking around on those sites, they'll get far more attention than they deserve.
 
I'm not fat (could definitely shift one or two pounds at the moment though :D) but it always amuses me (and helps identify imbeciles) when people use the term "fatties", like they've never managed to progress from the school playground.
 
As much as I have Katie Hopkins, I actually agree with her here, as someone who up until October last year was very much over weight (114kg at my heaviest) I decided enough was enough, in the past 6 months I have lost 21kg and gone from barely squatting 60kg to squatting 110kg and deadlifting nearly 140kg.

I can see the difference already and if things continue as they are I will have that "beach body" I have always wanted. I fixed my diet and starting working out. If I had known it was that easy I would have done it years ago.
 
regulus said:
So we all know that. Why hate on those that can and want to attain it? Not their fault if fatties have no willpower.
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Why not? Should the hate only be on one side? People hate on the rich, the poor, the fat, the skinny, the immigrants, smokers etc. it is truly pathetic. If people can only make themselves happy with what they are by hating on a certain group of people, it's a sad state of affairs.

Talk of you can have it too if you make sacrifices, what if someone thinks life is too short and doesn't want to make sacrifices and wants to live life how they want to? If someone wants to smoke, eat etc. themselves to death, if it makes them happy then so be it. Yes it might cost us all more money but so do poor people.
 
Mr Joshua said:
I'm not fat (could definitely shift one or two pounds at the moment though :D) but it always amuses me (and helps identify imbeciles) when people use the term "fatties", like they've never managed to progress from the school playground.
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Are you sure it's just a few pounds? It does sound childish but it's the best way to describe a group of people that have a hissy fit when they see somebody who is in shape.
 
I wish the media would stop giving her air time. Shell will make more and more stupid statements. She is an ugly bint, maybe she should have a face lift or a photo shopped profile pic so we don't have to see her ugly mug every time the media reports on the crap that comes out her mouth.
 
Even when I used to work 10hr days and commuted 3hrs a day, I still made it to the gym or did some exercise (played rugby). So if it is important to you you will do something about it.

Problem is not everyone can be bothered to make the sacrifice.
 
Freefaller said:
Even when I used to work 10hr days and commuted 3hrs a day, I still made it to the gym or did some exercise (played rugby). So if it is important to you you will do something about it.

Problem is not everyone can be bothered to make the sacrifice.
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This is what I was trying to say to my parents who said that they don't have the time, despite sitting on the sofa for 3 hours a day watching T.V. I work good hours and have a practically zero commute but if that was to change I would gladly sacrifice an hour into my gaming time as I really enjoy working out.
 
Lima said:
I can't stand things like this. There is is absolutely nothing wrong with the advert. The model on it is fit and healthy and apparently this is the wrong thing to promote in the eyes of the jealous lazy fat women that are deeper in denial than they are in cake about how unhealthy and fat they are. I guarantee 99% of the people who signed the petition are above a healthy body fat percentage but think they are what a proper woman is because they have curves, lots and lots of curves.....
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Cannot agree with this post more +10000

Fat Shaming needs to happen to stop people thinking having an unhealthy body is ok
 
45k people need to eat a salad instead of a Ginsters.



Handy list actually, you can take one look at the petition and mark 45 thousand women off your list in one go.

It's one thing being a porker, it's another entirely trying to drag others down because they have the self control you don't.


I believe the term is "losers" although that is a bit of an oxymoron in this case.
 
What really annoys me about this is that 200+ people have complained to Ofcom because the advert portrays an 'unhealthy body image'. That is complete and utter drivel, there is nothing unhealthy about the way that model looks. If anything, it's a very healthy body image, and suggesting it's unhealthy is just plain daft.

I don't have a problem with people being overweight so long as they a) recognise that they are overweight, b) don't complain about being fat while being unwilling to do anything about it, and c) accept that they may face health complications later in life as a result of their lifestyle.
 
nicktay2605 said:
What really annoys me about this is that 200+ people have complained to Ofcom because the advert portrays an 'unhealthy body image'.
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well yeah, it is quite the opposite of an unhealthy body image

on the other hand there was a lingerie advert deliberately using plus size models in order to target this market of militant 'real' women... they're the ones promoting unhealthy body images
 
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