Embarrassing Fat Bodies - Ch4

AndyT · 28 Jun 2011 at 13:02

Did anyone watch this?

My! What a treat! Thanks to this programme I was able to experience my first sight of some middle-aged guy's crusty gruds and nether regions underneath his vast rolls of flab whilst I was having a late night Chinese takeway...

I should have learned my lesson previously when viewers were treated to a full-on spread of some unfortunate, portly, unkempt young ladie's piles.

They didn't tell any of the patients "you know this wouldn't have happened to you if you'd eaten less and run more".

I could never have been a doctor.

Steve_bullockuk · 28 Jun 2011 at 13:09

Watched it in amazement. I do feel for these people but they really do not help themselves. There is a girl at my work who must be over 20 stone and she often tells me she has a condition whereby she "puts on weight easily and finds it difficult to loose it".

err...wuuut?

fruman23 · 28 Jun 2011 at 13:11

Steve_bullockuk said:
Watched it in amazement. I do feel for these people but they really do not help themselves. There is a girl at my work who must be over 20 stone and she often tells me she has a condition whereby she "puts on weight easily and finds it difficult to loose it".

err...wuuut?

Surely walking to mcdonalds instead of taking the drive thru is step 1?

AndyT · 28 Jun 2011 at 13:11

Steve -did you used to go to Shef Uni?

Morgoth · 28 Jun 2011 at 13:11

I couldn't help but facepalm at the woman that got a gastric band and then piled on weight from drinking high calorie beverages.

Davepen · 28 Jun 2011 at 13:13

lol errr
STOP EATING!

Yeah this program is gross, I got a full on view on a vaginal prolapse the other day, and it was barely even 9pm :S

I don't know how people can agree to have their face's shown on TV.

Do you think the family gather round the TV to see their beloved on Embarrassing Bodies with a nasty case of piles? :S

WillyNelson · 28 Jun 2011 at 13:21

Steve_bullockuk said:
There is a girl at my work who must be over 20 stone and she often tells me she has a condition whereby she "puts on weight easily and finds it difficult to loose it".

err...wuuut?

Yes, it's called being greedy.

I was getting my Friday morning fry up in the canteen and the guy next to me was asking if the hash browns were deep fried. His reason, he's on diet pills and he can't have anything high fat, said without irony while holding a plate containing two sausages and two pieces of fatty bacon.

Here's an idea Tubby. See over there to your right where there's a selection of cereals, or to your left where there's a toaster, wholemeal bread and low fat spread? Have some of that instead of a fry up you moron!

Basher · 28 Jun 2011 at 13:22

Steve_bullockuk said:
Watched it in amazement. I do feel for these people but they really do not help themselves. There is a girl at my work who must be over 20 stone and she often tells me she has a condition whereby she "puts on weight easily and finds it difficult to loose it".

err...wuuut?

Yeah, it's called gluttony.

dunker · 28 Jun 2011 at 13:24

flicked over to this briefly while munching on some chicken tikka bites, to see that mans overly crusty overhang and quickly changed channels. awful show

Liquid_Entity · 28 Jun 2011 at 13:26

mega fat people should be put on a barge and floated out to sea, see how long they survive without chips, burgers, nuggets, coke and cake

Nitefly · 28 Jun 2011 at 13:26

I hate this type of programme on Channel 4 - this gives me a great opportunity to rant at them again:

"We bring you this new insightful documentary to show you the challenges that obese individuals face in modern society"

In reality:

"lol look at the fat people lol trash tv"

I wouldn't mind if they didn't try to dress everything up as intelligent.

fruman23 · 28 Jun 2011 at 13:28

Liquid_Entity said:
mega fat people should be put on a barge and floated out to sea, see how long they survive without chips, burgers, nuggets, coke and cake

Or do a david blaine and stick them in a box for 40 days or however long it was.

Liquid_Entity · 28 Jun 2011 at 13:31

fruman23 said:
Or do a david blaine and stick them in a box for 40 days or however long it was.

I was actually hoping the barge would just sink. No need to wait for the inevitable.

AndyT · 28 Jun 2011 at 13:31

I think they get their treatment paid for privately which is why they humiliate themselves and their families.

"Alright Dave, saw (all of the outside and some of the inside of) your mrs on telly last night. Phwoarrrr, you're a lucky boy aren't ya"

Having mentioned the rotting bloaters there was a not-bad looking girl on there once who ended up having some 'bits and pieces' chopped off. Still way beyond the kind of thing you might consider locking the door and drawing the curtains for though...

Morgoth · 28 Jun 2011 at 13:48

I especially liked the family that went through all the tests to rule out metabolic rate, hormone imbalance etc... as excuses for being obese. The look on their face was priceless, as if they couldn't possibly conceive the idea that they were fat purely because they overindulged with food and were lazy.

cork-spotters · 28 Jun 2011 at 13:55

Saw it, quite disturbing.

But you must realise that once you let yourself go, it's incredibly easy to pile on the pounds. Loosing weight is a lot harder than you might think, just ask the determined people in the 2011 Weight Loss thread.

Liquid_Entity · 28 Jun 2011 at 13:57

I agree on that. I lost a stone before my trip away ans that took 3 months but not really really trying. When I came back from trip within 1 month put it all back on. However I still kept up my running, gym and tennis/squash etc.

DBT85 · 28 Jun 2011 at 13:59

While I've not seen the problem I've seen similar. While it's easy to sit and say "we'll just do this or just do that" its not really until you have a personal experience of either being heavily overweight or living with someone who is that you understand how difficult it can be. Frankly its an emotional mental rollercoaster for not only the fat person but the family trying to help also.

Hatter The Mad · 28 Jun 2011 at 14:01

cork-spotters said:
Loosing weight is a lot harder than you might think, just ask the determined people in the 2011 Weight Loss thread.

Only because eating is more pleasurable and more efficient in displacing your weight than exercise is. It shouldn't be that hard though - it depends how fast you want to go. Just make sure calories in < calories out. With diet and exercise that's pretty easy.

To be honest I am amazed people can get through substantially more than their metabolic calorie rate (BMR?) day in, day out to become obese.

paulh · 28 Jun 2011 at 14:03

cork-spotters said:
Saw it, quite disturbing.

But you must realise that once you let yourself go, it's incredibly easy to pile on the pounds. Loosing weight is a lot harder than you might think, just ask the determined people in the 2011 Weight Loss thread.

Dont let yourself go then! I quite smoking last year and went from 13 to 15 stone! Thought **** I'm a getting fat. Back down to 14 now and still going strong.

You know what I did.... EAT LESS! Simple!