Funny: The Plus Side to Being Plus Sized?

shawnakatiebohn
shawnakatiebohn Posts: 7
in Motivation and Support
Believe it or not, there ARE advantages to being fat. For one, we fat people are harder to kidnap. Seriously. I'm no wispy 90-pound victim so if you wanna snatch me off the street and put me in the trunk of your car, you'd better bring help. And probably a sandwich.

And two, the bigger we are, the more calories we burn during exercise. This is actually true. A 300-pound person burns an average of 247 calories in thirty minutes of walking, while a 150-pound person burns just over a hundred calories doing the exact same thing (according to my extensive, painstaking research, which consisted of googling "how many calories does walking burn?".)

I guess the moral of the story is that there's a silver lining to almost any cloud. Keep your sense of humor -- it's your sexiest asset and it doesn't weigh a thing! :laugh:

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  • NS81
    NS81 Posts: 192 Member
    Don't forget the ease of clothes shopping... you know, since there's only 5 things to choose from in most stores... :wink:
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    Don't forget the ease of clothes shopping... you know, since there's only 5 things to choose from in most stores... :wink:

    Actually agree with this...I didn't mind clothes shopping when I wore plus sizes, honestly, I always found lots of nice clothes in plenty of styles. BUT...thrift/secondhand and clearance racks at stores like TJ Maxx were so easy when the plus section was maybe 3-6 feet of rack space. I could walk into a store and examine every plus size sale item in a few minutes. Now I have to visit a half dozen or more racks, in misses and juniors, and the sheer quantity of clothes to look at is overwhelming. Not that I truly mind...but it's definitely more time-consuming!!!
  • twinkles2121
    twinkles2121 Posts: 137 Member
    Believe it or not, there ARE advantages to being fat. For one, we fat people are harder to kidnap. Seriously. I'm no wispy 90-pound victim so if you wanna snatch me off the street and put me in the trunk of your car, you'd better bring help. And probably a sandwich.

    I seriously lol'd at this. :laugh:

    Sleeping on my side was so much more comfortable. (Boney knees. :frown: )
  • shawnakatiebohn
    shawnakatiebohn Posts: 7
    True dat. My clothes-shopping heirarchy is:

    1) Does it come in my size?
    2) Can I afford it?
    3) Do I actually like it?

    My Co-habitational Spousal Equivalent is always nagging at me because I don't try clothes on before I buy them. I keep telling him that if I actually tried stuff on and looked in the mirror, I'd NEVER BUY ANYTHING, lol!
  • shawnakatiebohn
    shawnakatiebohn Posts: 7
    Oh, and another advantage to being fat? While skinny people cry and gnash their teeth because they've gained ten pounds, I figure that for me ten pounds is just another coat of paint. No biggie.

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