My vent!!

jasonfndr
jasonfndr Posts: 39
in Health and Weight Loss
I dunno what it is but I just can't stand to hear/read the word "Fat". I have never used that word nor anyone in my family does. I will not allow it. I think that word is so degrading, humiliating and just wrong to say. Many other words could be used in place. Obese, large, big & to much of someone, etc. Am I the only one that has this problem?
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  • wftiger
    wftiger Posts: 1,283 Member
    I guess I would rather be called fat then obese. Fat is thrown around so much that it has lost a lot of its meaning where obese you really have to be seriously overweight before you are called that. Maybe it just too many years of seeing the "morbidly" in front of obese on my medical charts.
  • WandaJean1564
    WandaJean1564 Posts: 93 Member
    only call myself Fat...others say I am overweight...Fat does not bother me...if the truth fits..wear it:bigsmile:
  • Natx83
    Natx83 Posts: 1,298 Member
    Yes.

    Its a real word.

    Maybe you should just start a politically correct nation and all the nancy state loving people can go and enjoy life together.
  • Silverkittycat
    Silverkittycat Posts: 1,997 Member
    Yes.

    Its a real word.

    Maybe you should just start a politically correct nation and all the nancy state loving people can go and enjoy life together.

    You won't allow it?
  • graelwyn
    graelwyn Posts: 1,340 Member
    It is just a word, made up of letters. Yet these words seem to have so much power. Think of yourself whichever way you wish to.
  • albayin
    albayin Posts: 2,524 Member
    I can't stand lots of words...well fat is not one of them...
    But I make sure not to use these words infront of someone that could be just a tad overweight...and I never use it to any woman. LOL
  • airangel59
    airangel59 Posts: 1,887 Member
    only call myself Fat...others say I am overweight...Fat does not bother me...if the truth fits..wear it:bigsmile:

    If the truth fits...lose it :)


    I don't particularly like the word 'fat' but prefer it to being called obese, or worse yet, morbidly obese. I'm just very short for my weight, sigh. One day at a time...One pound at a time
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    It's not a problem for me because the other words just translate to the same thing when I hear them in my head. Heck, eventually society attaches the same connotations to the new word and we come up with something else to replace the replacements. Soon we'll be "fit-challenged" or something.

    I say call it what it is and actually fix the problem, not the word. IMO, anyway.
  • DrewMaxwell
    DrewMaxwell Posts: 269 Member
    Yes.

    Its a real word.

    Maybe you should just start a politically correct nation and all the nancy state loving people can go and enjoy life together.

    ^^^^ THIS! - Bravo !!!
  • smilingalltheway
    smilingalltheway Posts: 216 Member
    I'm ok with fat I have problems with BIG. When I was in my early 20's I was 5'9'' and weighed 145 thin but still curvy and I was called BIG instead of tall ..just me nothing wrong with either word just how we react to them.


    I still hate to be called BIG
  • lyttlewon
    lyttlewon Posts: 1,118 Member
    I don't have a problem with it. No one has called me fat other than myself though.
  • fabafter5
    fabafter5 Posts: 200 Member
    The word Fat doesn't get to me one bit. It is what it is right?

    Now if we were talking about the word CONVERSATE then I would agree with you! Is conversate really a word or did someone just make it up? All I know is people often say conversate when they actually should be saying converse.
  • ronda_gettinghealthy
    ronda_gettinghealthy Posts: 777 Member
    I dont have a problem with the word "fat" I do have a problem with fatty however... one is a statement ---one is deragatory
  • builtforlife
    builtforlife Posts: 259
    I call myself a fatass all the time.
  • caraiselite
    caraiselite Posts: 2,631 Member
    i'm not one to candy coat.
    if you're fat, that's what you are.
  • ChelseaM18
    ChelseaM18 Posts: 303
    only call myself Fat...others say I am overweight...Fat does not bother me...if the truth fits..wear it:bigsmile:

    I like this, I don't really like the word fat either, it has so many negative effects of all types of people, but I think nowadays it's become taboo and people who are labelled 'fat' hide behind the term ' clinically overweight' etc as it can be looked at somewhat as a condition, but when it comes to reality that person has too much fat. I wish it 'fat' didn't have such a negative feeling towards it.
  • lil_pulp
    lil_pulp Posts: 701 Member
    The word Fat doesn't get to me one bit. It is what it is right?

    Now if we were talking about the word CONVERSATE then I would agree with you! Is conversate really a word or did someone just make it up? All I know is people often say conversate when they actually should be saying converse.
    I always thought that "conversate" was coined by some reality TV kids in a hot tub.
  • Brenda_Pancakes
    Brenda_Pancakes Posts: 288 Member
    Fat. Doesn't bother me so much. Unless its directed at ME. Then - I have a problem.

    But you know what word really grosses me out? Erogenous. It sounds old; and dirty.
  • Brenda_Pancakes
    Brenda_Pancakes Posts: 288 Member
    i'm not one to candy coat.
    if you're fat, that's what you are.

    Damn. When yer right; yer right.

    I tend to reserve it in my vocabulary - but she's got a point.
  • lyttlewon
    lyttlewon Posts: 1,118 Member
    The word Fat doesn't get to me one bit. It is what it is right?

    Now if we were talking about the word CONVERSATE then I would agree with you! Is conversate really a word or did someone just make it up? All I know is people often say conversate when they actually should be saying converse.

    It is nonstandard. Basically like using slang. It would be considered a word in common usage, but not proper speech.
  • jodycoady
    jodycoady Posts: 598 Member
    My stomach is fat....but I don't think the rest of me is fat at all....I mean its flobby and jiggly -- .that's fat....but as a whole I would definitely NOT say I'm fat.....and people who say to me THEY are fat, I think they are beautiful :smooched:

    Some people's fat is another persons:
    "Thick"
    "Chunky"
    "Curvy"
  • sherry9300
    sherry9300 Posts: 149 Member
    Of all the ugly words out there, I have never considered "fat" to be one of them. I certainly don't think obese is a better choice.
  • ccguillory
    ccguillory Posts: 30 Member
    I understand.. some words are triggers for us.. and if someone says it empower yourself by telling them that to you saying that to others is unacceptable.

    If you can't right now, then you will when you are strong enough.

    I have trigger words/pictures/ people whatever. :)

    we are all supportive!
  • BrianSharpe
    BrianSharpe Posts: 9,248 Member
    Fat is not an offensive word to me unless used in a pejorative context.

    I am fat, I need to lose fat, when I run I burn calories from fat. It's just a word and, in the correct context, a statement of fact.
  • suziecue66
    suziecue66 Posts: 1,312 Member
    You're a bloody fat prick - that's offensive.
    You're fat and need to lose some pounds not offensive.
  • airbent
    airbent Posts: 150 Member
    Fat isn't a bad word. What's bad is the associations that go along with the word 'fat' in some peoples' minds -- dirty, lazy, sloppy, ugly, unhealthy -- that go unspoken.

    That's other peoples' problem, not yours/ours. They don't know you. Fat is just a body size, just a fact and it doesn't mean anything on its own.
  • Athijade
    Athijade Posts: 3,300 Member
    I am fat. You see this jiggly stuff on my body? That is fat. It is not muscle, bone, or connective tissue. It is fat.

    I am trying not to be fat... but it is what it is.

    Words by themselves mean nothing. You put the meaning behind them.

    And I am sick and tired of all the political correctness. Just call things what they are.
  • half_moon
    half_moon Posts: 807 Member
    I hate the word fat. I makes me feel gross and squirmy. I think it should only be used as it's single form: a pound of fat. A pound of fat gone, etc. I don't think people should call themselves fat, because that doesn't describe the person. It's like calling a toned person a muscle. Nobody does that. You are an overweight person with extra pounds OF fat. In the end, everybody is a "PERSON", not a fat.

    Just a preference.
  • fatmom51
    fatmom51 Posts: 173 Member
    I generally describe myself as "too heavy" because even though I have more than 100 pounds to lose (or just under, now), much of my weight is in my butt/thighs/hips.

    My 16-year-old daughter (who's generally not a diplomat by any stretch of the word) says, "You're not fat, you're plump. Like one of those fairy tale grandmothers."
  • Jflowwers
    Jflowwers Posts: 137 Member
    I hate the word fat. I makes me feel gross and squirmy. I think it should only be used as it's single form: a pound of fat. A pound of fat gone, etc. I don't think people should call themselves fat, because that doesn't describe the person. It's like calling a toned person a muscle. Nobody does that. You are an overweight person with extra pounds OF fat. In the end, everybody is a "PERSON", not a fat.

    Just a preference.

    I totally agree!

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