a special kind of fat that won't go with dieting...

kyle4jem
kyle4jem Posts: 1,400 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Oh the weird things you hear while staying at a hotel.

I was sitting outside on the terrace on my own yesterday evening, having a drink, reading a book and minding my own business. On the adjacent table a group of work colleagues were sat chatting and relaxing after a day on a work course.

There was this one plumpish lady in her 30s was talking to one of her colleagues: "Oh, I've got this medical condition where I have a layer of adipose fat under my skin. It's not like the fat you get from food that forms around your muscles that will become muscle when you exercise. This is fat that doesn't go away with dieting, because I've tried diets and exercising and the fat doesn't shift. ..."

Her colleague responds: "You'd think nowadays that they'd have some injection that they could give you to get rid of this fat."

The lady in her 30s continues: "You know the average length of time for diagnosis of this condition is 15yrs."

Oh, how I love eavesdropping and people watching :bigsmile:
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  • stylistchik
    stylistchik Posts: 1,436 Member
    love it!
  • AKosky585
    AKosky585 Posts: 607 Member
    speechless....lol
  • twinmama1987
    twinmama1987 Posts: 566 Member
    LOL:laugh:
  • iron_jj
    iron_jj Posts: 446 Member
    If that's what she wants to believe, pathetic :laugh:
  • Killing_Perfection
    Killing_Perfection Posts: 79 Member
    "Oh, I've got this medical condition [...]"

    Me too, it's called I-love-food-and-sleep-ness. It's a horrible, horrible thing.... :sick:
  • MSimm62385
    MSimm62385 Posts: 227
    I...I can't...what is this...I don't even....HUH!?
  • randomtai
    randomtai Posts: 9,003 Member
    :laugh:
  • sho3girl
    sho3girl Posts: 10,799 Member
    :laugh:

    really an injection? where do i sign up :bigsmile:
  • Capt_Apollo
    Capt_Apollo Posts: 9,026 Member
    i love how people have convinced themselves that they are special and unique snowflakes.
  • mirandamayhem
    mirandamayhem Posts: 772
    LOL. Makes me think of Doctor Who "And the fat just walks away". The adipose look very cute in that
  • MSimm62385
    MSimm62385 Posts: 227
    i love how people have convinced themselves that they are special and unique snowflakes.

    It's the Government man! They're spraying us with chemicals and putting hormones in all our food and that's why I can't get rid of the man boobies! :grumble:
  • douglasmobbs
    douglasmobbs Posts: 563 Member
    How did you manage to keep a straight face?

    It is sad though how many people are happy, almost proud, of having a label for a condition (correct or otherwise) so it becomes a burden they are so strong for living with rather than something they should work on to better themselves.
  • KyleB65
    KyleB65 Posts: 1,196 Member
    Don't know if I should laugh or cry!
  • ChristineS_51
    ChristineS_51 Posts: 872 Member
    Snuffle snort choke :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Aw poor thing
  • AllTehBeers
    AllTehBeers Posts: 5,030 Member
    "Oh, I've got this medical condition [...]"

    Me too, it's called I-love-food-and-sleep-ness. It's a horrible, horrible thing.... :sick:

    You have that too?? They should make a cream for that or something.
  • ChristyRunStarr
    ChristyRunStarr Posts: 1,600 Member
    What...wow. An actual person said that? LOL :tongue: The things people say
  • Elen_Sia
    Elen_Sia Posts: 638 Member
    Oh the weird things you hear while staying at a hotel.

    I was sitting outside on the terrace on my own yesterday evening, having a drink, reading a book and minding my own business. On the adjacent table a group of work colleagues were sat chatting and relaxing after a day on a work course.

    There was this one plumpish lady in her 30s was talking to one of her colleagues: "Oh, I've got this medical condition where I have a layer of adipose fat under my skin. It's not like the fat you get from food that forms around your muscles that will become muscle when you exercise. This is fat that doesn't go away with dieting, because I've tried diets and exercising and the fat doesn't shift. ..."

    Her colleague responds: "You'd think nowadays that they'd have some injection that they could give you to get rid of this fat."

    The lady in her 30s continues: "You know the average length of time for diagnosis of this condition is 15yrs."

    Oh, how I love eavesdropping and people watching :bigsmile:

    ROFLMAO. :laugh:
  • sazzyp1973
    sazzyp1973 Posts: 517 Member
    that's hilarious! Thanks for sharing!
  • chivalryder
    chivalryder Posts: 4,391 Member
    If I were in that conversation, I'd be telling her straight: "Suck to be you. I guess you'll be fat the rest of your life."

    I don't like to hear BS from other people.
  • laus_8882
    laus_8882 Posts: 217 Member
    It does exist, although maybe the woman wasn't referring to Lipedema and was just trying to justify her behaviours.
  • Sepheara
    Sepheara Posts: 208 Member
    How did you manage to keep a straight face?

    It is sad though how many people are happy, almost proud, of having a label for a condition (correct or otherwise) so it becomes a burden they are so strong for living with rather than something they should work on to better themselves.
    I agree. been in a situation where I overheard two people having a sort of contest over who took more/stronger medications. as if it was some sort of game.

    Being ill doesn't make me proud. one should be proud of being healthy, but they aren't. they all want some sort of disease or another.
  • cnsmith2
    cnsmith2 Posts: 539 Member
    LOL. Makes me think of Doctor Who "And the fat just walks away". The adipose look very cute in that

    lol same!!!
  • KyleB65
    KyleB65 Posts: 1,196 Member
    So after a little checking, there is condition called "Ectopic fat disposition" (The deposits of fat in non-muscle tissue ares, usually organs like the liver & pancreas). And, part of the causes are based on genetic and race. Both of which are out side of living a healthy life style.

    I would need to research more but this lady might actually have a medical condition that she cannot control or improve with diet and exercise.

    It still seems to me though that a healthy diet that is low fat would at the very least not hurt and perhaps help mitigate?


    http://www.ajcn.org/content/91/1/1.full
  • SuperSexyDork
    SuperSexyDork Posts: 1,669 Member
    I know a girl who actually has Lipedema... Her top half is normal size but the rest of her from the waist down is completely disproportionate...

    Was she extra pear shaped? It doesn't really cause fat above the waist...
  • AllTehBeers
    AllTehBeers Posts: 5,030 Member
    How did you manage to keep a straight face?

    It is sad though how many people are happy, almost proud, of having a label for a condition (correct or otherwise) so it becomes a burden they are so strong for living with rather than something they should work on to better themselves.
    I agree. been in a situation where I overheard two people having a sort of contest over who took more/stronger medications. as if it was some sort of game.

    Being ill doesn't make me proud. one should be proud of being healthy, but they aren't. they all want some sort of disease or another.

    I think people do this type of thing for attention, so they can get a pat on the head and an "aww, how terrible for you"
  • zophiel67
    zophiel67 Posts: 181
    It does exist, although maybe the woman wasn't referring to Lipedema and was just trying to justify her behaviours.

    Thank you. Folks, please realize that there are medical conditions that can cause just about anything out there. That said, they're generally pretty rare. I knew a woman who was getting a medical degree who insisted her obesity (and I don't mean obese like me, I mean 300lb at 5'2") was due to her hypothyroidism. That can certainly cause weight gain, but she would also eat Snickers just about continuously through lectures. So just because someone has a condition doesn't mean they couldn't do better, either. But try to be nice and don't judge- she just might have been telling the truth.
  • redshoeshelley
    redshoeshelley Posts: 206 Member
    sounds like a serious case of "fatonmythigh".
  • autumnk921
    autumnk921 Posts: 1,374 Member
    :laugh:

    really an injection? where do i sign up :bigsmile:


    :laugh: Yes, I definitely want this injection too...:laugh:
  • kathyd0829
    kathyd0829 Posts: 29
    You just made my whole day!!! I love people that find excuses for why they are the only ones on the face of the whole planet that just can't lose weight or get rid of that annoying fat!!
  • GemskiB
    GemskiB Posts: 95 Member
    Hey, I'm pretty sure there was an episode of Doctor Who (in fact I'm sure) about "adipose". What a load of rubbish! :)

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