TAX THE FAT

but while we still live in a so called free country it has to be their decision to do something about it, nobody elses.

how do you think doctors feel with the amount of smokers, drinkers, over-eaters who they see day in day out!! if they can get over it and just do their job so can the rest of you that have a problem with it!!

live and let live!!!!

at least you healthy lot will live longer than those, if you’d stop stressing over it so much and bring on to yourselves an early stress related heart attack!!

i can just see the death certificate:

Cause of Death: Stress-related heart-attack…. due to worrying too much about others health!!!! :wink:

@holisticjo wrote:

@becky wrote:

I heard on the radio when this “Tax the fat” came out. What about rugby players? They are overweight but fit healthy? No one on the radio could answer it and a health minister or whatever i cant remember now said they would have to be taxed if it came out as they are overweight!?!?! Now to me its stupid full stop but rugby players are fit healthy and muscle is their weight problem!
My point is where do you draw a line?

Thats why I said fat, not muscle bound!!

Whoever said muscle weight is a problem

Muscle helps burn fat

@becky wrote:

@drivel wrote:

@holisticjo wrote:

@becky wrote:

I heard on the radio when this “Tax the fat” came out. What about rugby players? They are overweight but fit healthy? No one on the radio could answer it and a health minister or whatever i cant remember now said they would have to be taxed if it came out as they are overweight!?!?! Now to me its stupid full stop but rugby players are fit healthy and muscle is their weight problem!
My point is where do you draw a line?

Thats why I said fat, not muscle bound!!

Whoever said muscle weight is a problem

Muscle helps burn fat

You have said over weight! Meaning over the recommended weight. i.e. 6ft 17st? Overweight? Yes but not if you are a rugby player and muscley STILL OVERWEIGHT clinicly. My dad works with a woman whos boobs weigh 1st each so she is overweight STILL clinicaly obese! I SAID a line needs to be drawn but where???

What it boils down to – as Slayer was saying : if you end up in hospital because of your obesity – and you are told to change your diet , lifestyle , exercise regime etc – and then you just carry on as before – Why should the NHS have to look after and “fix” you when your ailments are self inflicted

But surely no matter what people have said to the contrary here – no one can be totally comfortable being grossly overweight – it must be physically discomforting too

wow silly me, i thought this forum was for serious topics, and debate
not small narrow minded peeps with nothin better to do than judge others
probobly while indulging in some form of illhealth activity
lets talk about adrenalin junkies….
or presciption junkies….
or benefit fraudsters…..
who all at some point drain societies resources
there are many forms of detrimental health activities
but at the end of the day we are infact all individuals
and if we were the same size/height/weight/same interests
we would live in a very boring world!

enuff said
my rant is now over……..

lol i agree sharon and even more so as ur a fellow gooner-ess :wink:
nice to b aquainted with ya xx