To ask what you think when you see a young, fat person?

In what world is exercise seen as more virtuous than reading? Maths and English are literally core subjects when taking exams. PE isn't.

I'm absolutely baffled by some of these comments suggesting it's all one or the other; one thing glorified and the other vilified. Living in a dreamworld.

There have been some thinly veiled comments having a dig, regarding slim people, coming from that poster.

I'm waiting for the review. I wonder if we'll get a Harvard referenced bibliography. She's got plenty of time for that since she's not wasting her time exercising!

Why would I be, absolutely bizarre. So do you have DC?

I'd love to be a food is fuel person but I am a foodie. I'm obsessed. Not just eating but cooking, food shopping, recipe books etc. I've been slim but I still thought about food all the time. I also hate exercise. Absolutely detest it. I hated it as a child. PE was my least favourite subject....I'd have rather have done maths or read a book. I find it bizarre that enjoying exercise is seen as more virtuous than reading for example.

As for my diet, I don't drink fizzy drinks or alcohol. I don't eat fast food or takeaways. You can get fat on good quality home cooked food!

Yes, I know they can in teens, my DS is like this. I should have said and think I have made it clear that I'm referring to older women in their 40s.

Yes I have, I'm reading Politics on the Edge at the moment, what are you reading?

In many cases this is definitely not true. I was a naturally thin child as were all my family yet we ate like horses. We were athletic too but not obsessively,we just enjoyed sport. As a late teenager & in my 20s before children I wasn't really sporty yet I could regulary polish of food & snacks a builder would eat without gaining weight.I never thought about it although friends would laugh and say how can you do that. After my first child in my late 20s I started to gain weight fairly easily like most of my contemporaries.I'm now around a size 12/14 depending on the make etc. I don't deny myself but there's no way I could eat the way I did when I was young and not gain excessive weight. My metabolism has totally changed. People can be naturally thin.

What are you on about I'm slightly overweight and most people tell me I'm not, I don't eat 2, 3, 4, slices of cake I would be even fatter if I dared it t breakfast.

Do you have DC?

I'm a foodie! I bloody love cooking and eating. So I cook healthy things, have a light day following a heavier one, exercise regularly and achieve balance.

I also love exercising because it makes me feel good physically and mentally. I'd also probably put weight on if I stopped!

Oh right so you are a food is fuel person, good for you but DH and I were discussing this (he is not overweight) and culturally this would never do for us!

I saw photos of a certain famous couple who are Anglais en France, I won't be more obvious than that as it's grossly unfair to their kids, but I feel really sad that they have money and presumably a great life, but they are quite probably shortening their (and also their children's) time on earth by being overweight. It's not ok but I feel conflicted even posting it, as clearly it's not the kids choice or fault.

And I have in the times I'm not posting. You are posting and stalking others is there anything better you could do with your time, even your name is a reference to a beauty tool!

Okay, but my sister is in her 40s, or did you just deliberately breeze over that point? 😆

Even if you did hit 40 and magically gain weight, it's not hard to patch up your diet and start an exercise routine to help shift it if you're bothered - which you obviously are! You just don't want to put the effort in, so you're making excuses instead.

Hit a nerve as not 'natural' really is it? Are you in your 40s?

There are much more efficient ways of exercising than walking. Walking is great for health but one does have to put a lot of hours in to burn calories with walking (even if walking at a pace). I have personally found lifting heavy weights to be the most effective way to reduce body fat.

I don’t disbelieve you when you say that the slim people you know have to make a great deal of effort/drastically reduce calorie intake- that does seem to be the case for a lot of people especially women in peri/menopause. Realistic portion sizes is still a challenge for lots of people. My in-laws are nearly 80 and eat huge portions of their evening meal- far more calories than they require for their fairly sedentary lives. But I don’t agree with you that all slim women who are 40+ are depriving themselves and exercising like nutters to the exclusion of other hobbies/interests. Some of them are just eating realistic portions sizes, keeping processed foods and snacks to a minimum, and doing hard exercise- which doesn’t necessarily mean hours at the gym but does mean pushing yourself very hard.

But anyway, I realise a lot of people are replying directly to you and I don’t want you to feel rounded on. Just saying that remaining slim and fit at 40+ doesn’t have to mean having a miserable time or obsessing.

Sounds like you are happy as you are anyway, so good for you.

When I was in my 30s I was the same, it isn't an excuse it is a real belly acquisition which is really annoying as I have not changed my eating habits or exercise.