to presume that overweight people must have very developed calf and thigh muscles?

[NettJarrp]

OK, I am unreasonable, but I've never understood why someone who has a lot of weight to carry around doesn't have larger than average muscles in their legs.

If someone went up a flight of stairs carrying several stones' additional weight strapped to their body, it wouldn't take long for their muscles to get bigger.

So, why doesn't this happen to overweight folk?

NOT a fat-bashing thread AT ALL.

I'm obese. Was sent to see the practice dietician who told me the weight I should be. Four weeks later when I went back I was wearing cycling shorts and a tighter top. She adjusted the weight she wanted to see me at because I do carry a lot of muscle and she hadnt noticed under my baggy clothes. She told me the original weight would be unattainable.