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Originally Posted by sadeianlinguist
If ANYONE starts on a reduced calorie diet, their metabolism tends to hault. Some people more so than others have it occur. Not everyone loses weight. At the very least, some people don't keep it off. The weight's not the problem anyway.
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I understand that metabolisms are different and that they have different speeds. However, my point stands.
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Originally Posted by sadeianlinguist
Fat's necessary in the human body. As far as fat people always being unhealthy, not true. If we're defining healthy as able to run a marathon with decent blood pressure and LOW cholesterol, as well as work in a physically demanding field (police officer), my own brother fits that bill. (He's 6' and was 250 or so when he ran the marathon. He's about 240 or so now, and definately a "hefty boy.") Fat does not necessary mean unhealthy. (Click for the link. I'm not pulling this out of my ass.)
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Fat DOES always mean unhealthy. Having fat is completely necessary for the body to function. But we aren't talking about removing all the fat from a body (which I don't think is possible), we are talking about fat people. And fat people, by definition, aren't healthy. As far as your brother is concerned, yes, he can do feats with his body, and that's great. I'm not sure if his 250 pounds is mostly muscle or not, so I can't say if he is fat or not. But yes, fat people are by definition not healthy. If they were, we wouldn't call them fat. We would call them fit, or buff, or built, or whatever.
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Originally Posted by sadeianlinguist
Edit: You also didn't address my question about fat athletes. I answered my own question. That's fine. Dodging questions is fine.
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I did, but not the way you wanted me too apparently, so I'll do it again. Athletes can certainly be capable of doing althletic things while still being fat. In fact, it is often good for athletes to have extra fat on them due to the increased mass. But that isn't because fat is more useful than muscle, it's because they can't put any more muscle on.
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There are loads of baseball players that are fat. In fact, if you look at competitive women's softball, most of the pitchers are fat. That doesn't mean that their size is a problem for them - it helps them put something extra on the ball. That doesn't mean that they wouldn't be healthier if they dropped weight, which is my point.
Also, I love debating this with you, but please stop trying to play the wounded victim card. I'm answering your questions; you just don't like my answers and think I'm wrong.