I can be silent no more.

[Mycanid]

Right, but you just said that to be Vegan, you don't need to give up milk, cheese, or butter.

Don't you mean that to be Vegetarian, you don't, but to be Vegan, you do?

-Hyp.

You are correct ... I garbled and mixed my words. I (unsuccessfully, I suppose) tried to show that a "vegan" was merely a branch of vegetarianism. And my claim was that to be a vegetarian you did not need to be of the "vegan" degree necessarily.

Apologies for any confusion Hyp (and others)!

 

[BOZ]

Point being: to be "vegan" you don't have to give all those things up. Of course there are some that do so ... but not everybody's constitution is the same. Some can live like that on their own steam or willpower (even so have you ever noticed that these folks frequently look emaciated and unhealthy and eat lots of vitamin supplements? Its actually kinda creepy to me) ... but most can not.

the fellow i'm referring to is pretty militant, for philosophical reasons AFAIK. he won't even eat milk chocolate. he loves cheese, but won't touch it. he's not overly fond of soy cheese, but he will devour the stuff just to get something cheese-like on his taste buds.

actually, he does not look unhealthy in the least. neither over- nor under-weight.

 

[Merkuri]

I college I heard a coworker at my summer job talking about why she was a vegetarian. She was saying things about how eating meat was unhealthy and how humans weren't meant to eat it. I wanted to point out our made-for-tearing-meat teeth and our front-of-the-face predator eyes, but I decided to be polite and didn't say anything. A couple weeks later I heard her tell someone that she had to give up vegetarianism because it had made her sick. Unhealthy, hah!

I'm all for vegetarians of the different varieties (I've all but given up beef myself), but don't do it because "humans weren't made to eat meat."

 

[Goldmoon]

I'm a big girl. By big I mean that I'm very TALL. 6'3" to be exact but I dont have the typical big build that comes with women my size. I have a very slight build. My weight varies between 150 and 165 usually. Now that Im getting older ( I just turned 31) I find that my super metabolism is not so super any more. I am really having to watch what I eat now. ( I may even have to cut back on Guinness) Here's hoping that wont have to happen.

 

[GeorgeFields]

Two years ago, I was at 300 pounds. Today, I float between 250 - 260. That number is slowly and steadiliy going down.

I can easily sit down and eat two frozen pizzas at a time, but I choose not to do so. I could eat 2 or 3 thick burgers from Hardees. I choose to avoid Hardees 99% of the time. When I don't avoid Hardees, I buy 1 burger.

As the original OP stated, the extra bowls of ice cream and entire pies probably have a lot to do with the obesity of the people he witnessed at Golden Corral. This is not the case for everyone, but I would say several. If people would stop GORGING themselves until they can't eat anymore, they wouldn't get into the shape they are in now.

Strictly my opinion here (I'm NOT a medical professional): if obesity is a medical condition, so is starvation. Luckily, BOTH can be handled with proper diet. If you are suffering from starvation, eat something, preferably something healthy. If you are obese, eat healthier and in slowly decreasing amounts. Medicine and pills are NOT the answer.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I'm staying large-ish because I'm a registered fat-donor for biological breast implants...I figure I'm worth a couple of DD-cups.

 

[Aurora]

I'm staying large-ish because I'm a registered fat-donor for biological breast implants...I figure I'm worth a couple of DD-cups.

ROFL.....ewwwww

 

[Tinker Gnome]

Goldmoon: oooh, I love tall women.

Anyways, now a days I try and limit myself when it comes to food. Every once in a while I will eat a lot at one sitting, but not often, and I only do that when I am really hungry.

On another note, I find that unlike some people, when I get real sad, I can not eat at all. My appetite goes down the tubes.

 

[Ranger REG]

I'm staying large-ish because I'm a registered fat-donor for biological breast implants...I figure I'm worth a couple of DD-cups.

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I don't know whether I should be sad for you ... or ask where can I sign up?

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

You can sign up with me as soon as I invent biological breast implants...

That's next on my to-do list after peace in the middle east and discovering the alchemical process for turning base metals into gold.