This is not curvy. This is fat.

Hahahaha you have no idea about the medication clearly. 'aiding the T4 to T3 conversion'

Ummm, gyms are usually expensive and overcrowded. Furthermore someone who is overweight/disabled etc will probably feel even more self concious.

That said, if a guy had the same amount of excess flesh, the media and society will not be so kind. When was the last time anyone described an overweight man as 'bubbly' or 'curvy'?

I was talking about fat people in general, not our age group. If you think 1 in 50 is rare you clearly don't know that many people.

Yes I know very little about the intricacies of the endocrine system in regards to hyperthyroid treatment and I am not going to pretend that I do. A large chunk of hyperthyroid sufferers cannot convert t4 into t3 efficiently. However last I checked the most common drug treatment used was essentially synthetic t4, am I wrong? This doesnt change anything and the 2% accounts for people who have an overactive and inactive thyroid so the chances of it being the cause of someones excess weight is even less than suggested

But in the absolute majority of cases it's just plain and simple eating too much and exercising too little. Rarer cases like the ones you've described are the exception to the rule.

It isn't the conversion that is normally the issue. Just a thyroid not doing its job properly (Most T3 is made from T4 in the body)

You have the treatment right though.

No obviously this far from the majority of fat people. The point is to make you think before you chastise others. Obviously it has failed.

Now thats just being pedantic, that is essentially what I was saying

You make a fair point, but do you really think the media is helping the problem by doing the opposite and encouraging girls to be unfit and overweight like that model?

****ing media putting the idea in fatties' heads that this = curvy

this is what a 'real woman' actually is by today's standards.

sad.



"plus size model"?

lmao what a joke

Do you know that there are diseases that make people overweight? I have known few persons who used to be chubby and they thought that it was their fault (one reason is that people like you complain that fat people are lazy and they eat unhealthily). One had hypothyroidism and other girl's pcos caused hyperinsulinemia. I'm not saying that every fat person has a disease behind their fatness but some do! And many of them live with them for many years before realising that something is wrong. Some people never know because they think it's normal to gain weight really easily.

But about the girl in the picture, I don't think that she is curvy. She is really chubby. If someone is curvy, she has wide hips, big boobs and small waist. I hate it too how people say that fat or curvy (now I don't mean that they are the same thing) women are real women. So if you don't have bigger cup size than D, you are not a real woman? So I'm not a real woman even though I have nice curvy ass and hips but I don't have enormous boobs? But yeah, I think that "real woman" could lose 15-20 pounds. It really makes a difference in appearance and in her health. She has a pretty face so I believe she would be gorgeous.

Jimbo, you're wasting my time.

As a matter of fact, I couldn't care less to be on their arms really. Not my cup of tea. Stop assuming things about me, you barely know me.

Please don't assume that my boyfriend is not hot because he's with a fatty Jimbo. Call me all you want m'lovie, but lay off him, yeah? He's a good guy, thankfully. Unlike some eh, Jimbo?

Anyway, don't bother quoting me again. You're wasting my time. A good troll is funny at first Jimbo, but you need to learn your limits. You promise to know when to shut up, and I'll keep my portion sizes small, yeah?

Sorry, but 3 is not 14% body fat and neither are the pussycat dolls/VS models. 14% body fat (for a woman) is more akin to your example of 'muscular'. It's extremely lean and defined.

This is also 14% body fat:

I don't think it's fair to assume that the woman in the photo is unfit; outward appearances aside, she might actually be very healthy. I see plenty of larger women at the gym, and they're often doing just as much exercise as the slimmer girls are. No, she obviously isn't a slim girl, but I don't really think she's overweight either. My reasoning for this is because although I'm not overweight, I do put on weight very easily and I can sympathise with any woman in a similar position; for some women, it's just so difficult to keep weight off. That's coming from someone whose favourite food is celery

But I do agree with you; the media rarely promote girls with average figures. You're either a stick, or you're fat. What about us girls with size 8/10/12/14 figures?

Incidentally, I heard that size 14 is the average figure for a woman in the UK. What are your thoughts on this?

Ha, not your cup of tea.....you mean you could only wish, but then the truth hurts too much so you go into denial.
Your bf is not hot as he is fat. Fat is never hot as is shown by every person who is renown for being beautiful. He might be a good guy, but he will be a far cry from being physically attractive.
Anyway, I can see the truth is starting to dig in and make you uncomfortable so I will understand it if you do not reply.