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By *oxy_minxWoman
over a year ago
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"Interesting that its on today when jamelia was on loose women saying high Street stores shouldn't stock plus size clothes.
Thinking about vit, maybe it wasn't a coincidence lol"
Or maybe that it why they were discussing it on Loose Women? |
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"Interesting that its on today when jamelia was on loose women saying high Street stores shouldn't stock plus size clothes.
Thinking about vit, maybe it wasn't a coincidence lol"
Well she will soon be eating her words when we are all walking around naked  |
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"Interesting that its on today when jamelia was on loose women saying high Street stores shouldn't stock plus size clothes.
Thinking about vit, maybe it wasn't a coincidence lol
Or maybe that it why they were discussing it on Loose Women?"
That's why I said it maybe wasn't a councidence, they must have been discussing the show |
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By *oxy_minxWoman
over a year ago
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"Interesting that its on today when jamelia was on loose women saying high Street stores shouldn't stock plus size clothes.
Thinking about vit, maybe it wasn't a coincidence lol
Or maybe that it why they were discussing it on Loose Women?
That's why I said it maybe wasn't a councidence, they must have been discussing the show"
I only caught some of it and it was to do with 'are making larger clothes more accessible encouraging the young to continue getting big' I missed if it was linked to a specific programme. |
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"Interesting that its on today when jamelia was on loose women saying high Street stores shouldn't stock plus size clothes.
Thinking about vit, maybe it wasn't a coincidence lol
Or maybe that it why they were discussing it on Loose Women?
That's why I said it maybe wasn't a councidence, they must have been discussing the show
I only caught some of it and it was to do with 'are making larger clothes more accessible encouraging the young to continue getting big' I missed if it was linked to a specific programme. "
I didn't even watch it....just saw it on Facebook lol |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Can't Stan Jamelia the stuff she says is bollocks, shouldn't give a moron a platform to speak in public.
She was saying that plus size clothes should only be available in specialised stores which to me suggests they would be more expensive, hardly fair.
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"Can't Stan Jamelia the stuff she says is bollocks, shouldn't give a moron a platform to speak in public.
She was saying that plus size clothes should only be available in specialised stores which to me suggests they would be more expensive, hardly fair.
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We do pay more I bought a dress in new look and the same dress was £3.00 cheaper in the normal range |
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"Can't Stan Jamelia the stuff she says is bollocks, shouldn't give a moron a platform to speak in public.
She was saying that plus size clothes should only be available in specialised stores which to me suggests they would be more expensive, hardly fair.
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I guess they do use more fabric etc for bigger clothes but then if you use that argument then each size of clothes should cost a different amount. |
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Forgotten most of them now! I watched it wide-eyed though - I think the main stat was 60% of teenage girls are overweight - we have the fattest ladies in Europe - 1 in 4 now buy plus sizes
That's off the top of my head though so might be different.
I kind of agree that it's worrying there are girls now aspiring to be plus size models - but also seems inevitable. Market forces etc. |
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"Great programme I must say they will do wonders for the confidence of loads of women  only thing is anyone else clock the extremely. Hairy armpits of one of the bloggers  "
I was gonna rewind as I was like noooooooooooo lol thank you for confirming so I don't have to see it again lol |
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"Forgotten most of them now! I watched it wide-eyed though - I think the main stat was 60% of teenage girls are overweight - we have the fattest ladies in Europe - 1 in 4 now buy plus sizes
That's off the top of my head though so might be different.
I kind of agree that it's worrying there are girls now aspiring to be plus size models - but also seems inevitable. Market forces etc."
But then I guess stats can be manipulated to suit the message given. They didn't say what size constitutes plus size. The modelling agency were booking 14-16 sized models as plus sized but i wouldnt say that's a plus sized person. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Are fashion companies finally seeing the light? About time. On a technical note, unless you're a size zero, which is surely a gimmick size. Then isn't everyone a plus size? Do they have a minus size? No. I think they do not. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"But then I guess stats can be manipulated to suit the message given. They didn't say what size constitutes plus size. The modelling agency were booking 14-16 sized models as plus sized but i wouldnt say that's a plus sized person. "
I would - but that wasn't really what I took from the programme. It all seemed focused on that one model who was huge by any reckoning and was clearly something the others were aspiring to. I don't think that's healthy. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"But then I guess stats can be manipulated to suit the message given. They didn't say what size constitutes plus size. The modelling agency were booking 14-16 sized models as plus sized but i wouldnt say that's a plus sized person.
I would - but that wasn't really what I took from the programme. It all seemed focused on that one model who was huge by any reckoning and was clearly something the others were aspiring to. I don't think that's healthy."
Didn't see the programme but if you categorise size 14/16 as plus size what do you consider to be the 'norm'...?! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Well the 'norm' is obviously overweight!
The norm in terms of what we're supposed to be is a lot, lot less than we're used to.
I know plenty of healthy women at 14/16 but they're also tall. Elle was a 14 after pregnancy and was much bigger than her norm, but she's not tall. |
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"But then I guess stats can be manipulated to suit the message given. They didn't say what size constitutes plus size. The modelling agency were booking 14-16 sized models as plus sized but i wouldnt say that's a plus sized person.
I would - but that wasn't really what I took from the programme. It all seemed focused on that one model who was huge by any reckoning and was clearly something the others were aspiring to. I don't think that's healthy."
I thought one girl was aspiring to be body confident like the American lady for sure but the others just came across as happy to be them. None of them Were planning on gaining weight to further their careers and one was losing weight and risking losing fans etc by doing it.
I get what you are saying and to a certain extent I agree that normalising being overweight could be a bad thing but then boxy shaming and all the other negative things thrown at the overweight can also have a negative affect oN people. Whenever I have been bullied about me weight I have reached for comfort foods, not trainers lol
I am a bit of a hypocrite though as I run bbw socials at Chams lol |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I am a bit of a hypocrite though as I run bbw socials at Chams lol"
It's your fault!
As long as you get the buggers to break into a sweat you can be a part of the solution |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Just started watching it now, that girl I'm the changing room and lifting her arms up to reveal don king living in her armpits. Did anyone else spot the hairy pits? |
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"Just started watching it now, that girl I'm the changing room and lifting her arms up to reveal don king living in her armpits. Did anyone else spot the hairy pits? "
Yes it's been mentioned above. Was the show about larger women being confident?
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Although I fully accept that some women are larger for medical reasons and some larger women are very fit and active - we all know that that isn't the 'norm' - and unless we can vastly reduce the obesity problem amongst Young people (60% of girls overweight is frightening!) then the nhs will be in meltdown in years to come - and a lot of poor kids will become carers for their morbidly obese parents - which is already starting to happen here and particularly in the US! Our principal problem is that instead of being European we've been 'little America' for decades now - particularly with our eating habits! For instance, we eat more ready meals than the rest of Europe combined! Personality I think we need to prioritise PE and cookery throughout a child's education - and have frequent compulsory lessons! Taxing unhealthy foods and using the revenue to subsidise healthy foods may also help! As a nation we need to work together to do whatever it takes to reverse this very worrying trend towards mass obesity! Xx |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Although I fully accept that some women are larger for medical reasons and some larger women are very fit and active - we all know that that isn't the 'norm' - and unless we can vastly reduce the obesity problem amongst Young people (60% of girls overweight is frightening!) then the nhs will be in meltdown in years to come - and a lot of poor kids will become carers for their morbidly obese parents - which is already starting to happen here and particularly in the US! Our principal problem is that instead of being European we've been 'little America' for decades now - particularly with our eating habits! For instance, we eat more ready meals than the rest of Europe combined! Personality I think we need to prioritise PE and cookery throughout a child's education - and have frequent compulsory lessons! Taxing unhealthy foods and using the revenue to subsidise healthy foods may also help! As a nation we need to work together to do whatever it takes to reverse this very worrying trend towards mass obesity! Xx"
I think you're right. But there's also too much pressure on people to conform to the body beautiful ideal that the media often pushes. This can cause equally unhealthy results. I guess it's about balance. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Although I fully accept that some women are larger for medical reasons and some larger women are very fit and active - we all know that that isn't the 'norm' - and unless we can vastly reduce the obesity problem amongst Young people (60% of girls overweight is frightening!) then the nhs will be in meltdown in years to come - and a lot of poor kids will become carers for their morbidly obese parents - which is already starting to happen here and particularly in the US! Our principal problem is that instead of being European we've been 'little America' for decades now - particularly with our eating habits! For instance, we eat more ready meals than the rest of Europe combined! Personality I think we need to prioritise PE and cookery throughout a child's education - and have frequent compulsory lessons! Taxing unhealthy foods and using the revenue to subsidise healthy foods may also help! As a nation we need to work together to do whatever it takes to reverse this very worrying trend towards mass obesity! Xx"
Every time I go shopping I wish that meat was cheaper and bastard blueberries have gone back up to £2 when they were 77p in asda! If healthy foods were cheaper, your chicken breasts, your steaks even turkey breasts are like £3 for two skimpy pieces, if those foods were cheaper and you made crisps and pasties and chocolate and all the refined processed shit was more expensive then there would be a lot less fat people around.
Yes large people can be active but aren't active enough to burn more calories than they consume, if they were burning more than they consumed they wouldn't be large. In 5 minutes you can eat enough calories that would take 5 or 6 hours exercise to burn off.
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Interesting that its on today when jamelia was on loose women saying high Street stores shouldn't stock plus size clothes.
Thinking about vit, maybe it wasn't a coincidence lol
Well she will soon be eating her words when we are all walking around naked "
i watched it and i would happily walk around naked - |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Although I fully accept that some women are larger for medical reasons and some larger women are very fit and active - we all know that that isn't the 'norm' - and unless we can vastly reduce the obesity problem amongst Young people (60% of girls overweight is frightening!) then the nhs will be in meltdown in years to come - and a lot of poor kids will become carers for their morbidly obese parents - which is already starting to happen here and particularly in the US! Our principal problem is that instead of being European we've been 'little America' for decades now - particularly with our eating habits! For instance, we eat more ready meals than the rest of Europe combined! Personality I think we need to prioritise PE and cookery throughout a child's education - and have frequent compulsory lessons! Taxing unhealthy foods and using the revenue to subsidise healthy foods may also help! As a nation we need to work together to do whatever it takes to reverse this very worrying trend towards mass obesity! Xx
Every time I go shopping I wish that meat was cheaper and bastard blueberries have gone back up to £2 when they were 77p in asda! If healthy foods were cheaper, your chicken breasts, your steaks even turkey breasts are like £3 for two skimpy pieces, if those foods were cheaper and you made crisps and pasties and chocolate and all the refined processed shit was more expensive then there would be a lot less fat people around.
Yes large people can be active but aren't active enough to burn more calories than they consume, if they were burning more than they consumed they wouldn't be large. In 5 minutes you can eat enough calories that would take 5 or 6 hours exercise to burn off.
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I agree
I know people are going to string me up alive for saying this but I don't care I'm going to say it anyway 
You find the vast majority of over weight kids have over weight parents simply because they feed their kids what they feed themselves and most of these people are unemployed or on low income, people with little income can't afford healthy food because its to expensive so they buy what they can afford and that's unhealthy food, you can buy a bag of frozen chips, couple of tins of beans and a pack of sausages from the valuve range in asda for under £1.50 and feed a family of four, what healthy meal would you get for that price? The veg alone costs more than that |
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I agree
I know people are going to string me up alive for saying this but I don't care I'm going to say it anyway
You find the vast majority of over weight kids have over weight parents simply because they feed their kids what they feed themselves and most of these people are unemployed or on low income, people with little income can't afford healthy food because its to expensive so they buy what they can afford and that's unhealthy food, you can buy a bag of frozen chips, couple of tins of beans and a pack of sausages from the valuve range in asda for under £1.50 and feed a family of four, what healthy meal would you get for that price? The veg alone costs more than that"
I know we've gone off topic a little here but I totally agree. I can buy 4 frozen pizzas for £6 or I can buy the ingredients for 4 portions of decent stirfry for about £10 or 11 in my local shop. I earn about £10k a year so buying the better stuff isn't always within budget. I'm lucky that the gym at the uni is so cheap but if it wasn't for that I'd be struggling & I don't have time to cook a proper meal every night. It's kinda frustrating that we're told to slim down when the food available is fattening us up.
Having said that, I've managed to stay at a "reasonably" healthy weight & size for a while now. So it can be done, even on a small budget.
I don't agree with glorifying either the size zero or the plus sizes. Neither are the "norm" imho. |
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I agree
I know people are going to string me up alive for saying this but I don't care I'm going to say it anyway
You find the vast majority of over weight kids have over weight parents simply because they feed their kids what they feed themselves and most of these people are unemployed or on low income, people with little income can't afford healthy food because its to expensive so they buy what they can afford and that's unhealthy food, you can buy a bag of frozen chips, couple of tins of beans and a pack of sausages from the valuve range in asda for under £1.50 and feed a family of four, what healthy meal would you get for that price? The veg alone costs more than that
I know we've gone off topic a little here but I totally agree. I can buy 4 frozen pizzas for £6 or I can buy the ingredients for 4 portions of decent stirfry for about £10 or 11 in my local shop. I earn about £10k a year so buying the better stuff isn't always within budget. I'm lucky that the gym at the uni is so cheap but if it wasn't for that I'd be struggling & I don't have time to cook a proper meal every night. It's kinda frustrating that we're told to slim down when the food available is fattening us up.
Having said that, I've managed to stay at a "reasonably" healthy weight & size for a while now. So it can be done, even on a small budget.
I don't agree with glorifying either the size zero or the plus sizes. Neither are the "norm" imho. "
Im a plus size mum, size 18, (was 22, getting there!)
I agree that a lot of fat kids i see at the school, have equally rotund parents, considering the battle Iv had with my weight my entire adult life, having my daughter has really helped change my attitude to food, and made me work round the expense vs. healthy issue when shopping, and the lack of time to cook daily.
so now we do a shop together, buy veg on offer/reduced etc, and spend time together preparing and cooking 3 meals, portion for each of us from each meal goes in the fridge, and same into the freezer, so we have healthy home cooked ready meals for the days we are short on time, plus as she has helped prep and cook, my daughter will eat all veg.  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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A another slight change in direction but if you watched the BBC programme where the family ate the food through the decades a lot of our food problems started with children when Thatchers government abolished school dinners and outsourced the contracts.
Other countries apply a fat tax on unhealthy food in the hope it will reduce the desire to buy, of course this needs to be balanced out by making producers reduce the cost of health making it more of an attractive buy
The family, even the kids agreed whilst the 1950's food was boring, bland being rationed & supplementing with fresh veggies they felt it was the healthiest decade.
Food for thought. |
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"Well I'm quite happy being a fattie but I knew this thread would turn the way it did..
Into a polite discussion? "
Agreed! We're discussing an obesity epidemic and the seemingly casual acceptance of it without,I think, being cruel or insulting! At the same time there's a discussion about the obvious need for decent, trendy clothing that larger people can buy! I think it's natural that both conversations would run alongside one another. Xx |
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By (user no longer on site)
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It's the stats about kids I find most shocking. If most knew their children had a life limiting disease they'd likely do everything possible to support them, whereas this seems to be quietly ignored.
The point about parents setting the example is really valid.
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Some very beautiful ladies on that programme"
yes it was more about how there faces looked I felt then size . If there face looked good and over 5'8 it's good . All to do with making money really .
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By (user no longer on site)
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It's not always easy discussing stuff like this.
I've been fortunate that I don't carry excess weight or do my kids.
The supermarkets really do need to answer to how they operate though.
By dictating to the suppliers how much they WILL pay rather than what the suppliers price is they can do whatever they like.
I'v started using an online company now for meat - set up by a producer who got tired of being dictated to.
No water added, no salt added, etc.
Cheaper than even Asda.
Not sure I'm allowed to post the site in here though although I'm sure Admin can see its not the usual sort of commercial website.
Maybe one can comment? |
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By *ugby 123Couple
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Not sure I'm allowed to post the site in here though although I'm sure Admin can see its not the usual sort of commercial website.
Maybe one can comment?"
Only if it is an allowed link sorry. You can mention a word for people to google as long as you don't own the site  |
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Not sure I'm allowed to post the site in here though although I'm sure Admin can see its not the usual sort of commercial website.
Maybe one can comment?
Only if it is an allowed link sorry. You can mention a word for people to google as long as you don't own the site "
well if people like their meat then meat is protein so that builds MUSCLE and is a FOOD
And certainly no connection other than sending me lots of yummy grub  |
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Makes sense to shop around. I think a lot of people eat too much meat anyway though, we don't need it every day, especially for the type of lifestyle most have.
We've started an allotment so looking forward to lots of fresh veg..
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Not sure I'm allowed to post the site in here though although I'm sure Admin can see its not the usual sort of commercial website.
Maybe one can comment?
Only if it is an allowed link sorry. You can mention a word for people to google as long as you don't own the site
well if people like their meat then meat is protein so that builds MUSCLE and is a FOOD
And certainly no connection other than sending me lots of yummy grub "
I also use muscle food. They do loads of discount codes too, and quite often put meat selections together at a discount. Really good value!
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I don't think the super thin or very large should be idolised. Both are unhealthy, even if they are fit.
Life gets in the way though, and it's easy to pass judgement on others. I'm the biggest I've ever been since having my daughter. the last thing I want to do when she does to bed is smash the cross trainer. It's so much easier and pleasurable to open a bottle of wine and pick up the phone and order 2000 calories. But needs must.
I don't aspire to be "thin", I aspire to be a toned, curvy, Jessica Rabbit |
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I've not seen the programme, but I might watch it on catch up.
I'm a morbidly obese person, I aint going to sugarcoat it. I have been fighting with my weight for ages and not long had a baby which I put on 3 stone.I comfort eat when things go wrong. I also do like food. Doesn't help that I'm a fussy eater though.
But I do agree that stuff like crisps, chips, chocolate and all the other bad stuff is cheaper than the healthy stuff therefore there are more overweight people because people cannot afford to buy the healthy stuff. |
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I don't get with the " healthy food is dearer " line. You can eat healthily if you don't actually spend the money on the chocolate / crisps etc
I am a non healthy eater like the best of them, but not accepting that healthy food is dearer. Fruit and veg seems to be at its cheapest at the moment and fresh meat doesn't seem much more than processed crap. |
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"I don't get with the " healthy food is dearer " line. You can eat healthily if you don't actually spend the money on the chocolate / crisps etc
I am a non healthy eater like the best of them, but not accepting that healthy food is dearer. Fruit and veg seems to be at its cheapest at the moment and fresh meat doesn't seem much more than processed crap."
I've always maintained this. It is much easier to eat healthy cheaply than it is to eat crap. |
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I agree
I know people are going to string me up alive for saying this but I don't care I'm going to say it anyway
You find the vast majority of over weight kids have over weight parents simply because they feed their kids what they feed themselves and most of these people are unemployed or on low income, people with little income can't afford healthy food because its to expensive so they buy what they can afford and that's unhealthy food, you can buy a bag of frozen chips, couple of tins of beans and a pack of sausages from the valuve range in asda for under £1.50 and feed a family of four, what healthy meal would you get for that price? The veg alone costs more than that
I know we've gone off topic a little here but I totally agree. I can buy 4 frozen pizzas for £6 or I can buy the ingredients for 4 portions of decent stirfry for about £10 or 11 in my local shop. I earn about £10k a year so buying the better stuff isn't always within budget. I'm lucky that the gym at the uni is so cheap but if it wasn't for that I'd be struggling & I don't have time to cook a proper meal every night. It's kinda frustrating that we're told to slim down when the food available is fattening us up.
Having said that, I've managed to stay at a "reasonably" healthy weight & size for a while now. So it can be done, even on a small budget.
I don't agree with glorifying either the size zero or the plus sizes. Neither are the "norm" imho. "
£10 for 4 portions of stir fry?? Wtf are you putting in it?? |
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I agree
I know people are going to string me up alive for saying this but I don't care I'm going to say it anyway
You find the vast majority of over weight kids have over weight parents simply because they feed their kids what they feed themselves and most of these people are unemployed or on low income, people with little income can't afford healthy food because its to expensive so they buy what they can afford and that's unhealthy food, you can buy a bag of frozen chips, couple of tins of beans and a pack of sausages from the valuve range in asda for under £1.50 and feed a family of four, what healthy meal would you get for that price? The veg alone costs more than that
I know we've gone off topic a little here but I totally agree. I can buy 4 frozen pizzas for £6 or I can buy the ingredients for 4 portions of decent stirfry for about £10 or 11 in my local shop. I earn about £10k a year so buying the better stuff isn't always within budget. I'm lucky that the gym at the uni is so cheap but if it wasn't for that I'd be struggling & I don't have time to cook a proper meal every night. It's kinda frustrating that we're told to slim down when the food available is fattening us up.
Having said that, I've managed to stay at a "reasonably" healthy weight & size for a while now. So it can be done, even on a small budget.
I don't agree with glorifying either the size zero or the plus sizes. Neither are the "norm" imho.
£10 for 4 portions of stir fry?? Wtf are you putting in it??"
I always make stir fry it could stretch to 3 people or 4 people with less.
Chicken £ 3-5 stirfry veg packx2 £1 Frozen stirfry veg pack £1.50 noodles £1-2 and sauce I generally use soy sauce it sweet chilli. If I buy packets they are 39p |
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"Every time I go shopping I wish that meat was cheaper and bastard blueberries have gone back up to £2 when they were 77p in asda! If healthy foods were cheaper, your chicken breasts, your steaks even turkey breasts are like £3 for two skimpy pieces, if those foods were cheaper and you made crisps and pasties and chocolate and all the refined processed shit was more expensive then there would be a lot less fat people around.
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When I went vegetarian (for health reasons) my shopping budged roughly halved and I ate more volumes of feed than I had ever managed before.
If people were less obsessed with the amount of meat they ate and instead reserved it for a treat a few nights a week, people would spend less money and eat less calories without even realising. |
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"I don't get with the " healthy food is dearer " line. You can eat healthily if you don't actually spend the money on the chocolate / crisps etc
I am a non healthy eater like the best of them, but not accepting that healthy food is dearer. Fruit and veg seems to be at its cheapest at the moment and fresh meat doesn't seem much more than processed crap.
I've always maintained this. It is much easier to eat healthy cheaply than it is to eat crap. "
I've found the same, I spend way less on food when I'm on a healthy eating kick. |
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I agree
I know people are going to string me up alive for saying this but I don't care I'm going to say it anyway
You find the vast majority of over weight kids have over weight parents simply because they feed their kids what they feed themselves and most of these people are unemployed or on low income, people with little income can't afford healthy food because its to expensive so they buy what they can afford and that's unhealthy food, you can buy a bag of frozen chips, couple of tins of beans and a pack of sausages from the valuve range in asda for under £1.50 and feed a family of four, what healthy meal would you get for that price? The veg alone costs more than that
I know we've gone off topic a little here but I totally agree. I can buy 4 frozen pizzas for £6 or I can buy the ingredients for 4 portions of decent stirfry for about £10 or 11 in my local shop. I earn about £10k a year so buying the better stuff isn't always within budget. I'm lucky that the gym at the uni is so cheap but if it wasn't for that I'd be struggling & I don't have time to cook a proper meal every night. It's kinda frustrating that we're told to slim down when the food available is fattening us up.
Having said that, I've managed to stay at a "reasonably" healthy weight & size for a while now. So it can be done, even on a small budget.
I don't agree with glorifying either the size zero or the plus sizes. Neither are the "norm" imho.
£10 for 4 portions of stir fry?? Wtf are you putting in it??
I always make stir fry it could stretch to 3 people or 4 people with less.
Chicken £ 3-5 stirfry veg packx2 £1 Frozen stirfry veg pack £1.50 noodles £1-2 and sauce I generally use soy sauce it sweet chilli. If I buy packets they are 39p"
Try using veg that you already have rather than buying packets and I always use leftovers from sunday roast meat in my stir fries. More veg, less meat. |
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"With Aldi and Lidi smashing the market it is possible to eat healthily at a much cheaper rate.
Yes there fruit and veg at 39 p or around that.
Aldi steaks are amazing too "
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"With Aldi and Lidi smashing the market it is possible to eat healthily at a much cheaper rate.
Yes there fruit and veg at 39 p or around that.
Aldi steaks are amazing too
Can't say Iv tried one.. Iv had there cubed beef and it's tough as nails "
Cook it low and slow. |
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I agree
I know people are going to string me up alive for saying this but I don't care I'm going to say it anyway
You find the vast majority of over weight kids have over weight parents simply because they feed their kids what they feed themselves and most of these people are unemployed or on low income, people with little income can't afford healthy food because its to expensive so they buy what they can afford and that's unhealthy food, you can buy a bag of frozen chips, couple of tins of beans and a pack of sausages from the valuve range in asda for under £1.50 and feed a family of four, what healthy meal would you get for that price? The veg alone costs more than that
I know we've gone off topic a little here but I totally agree. I can buy 4 frozen pizzas for £6 or I can buy the ingredients for 4 portions of decent stirfry for about £10 or 11 in my local shop. I earn about £10k a year so buying the better stuff isn't always within budget. I'm lucky that the gym at the uni is so cheap but if it wasn't for that I'd be struggling & I don't have time to cook a proper meal every night. It's kinda frustrating that we're told to slim down when the food available is fattening us up.
Having said that, I've managed to stay at a "reasonably" healthy weight & size for a while now. So it can be done, even on a small budget.
I don't agree with glorifying either the size zero or the plus sizes. Neither are the "norm" imho.
£10 for 4 portions of stir fry?? Wtf are you putting in it??
I always make stir fry it could stretch to 3 people or 4 people with less.
Chicken £ 3-5 stirfry veg packx2 £1 Frozen stirfry veg pack £1.50 noodles £1-2 and sauce I generally use soy sauce it sweet chilli. If I buy packets they are 39p
Try using veg that you already have rather than buying packets and I always use leftovers from sunday roast meat in my stir fries. More veg, less meat. "
It's only me and my son and he doesn't like roast dinners  so I hardly have veg in (unless it's frozen) then I forget I have frozen! As it goes bad.
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"I don't get with the " healthy food is dearer " line. You can eat healthily if you don't actually spend the money on the chocolate / crisps etc
I am a non healthy eater like the best of them, but not accepting that healthy food is dearer. Fruit and veg seems to be at its cheapest at the moment and fresh meat doesn't seem much more than processed crap."
Agreed. Multipack of cheap crisps. £1. Bag of apples (supermarket value nothing wrong with them) £1!
And if you live near an aldi or a lidl it's even better.
Stir fry is really cheap to make if you buy the veg and chop it up instead of pre prepared stuff.
Butchers near me sells 1kg of extra lean mince for £5. 2 cartons passata an onion and a few cloves of garlic and I make enough bolognaise or chilli for at least 6 portions. More if you bulk it out with mushrooms and other veg. Big bag of pasta is less than a quid.
There is a facebook page called 'feed your family for under £20 a week' it's intersting!
I've had to eat healthy and don't have a lot of money but stopping buying biscuits, crisps and 'healthy' yoghurts that are actually loaded with sugar ive managed to make do.
I might not always get to eat what I would like but we have what's on offer or in the reduced section. |
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Also people assume that cheap meat is crap and always wants the most expensive cuts. Having worked in a butchers for years I can say that's def wrong!! You can save a fiver on a beef casserole by getting chuck or blade steak instead of diced topside. Just cook it slowly and for longer. Better flavour too!! |
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"I don't get with the " healthy food is dearer " line. You can eat healthily if you don't actually spend the money on the chocolate / crisps etc
I am a non healthy eater like the best of them, but not accepting that healthy food is dearer. Fruit and veg seems to be at its cheapest at the moment and fresh meat doesn't seem much more than processed crap.
I've always maintained this. It is much easier to eat healthy cheaply than it is to eat crap.
I've found the same, I spend way less on food when I'm on a healthy eating kick. "
I can honestly say I don't, I buy loads of fresh fruit and veg I find it far more expensive than crisps, biscuits etc, I have a punnet of grapes every day that's costs between £1.50 and £2 depending on where I shops that's between £10.50 and £14 a week just for the grapes there's no way I ever spent that on biscuits etc
I suppose it depends on what you eat you could argue that I don't have to buy grapes and could eat healthier cheaper but I find they help me as i just pick on them throughout the day |
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"I don't get with the " healthy food is dearer " line. You can eat healthily if you don't actually spend the money on the chocolate / crisps etc
I am a non healthy eater like the best of them, but not accepting that healthy food is dearer. Fruit and veg seems to be at its cheapest at the moment and fresh meat doesn't seem much more than processed crap.
I've always maintained this. It is much easier to eat healthy cheaply than it is to eat crap.
I've found the same, I spend way less on food when I'm on a healthy eating kick.
I can honestly say I don't, I buy loads of fresh fruit and veg I find it far more expensive than crisps, biscuits etc, I have a punnet of grapes every day that's costs between £1.50 and £2 depending on where I shops that's between £10.50 and £14 a week just for the grapes there's no way I ever spent that on biscuits etc
I suppose it depends on what you eat you could argue that I don't have to buy grapes and could eat healthier cheaper but I find they help me as i just pick on them throughout the day "
My lad would happily eat a punnet or strawberries every day but same as the grapes at £2 a punnet it's not happening. He has to make do with apples/oranges and £1 offer melons and he gets his strawberries at the weekend x |
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"I suppose it depends on what you eat you could argue that I don't have to buy grapes and could eat healthier cheaper but I find they help me as i just pick on them throughout the day "
Yes, very much so. I don't snack on fruit, it's not actually very good for you. Full of sugar and calories. If I snack it tends to be something like hummus (stick some chickpeas in a blender with some oil for a few seconds) with some vegetables or flatbread dipped in.
I find that because I'm vegetarian the amounts of vegetables I eat mean that I'm simply not hungry between meals. That means I just don't have to buy lots of snacks. If I do want a sweet snack I tend to have a small handful of raisins or something. |
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"I don't get with the " healthy food is dearer " line. You can eat healthily if you don't actually spend the money on the chocolate / crisps etc
I am a non healthy eater like the best of them, but not accepting that healthy food is dearer. Fruit and veg seems to be at its cheapest at the moment and fresh meat doesn't seem much more than processed crap.
I've always maintained this. It is much easier to eat healthy cheaply than it is to eat crap.
I've found the same, I spend way less on food when I'm on a healthy eating kick.
I can honestly say I don't, I buy loads of fresh fruit and veg I find it far more expensive than crisps, biscuits etc, I have a punnet of grapes every day that's costs between £1.50 and £2 depending on where I shops that's between £10.50 and £14 a week just for the grapes there's no way I ever spent that on biscuits etc
I suppose it depends on what you eat you could argue that I don't have to buy grapes and could eat healthier cheaper but I find they help me as i just pick on them throughout the day "
Same as anything though, it's a choice that it's grapes you choose to snack on. I like to snack on strawberries or raspberries but I only do that in the summer when they're really cheap, in the winter I'll eat something else that's cheap then.
What it does cost more of is time though. It's much quicker to just buy something ready made and I have to plan everything otherwise I get home from work late and just want to pick up a pizza on the way home. |
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"Also people assume that cheap meat is crap and always wants the most expensive cuts. Having worked in a butchers for years I can say that's def wrong!! You can save a fiver on a beef casserole by getting chuck or blade steak instead of diced topside. Just cook it slowly and for longer. Better flavour too!!"
The slow cooker is my friend at the moment, makes cheaper cuts of meat soooo much better. |
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It's all about being sensible.......there appears to be some extreme eating habits on here. The argument still stands that it can be done and fairly easily so arguing that processed crap is cheaper is a cop out.......for £2 spent on a punnet of grapes you could also buy a bag of value bananas and a bag of apples and still have change. |
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"Also people assume that cheap meat is crap and always wants the most expensive cuts. Having worked in a butchers for years I can say that's def wrong!! You can save a fiver on a beef casserole by getting chuck or blade steak instead of diced topside. Just cook it slowly and for longer. Better flavour too!!
The slow cooker is my friend at the moment, makes cheaper cuts of meat soooo much better."
Slow cooker is they way to go for cheaper cuts |
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We so agree about the cooking. A young female guest looked me in the eye and asked where the "nearest mackums was" When we established she wanted a McDonalds and she realised there wasn't one for miles she asked"What do you eat?"
Sums it up all in all. |
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"It's all about being sensible.......there appears to be some extreme eating habits on here. The argument still stands that it can be done and fairly easily so arguing that processed crap is cheaper is a cop out.......for £2 spent on a punnet of grapes you could also buy a bag of value bananas and a bag of apples and still have change. "
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"It's all about being sensible.......there appears to be some extreme eating habits on here. The argument still stands that it can be done and fairly easily so arguing that processed crap is cheaper is a cop out.......for £2 spent on a punnet of grapes you could also buy a bag of value bananas and a bag of apples and still have change.
I detest bananas "
Swap bananas for easy peel clementines (or whatever the small orangey type if fruit is that's on offer for £1 a bag ) |
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"It's all about being sensible.......there appears to be some extreme eating habits on here. The argument still stands that it can be done and fairly easily so arguing that processed crap is cheaper is a cop out.......for £2 spent on a punnet of grapes you could also buy a bag of value bananas and a bag of apples and still have change.
I detest bananas "
I've spoken to loads of people lately that don't like bananas. Including one that can't even peel one without feeling ill. |
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"I love my slow cooker I don't eat meat though so don't have to worry about that I just throw some quorn meat balls in
I love quorn try the chicken kiev they are gorgeous "
I'm allergic to quorn... apparently up to about 30% of people are reckoned to be allergic to it. Hardly surprising since it's actually just mould. It also tastes to me like catfood and costs a fortune... so I can't say I feel like I'm missing much. |
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"I love my slow cooker I don't eat meat though so don't have to worry about that I just throw some quorn meat balls in
I love quorn try the chicken kiev they are gorgeous
I'm allergic to quorn... apparently up to about 30% of people are reckoned to be allergic to it. Hardly surprising since it's actually just mould. It also tastes to me like catfood and costs a fortune... so I can't say I feel like I'm missing much."
Mould? Tastes like cat food.. I'll take that off the shopping list then!! |
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"I love my slow cooker I don't eat meat though so don't have to worry about that I just throw some quorn meat balls in
I love quorn try the chicken kiev they are gorgeous
I'm allergic to quorn... apparently up to about 30% of people are reckoned to be allergic to it. Hardly surprising since it's actually just mould. It also tastes to me like catfood and costs a fortune... so I can't say I feel like I'm missing much.
Mould? Tastes like cat food.. I'll take that off the shopping list then!! "
my girls veggie and love it . I make all sorts with it. |
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"I love my slow cooker I don't eat meat though so don't have to worry about that I just throw some quorn meat balls in
I love quorn try the chicken kiev they are gorgeous
I'm allergic to quorn... apparently up to about 30% of people are reckoned to be allergic to it. Hardly surprising since it's actually just mould. It also tastes to me like catfood and costs a fortune... so I can't say I feel like I'm missing much."
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"I love my slow cooker I don't eat meat though so don't have to worry about that I just throw some quorn meat balls in
I love quorn try the chicken kiev they are gorgeous
I'm allergic to quorn... apparently up to about 30% of people are reckoned to be allergic to it. Hardly surprising since it's actually just mould. It also tastes to me like catfood and costs a fortune... so I can't say I feel like I'm missing much.
Mould? Tastes like cat food.. I'll take that off the shopping list then!! "
It doesn't BUT it has very little of its own flavour.
The meatballs are good and are often on offer in Asda |
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"I love my slow cooker I don't eat meat though so don't have to worry about that I just throw some quorn meat balls in
I love quorn try the chicken kiev they are gorgeous
I'm allergic to quorn... apparently up to about 30% of people are reckoned to be allergic to it. Hardly surprising since it's actually just mould. It also tastes to me like catfood and costs a fortune... so I can't say I feel like I'm missing much."
I like blue cheese too so moulds fine with me can't say I've eaten much cat food though to compare |
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"I love my slow cooker I don't eat meat though so don't have to worry about that I just throw some quorn meat balls in
I love quorn try the chicken kiev they are gorgeous
I'm allergic to quorn... apparently up to about 30% of people are reckoned to be allergic to it. Hardly surprising since it's actually just mould. It also tastes to me like catfood and costs a fortune... so I can't say I feel like I'm missing much.
Mould? Tastes like cat food.. I'll take that off the shopping list then!! my girls veggie and love it . I make all sorts with it."
There are much better brands of meat alternative that quorn, me and all my kids are vegetarian my eldest is vegan so over the years there aren't many brands I have not tried, most just buy quorn as it's more widely avaliable in all supermarkets and not to bad priced next to some of the brands, I buy a lot of stuff from holland and Barrett but you get bugger all for your money it is better quality stuff though |
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"I love my slow cooker I don't eat meat though so don't have to worry about that I just throw some quorn meat balls in
I love quorn try the chicken kiev they are gorgeous
I'm allergic to quorn... apparently up to about 30% of people are reckoned to be allergic to it. Hardly surprising since it's actually just mould. It also tastes to me like catfood and costs a fortune... so I can't say I feel like I'm missing much.
Mould? Tastes like cat food.. I'll take that off the shopping list then!!
It doesn't BUT it has very little of its own flavour.
The meatballs are good and are often on offer in Asda"
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I found the programme sad and inspiring.
Inspiring as no matter what size you can look fabulous and sad because of the girl with the blue hair.
As on so many programmes about weight people talk about how they where/are bullied for their weight and they find a life through the internet.
Good for them but sad society can't tolerate weight issues.
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"I found the programme sad and inspiring.
Inspiring as no matter what size you can look fabulous and sad because of the girl with the blue hair.
As on so many programmes about weight people talk about how they where/are bullied for their weight and they find a life through the internet.
Good for them but sad society can't tolerate weight issues.
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I've never found making healthy food that expensive ...I've just made a chicken and vegetable soup ...bag of Morrison's soup mix (potato, carrot, suede, leek) 65p, 2 chicken legs £1.00 and a stock cube ...delicious ! |
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"I've never found making healthy food that expensive ...I've just made a chicken and vegetable soup ...bag of Morrison's soup mix (potato, carrot, suede, leek) 65p, 2 chicken legs £1.00 and a stock cube ...delicious ! "
I agree it is possible to make healthy food cheaply but you need to know how and you need the resources. For instance a cheaper cut of meat will often need to be cooked for longer and people can't always afford the fuel to do that. I think we need a way of getting information out to the people who need it the most and that information needs to be relevant, accessible and not patronising. People don't need the likes of Jamie Oliver telling them that a free range chicken for a tenner is budget eating. |
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