The Battle of the Bulge

[Greji]

Loose and sloppy? I didn't know you were acquainted with Noriko......

[Coligny]

Loose and sloppy? I didn't know you were acquainted with Noriko......

Ok, who must I blow to have this recurring private joke explained ?

[Greji]

Ok, who must I blow to have this recurring private joke explained ?

AO. She was his girl friend!

[matsuki]

AO. She was his girl friend!

Unfortunately the presentation girl I'm...ehh, "presenting to" is also Noriko...good thing I know she is too young for AO's taste.

[Iraira]

Ok, who must I blow to have this recurring private joke explained ?

Noriko gave out a sympathy fuck to a lesser McTojo and hasn't heard the end of it.

[Coligny]

Unfortunately the presentation girl I'm...ehh, "presenting to" is also Noriko...good thing I know she is too young for AO's taste.

Dude, don't like as if you don't know the local tastes (anything that... well... in fact... just anything...)

[matsuki]

Dude, don't like as if you don't know the local tastes (anything that... well... in fact... just anything...)

Indeed but AO is not local and likes his womens a bit more bootylicious than me.

[2triky]

Diminishing Waistlines, a Japanese Health Problem
ABC News
By Akiko Fujita


TOKYO - Americans may be battling the bulge, but the Japanese are struggling to expand their waistlines.

The Health Ministry said the number of young, skinny women has risen to troubling levels. A record 29 percent of those in their 20s are underweight, according to a recent government survey. Those with a body mass index of less than 18.5 percent are considered underweight by Japanese standards.

"The women are not at risk of health problems yet, but we are making it a goal to bring the number down to 20 percent in the next decade," Yoko Saito, at the Health Ministry's Movement to Improve National Health, told ABC News.

The ministry has yet to come up with a plan to reduce the number of underweight citizens, but Saito said the government now treats diminishing waistlines as a national health problem, and worries that the problem could affect fertility rates. Japan already has one of the lowest birthrates in the world.

Twenty-four-year-old Shiho Aoki said the pressure for young women to be thin is greater than ever, largely because popular Japanese models are getting skinnier. At 5 feet 1 and weighing 100 pounds, Aoki said she was considered "fat" among friends.

"I had a child 8 months ago, but I've been struggling to lose weight ever since," Aoki told ABC News. "I'm very jealous of my friends who are skinny."

Nineteen-year-old Mika Asai said her friends skip at least one meal a day, to cut back on calorie intake. She's refused to follow suit, so far

"I love food too much to diet," Asai told ABC News, though she's hardly "fat" at 5 feet 2 and 110 pounds. "I'd rather be healthy."

Japan is already among the thinnest industrialized nations, thanks to a diet of fish, vegetables - and small portions. But while young women have become too skinny, Japanese men have moved to the opposite side of the spectrum. Nearly 40 percent of men in their 40s and 50s are considered overweight (their BMI is greater than 25 percent, about 20 percent higher than women the same age).

Weight gains prompted the government to impose waistline standards four years ago. Companies and local governments are now required to measure the waistlines of men and women between the ages of 40-74 as part of their annual health checkup. Employees who exceed the standard - 33.5 inches for men and 35.4 inches for women - are asked to undergo counseling . If they still fail to slim down, their companies face government fines.

Source

[Coligny]

So the metabo metabo metabo bullshit reached some kind of goal...

[Greji]

So the metabo metabo metabo bullshit reached some kind of goal...

I just had my annual company physical and the first thing the nurse does is measure the waistline. She immediately told me in her best grade school eigo: "Too big, too big." Now with a lead line like that, I had to reply.......

[2triky]

I just had my annual company physical and the first thing the nurse does is measure the waistline. She immediately told me in her best grade school eigo: "Too big, too big." Now with a lead line like that, I had to reply.......

Greji's reply: "I've never heard a goat complain yet."

[matsuki]

[Samurai_Jerk]

I just had my annual company physical and the first thing the nurse does is measure the waistline. She immediately told me in her best grade school eigo: "Too big, too big." Now with a lead line like that, I had to reply.......

Imagine my disappointment when I found out you are himan didn't mean this:

[Coligny]

"that's what your mom also said, you can call me daddy !"

(wild guess)

[Russell]

I just had my annual company physical and the first thing the nurse does is measure the waistline. She immediately told me in her best grade school eigo: "Too big, too big." Now with a lead line like that, I had to reply.......

Employees who exceed the standard - 33.5 inches for men - are asked to undergo counseling.

So, was your counseling session fruitful?

[Samurai_Jerk]

Well whaddya know? It looks like I can be a he-man after all.

[Coligny]

Employees who exceed the standard - 33.5 inches for men and 35.4 inches for women - are asked to undergo counseling . If they still fail to slim down, their companies face government fines.

Source

Everytime I read these kind of bullshit I have a little transition in mah mind:

"... meanwhile in Fukushima..."

[Russell]

Edit: Holy Fornicate!

I just reposted (and now deleted) 2tricky's article on diminishing waist lines. What was I thinkin?!?

Time to have one minute silence and reset the system...

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[Mike Oxlong]

I wonder if the diminishing waistlines in women reported here has anything to do with this...

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[IparryU]

I wonder if the diminishing waistlines in women reported here has anything to do with this...

no they still serve tea and answer phones.

[Russell]

[matsuki]

GG commented on it at the FG lunch a few weeks back but sooo many J-people are skinny fat and yet get a pass as being healthy....westernization? Nah, lack of exercise.

All I can say is it's gross when the lemur's arm feels like bone with a sack of cream of wheat wrapped around it.

[2triky]

GG commented on it at the FG lunch a few weeks back but sooo many J-people are skinny fat and yet get a pass as being healthy....westernization? Nah, lack of exercise.

All I can say is it's gross when the lemur's arm feels like bone with a sack of cream of wheat wrapped around it.

This guy seems to like it.

[IparryU]

Ya... quick to blame food. but if you don't get your fat ass up and at least walk you will put on weight.

people also fall under the assumption that if you change your diet you will also lose weight... well... unless you are water dieting/starving your self... good luck.

[Coligny]

All I can say is it's gross when the lemur's arm feels like bone with a sack of cream of wheat wrapped around it.

If you want, I can help offloading...


WAIT...

That sound frightenningly gay...

[Greji]

westernization? Nah, lack of exercise.

I believe in exercise! I jog every morning....from the genkan to the car.

[Samurai_Jerk]

I don't think the problem is necessarily Western food, it's the Japanese take on Western food. If they adopted a traditional Mediterranean diet, there wouldn't be a problem. Unfortunately they're eating a bunch of deep fried food, refined sugars and heavily processed snacks.

[matsuki]

Ya... quick to blame food. but if you don't get your fat ass up and at least walk you will put on weight.

people also fall under the assumption that if you change your diet you will also lose weight... well... unless you are water dieting/starving your self... good luck.

Most lemurs I know that "diet" means starving themselves or some stupid trendy diet...while at the same time occasionally binging. Even if they manage to stay strict, the day after they quit the diet, instead of slowly introducing themselves to reg. food again, all bets are off and their now skinny fat bodies rebound to just plain fat.

If you want, I can help offloading...

WAIT...

That sound frightenningly gay...

Believe me, even Greji wouldn't want this nastiness. Think saggy boobed corpse and you'll get an idea

I believe in exercise! I jog every morning....from the genkan to the car.

As long as you're not rolling there, you're all good!

I don't think the problem is necessarily Western food, it's the Japanese take on Western food. If they adopted a traditional Mediterranean diet, there wouldn't be a problem. Unfortunately they're eating a bunch of deep fried food, refined sugars and heavily processed snacks.

THIS, the portions may be small but they ain't too shy with loading them up

[IparryU]

I don't think the problem is necessarily Western food, it's the Japanese take on Western food. If they adopted a traditional Mediterranean diet, there wouldn't be a problem. Unfortunately they're eating a bunch of deep fried food, refined sugars and heavily processed snacks.

Western food == McDonalds, KFC, and other food you shouldn't eat every day.

Japanese candy/chocolate is also really fattening even though it is not as sweet as 'merican chocolate. Though, many Japanese say it is more healthier than other chocolate... ya get your head out of your ass... and Coke Zero wont make you fat either ...

[matsuki]

Western food == McDonalds, KFC, and other food you shouldn't eat every day.

Yeah, disregard all the healthy fruits and vegetables they get from overseas and focus on the junk when it comes to labeling it as "western." Cuz, y'all know all the healthy stuff comes from Hokkaido