Ralphie May is Dead

[Der Eisbär]

#healthateverysize

Rip big guy. He was funny.

 

[LukeSkyrocker]

damn man, didn't he just suffer some brutal divorce or something?

He was gigantic. And his wife was hoooooooooooooot. Goddamn. Very funny comedian, I just saw this, very sad news.

 

[HARRISON_3]

Just read that.

Wasn't he on an episode of Celebrity Fit Club?

Wasn't all that familiar with his work, but RIP, nonetheless.

 

[USA!USA!]

Is not always the case. I'm willing to bet he was obese as a child.

I'm skinny, but im not gonna sit here and judge him.


45 isnt that young anyway. He had a good run and im sure his kids are gonna be well off.

45 is actually pretty damn young man lol

 

[The Clinch]

Probably the funniest of the plus sized comedians, and funny overall. 45 is too young.

 

[hillelslovak87]

Sadly, this was not a surprise.

Rest in Pizza/Pie/Peace

 

[El Chimpo]

It says right at the top of the article he was battling pneumonia and died of cardiac arrest. Motherfuckers need to learn how to read.

you expect jerkoffs to actually read?

 

[BJ@LW&WW]

It says right at the top of the article he was battling pneumonia and died of cardiac arrest. Motherfuckers need to learn how to read.

he said it as a joke.

 

[Jack Reacheround]

he said it as a joke.

I hope so.

 

[MusterX]

R.I.P. Ralphie. I always remember his bit on Cuban coffee.

 

[Guestx]

Is not always the case. I'm willing to bet he was obese as a child.

I'm skinny, but im not gonna sit here and judge him.


45 isnt that young anyway. He had a good run and im sure his kids are gonna be well off.

There does seem to clearly be a genetic component when it comes to getting fat. I never weighed more than 125 lbs until I was about 25 years old. And now at 35, even after several years of drinking almost daily and eating like shit I still only weigh about 160.

I certainly can't attribute the fact that I'm not a huge fuck to my discipline or anything.

 

[Loiosh]

Oh sure I get that its hard to lose weight. For sure.

But it is a completely fixable problem.

Clearly you don't get it.

The percentage of people in the world his size who manage to lose the weight and keep it off is... Wait for it... Zero percent. There are unicorns who manage to get it done, but it's an almost impossible task and statistically nobody gets there.

"Put the fork down."

It's ten thousand times harder than that.

 

[HereticBD]

Always thought this guy was like a real life, grown up Cartman.

Decent comedian.

RIP.

 

[AGGAMEMNON66]

He was bulimic, and suffered from throat cancer due to throwing up.

Sucks though. He seemed alright.

Damn, that sucks. I remember when he was a big dude -it was part of his gimmick I thought too.


Wasn't a fan of him at all tbh, but that's sad to read.

 

[wonderbread]

My oh Myocardial Infarction. Fuck him. His stuff on American Indians was disgraceful.

Karma is a bitch.

 

[Uptown Swinger]

Sadly I predicted his death when I saw him on demand on the Penn and Teller show last week. He looked more huge than ever. RIP...

That episode was probably his last TV appearance. Must still be on demand. Check it out. Penn and Teller - Fool Us.

 

[AGGAMEMNON66]

Clearly you don't get it.

The percentage of people in the world his size who manage to lose the weight and keep it off is... Wait for it... Zero percent. There are unicorns who manage to get it done, but it's an almost impossible task and statistically nobody gets there.

"Put the fork down."

It's ten thousand times harder than that.

This is false. Plenty of people out there that would be obese -or have been- that thru diet/exercise and regiment maintain a healthy lifestyle.


It isn't easy for most people that do it, but people do it all the time.

 

[GearSolidMetal]

His wife

What she had to do for sex

And they had two kids.... wow.

 

[Loiosh]

This is false. Plenty of people out there that would be obese -or have been- that thru diet/exercise and regiment maintain a healthy lifestyle.


It isn't easy for most people that do it, but people do it all the time.

You're wrong. I'm not sure how much proof you guys need, I know it's hilarious making fun of fat people. Making people feel like shit and telling them they're lazy and worthless is a favorite sport on Sherdog.

Obese People Have Slim Chance of Obtaining Normal Body Weight
For every 100 people who are obese, only perhaps one will reach a healthy weight again, a new study states.

Since obesity is directly linked to a higher incidence of disease and a shorter lifespan, that’s a big problem.

Researchers with the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) in the United Kingdom used a decade’s worth of digital health records for 278,982 people — 129,194 men and 149,788 women — and concluded current methods of getting people to lose weight aren’t working.

Once an adult becomes obese, it is very unlikely that they will return to a healthy body weight.
Dr. Alison Fildes, King’s College London



Odds of an Obese Person Attaining a Healthy Weight Are Incredibly Slim, Study Finds
Obese men have got a 1 in 210 chance, and women a 1 in 124 chance.
BEC CREW 17 JUL 2015
The chances of an obese person being able to attain a healthy weight are incredibly low, and they get even lower once a person reaches the point of severe obesity. These findings, which were the result of a new study looking at data from 278,982 people in the UK health records, suggest that by focussing on simple diet and exercise, current weight management programs just aren’t working when it comes to obesity.



Obese people almost never attain normal weight, study finds
Last Updated Jul 17, 2015 5:10 PM EDT

Weight loss can be a battle for everyone. But a large new study says that for obese people, the odds of reaching normal weight are near impossible.

The study, published in the American Journal of Public Health, shows the odds of a clinically obese person achieving normal weight without surgical interventions are just 1 in 210 for men and 1 in 124 for women in a given year. Among the most morbidly obese, the chances were even worse.

People in the study were somewhat more successful at managing enough weight loss to improve their health, defined as dropping at least 5 percent of body weight. But they often did not maintain the lower weight.

"What our findings suggest is that current strategies used to tackle obesity are not helping the majority of obese patients to lose weight and maintain that weight loss," lead researcher Alison Fildes, a research psychologist at University College London, told HealthDay.​

 

[AGGAMEMNON66]

You're wrong. I'm not sure how much proof you guys need, I know it's hilarious making fun of fat people. Making people feel like shit and telling them they're lazy and worthless is a favorite sport on Sherdog.

Obese People Have Slim Chance of Obtaining Normal Body Weight
For every 100 people who are obese, only perhaps one will reach a healthy weight again, a new study states.

Since obesity is directly linked to a higher incidence of disease and a shorter lifespan, that’s a big problem.

Researchers with the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) in the United Kingdom used a decade’s worth of digital health records for 278,982 people — 129,194 men and 149,788 women — and concluded current methods of getting people to lose weight aren’t working.

Once an adult becomes obese, it is very unlikely that they will return to a healthy body weight.
Dr. Alison Fildes, King’s College London



Odds of an Obese Person Attaining a Healthy Weight Are Incredibly Slim, Study Finds
Obese men have got a 1 in 210 chance, and women a 1 in 124 chance.
BEC CREW 17 JUL 2015
The chances of an obese person being able to attain a healthy weight are incredibly low, and they get even lower once a person reaches the point of severe obesity. These findings, which were the result of a new study looking at data from 278,982 people in the UK health records, suggest that by focussing on simple diet and exercise, current weight management programs just aren’t working when it comes to obesity.



Obese people almost never attain normal weight, study finds
Last Updated Jul 17, 2015 5:10 PM EDT

Weight loss can be a battle for everyone. But a large new study says that for obese people, the odds of reaching normal weight are near impossible.

The study, published in the American Journal of Public Health, shows the odds of a clinically obese person achieving normal weight without surgical interventions are just 1 in 210 for men and 1 in 124 for women in a given year. Among the most morbidly obese, the chances were even worse.

People in the study were somewhat more successful at managing enough weight loss to improve their health, defined as dropping at least 5 percent of body weight. But they often did not maintain the lower weight.

"What our findings suggest is that current strategies used to tackle obesity are not helping the majority of obese patients to lose weight and maintain that weight loss," lead researcher Alison Fildes, a research psychologist at University College London, told HealthDay.​

Again, there tons of people packed into gyms that could be obese because they have the genetics for it but they work hard to keep it from happening.


And I personally know more than a few 'former fat' people that changed their lives around and have been fit for years now (that's anecdotal, I know, but still)


I'm always skeptical of these studies because they seem like they find people that fit their narrative.


Either way, it takes a lot of work for some people, but it can be done. A lot of this is nothing more than choice.