Extreme Diets That Will Make You Shudder
There’s an endless supply of weird and wacky diets out there, a lot of them heralded on the adverts around the web as the weight loss secrets “they” don’t want you to know about. I’m not sure who “they” are, but since those messages also promise me introductions to available single women in my area I […]
How To Deal With Fat Insults
Many years ago, fresh off the boat (well, plane actually), from Ireland, I worked in a pub in west London. One day a well-dressed young geezer-type, whom I’d never seen before, sauntered up to the bar and said “A pint of lager please, you fat c***.” I was so surprised by this as a conversation […]
The 20 Funniest Diet Memes…Plus Cats!
Ahhhh, internet, we do love you so. What would we do without your regular dose of picture lols? Work probably – and no one wants that. We sent bona-fide memehound Craig Morris off to hunt down 20 of the funniest diet memes and then when we realised that he hadn’t found any cat ones we […]
WTF Weight Loss Statistics
We gave MAN v FAT stats hound Seamus Hilley the task of finding the most interesting obesity-related weight loss statistics out there. These are his findings… Obesity is a killer. We all know that. But just how dangerous is it? More dangerous than sharks perhaps? Having carefully collated the fat stats I can reveal that obesity […]
The 5 Scariest Findings MHF’s Gender Data Report
There’s a new report out by those too-often unsung heroes over at Men’s Health Forum, called The Gender Data Deficit In Local Health, (yeah, we know they need a course in linkbaiting their report names). It’s well worth a peruse because it’s something that all men (and women) should be making a stink about. So what’s […]
The Funniest Fat Guys From Sitcoms
The funny fat guy is one of the great staples of drama even if he’s usually a supporting character; every budding hero needs his overweight court jester. The fat friend can tag along but only so long as he knows his place, and his place is a temporary one. When Price Hal becomes King Henry, […]
Five Things Only A Fat Man Would Understand
You know we know, right? We know what it’s like to be fat and we know what it’s like to want to lose weight. But more than that, we know precisely why your thighs are hurting right now. Check it out… Did we miss any out? Take a look at the full list of 24 […]
Project Garry: Can A Bootcamp Solve Your Weight Problems?
Every fat guy has had the boot camp fantasy. No, not that fantasy, the other one. The boot camp fantasy where you feel horrible about yourself and in a fit of courage you book yourself into a boot camp. It’s brutal, you sleep on an army-type bed and there are really high walls to climb over, which at first you can’t […]
The Best Weight Loss Quotes That Get How You Feel
Sick of fitspiration memes chock full of the same old weight loss quotes? We are. That’s why we thought we would dust off our Googling gloves, trawl the archives and bring you some fat-related quotes you might not have seen before. Some might inspire and make you smile, but they will all hopefully show that you are […]
Will The Fat Shaming Ever End?
UPDATE: An enraged MVFer wrote to Susan Jebb and got a positively sane reply, it seems that her views were wildly misrepresented and we’re happy to acknowledge that. Did fat shaming help me when I was obese? I’m not sure what it takes to be an obesity expert, but it is clear, if the Daily […]
