No Sweatpants» Uncategorized http://www.nosweatpants.com Issues concerning all the big, overweight, heavy, large, plus-size, giant, tall, fat people of the world! Mon, 27 Apr 2009 22:23:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Fat Guy Friendly http://www.nosweatpants.com/2008/12/12/fat-guy-friendly/ http://www.nosweatpants.com/2008/12/12/fat-guy-friendly/#comments Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:06:21 +0000 admin http://nosweatpants.com/2008/12/12/fat-guy-friendly/ So, we all know there are a lot of places & services that are “unfriendly” to the big man!  Well, there is a new resource growing that helps you find “Fat Guy Friendly” places!

Check it out!  http://www.fatguyfriendly.com/

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I mean they are comfortable, cheap, and come is all types of colors.  If you come over to my place on a cold winter night you might even find me wearing some!

Here’s my beef with sweatpants.  They are just so sterotypical.  It’s like the default outfit for a fat person.  If there is even a thought process, I imagine it goes something like this… “Crap, I need to go out! – Well, if I’m going to make the effort to leave the house, I should at least be comfortable – It doesn’t matter what I look like”  But this is a mistake! (one that even I am guilty of) It just feeds the whole “fat people are slobs” mentality.

 

 

Here is a great quote from a Yahoo answers board recently…

Question: Jogging in Sweatpants?

Is it alright for me to go jogging in sweat pants and a tee shirt over the
summer, or would that be bad for my health. I don’t want to embarrass
my self wearing the wrong gear.

Answer:  If anything, I think sweat pants have been taken over by fat people. Just go with a nice pair of basketball shorts. 

To be clear, I’m not saying that fat people should boycott sweatpants, but instead we should be aware that there are numerous stereotypes out there.  I have just picked this one to name the blog after because I think it’s so prevalent in our world today!

]]> http://www.nosweatpants.com/2008/07/25/why-nosweatpants/feed/ 4 NoSweatpants.com http://www.nosweatpants.com/2008/07/22/nosweatpantscom/ http://www.nosweatpants.com/2008/07/22/nosweatpantscom/#comments Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:53:56 +0000 admin http://nosweatpants.com/2008/07/22/nosweatpantscom/ This is a new blog devoted to life issues concerning big/overweight men & women.  I will be primarily discussing issues from a male perspective, as well… um.. I am a guy!

I have found life to be a tad more difficult as a big guy! (compared to a guy of normal size) 

Just to name a few…

  • Constantly being stared at
  • Difficulty in travel/mobility
  • Finding comfortable seating
  • Getting clothes that fit
  • Facing the "fatism" that exists in our culture

These are all issues that I look forward to discussing in further depth.  I would like this blog to start a conversation and develop into something much more than just a monologue by me!
So, if you are a big person yourself or just interested in a trials faced by those that are… check back soon or subscribe to the feed.

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