Becca on BBC news beat and radio one

IainKendrick said:If you have execcive mass (define how you will) you are negatively impacting your health, and increasing probability of diseases. Now exercising is clear a plus, but that dosnt change the above.

If people still want to be that mass then all power to them. They are making a potential sacrifice for something they have a passion for.

However let's not pretend that excessive mass, along with excessive body fat is 'healthy'

Pikefingers said:Some good lifting going on there Paul and Becca.

Are you planning on putting a clip from the BBC coverage on IG? Seems like a good opportunity for some self-promotion that wouldn’t do your training business any harm.

scruffmcbuff said:Rugby player- agreed

Becca-agreed

Size for the sport... but the model??how is that size in any way functional or healthy?

Lets be honest all of us in the 140+ range are taking the piss as it is but atleast we exercise!

PaulSavage said:
Of course nobody is promoting sitting on your backside whilst eating a block of butter, we made that very clear in our Facebook posts. If a doctor is telling you that you need to lose weight due to health then of course listen.
The fact is most people in the UK are overweight or obese though so the plus size model is simply normal. Should she really feel bad about that? I say no and think its very important to be body positive.

scruffmcbuff said:
Thats where we disagree. I dont think its good to be body positive if all you are is fat.
And just to clarify im not talking about becca im talking about the model. Becca trains bloody hard. And her size is a product of her goals, which i think is awesome.
Social media full of 30 stone women demanding that society stop saying its unhealthy can do one tho.

IainKendrick said:
Agreed. Its a tough line. Culture needs to be both accepting of individuals and not reducing them to one dimensional characatures, but realising self destructive behavior isn't positive.
So being overweight dosnt make you a lesser human, and neither does it have to define you as a person. However it doesn't mean we have to praise that attribute and ignore the down sides.
That goes for a whole host of self destructive behavior!

FAT_SAM said:I'm fat let's party!

FAT_SAM said:I'm fat let's party!

unit94 said:I was quite pleased when I got my blood pressure done that I don't seem to be killing myself being so heavy

ChrisMcCarthy said:
more investment in Education and actually fixing this problem would be very welcome indeed.

ChrisMcCarthy said:
Did you ever get your Heart Rate checked out?
For many I would include Food as a kind of Substance Abuse...I know we all like to spend the money the NHS doesn't have but more investment in Education and actually fixing this problem would be very welcome indeed.