UNBREADED: Louis C.K. on the Differences in the Way Fat and Skinny People Think About Food

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Louis C.K. on the Differences in the Way Fat and Skinny People Think About Food

In case you're like me and don't ever actually watch the videos people post, here's the part I like:

I hate skinny people, because they don't empathize with fat guy problems. You ever have a skinny friend, and you try to tell him, "I just wish I could have one doughnut and fuckin' walk away. I wish I could do that. I wish I had the power to eat a doughnut"? And your skinny friend's like, "Well, just eat the doughnut, then. What's the big deal? Just have a doughnut if you want one. Totally go ahead and have one. Just enjoy yourself and have a doughnut if you like them." Fuck you! You don't get it. It's a whole spiral that begins with a doughnut and later I'm killing hookers and don't even remember what happened.

It's not just that I hate skinny people for not understanding why I want to eat a lot; I hate them for not wanting to eat a lot themselves. I really do have a co-worker who buys a two-pack of wrapped doughnuts every day at lunch, eats one, and offers the other one around. Sometimes he doesn't even finish the first one. I really hate him. And then my other co-worker always takes the second one but also goes to the gym every morning for two hours, so I don't have to hate him as much.

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Grace2882 · 766 weeks ago

This was hysterical and I totally get it. Thank you for sharing. ____At some point you won't hate your skinny friends. Just stick on the low carb journey and you will be that skinny person that others hate. LOL

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plumpdumpling 64p · 766 weeks ago

Thanks so much for commenting! You're my first official comment since I began contributing to the blog yesterday. What an honor, right?

I loved reading your story, and your recipes look like things even I could make in my tiny non-kitchen. That meatball soup, especially, will be mine. I do think low-carb is the right way for me to live, and people like you only validate that for me, as cheesy as that sounds.

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Tracey · 766 weeks ago

This is a great point, and a great reason to stick to it. I do have a big worry that the way I feel about food is something that I can't change about myself (or maybe secretly/subconsciously don't want to change) and that even if I'm skinny, it will be a constant struggle to not eat "the whole thing" or whatever.

Is that desire to eat lots and lots of bad-for-me things a result of nature or nurture or both? Is it a legitimate addiction, or is it just a bad habit i can eventually break if I really put my mind to it?

(Also, to echo Katie, thanks for commenting! I just subscribed to your blog in my Google Reader and can't wait to check out your recipes.)

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Tracey · 766 weeks ago

I am totally embarrassed to admit that I still have not been in a position where I can watch this video. However, the quote from it totally rocks, because it is soooooo true, right?!

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Grace2882 · 766 weeks ago

Ladies I am so glad that you enjoyed my blog. You do get to a place where you are able to walk away without making yourself feel stuffed. I even blogged on that once. It takes time and planning. I plan out my meals for the week before I grocery shop. If you don't have junk food in the house you won't eat it. My skinny husband only gets items that I don't care for. :) That way I am less tempted. ____The meatball soup is very good. We are having it for lunch today to finish it up. Do you have a Krogers near your home? They have a very good low carb yogurt that I sometimes have for dessert to make myself feel as if I am getting a treat. The cherry is my favorite.

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Tracey · 766 weeks ago

Living with a skinny person who doesn't share your food issues could be a topic for its own blog! I'm in that boat, as well.

I do have a Kroger nearby. Walmart surprisingly has a really good store brand low carb yogurt, too. The orange flavor is dreamy.

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Ash · 766 weeks ago

I also hate when people who've never had food issues tell me 'just eat less!' as if this has never occurred to me and will magically make me not think about food all the time... I'm sorry, person, but if you haven't felt like eating 6 donuts after seeing a billboard for dunkin, don't talk to me about that.

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Tracey · 766 weeks ago

So true! I had a great conversation with a lifelong skinny friend a while back, and when I explained to her that my brain does not tell me to stop eating (quite the opposite, fact), she was floored. She's one of those people who gets to a point when she's eating where she can't eat anything else or she'd be physically sick -- even if she would really like to keep eating. The idea that people can eat past the point of fullness with no problem whatsoever was like a revelation for her, and I think that mentally, she suddenly cut fat people tons of slack she had never be willing to grant, before. I guess when something's easy for you, it's easy to judge other people for struggling with it.