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Love Handles Shooting

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — A Florida woman says her love handles saved her life when she was shot entering an Atlantic City bar.

Samantha Lynn Frazier says she heard two pops when she walked into Herman’s Place early Saturday. The 35-year-old then felt pain and saw blood on her hand after she grabbed her left side.

Atlantic City police say Frazier was an innocent bystander. Detective Lt. Charles Love says the gunman was aiming for a man who escaped with a bullet hole in his down jacket.

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The suspect remains at large.

Frazier tells The Press of Atlantic City she had been “hollering” how she wanted to lose weight. She now says “I want to be as big as I can if it’s going to stop a bullet.”

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/alishakel/ alishakel

    Goodness gracious me that was such a lucky escape

    http://join.crazyfruits.net

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CaliFemme23/ CaliFemme23

    First Mo’Nique, then Tyra Banks now Kevlar! “oh my fat saved my life, now I dont ever want to lose weight!”…..I can hear the Butter Pecan cartons opening as we speak! Like we need ANOTHER reason to be obese these days..

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Nightowl358/ Nightowl358

    Wow. . .so being fat has it’s benefits. . .

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Jack_Stephen1/ Jack_Stephen1

    why in the f would she allow someone to photograph her lookin like that?!

    the pic is makin me think of that t-shirt “Makin’ Bacon” it’s two pigs goin at it and sweat beads are jumpin off the male’s head.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Nightowl358/ Nightowl358

    Rip that fake shyt off her head, and she’d look like Buddah sittin’ up in there.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/blknall/ blknall

    Ya’ll wrong for those comments on how she looks. Hell how she look is what saved her life apparently. I guess ya’ll would rather she look good dead instead of bad alive.

    Besides, when it comes to the media and black people they would’ve made her look bad no matter what.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CaliFemme23/ CaliFemme23

    blknall, Nah, we wouldnt dare rather her look good dead as opposed to bad alive…We would love it if she looked GOOD ALIVE…Now isnt that a phenomenal approach to life!

    I agree with Jack_Stephen1, She should have been ashamed of herself looking like that for the WORLD to see. How do you have a head full of multi colored weave ponytail, a big woman, NO BRA ON, and some beat up sweat pants on, ON FILM?! The point is blknall..If ONE black person looks ‘bad’ for the world to see, then guess what…ALL of us take the representation for it.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Sexy_Lil_Jawn/ Sexy_Lil_Jawn

    Why does it matter what she had on and what she looks like. That’s the problem these days, people always judging one another for what they don’t have or what they look like. Some people are happy and blessed to wake up and see another day rather then the material things. To many innocent people are dying everyday to childish things, some of y’all need to wake up and realize what have.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Rei777/ Rei777

    Something tells me that she might not’ve gotten shot had she had not been so wide, not the other way around…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Nefertiti313/ Nefertiti313

    This is a poignant portrait of self-destruction and self-loathing! Where is the pride? It’s truly sad…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CaliFemme23/ CaliFemme23

    Sexy_Lil_Jawn, I’m glad the woman is alive ofcourse…But it also, as a fellow black woman, pains me to see black women who dont have self respect. Don’t have a sense of presentation about themselves. No one said anything about what she has or doesnt have…She just could have atleast put on a Bra dontcha think?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/PiMpInShAwTy_08/ PiMpInShAwTy_08

    Frazier tells The Press of Atlantic City she had been “hollering” how she wanted to lose weight. She now says “I want to be as big as I can if it’s going to stop a bullet.”

    Does she not realize that her weight can also take her life? She has to be extremely simple if she thinks gaining more weight will put her at lower risk of dying early. Maybe from dying from a bullet, but not from all the weight-related diseases, etc.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/walterlomo/ walterlomo

    when this type of s**t gona stop….now u cant walk into a bar witout gettin shot…..this is crazy…..look at her she looks terrified after gettin shot u look at things differently believe u me…it like i dont give a f**k attitude

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/_A_/ _A_

    Well for an alternative view. If she was walking into a gym, rather than some ghetto azz bar, the probability of catching a stray one would be….well, SLIM!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/TheresNoneLikeMe/ TheresNoneLikeMe

    That’s the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard. Yeah you may not die from a bullet by being fat. There’s still things like diabetes, high blood pressure, heart attack and stroke. Which all stimulates from Obesity. GTFOH with that s***.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/1Bitter_Chick/ 1Bitter_Chick

    Seriously WTH…I realize that it is easy to make excuses for not losing weight and being healthy like we should but seriously. Not losing weight to stop a stray bullet?? She should be ashamed of herself for letting those words even come out of her mouth to be quoted! If you’re overweight it is what it is but to claim it like it has benefit is just sad…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/cwgrltx/ cwgrltx

    Would someone tell me why she’s showin all her essential. Just threw it all out there! I don’t know about her but for me it is not a plus to be overweight. And the older you are the worse it becomes to your general health and the worse you feel also. Please stop giving people another reason to keep eating! I kind of like the idea of living til I’m well into my 90s. Come to think of it, I’m going to go take a nice long 4 mile walk now. It can start with just a walk to the corner. Damn! Throwin my hands up and SMH.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DancinMasheen/ DancinMasheen

    Rei777: ding! that is the correct answer!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Black_Queen09/ Black_Queen09

    YOU SEE THE PROBLEM TODAY… IS THAT PEOPLE IS TOO BUSY WORRYING ABOUT… WHAT THE WORLD WILL SAY (THE SELF-IMAGE)… YOU KNOW THAT FAKE STUFF THAT MAN HOLDS ON TO FOR DEAR LIFE… DID NOT GOD SAY COME AS YOU ARE… THIS WOMAN LOOKS LIKE SHE WAS VERY COMFORTABLE IN HER HOME… SO THE HELL WITH THE WAY THE WORLD… THOUGHT SHE WAS LOOKING ON CAMERA… THE WORLD AIN’T PAYING HER BILLS OR PUTTING FOOD ON HER TABLE… NEITHER DOES IT HAVE A HEAVEN OR HELL TO PUT HER IN… SO GET OVER IT… AND TO SAY THAT SHE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ASHAME OF HERSELF… IS JUST NONE SENSE… I TELL YOU WHO SHOULD BE ASHAME… THE WORLD SHOULD BE ASHAME OF ITSELF FOR STILL DISOBEYING GOD… BE FOR REAL PEOPLE NO ONE WANTS TO BE FAT… BEENING HUMILIATED… THIS WOMAN WAS JUST TALKING… SHE’S PROBABLY NOT EVEN OVER THE SHOCK OF BEEN SHOT YET… A TRAUMA LIKE THIS AFFECT PEOPLE IN A WEIRD WAY… I THANK GOD THAT SHE WASN’T KILLED… BECAUSE THEN WE WOULD HAVE ANOTHER SENSELY MURDER…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/mizz214/ mizz214

    All you fitness gurus seem to think running 4 miles a day is going to help you cheat death. Newsflash: YOU’RE GOING TO DIE. We all are. Might as well take the advice of my husband in my head Devin The Dude and do what the f*©k you wanna do. And remember, fat kids are harder to kidnap!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/_A_/ _A_

    @mizz214, its not about cheating death, its about cheating getting sick while you live. Arthritis, diabetes, high blood pressure and hundreds more ailments are results of no exercise and/or poor diets. That simple!

  • http://ipowerrichmond.com/national/tttorrez/shooting-victim-my-love-handles-saved-my-life/ Shooting Victim: My Love Handles Saved My Life | iPowerRichmond – Power 92.1

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CaliFemme23/ CaliFemme23

    _A_
    2-26-2010 6:38am “Well for an alternative view. If she was walking into a gym, rather than some ghetto azz bar, the probability of catching a stray one would be….well, SLIM!”

    lol…nice play on words….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CaliFemme23/ CaliFemme23

    mizz214,

    Youre right, we are all going to die eventually…But in the meantime why not try to prolong the area of life that is in our control.like our health and well being….Death is coming, true, but lets not welcome it!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/jwright5/ jwright5

    thank God that man didnt kill her, she is blessed to still be here

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/LaTiNa909/ LaTiNa909

    That’s cool she didn’t die.. buuuutttt i hope this lady knows if she didn’t have the love handles.. she wouldn’t have gotten shot.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/xodus36/ xodus36

    LaTiNa909, you hit it right on the head. Her love handles caught the bullet. If she was smaller, the bullet woulda whizzed past the area that her fat currently is…

    Any excuse to keep downing burgers…

    Pretty soon she won’t have to worry at all about being shot cause she won’t be able to get out of the house!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Black_Queen09/ Black_Queen09

    I SEE THAT ALOT OF PEOPLE ON HERE HAVE PLENTY OF TIME… TO CRITICIZE AND DOWN GRADE THIS WOMAN… BECAUSE OF HER SIZE… BUT WHEN IT COMES TO GOD… YOU GOT NO TIME AT ALL TO OBEY HIS WILL…
    GO FIGURE…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/jwright5/ jwright5

    LaTiNa909, and Xodus
    ur really ignorant !! like really anyone of any size could have gotten shot and its a 50/50 . even if she was heavy , that man could have killed her but God had other plans for her and thats why she is still here

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/chinadollo1/ chinadollo1

    fat medium skinny if it was her time then it would have been but all u fat hatters out here i believe the women was trying to add a lil light out of the situation making it funny and not crying about it we never no when we are going to die im a hospice nurse i take care of dieing people all day fat skinny medium cancer aids what ever the case may be i have had patience as young as 10 and as old as 100 so if its your time then thats what it is u yes u the skinny person on here who likes to down a person for being fat can die tomorrow with high blood pressure diabetes our what ever so get a life and stop thinking about what the next fat person is doing and think about your own

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/chinadollo1/ chinadollo1

    and it only takes a second for a person to get hit by a stray bullet fat our skinny all about being in the wrong place at the wrong time people should think before they say stupid s.h.i.t from there mouth

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SHYHEIM103/ SHYHEIM103

    Hmmm, I’m not going to lie, the first thought that occurred to me was, “If she was a healthy weight the bullet would’ve just went past her.” You honestly can’t call anyone ignorant for saying that because it’s the truth. And all we can gather from the article based on how it was written that the woman now wants to be as fat as possible. now THAT is ignorant. You need to tell HER, that she shouldn’t let what happened stop her from becoming healthy, and that if it’s her time to go then it’s time. Not us for speaking the truth.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SarahJayne_333/ SarahJayne_333

    lmao thats hillarious!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CaliFemme23/ CaliFemme23

    SHYHEIM103, thank you bruh

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Luxurious_02/ Luxurious_02

    It’s funny, correction, sad and ignorant how she says she wants to gain more fat to prevent dying…yet she doesn’t realize that that will kill her too. A Heart attack or what ever else besides a bullet is just as bad. I know one thing, you can’t cheat death by gaining excessive weight and being unhealthy.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Luxurious_02/ Luxurious_02

    Funny article though…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/shy_but_beautiful/ shy_but_beautiful

    It doesn’t matter how fat or skinny you are if u get shot in the head….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/sosexy223/ sosexy223

    Lol,NO COMMENT ON THIS ONE.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SoularFlarez/ SoularFlarez

    i used to be 400 lbs…

    then I found crack and Im slim as a pencil

    THANKS CRACK !!!

    (this is how stupid this s**t sounds)

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Saintjamesufc1/ Saintjamesufc1

    there is your excuse to be fat and unhealthy HOORRAAAYYY

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/sabreenas1st/ sabreenas1st

    IM GLAD SHE GOOD, THIS S**T IS FUNNY IN AWAY

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/lyricallysweet007/ lyricallysweet007

    I have to comment… being skinny or fat has NOTHING to do w/ your health.. it’s if you eat well and take care of yourself… God has a number for all of us and being skinny or fat doesn’t matter trust me… My great grandmother died a big woman, but she died over her 90′s… a skinny person can have all the medical problems a big person has… my aunt wasn’t overweight when she was diagnosed w/ diabetes or high blood pressure… you can eat ANYTHING you want as long as it’s in moderation, and the more times u eat during the day you’ll actually see results of weight loss… I lost 10 lbs eating regular foods 6 times a day… no exercise whatsoever… I don’t think her comment was serious it was a I’m just saying moments… She knows what she has to do and THANK GOD she is still alive and not dead to another pointless death… there is no sure fire way anyone of us prolonging our death… you guys sound a lil silly… God already has your num… #ijs didn’t we lose a great singer and he was on the treadmill when he died??? Come one now… God is greater than what our thought processes will take us obviously… LET HIS WILL BE DONE!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/shy_but_beautiful/ shy_but_beautiful

    lyricallysweet007
    You’re right people can be big and still healthy, but the chances of that are “slim”. However, I think people lose weight for the “quality” of life they’d like to live. I should know I’m in that process now.
    Quality…i mean getting out and being active, keeping up with your girlfriends at the mall without stopping or searching for benches to rest on…amusement parks and being able to enjoy the rides not just the vendors. Now, God is ultimately in charge of our time on earth…but i think we contribute to shortening that time with our bad choices both physically and spiritually

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Angilix/ Angilix

    If she didn’t have love handles they would have missed.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/AURELIAS_/ AURELIAS_

    OK all you skinny people, just remember this, when you get stuck on a desert island and there is no food or water, remember, fat people will live longer, and have higher water content in their bods, which will also help you to survive until rescue comes,lol. Now us fatties got bullet proofed organs and food storage, lol. take that,lmao.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/mrenayj/ mrenayj

    SHE’S THIRTY FRICKIN’ FIVE?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!!!!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/T2003J/ T2003J

    wow, I hope this doesn’t change her mind about losing some weight. Cuz that picture right there is not looking nice

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DR_J21/ DR_J21

    Angilix you are sure enough right about that one lol. no one should look for an excuse to be morbidly obese or try to justify it by thinking their fat is bullet proof lol. getting shot is not a common occurence, but diabetes, hypertension, strokes and kidney disease are all bullets you can not dodge baby.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ASLgeek/ ASLgeek

    Amen,lyricallysweet007 & chinadollo1

    People have misconceptions because the media puts that garbage in their head. And fat or skinny her ass still probably would’ve caught that bullet

    I guess I missed the memo about skinny people not getting shot now because they can turn sideways and move into a parallel universe or the matrix?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Raheem_nyc/ Raheem_nyc

    lol fat people.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Raheem_nyc/ Raheem_nyc

    her boobs are all over the place, god bless her soul.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Hellokitty111/ Hellokitty111

    Well how many people in this world have survived death because of love handles whether they were shot or whatever lol…i mean i am glad she is ok and survived because she is a innocent bystander and no one deserves to be shot at the hands of selfish, ignorant people who can’t control themselves. BUT couldn’t she have fixed herself up a bit and get that shirt from underneath her saggy boob? lol Her pant trim looks a little lost. I know my body ain’t perfect but still. Maybe had someone cleaned up her house a bit. But love handles isn’t going to save you from heart disease or diabetes. She was lucky……this time…..but i am happy she is ok no matter what.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Raheem_nyc/ Raheem_nyc

    she can escape a bullet, lets see how well she escape diabetes.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Grn_Eyed_QT/ Grn_Eyed_QT

    Did we really need to see her stomach?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/msmimi2004/ msmimi2004

    there they go trying to poach the damn whales again.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/letmelickuallover/ letmelickuallover

    well you igorant Black motherf**kers always trying to put your own color down.what you nigga need to be doing is trying to educated brothers and sisters thats down.Istead of all this black on black crimes yall need to covert to workplace violence kill some of those cracker thats using the pencil to keep yall dumb asses down.Racism is a dam cancer but i don’t see none of you b***hes commenting on that

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Marvelous2055/ Marvelous2055

    love handles didnt save her life, being fa did. this is such a ghetto story.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/dcb514/ dcb514

    @Marvelous2055 … I completely AGREE!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Themans1044/ Themans1044

    Shes alive! Now she can start where she left off. Pork rinds and American Idol.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CHEVY_NIGGA_954/ CHEVY_NIGGA_954

    ITS F**KED UP HOW ALL YALL GOT SUMTHING TO SAY ABOUT THIS LADY ME PERSONALLY MAYB ITS TRUE THAT HER SIZE SAVEDD HER LIFE WAT IF YUH WERE IN HER PLACE WHILE YALL TAWKIN SHYT NOW IF YUH GOT SUMTHING TO SAY BOUT MY COMMENT C** TO MY PAGE B***HES F**K YOUR THAUGHTS

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Maimoona/ Maimoona

    I am so thankful the woman is alive and that is a blessing.

    I just don’t believe her stomach/love handles had anything to do with her missing a bullet of death but it wasn’t her time to die.

    Presentation…………..it’s so important to know how to interview on national television meaning………. your appearance, dialect, and how well your communication gets across to others.

    *sigh*

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Moni171/ Moni171

    What on Earth?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CAROLINAGIRLSRDABEST/ CAROLINAGIRLSRDABEST

    @CHEVY_NIGGA_954-I have to agree with you.(JMO)

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Champ8905/ Champ8905

    thank God she is alive!.. maybe her weight did save her..and for those who r making fun of her because she is overweight needs to check themselves and realize how ignorant they are!..dealing with life or death but yaull think its a game..until something like this happens to u or ur family..then its not all fun n jokes!..theres a time for joking and a time for being serious~

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/urbanlegend420/ urbanlegend420

    its sad how people can judge someone and call them names after something like this and its even worse when we are on a site named black planet and i see white people on here making fun and jokes and yall think that ish is ok at some point we need to really think about things how damn fly would you want to dress after being shot personally you would probably be in too much pain to give a f*@k but then again we have people who are only a few months from getting thier uncle tom badges so they dont give a ish i swear yall are sad remember dumb asses karma is real and she is a b***h you may laugh and joke but when it hits home maybe some of you skinny bitc**s can have a news story saying being anorexic saved my life the bullet just went right through tramps i wish the panthers were still around they shot niggaz like yall on site.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Carmel-Queen1/ Carmel-Queen1

    The sad part about this site, and this story for that matter – is that we have no alternatives. So…we read these horrible stories, we comment on the story’s ignorance, we find ignorant readers that literally epitomize why we are embarrassed by the article and it’s underlying insulting nature in the first place, but in the end we do nothing.

    Black journalism is something we need to take more seriously. My uncle, Hans Massaquoi, was the Managing Editor of Ebony Magizine for over 40 years; he’s won a Pulitzer and many others in my family have done great things.

    But the question is – what have I done, what have you done – and what will we do to force the media – in every form – to portray our beautiful people with accuracy, hope, and highlight the best of us.

    “Death and Life are in the power of the tongue” and the “heart is the pen of a ready writer” – these are the words in the bible…so apparently what we say, think, and write has been important since the dawn of time.

    To my ignorant commentators…grow up, think about what you say – even on a blog that means nothing.

    And to my angry commentators – I agree with you, but why cuss these people out? Literally takes away from you point, and shadows your intelligence in a way.

    And to all of us reading this article – at what point to we ask NewsOne to report on something that makes sense?

    Just a thought…. :)

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/cwgrltx/ cwgrltx

    Thank you _A_ and CaliFemme23. Dear mizz214…You’ll understand one day. I’m not thin at all but the fat has caused a pretty significant problem in my health. Some people just can’t be overweight. We weren’t meant to be that way. And I beg to differ with you….All of my mom’s 9 brothers and sisters are still living well into their 70s and 80s.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/pinkie75/ pinkie75

    This woman could have died because she was in the wrong place at the wrong time and idiots on this site want to make fun of her and make jokes. How would you feel if it were your family member that this happened to? Or are your families so perfect that you don’t have an overweight relative? Stop being so quick to judge and criticize and show some compassion. God created all of us big and small, and you’re not perfect either.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/PiMpInShAwTy_08/ PiMpInShAwTy_08

    I find it funny that people are saying if she had been skinny the bullet would have gone past her. Skinny or fat, a stray bullet is a stray bullet. If she had been skinny and IN THE PATH OF THE BULLET, she STILL would’ve gotten hit. Actually, the bullet might have done more damage since it wouldn’t have to travel through the fat to reach major organs.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SexyMoneyMaker/ SexyMoneyMaker

    well at least she is alive, not so many people no matter how big or small are here to say the same, so on that note 2 thumbs up for bullet proof belly.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/LastManStandingTall/ LastManStandingTall

    Fat azz…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Hellokitty111/ Hellokitty111

    @letmelickuallover

    funny how you say they should kill some crackers instead, BUT you got some white females saved on your page…..go figure lol

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BABYURL33/ BABYURL33

    Does this b***ch know if she get any bigger a bullet isnt going to save her fat ass

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CaliFemme23/ CaliFemme23

    You people are killin me….Why is it that anyone who doesnt agree with you is automatically ignorant? Stop being so arrogant. We ALL Have thought processes and we have a right to use them and interpret as we see fit.

    pinkie75, Compassion and coddling is the reason why so many people are obese in the first place…And yes I do have over weight people in my family and I go HARDER on them because I really care about what happens to them…I’d rather they all be alive and healthy as possible as opposed to being able to dodge bullets..I mean really, how many times are we going to have to dodge bullets? What is the bullet ratio to diabetes or heart disease? I have three overweight family members who are diabetics, but not ONE of them has ever been shot at…Go figure!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Azrael3/ Azrael3

    CaliFemme23:

    I “hear” what you are “saying” about being harder on your overweight family members because you care about them, but how hard are you?? As a person who dealt with weight issues for a long time, I can tell you that harsh criticism doesn’t work. This is especially true if these people are dealing with psychological issues; all criticism does it make a person retreat into their holes and continue to overeat. I hope you are encouraging them to eat healthy and exercise. If you have never had a weight problem, please do not say that these people do not need compassion; they do, just not enablers!

    Furthermore, I don’t think many people realize that the reason there is such a high number of obesity in the black, latin and native american communities is because most of these groups live in poorer areas where it is harder to come by more healthful food–and I am not just talking about fast food. If you go into a grocery store, most inexpensive foods are pre-packaged or “quick” fix food such as Hamburger Helper, Macaroni and CHeese, etc….these foods are loaded with sugar, sodium, fat, and are dense in complex carbohydrates. However, they are cheaper, so they can be bought in abundance which meets the needs of a family of five. Also, these foods are more attractive for a parent who works and is short on time versus a meal that is carefully prepared.

    Also, have you checked out the price of FRESH vegetables?? Especially the organic kind? They are expensive as hell–and the cost rises when they have to be imported from other countries or when crops are damaged by weather.

    Don’t get me wrong–I agree with you Califemme that people need to get in shape and eat more healthful foods. I also realize that there are people who are just not motivated to change, but old habits really do DIE HARD.

    Also, as I mentioned, I used to be overweight, and had the damndest time getting it off. When I finally discovered why I was not successful all these years, my doctor made mapped out a strategy for me that was based on my problem and it worked. It was very hard at first because there were some foods that I had to ban from my house (french bread being one of them). But after some time, it worked–along with medical treatment for the underlying problem. I have kept the weight off for over seven years.

    I think that people can be very cruel toward others when it comes to weight. It’s like obesity is that last target of discrimmination that is allowable because it transcends race and class and demeaning fat people is therefore acceptable. It’s not. Try putting yourselves in those people’s shoes.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/sintury21/ sintury21

    Not to be flippant but in the above photo she looks as if she’s dazed and confused from the incident. Photog were dead wrong for that one! LMAO! But on the real… God bless you, homie. Hope all works out for you.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ZinloiRonin/ ZinloiRonin

    sintury21 you are right the photog did not catch gal at her best. but then it is hard to be glam after one been shot in the gut, live long and prosper.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ny_giant1984/ ny_giant1984

    dispite what she may think being fat is not goin to stop a bullet, in fact its pretty easy for a bullet to travel through fat, its harder for a bullet to travel through muscle

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MzZoelicious/ MzZoelicious

    its just like a typical fat ass using whatever they can to try to prove that being fat is good but we all kno being fat is HORRIBLE!!! instead of thanking GOD for saving her life her fat ass is glorifying her jelly rolls lmbao!!!! shout out to all the big b***hes (not!!!)

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Black_Queen09/ Black_Queen09

    “ZinoIoiRaonin-sintury21-CHEVY_NIGGA_954-SexyMoneyMaker-PiMpInShAwTy_08-pinkie75-Carmel-Queen1-urbanlegend420-Champ8905 I COMPLETELY AGREE”…
    “Hellokitty111 SINCE YOU WERE SO CONCERNED ABOUT HER APPEARANCE… HER SHIRT UNDERNEATH HER SAGGY BOOB… HER PANT TRIM LOOKING A LITTLE LOST… ARE THE CLEANING UP OF HER HOUSE A BIT… “WHY DIDN’T YOU GET YOUR A*S OVER THERE… AND TAKE CARE OF ALL THOSE THINGS FOR HER… INSTEAD OF CRITICIZING… OTHERWISE YOU COULD HAVE KEPT ALL THAT SHYT TO YOURSELF…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/sexy_man_mixed/ sexy_man_mixed

    Eww!
    I’m glad she’s alright though.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CaliFemme23/ CaliFemme23

    Azrael3, When I say ‘I go harder on them’ that doesnt mean that I am condescending, rude or disrespectful toward them. Let me give you a tiny bit of my history if you will…I am from the south, born and raised so you KNOW I’m all aware of the horrible eating habits of our black people being is that the south is the modern ‘foundation’ for A LOT of eating habits. I don’t so much go hard on anyone for being overweight, I go hard for the lack of ambition or drive to change it. I am a VERY thorough person when it comes to anything I set mind to. I weigh 180lbs at 5ft9 inches height and I have to GO HARD to stay as such.
    My thought process is if you REALLY want to do it you will and NOTHING should be an excuse. Glands, DNA, thyroids..That’s BS to me. Don’t get me wrong, I know genetics can play a part, but not in obesity because no one is born obese, it is cultivated so forgive me if im not extremely sympathetic.
    Yes it is harder to come by organic/healthy food in ‘poorer’ areas, BUT again, thats no excuse because I dont live in the suburbs. It is EASY for me to step into ANY grocery store and NOT buy cooking oil, sugars, cookies, red meats or pork. ( I dont eat any of the mentioned). The average person doesnt know that JUST stopping the consumption of fried food, red meat, and soda without, I repeat WITHOUT exercise will automatically drop weight. I know fresh is always higher in price but is buying a combo meal from a fast food spot anywhere from $4.99-6.99, or a box of something from 2.99 up to double digits numbers anymore costly? Especiallly when health and finances play a part.

    I agree with you though, each and every person is different and needs a plan mapped out especially for them. As I stated before, I’m hard on those who are overweight, i’m hard on those with no motivation. No one needs a pat on the back or ‘push’ to loose weight…I mean one’s heart pumping slower than normal should be motivational enough.

    I am never cruel, I am a realist and believe in holding people accountable for their own actions. And obesity is one’s own actions. And believe me, I dont need to put myself in anyone else’s shoes to feel that chagrin…I’m already a black female in amerikkka, and I dont whine about that anyway, I love it..Only thing is I didnt CHOOSE to be…Weight is chosen…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CAROLINAGIRLSRDABEST/ CAROLINAGIRLSRDABEST

    Im so sick of hearing SOME people blame people who are phat,overweight,and big-on food that they eat-when thats not true in all cases. It could be a trade mark in your family,medicine,etc. And hell the woman did say she wanted to lose weight. So for SOME people to go all out with the name calling is really ignorant on their part. You can have health problems being skinny,small,thin,etc. Your size only play apart when it is a health problem their from the start. Hell you got people who are in good health dropping dead left and right so is it something they didn’t do right? If you don’t like how she look why click on the topic? The woman was SHOT-should she-go get her hair and nails done and braught a new outfit-put Mr.Clean to work-then jumped infront of the camera and smiled and told how she got shot? And by the way the FAT tissue can make a differents in how the bullet may damage your body.(JMOA)

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MIZZ_CARAMEL407/ MIZZ_CARAMEL407

    WHY ALL YALL HATING ON HER FOR????? IF HER JELLY ROLLS SAVE HER LIFE THEN WHY HATE YALL SKINNY BIITCHES ALWAYS HATING ON BIG GURLS CAUSE YALL WOULD NEVER HAVE CURVES LIKE USS……. SO I GIVE HER PROPS IF HER ROLLS SAVE HER THEN I AINT HATING SKINNY GURLSSS STOP HATING IF DAT WAS A SKINNY BITTCH U BE DEAD…… SO AYYY I GIVER HER PROPSSSS ((( F**K ALL YA HATERS)))) GO AHEAD DONT BE AFRAID OF FOOD EAT IT ITS GOOD FOR U U NASTY SICK LOOKING BITTCHES LMAO

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CAROLINAGIRLSRDABEST/ CAROLINAGIRLSRDABEST

    Please people im from the south and was born poor-that sh!t has nothing to do with your weight. You got more rich people over weight and obesity than you do those who don’t have sh!t. You can eat-nothing but,grass and can have a health problem. Where the hell is ya’ll get’ing this bullsh!t from that the south has all the overweight and obesity? Please-get your facts straight before you put everything on the south. Im small and I eat what the f**k I want too. But,im not going to blame everybody who is NOT my size-weight on what they eat because that is NOT all true.(JMOA)

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CaliFemme23/ CaliFemme23

    CAROLINAGIRLSRDABEST, “A trademark”?? No one is BORN obese…A family TRAIT is eye color, height, skin tone, hair color…not obesity. You can get body structure from your DNA but not your overall weight…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CaliFemme23/ CaliFemme23

    CAROLINAGIRLSRDABEST, Im southern myself…Gotta keep it real…I have lived in MANY different states and even two different countries in my life…The south for black people have the worst eating habits in my opinion. Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE where I was born, wouldnt have chosen anywhere else…BUT, big momma did make some pretty fattening, high cholesterol, fried food growing up. And NO ONE was pressing exercise or low calories in my day…All we were ever told was….”Y’all better finish all that food on the plate!!”.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/shyshy804/ shyshy804

    yall jus dont know how sumtymez fat can save ppl lives…..i went to school wit diz gurl name michelle we waz runnin and playin in the hall way and all of a sudden i heard yellin den i walked out da bathroom where i waz hidin from her and i saw her arm cut open if it wasnt 4 her fat her arm would of had been cut off and also with the blessin of god her arm didnt get cut off so da moral of diz story iz dat sometymez fat can help sum1 out and also da blessings of god……now yall know if it was a skinny gurl dat went threw any of this dey wouldnt make it like talkin about real talk….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/chinadollo1/ chinadollo1

    f.u.c.k this site this is bulls**t bp puts a pic up of a black woman at her worst and all the stupid as nigas on here talks her down like they no this woman she was just shot what do u expect her to look like this is why black folks are the way they are we cant pull together and this site puts stuff like this on here for people to make jokes and not see the realness of the situation she could have been killed fat our skinny and u all got jokes dumb ass b.i.t.c.h.e.s

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Black_Queen09/ Black_Queen09

    “chinadollo1 WELL SAID”…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/mizz214/ mizz214

    Elaborating on what I said; I’m not against losing weight. I have lost almost 100 pds after switching to a vegetarian diet(was once 275 pds, now i’m about 185 pds) This was something i did because I love animals and don’t feel comfortable using my money to support their slaughter. I don’t care what others are eating because what you spend your dollars on is your business. So I find it hilarious that meat eaters will jump on hardcore vegs saying they have the right to eat what they want and then turn to a fat person and tell them they need to put down the donuts. Who asked you?

    I have had people I care about pass away suddenly. One of my best friends in high school (a track star and VERY healthy) fell out and died during track practice at the age of 15. Her COD was never determined. My cousin in law, a 24 year old Marine, died suddenly of a heart attack. My now best friend was thrown from her car through the windshield onto a freeway and was almost hit by several oncoming cars. She broke every bone in her legs and feet and only through God’s grace did she survive and walk again. I have been robbed at gunpoint, my life threatened in my ear.

    Now I said all that to say this: When the Lord comes calling for me I’ll be damned if I’m going with a belly full of bean sprouts! I wanna die of a weed/cheeto/cookie dough overdose because LIFE IS TOO SHORT FOR RICE CAKES. If diabetes doesn’t kill you something else will. So eat, drink and be merry because your number will be up before you know it.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/luiluiani/ luiluiani

    Im sorry this is not news! It’s “Im living my life to obesity so my fat can eat bullets ” This is so ghetto.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CaliFemme23/ CaliFemme23

    All of your points are cool I suppose, but you all are speaking on robbery, stabbings, gun shots etc…Those are all things that ultimately are out of one’s control…If someone walked up on another person and shot them, stabbed them, knocked them over the head out of nowhere then damn, they couldnt do a thing about that…BUT YOU CAN CONTROL YOUR WEIGHT AND APPEARANCE. I’m not saying be extreme and hit the plastic surgeon or anything, i’m just saying along with others on here that HEALTH is always best as opposed to just being ‘happy’ overweight. IF someone in great shape can just ‘drop dead’ as some of you have said, then why compound the numbers by smothering your arteries and organs with unneccessary fat deposits?
    A LOT of you also say the lady in the picture was cool sittin there dressed ‘tacky’ for the camera’s and what not to see, its her business if she didnt even bother to put a bra on…BUT if any of you noticed…her hair was combed, ponytail nice and smooth and danglin on her shoulder neatly..So she could get up and fix her hair and not take a second longer to throw on something decent to represent herself?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MEMEBOO27/ MEMEBOO27

    u rite @ chinadollo1

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/16-22/ 16-22

    am a have to agree with my girl chinadollo1 on that one.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/kaikai7/ kaikai7

    Thank God that she was not killed! I guess that’s one time that having some xtra weight helped!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Gangsta_Nig2/ Gangsta_Nig2

    Um sorry to say but I think the on message that will be taken away from this is that it is ok to fat and overweight which is disappointin to me. It is not kool that instead of every other topic that should be discuss, the main topic will be the womans fat..

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Black_Queen09/ Black_Queen09

    “Gangsta_Nig2 you say that you think the on message that will be taken away from this is that it is ok to fat and overweight which is disappointin to me”… NOW LET ME TELL YOU WHAT IS A DISAPPOINTMENT TO ME… IT IS THAT MANKIND STILL WON’T DO WHAT GOD ASKED US TO DO LONG LONG TIME AGO… WHICH IS OBEY GOD AND REPENT YOUR SINS… THAT’S JUST TO HARD FOR MAN ISN’T IT…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/nephesh/ nephesh

    chinadollo1 im wit u 100%,idk why brothers and sisters take pleasure in others pain and seein them at their worst if makin jokes about her makes u feel better whats that say about your life and as a person.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/datdudeg/ datdudeg

    I live a foot away from Herman’s. I know I heard the shots that morning but girlfriend is lucky she was saved by being fat!! I know it’s a sucky vacation but at least she lives to tell about it!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Azrael3/ Azrael3

    Califemme:

    Genetics and medical problems can play a HUGE part in weight. That is what happened to me; it was very hard for me to lose weight…my body would not continue dropping until I got tested for endocrinological problems and other issues. Once I was properly diagnosed, my doctor told me what foods were likely to keep the weight on or make me gain. I had to adjust accordingly–and this was in my mid- to late-20′s…The same thing happened with my niece; she got diagnosed with the same condition (not sure if this is hereditary) and she had to make changes.

    I guess because I had to deal with weight due to a medical condition, I really try not to pass judgement on anyone who is overweight. HOWEVER, I agree that people should take responsibility.

    Carolinagirl: you are correct that there are rich/middl-class people who are obese. However, studies have shown that obesity is more of a problem within poorer communities. THAT SAID, the American diet as a whole is horrible, as is our overall lifestyle. Even other countries that never had this problem before are now facing it with the introduction of American food. Also, there is less walking, more time sitting at the office desk, etc. It’s not just european countries either–there was a report done years ago on how certain segments of China, Japan, etc., were experiencing a fattening of their people because of the change in their lifestyle.

    Also, have you noticed that the most fattening foods can be eaten with your fingers–convenient for when you are driving (and I have found that if I am eating while tasking, my brain is not registering that I am eating, so I don’t feel full)? Also notice that there are more liquor and fast food places per sq. mile in lower/working class areas than in upper/middle class areas? At least, this is true in Michigan, which happens to be one of the fattest states in the country. There is something to this…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CAROLINAGIRLSRDABEST/ CAROLINAGIRLSRDABEST

    @CaliFemme23-No disrespect but,you need to do your history on this one. If you think that-being overweight or obese-is not born into a family where everyone is overweight-you need to try that one again. Because-noone is wanting to be overweight-its more things that come with being overweight and obese. And it do run in your family. Stress is the number 1 cause of weight problem…not food alone. When someone is stressed out what do they do? They turn to drugs,drinking,smoking,and food. Nomatter how healthy you think you are eating don’t mean you are eating the right foods. If you don’t grow your own food-your not eating healthy. And some of the south might go under your terms but,not in the part im from. We grow our own food and thats something the south is known for as well as the north. Some of the Carolina people still grow their own food…have their own chickens,cows and pigs inwhich they kill too eat and catch their own fresh water fish. Alot of food has so many thing put into them to make them grow fast and that also make the weight differents as well as other things. Its not the food you eat alone its what the FDA/government put in the food to make it grow. And some people blame the south for bad food habits-when up north in New York and places like that-got all that grease in their food and bad eating habits as well. I can put money on it that-where ever you eat in the CAROLINA both North and South you got a choice of all different types of food to pick from. What get me is that some people say that-its the south and in poor areas that have the most overweight and obese people and thats NOT true. Look around at the rich people and how so many of them are overweight and obese…and their weight go up and down. They eat right-so whats the problem? STRESS-thats the problem. Ask your doctor which one hurt you the most food or stress and if he is a good doctor who know his work-he will tell you stress. Once again no disrespect-just my respond back to you.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CAROLINAGIRLSRDABEST/ CAROLINAGIRLSRDABEST

    @Azrae13-I feel what you are saying but,understand this in poor areas some people don’t eat and that keep their weight off and no its not healthy either. Im just sick of how the system paint this picture that-lower class/poor people has the most everything. In any statement the government terms come up with its blaming the lower class/poor (black)people for everything it is and to me thats not true.(have you noticed that?) Poor people don’t really have no cars nor money to pay for a ride so-they walk and they eat 1 time out of a day-in some cases. So thats where im losted at when these terms come up and I look around and I see the truth for what it really is and nomatter how much the government/system put it out there-to make it seem like this type of thing only happen in lower class/poor areas and its not true. Lower class/poor people can’t really afford-to eat out every-day,which bring up the question on how can they be so this and that-if they don’t have the money to go out and eat? Thats like blaming the black man for everything that go wrong in this world even though the white man has his hand all in the cookie jar. The system/government lie-on just about everything they come up with in numbers-pointing at the blacks and lower class/poor people.(JMOARBTY)

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Azrael3/ Azrael3

    CarolinaGirl:

    I think I need to clarify a few things: (1) The abundance of fast-food resturaunts that I see are in the City of Detroit. Every mile stands at least two or three fast-food resturaunts in addition to other quick-service/take out resturaunts that are not corporately owned. In the suburban areas, it is not like this. The places are spread out more.

    Also (2), I mentioned in a previous post that it is not just fast-food places that poorer people are going to get their food. If you look in the grocery stores, a lot of unhealthy food IS more affordable. If yours is a family of four, for example, and your income is very limited, you are going to go for the stuff that is the cheapest and most abundant. It’s the same thing with the liquor stores around Detroit; on every corner there is one…there is no escaping it. The billboards in the urban neighborhoods aggressively advertise to minorities…in the suburbs, there isn’t a billboard in sight that advertises liquor.

    My second point is something that has been researched not only by the government, but also by the Journal of the National Medical Association and other groups. I don’t think that any of these organizations are “blaming” poor blacks for their obesity; they are simply trying to understand it because it is directly related to high mortality rates amongst blacks (as well as Latinos and Native Americans) and any change in behavior to stop this is a good change, in my opinion.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/bigwillylandis/ bigwillylandis

    you tell em carolina girl. north carolina!!! no point in sitting here complaining about weight and blaming it on people. in reality you cant blame weight on anyone except the folks who carry it around. they can lose it if they really wanted to. they can eat right exercise it all depends on how far you are willing to go. sit her waste your time blaming fast food and the government.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/chinadollo1/ chinadollo1

    First of all califemme u was not in that room while they interviewed this women u don’t know how many pic they took but I bet it wasn’t hard for them to pick the worst pic at that very second to post take a video of yourself and pause it a few times and see what it looks like u will find that all ur expressions may not look so nice they take snap shots of stars at there worst and post and everyone got bad things to say and as far as her hair goes we all know that a sista can sleep on her hair have sex on her hair all we need is a scarf and we good for the next day

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ThaddeusMaximus/ ThaddeusMaximus

    Califemme is always running that yip yap and is half the time dead wrong I had to check her big mouth behind on some Boston Bill Russell crap and even after I showed her she was still running her mouth like she was correct. She just young and dumb with too much free time.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Azrael3/ Azrael3

    bigwillylandis:

    No one is blaming the government nor is anyone entirely blaming the fast food industry. If you had read my comments, you would see that I wrote why certain groups are more prone to obesity, based on statistical evidence. I certainly hold people accountable for their actions, but if healthful food is very expensive and a person has a large family, they don’t have many options. I would encourage you to go back and read my posts.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/chinadollo1/ chinadollo1

    Thaddeous I also had to do the same when she has an issue with the college making the overweight kids take a course before they finish and ahe also is the one who said she can’t stand it when a fat person even sits next to her

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CaliFemme23/ CaliFemme23

    ThaddeusMaximus, Checked me?? Are you serious? Ummm no dear you never checked me…YOU missunderstood something I had to say regarding Boston…Remember you sent me a note and I CORRECTED YOU. Shall I post the note here?? And as far as me having too much ‘free time’…You must have the same amount because you are ALWAYS jockin everything I say even as far as to send me further personal notes on the matter…So now who has too much time?? I dont come hunt you down when I think you’re wrong, YOURE NOT THAT IMPORTANT TO ME. But im glad there are 10 different posts in anger directed at me…Shows how very simple and EASY it is to rent space in your empty brains…

    chinadollo1, You are a damn lie. LMAO…You and I have NEVER even had a debate on anything, especially some college course BS and I never once said I wouldnt even sit next to a fat person…Are you people for real with this?? My mother is overweight and so are other family members so you really think that I wouldnt sit next to them because of that?? You people need to pick up a medical journal once in a while before you open your mouths. And so what if a chick can sleep and have sex with a scarf on her head..If u take time to fix ya ‘do’ then can take time to take care of the rest of yourself..period.

    And keep this in mind you lames that THINK you know who I am…EVERYTHING I post like all of you is JUST MY PERSONAL OPINION based on MY experience. But you all go right ahead and keep praising and excusing unhealthy obesity…

    Azrael3, I have nothing but respect for you…You always make a sound point and thank you for keeping it REAL about the issue as opposed to sweeping it under the rug like everyone else…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CaliFemme23/ CaliFemme23

    I’m done with this forum…I see hardly NONE of you can have a decent discussion on a subject without going full throttle emotion as opposed to reasoning…Your goal is ‘break’ someone ‘down’ to the arguement level because thats all you can handle is an insult throwing, name calling arena…Nah, Im not falling into that…

    DEUCES!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Frenzy_Hunter/ Frenzy_Hunter

    Her fat may stop bullets, but it won’t stop the other hundreds of ways obesity can kill her.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/jazzylicious2006/ jazzylicious2006

    This is all too funny(the post’s that is) just briefly. I feel that everyone whose obeast should do like the rich and famous and just get lipo,tummy-tucks and gastric by-pass surgery. Then we all will be ken and barbies. Hell california is the barbie and ken capitol. Let’s join them shall we? Lmao too funny.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/jazzylicious2006/ jazzylicious2006

    wait that was obese lolI just thought I would add beast on the o. Since most beast are huge.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CAROLINAGIRLSRDABEST/ CAROLINAGIRLSRDABEST

    @Azrae13-Why do the National Medical Association/government need to do research on blacks and their weight? (why not all race that are overweight or obese?) If its a health problem that is causing problem in black areas to the point that National Medical Association/government want to do a rate count-then why not go straight to the source and thats the government itself? The food you buy at the store is passed by the FDA/government itself-so if your saying that-the low cost food is a greater risk than the food that cost more then-why did they(FDA/government) pass it for you to eat or buy? Im not saying what you are stating is wrong however its a question and to point out-facts that-weight gain and obese is not just from eating food-its what is put into the food-itself and its not healthy either way it go. Do you know what they put in food to make it grow faster? Thats where the health problems come in at-in the foods. As for they true cause for weight gain come in a number of things and stress is the number 1 thing-not food. Like I stated before you can die and be healthy as ever or you can have health problems and be small,skinny,thin-etc. The government can only asume the count but,until they do a true count in every corn of the world and not use the term of lower class/poor black people as the only ones who are overweight or obese…we will never know the truth. I feel you on the corner store. I can’t say our small area has one on every corner.(JMOARBTY)

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/pantherg08/ pantherg08

    what kind of people are we to excuse obesity? everyone should try to get in shape we shoudent make excuses on why people are fat. If u can take the time to go to the club, eat 4 times a day, go to work, party and drink, than u can make time to work out 3 times a week. its a big problem in our community for a number of reasons, one of the main problems is that all americans pay into social security for when they retire, we more than any race will not benefit from it because WE ARE DYING TO YOUNG BECAUSE OF HEALTH ISSUES DUE TO HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND OBESITY!! we wone even benefit to the money that we pay in taxes! obesity is a huge problem!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/stacyrjactress/ stacyrjactress

    That’s why we should love ourselves…because every inch of your body is special and unique….of course she should consider toning her extra curves….but thank God she did have them….life is more important than image.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/pantherg08/ pantherg08

    I dont think EVERY part of out body is unique, if u have extra fat all over your body, and lack energy and stamina because of it, that is a burden not a benefit at all! We should love ourselves and by demostrating we love ourselves we should TAKE CARE of ourselves. A healthy mind, body and soul!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/lilchicbigappetite/ lilchicbigappetite

    hell those arent love handles, those are orgy grips

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Nzinga19/ Nzinga19

    I can’t believe that people are talking about her extra weight instead of the crime against her. She was shot for God’s sake, thank Goodness she wasn’t killed. Bless her for surviving and anyone that gets shot is still injured for life.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MSRED4/ MSRED4

    iam glad she’s ok but that bullet saved her life but being overweight that can kill u also

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/LaCessamino/ LaCessamino

    Love handles aint stop that bullet. GOD stopped that bullet.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Azrael3/ Azrael3

    Carolina,

    There are studies that have been done on other races, including whites.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Azrael3/ Azrael3

    Carolina: …another thing…I don’t disagree with you about the stress thing and the other factors you mentioned. They certainly lead to obesity (I use to throw down on bagels when I was stressed out back in the day)…I’m simply presenting other reasons that have contributed to this problem.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/TASTYCHOCOLATE317/ TASTYCHOCOLATE317

    LmBao At Califemme23…tell em girl.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CAROLINAGIRLSRDABEST/ CAROLINAGIRLSRDABEST

    @Azrae13-I knew that-lol ;)

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/K00laidsmile/ K00laidsmile

    LMAO @ Mizz214!!! “And remember, fat kids are harder to kidnap!”

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Cherryblossom30/ Cherryblossom30

    wtf?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Cherryblossom30/ Cherryblossom30

    this is crazy!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ANGELHEART_11/ ANGELHEART_11

    WOW

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/shango24/ shango24

    WOW

    JUST WHEN U THAT FAT B.Y.T.CH STUFFING HER MOUTH AT NIGHT WAS GONNA QUIT NOW SHE SHES THIS AND THINKS HER FAT IS SUPER ARMOR

    D.A.M.M. SHAME

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Angilix/ Angilix

    @mizz214 “If diabetes doesn’t kill you something else will. So eat, drink and be merry because your number will be up before you know it.”

    Maybe so, something else will kill me, but I’d like to take diabetes out of the equation by watching my sugar consumption. I’d like to take lung cancer out by not smoking.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/RADIANTFOXXX/ RADIANTFOXXX

    Thank God that the lady wasn’t killed or badly hurt than what she already was. All of the jibber jabber over her weight, what’s healthy and unhealthy, who right and who’s wrong about the info. that they give is a straight up joke! The doctor can tell u best about ur health and other things that may be wrong wit ur body! I love me and I love being me on the serious tip! I don’t think that I am better than anybody or nothin like dat but I am a gorgeous woman and I mean that wit no sarcasm, everybody has their own opinions and views on things but when it comes to someone thinkin I’m ugly, too short, too big, or whatever, I respect their opinion and keep it movin!:-) I am overweight and healthy, that’s the difference between me and others who may be overweight but not healthy! I have lost 80 lbs and I do not want to lose anymore cause I like bein a sexxxy plus thick woman! I aint gon lie cause there’s no need for me to do so, I wasn’t healthy when I was heavier and it brought high blood pressure into my life. The doctor put me on medication for my blood pressure, I lost weight and now here I am thanks to God! All health problems are not caused only in obese ppl either, I have relatives that were not fat to begin with but has diabetes and is now real skinny! High blood pressure, diabetes, stroke, heart attack, and other health related problems are not all based upon obesity so remember that the next time u wanna say sumthen slick about an overweight individual that u don’t know ANYTHING about except for their appearance and from that u automatically make ur assumptions and conclusions to why certain things happen the way that they do for that person! Don’t browse my profile annonymous either cause I know u gon check me out after u read this and thats kool babey! I just tell the truth and I keep it real! I aint got no reason to argue wit nobody here cause I don’t know none of ya aint ya sho nuff don’t know me and I am a woman not a fightin lil girl blogger! LOL! I’m out my BP fam!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DC_Area_Lothario/ DC_Area_Lothario

    Shut the f**k up, you sound stupid. 1 person gets shot and miraculously lives “because of her love handles”.. and all of a sudden people are going at doctors who say losing weight is healthy? IT IS HEALTHY ASSHOLE, who the f**k wants to be big and “may cause” other health problems? She needs to get on her knees and thank our good lord that he gave her another chance to live.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Azrael3/ Azrael3

    Okay…I just happened to noticed this lady was quoted at the end of the article as saying that she wants to be as fat as she can if it will stop a bullet…..?

    Shaking my damn head.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/KwietShadow/ KwietShadow

    Ummm I guess she doesn’t realize that if she was like 35 to 60 pounds smaller that the bullet would have completely missed her. But I guess it’s easier eating Monster Thickburgers from Hardees, Big Mac’s from McDonalds and $10 pizzas from Pizza Hut than it is to actually lose some of that gut… So Sad So Very Sad…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Rhemawrd/ Rhemawrd

    Let me first say that I am glad that an innocent person like this woman, survived another senseless act of violence, with only minor injuries. But now for the real.

    Why is it that the most ignorant negroes have things happen to them that suddenly become “news worthy”? She now want to get as big as she can if it will stop a bullet? Hello McFly! New flash! Had the fat actually stopped the bullet, you won’t have a bandage on your lard butt! Looking at the photo and the placement of the bandage in it, the bullet did not hit an area of vital organs, or were there is a high concentration of blood vessels. That is where you have to be shot for the wound to be fatal for all those sympathetic to her weight.

    When are Black people going to learn that being 50-60 lbs overweight is not healthy? Where did we get the idea that being as big as the vehicles we drive is acceptable? I have nothing against large people mind you. I have plenty in my own family. But as someone who works in the medical profession, I’m realistic about obesity. And anyone looking at the photo above can see that this woman cannot possibly have a healthy BMI. And now she want’s to get even bigger. That’s like her shooting herself again. Obesity is linked to hypertension, diabetis, cancer, heart disease, and a host of other illnesses. But she want’s to get bigger she says, and many of you here justify it.

    Well sports fans, the shooting gallery is now open for business. Step right up, and take aim!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Fitz1503/ Fitz1503

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/phazex_female/ phazex_female

    Grace saved her—right along with the excess fat.

    A nice-looking sista, but I am in agreement that she needs THERAPY to find out what is “eating her” inwardly.

    I was not amused by this story of another black woman whose “latest” plight will be turned into comedy central.

    Love yourself sista…just love yourself.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ihateinteracial/ ihateinteracial

    phazex_female

    lmafo

    its sad when u getting to thinking she may have actully thought about loosing weight but not now oh no more binging late as night and sitting on the toliet for almost 45 minuets forcing her excess to come out .

    this is sick

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/pantherg08/ pantherg08

    @phazex;
    this women is not nice looking at all, not just her weight but what she is wearing! This women needs physical and mental health. She said she wants to get bigger, like her fat is some type of armor? If a person is really confident about there body and therselves they will at least attempt to take care of themselves right?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/pantherg08/ pantherg08

    We as black people especially need to try to be at our physical best or at least attempt to achive that. When people say that they are comftable with them being big what they are actually saying is that they are comftable with being LAZY!! People need to stop confusing confidence with tolerance and acceptance! I dont care what anybody says if u are more than 30 pounds overweight u are not close to your physical best, and when u dont even try that is the real crime!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Azrael3/ Azrael3

    Pantherg08:

    What you wrote was well put. I used to be extremely overweight years ago (I wrote about this in other posts, so I won’t go into the details). It was very hard, but I worked to lose the weight. I regained a bit of it because of the very issue that helped caused the weight gain, but I refuse to give up on myself and be complacent. I WORKED TOO HARD TO LOSE IT IN THE FIRST PLACE! LOL.

    You are right about trying; that is the key issue. When people do not try or give up, that is the saddest thing.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/mizz214/ mizz214

    @Angilix You can try, but just because you’re not overweight doesn’t mean you can’t get diabetes. And just because you don’t smoke doesn’t mean you can’t get lung cancer. If you spend all your time worried about how you’re going to die then you’ll never get to live.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CaliFemme23/ CaliFemme23

    rhemawrd, ” Hello McFly! New flash!” lmao

    Im sorry, but that ‘McFly’ reference had me crackin up…

    Pantherg08, “People need to stop confusing confidence with tolerance and acceptance!” very well said..

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CaliFemme23/ CaliFemme23

    mizz214, So youre saying because we are all going to die anyway, then what the heck..”eat, drink and be merry” I believe is what you said in an earlier post. You’re right, our numbers will be up when its time and there is NOTHING we can do about that…BUT we can strive to control all that we can control and our weight/health is definately at the top of the list while we are here.

    And I just peeped out the fact that she’s ONLY 35 years old! Truthfully I hadnt paid any attention to that, when I saw her picture I A$$UMED she was in her 40′s. Thats ANOTHER thing about health, not taking care of it can age you years ahead of what you are.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/mizz214/ mizz214

    That is exactly what I’m saying. Whether you’re fat, skinny, black, white healthy or diseased doesn’t matter. My great grandfather was given 2 years to live (stomach cancer) almost 20 years BEFORE I WAS BORN. He died when I was 17. Why? Because 2 years from the day he was diagnosed was simply not the day God picked for him. Health is (not COMPLETELY, but relatively) irrelevant. When you were born God picked a day for you to die and He’s not changing the date just because you ordered salad instead of curly fries. If you’re supposed to die of a heart attack at age 55, that isn’t going to change. It was your time…it was already written.

    You live by your own rules…I’m simply sharing mines.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CaliFemme23/ CaliFemme23

    mizz214, WOW! So the physiology of the body has nothing to do with it? You’re saying the fat that curly fries are cooked in can and will stick to your arteries and clog them, in turn slowing down their function has nothing to do with your life span? Or are you saying that ‘god’ makes the fat that clogs arteries and sends it to whomever is due to have a heart attack from eating said foods?
    I see you arent a very scientific young woman, you are more steeped in religion and laying the ways of the world on the thought of ‘god’ as opposed to humans taking responsibility for their own actions and health. I am in no way a religious person because none of it is fact based, its all word of mouth. I am succinctly scientific and logical, I have to operate on what I SEE for myself, not based on what pastor says or the bible. On that note, so this wont turn into a ‘religious’ discussion, it was cool knowing your stand point on the issue, but our personal debate is mute- Peace

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/mizz214/ mizz214

    Fat does clog arteries, however my point is not eating any fat isn’t going to save you. When you’re done, you’re done. Peace to you too hon.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/pantherg08/ pantherg08

    @mizz214

    your logic is very flawed, let me ask u this if somebody is drinking and driving is there a higher risk of getting into a accident? if somebody is skydiving is he risking his life more than somebody that dosent? I do believe in god and all, but i also beleive that most of the time we do control our own fate. If u are obeese u are at greater risk of health problems than somebody not obesses not saying that nothing can happen to somebody healty but the odds are in their favor.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/HavSumFun2Day/ HavSumFun2Day

    If she was skinny the bullet would have missed her completely

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/HavSumFun2Day/ HavSumFun2Day

    “The suspect remains at large.”

    Not as large as the victim!

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    I guess theres a benefit to being fat.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/1SexcellentGal/ 1SexcellentGal

    “I want to be as big as I can if it’s going to stop a bullet.” There won’t be a next time because the fat would have done u in

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    Uhh… actually that woman is full of sh!t. I watched on Mythbusters about a month ago, they were trying to see if thick layers of fat would stop a bullet from going through and it didn’t. I would be so ashamed if I were that chick.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Nightowl358/ Nightowl358

    “I want to be as big as I can if it’s going to stop a bullet.”

    Why? Does she expect to be shot again? If so, that’s truly sad.

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    I have never posted this much. These people are hilarious. She’s probably been trying to justify that blubber for years. But, then again, she does look dumb enough to believe thats what saved her life.

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