Chicagoist: We're The Fattest City, So Go Work Out, No Excuses

Pendostanets

Mon, 20 Mar 2006 16:05:27 -0600

Pendostanets!

jeff

Fri, 06 Jan 2006 22:53:12 -0600

What a crock! This alleged magazine picks a new city every year so they can get more publicity. Next year [and the year after that, ad infinitum] there will be a new fattest city.

sten

Fri, 06 Jan 2006 18:19:01 -0600

The Y usually waives their $250 signup fee in January. If I can fit through the door and roll myself down the stairs, I might check it out. All hail communal showers!

Eric Wilson

Fri, 06 Jan 2006 14:52:16 -0600

We feel your pain, Chicago -- we've been number one off and on for a few years. We hate to see you as number one on this amusing list, but we're just happy that we ranked below Dallas this year? Hey, what about the cookoff offer? - http://www.houstonist.com/archives/2006/01/06/the_skinny_on_o.php

dook!e

Fri, 06 Jan 2006 14:01:58 -0600

How exactly does Men's Fitness measure the heft of a city? I can think of several ways to do it. 1. Ransack area doctor's offices and steal everyones charts 2. Divide the number of calories of food sold in 1 day to area restaurants by the number of calories Oprah burns in 1 day (when she's not on a diet). 3. Place scales in random places throughout the city in place of sidewalk squares. Secretly add up the fat. 4. Grab a van and hit every chain restaurant in the city at least once. Buy a value meal and add up the calories and divide by the number of restaurants. 5. Hang out in gym locker rooms and photograph people naked on your cell phones.

DM

Fri, 06 Jan 2006 11:38:23 -0600

Well done Chicago. Don't let any of those snobby coastal types (or those mean doctors!) tell you pendulous rolls of lard aren't hot...

Michelle

Fri, 06 Jan 2006 11:28:05 -0600

Good thing the CTA decided to make the bus seats wider, huh?