Stop Saying "I'm FAT"

Stop Saying “I’m FAT”

Last summer I was in shape, I went to the gym almost every day. but, then Christmas came and then I was eating chocolate every day. So, there’s a reason that the camera stops around here-ish. You can’t see how soft the middle is I mean I’m not fat. just kind of chubby.

so, today we’re going to learn a bunch of different words to mean fat. to mean thin. to mean athletic. and the words which describe the changes that can happen to your body when you go to the gym, change your diet, all of that fun stuff Let’s begin!

So, these are some adjectives to describe this body type. Now, if you want to describe someone It sounds insulting to say “You know that guy, he’s kind of fat” instead it’s better to say “You know the guy, he’s kind of big” “Big” that’s the less insulting way of describing the body type. medically you would say “Obese” or “Overweight” those other words doctors would use “Obese” and “Overweight” “Puffy” - You know when you wake up in the morning and your face is like… Like a little fat hamster Then you would say “My face is so puffy” “Chubby” - It means fat but kind of in a cute way.

Think of like a baby You would describe a fat baby as being “chubby”. It’s cute “Aww your baby is so chubby” “Chunky” - If you describe a baby as chunky, it’s kind of cute if it’s not a baby, it sounds very insulting. Same with this one actually yeah maybe don’t call anyone over baby aged “chubby” or “chunky” Trust me they won’t like it. Okay how would you describe this body type? there are a bunch of different adjectives. Some sound positive, some sound negative.

It’s important to know the difference “Thin” and “skinny” both of them can sound positive and they can sound negative It depends how you say it. Example The positive way: “Do I look fat?” “No you look really thin really skinny” But it can be in a negative way for example, if someone looks ill you might say “Oh my god have you seen Dave?” “No, why is he ill?” “like, dude, he’s fine. but, oh my god he’s very thin or “…He’s very skinny” so both can sound positive they can sound negative it depends how you say it.

These however, they’re all compliments “Slim”, “Slender”, “Svelte”, and “Lean” these are all compliments. They’re all saying you have this body type and you look great.

Simple. Now of course if you’re ill if you’re malnourished if you’re not eating anything there are some negative words that you can use. So these ones they don’t sound good they’re kind of insulting, so “Lanky” that specifically means you’re very skinny and very tall and again it’s not a compliment “You are really lanky” that is not a compliment “Gaunt” and “scrawny” they both mean you look thin and unhealthy maybe you’re ill maybe you’re not eating.

But, you look bad and skinny your body can change depending on your diet or your exercise First let’s look at diet. The word “diet” just means the food you eat. For example if your doctor asks “So tell me about your diet” Your doctor is simply asking “What food do you eat” that’s it. but if we add a verb with “diet” now we’re talking about counting calories, reducing sugar and bad unhealthy foods and generally eating more healthily so you can say “I’m getting chubby I need to go on a diet” “To go on a diet” To start eating more healthily when you change your diet to be more healthy then you would say “I AM on a diet I’m on a diet” “Get those donuts away from my face I’m on a diet… …no actually give me the doughnuts”.

I also mentioned to reduce something in your diet. for example sugar if you want to say “I need to REDUCE the sugar in my diet” you could say this “I need to CUT DOWN ON sugar” “Cut down on” means reduce. use the preposition on with an object If there’s no object, don’t use “on” for example “Ali why aren’t you eating doughnuts every day?” “Well I’m getting chubby now. so, I need to cut down” so remember that rule.

Now for me this happens like every few months I start here and I go to here so how can I talk about this change You can say “I put on weight” or “I gain weight” you can also talk about specific weights.

For example, Every Christmas I put on three kilos, that is all in chocolate! now usually students will say this: “I put on my weight” or “I gained my weight” No! Don’t say that We don’t say “I put on my weight” Just “I put on weight” or this specific number. Also if you started wearing size small or medium and then you wear large or extra-large, you would say go up a size, for example “Last year I put on weight and I went up a size” if you start with this body type and you change to this body type you can say go down a size.

For example I was a large but I went down a size, now I’m a medium that’s not true I’m still a large. and when your body goes from this to this, we don’t say put OFF the weight. You say “lose” or “drop” weight for example “Did you…?” “Yeah yeah I lost weight I dropped like 10 kilos” and again we don’t say “I lost my weight” or “I dropped my weight” no just “I lost weight”, “I dropped weight”, or the specific weight that you lost.

You might also hear the expression to “be in / out of shape” for example if you say “He / she is in shape” Typically they mean this and if you’re out of shape, it could mean you’re a bit chubby or you’re this your athletic ability is zero and if you run for five minutes you will die like me. To describe the change from out of shape to in shape you can say “Get in shape” for example “He got in shape after going to the gym every day” Very specifically if we mean you gain muscle, there are different words. You bulk up, You beef up, You get hench.

I think this is only a British expression, Americans maybe you can clarify but I think “Get hench” is only a British expression.

These are adjectives to describe this body type “muscly”, “hench”, oh… “jacked” too “The guy is so jacked, I think he lives in the gym” You can have lots of muscles you can be muscly and be a bit chubby too. however if you want to say… You have the muscles but zero fat You say these… “Get ripped”, “Get shredded”, “Get lean” “Shredded” - You will hear that on adverts or see it in a commercial for like protein powder stuff like that. In conversation it’s not very common to say “shredded”. “lean” - yes that’s common “Ripped” - Very specifically is this lots of muscle no fat. So, for example “Dude summer is coming soon. I’m gonna eat no bread and get super ripped!”

okay there’s another word. It sounds really douchey but… You can also use the adjective “swole” my friends and I will use this word as a joke to be funny because the type of people who use “swole” seriously, is this guy “Bro, am I looking swole?” “Bro!” “SO SWOLE!” “Yeah?” “SO SWOLE!” “Yeah?” so you can use it, you might hear it but you’ll hear it from that guy and you don’t want to be that guy.

So for me personally I have like a cycle I’ll go to the gym loads I’ll get jacked but then I’ll get lazy and really relaxed and I’ll get a bit chubby then I’ll get skinny then I’ll go to the gym again and it’s this weird cycle that’s usually what happens to me every year.