There are two kinds of
fat: fat gained by a person who enjoys life to the fullest (particularly
food and
leisure) and fat gained from
despair. The fat looks different. I once knew an
opera singer who was 40 pounds
overweight: she was
gorgeous,
vibrant almost perfect. I
envied her immensely.
But I see other people carrying
extra weight around and I can tell they’ve gained it because they just didn’t have anything better to do than
eat. The fat is
lumpy in most cases and
unevenly distributed over the
body. That’s why I am ambivalent about the
fat acceptance movement, I just get the feeling if they were happier they'd lose it.
Good fat
evenly distributed
smooth surface
supported by mild muscle tone
enhances shape of figure
dose not jiggle very much
fits the way the person moves
even circulation
Bad fat
lumpy
unevenly distributed
wiggly
inhibits movement
poor, uneven circulation
I think that
Tem42 (below) is right about it being partially subjective.