- Hi, this is not a normal video that we normally make.
So we're just gonna walk in here
and just drop it down, put it there,
for you to think about.
- A YouTuber friend of ours called jimmy0010,
otherwise known as Jimmy,
- That's an airplane landing.
- Jimmy made a video about, I think it was entitled,
To Boys Who Hate Their Bodies, and it addressed
body confidence because often
- And also key in pub, like going through puberty,
growing up.
- And often this is a topic that is really
targeted at girls, like girls talk about it a lot,
because it's a big issue, an important issue,
but equally, which a lot of people aren't aware of,
it really effects guys.
I thought though to start, I should probably
explain, where we're coming from with this.
And talk about our experience because
that gives you an idea, of what I'm talking about.
- We were obese, like basically until the age of 21,
I was like, very overweight,
you more so, but we was both very overweight.
And like dangerously so.
- At 21 I was 22 stone, so.
And until that point, I'd used that like some
sort of protective cocoon, I was big,
and I wasn't sexually threatening to anyone.
And I wasn't masculine, I was kind of like.
- And that was fine though, because it's like
Jimmy said in his video, he didn't feel masculine
because he went through puberty quite late.
But I was like a chunky monkey, until sort of like 21.
So I was never seen as anything threatening,
and it worked in a lot of senses.
Like I would never be the one
suspected of breaking the rules.
Or like I'd never be the one that was like,
Niki did something bad, because I was like
a little chubby, cherub, I was an angel.
- But, it also had a lot of negative impacts,
I think speaking for both of us,
and a lot of young boys that are overweight,
or don't have that jockey figure,
that like athletic, because like you know.
- 'Cause clearly I do now, like I'm ripped.
- Yeah, you're shy, you don't really develop,
actually I think this is incorrect,
'cause I think being overweight you sort of
over compensate your personality.
- I've got a shit ton of personality now.
I'm happy though, (laughing), this is pretty,
a really problematic thing to say,
but I'm going to say it anyway 'cause I self center a lot,
but like I'm very happy that I was overweight,
because I feel like now,
- We've got it.
- I've got a lot of personality to chuck around.
So I just feel like, not all the time obviously,
because I just haven't, but I feel like I've got a lot of,
- Making up to do.
- Pizzazz, do I mean pizzazz? Spunk?
- Anyway, back on the serious stuff.
- No I don't mean spunk.
- Please get involved in the conversation,
because growing up I was very, I was very big,
I was very shy, I didn't like sport.
I didn't talk to girls in the way that would be,
I was just their pal.
- I mean still to this day I wouldn't go to the beach
and take my shirt off, or like I wouldn't
go swimming with friends, 'cause that's like physically rep,
- I do not, mm-mm.
- I don't need people to see that, and like
if I was seen in public, I'd instantly lose
all my subscribers, so that's something
that needs to be on our mind, but no it really effected
my confidence in everything I did,
because even to this day if I say something,
even if I try and say it with authority,
like I always question it, so we was with
some friends the other day and we made
a joke about owning a statements.
And like I've been thinking about it since,
and I definitely don't,
- Never have.
- So when I say something like, huh?
- I never have, I'll say something and be like
(giggles)
- Even if it's something I know is right,
I will try and say it in a way that's like
inoffensive, and means it's open to some sort
of like movement on it, so like for example,
I sent an email earlier, and I was like,
I think this person might have said,
but I know they did say this thing because
I was there when they said it to me,
but I always try to make it as inoffensive
and overly polite as possible.
And that's not always a bad thing.
- In 2012 a study funded by the University of New Castle
researched the ideal body size and shape
that went for ourselves, for ourselves.
And it found that both men and women
see the male ideal body as being lean, and muscular
with a BMI of around 25.
And I think,
- What's my BMI? What's yours?
- I don't know what my BMI is.
- Guys BMI is a piece of shit!
BMI, it's like that's the most accurate way of saying it.
BMI does not factor in,
your body shape, it just takes into fact
your height, and your weight, and that's like literally it.
- I mean no one's looking at you and measuring
every part of your body, the best way to measure
if you think that you have excess fat,
or not enough fat, or not enough muscle
is try seeing a doctor, a doctor can tell you that.
A BMI is really inaccurate and also,
- It was created for an insurance company in America,
like it was made so they can make money out of it.
- Women have more fat on their bodies naturally,
and then you see they also use waist to hip ratio,
which is wrong because women have wider hips.
Because their made to, at one point in their life,
if they chose to, bare a child.
It's a biological function, and then people get
really hung up on like, you've got big hips,
you got a waist, maybe they're there for a reason.
- I've got a tiny bum.
- I'm happy in myself, I know that I wouldn't
go to a beach, take my shirt off
and show off my incredible six pack.
I know I wouldn't do that.
I also know I'm not comfortable walking
around completely naked, again that's fine.
And I know as a 24 year old, saying this now,
to people probably a lot younger than me,
it's a bit rich,
I'm older.
- Jimmy was right in his video when he said
that the older you get the less it matters,
because actually you realize like,
we're all going to die, and we were all born
and even the queen poos, so it doesn't matter.
But like that's rich from me saying it,
because I still have loads of body confidence issues.
Like, I'm going to just say it,
I'll always be like, oops pull the shirt out,
so there's no creases, sort of have like
(cell phone tone)
belly, you're phone's on
- Everyone, oh
- oh,
- our (beep) light.
- Prick.
Our light died, but that's fine.
- We're back.
- 'Cause, we're like, we're being like nonchalant,
and like just off the cuff,
(cell phone tone)
who's?
- [Woman Off Camera] Who's phone!
- So if you, chat in the comments down below.
Support one another, be very accepting of what,
some people might not like their teeth
but they've got like a perfect six pack,
that's also something they're uncomfortable about.
And I think, you know
- Even Beyonce's going to have some insecurity somewhere.
- Yeah.
- Even Katy Perry.
- Even Taylor Swift.
- [Woman Off Camera] Katy Perry's has acne.
- Katy Perry has acne.
- So in this video we said guy, girl,
male, female, just apply that to whatever
you may be feeling at this point and time.
- I hope that you can move forward in a happier world.
- And I also hope that this was, we actually
said something of value in here.
- This was probably just a lot of spiel um, sorry
if we can't focus on topic
(beeping)
um, it's not important.
- We'll be back to comedy, pfft,
- Comedy?
- In the next video.
- We've never done comedy.
I don't even know, um
(cell phone tone)
- A series of questions they both have a buzzer
and whoever answers them first with the correct
answer wins, what are your buzzers?
(screaming)
- It's one of my faves,
this one,
♫ A potato flew around my room
♫ Before you came excused him ♫
(laughing)
- I'm using that, that's mine.
- Just to preface this whole video,
(club beat)
- I'm so
(screaming)
- To preface this whole video Linda has created
some amazing pictures for our channel.
And they're going to be released on her Instagram.
So this is your chance to go and click
the link that's in the description.
- At the end of the video.
- Now.
- At the end of the video.
- Go and follow Linda on her Instagram.
- At the end of the video.
- That's so
- That's only reason she's agreed to do this video.
- No!