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I have watched so many people truly and seriously try to lose weight and fail miserably.
And a lot of them really didn't eat a whole lot, either. They seemed destined by genetics to get fat.
My sympathy to those of you who are prone to getting fat.
I cannot imagine what its like to have an appetite that is constantly enticing you to eat more food than your body needs.
EXERCISE and diet programs are all but useless in helping obese people shed weight permanently, prompting calls from an Australian expert for more public hospitals to offer gastric surgery.
University of Melbourne professor of medicine Joseph Proietto said recent research showed that while obese people who made the effort could shed weight in the short term, after four to five years the lost weight was almost completely regained.
Far from being due to laziness, this appeared to be caused by hormonal changes as the body sought to return to what it considered its benchmark weight.
Uh oh. Bad news for the food nazis.
Comments?
I have watched so many people truly and seriously try to lose weight and fail miserably.
And a lot of them really didn't eat a whole lot, either. They seemed destined by genetics to get fat.
My sympathy to those of you who are prone to getting fat.
I cannot imagine what its like to have an appetite that is constantly enticing you to eat more food than your body needs.
Most of the food sold in grocery stores is non-nutritive and the obese people that eat it are already in starvation mode.I have watched so many people truly and seriously try to lose weight and fail miserably.
And a lot of them really didn't eat a whole lot, either. They seemed destined by genetics to get fat.
My sympathy to those of you who are prone to getting fat.
I cannot imagine what its like to have an appetite that is constantly enticing you to eat more food than your body needs.
at some point, yo yo dieting messes with your metabolism and you become unable to lose weight via dieting.
but if you exercise AND watch what you eat... and just eat healthy, then you lose weight.
keeping it off is a whole other issue.
I see obese people around town "grazing" on cheetohs, chips, french fries, soft drinks, and I'll bet they will tell you that they eat very little.
at some point, yo yo dieting messes with your metabolism and you become unable to lose weight via dieting.
but if you exercise AND watch what you eat... and just eat healthy, then you lose weight.
I have watched so many people truly and seriously try to lose weight and fail miserably.
And a lot of them really didn't eat a whole lot, either. They seemed destined by genetics to get fat.
My sympathy to those of you who are prone to getting fat.
I cannot imagine what its like to have an appetite that is constantly enticing you to eat more food than your body needs.
at some point, yo yo dieting messes with your metabolism and you become unable to lose weight via dieting.
but if you exercise AND watch what you eat... and just eat healthy, then you lose weight.
If you diet, your body defies the laws of physics, allowing you to produce work without energy input? Dumb, du, du, du, dumb, dumb.
And, thanks for promoting one if the biggest myths about weight loss, that exercise is important.
I see obese people around town "grazing" on cheetohs, chips, french fries, soft drinks, and I'll bet they will tell you that they eat very little.
Yeah, fat people say they hardly eat. Sometimes they really do hardly eat, and then they LOSE WEIGHT! Then they go back to their old diet and gain the weight back.
Like we lie for fags, are we going to start saying fat people are born that way?
This is what I know. I have struggled with my weight my entire life. My Dad was overweight and so is my sister. I fight it all the time. I have to use great will power and just force myself to stick to a program. I like Weight Watchers. I eat tons of vegetables, espescially brocolli. I eat a very moderate amount of meat and very little fried foods. I eat whole wheat bread and whole grain cereals. I rarely eat fast food any more at all. I am very active, always on the go, and in the winter when I don't walk the dogs as much, I do some kind of exercise program, in addition to running up and down the stairs, doing endless chores and taking care of 11 animals.
But I crave snacks, love sweets and have to fight with myself all the time. One of my theories is that I work so hard and don't get enough sleep, so I turn to food for energy and comfort.
My husband on the other hand...has maintained the same weight his entire adulthood. He's pushing 50 now and no signs of pudging out. He says he only eats when he's hungry and when he's no longer hungry, he stops eating. He eats very little vegetables and fruit, eats lots of meat, eats white bread and white rice with tons of gravy on it. He usually has some kind of dessert after dinner. He does no exercise, although he is a cook and therefore always on his feet and active at work. He doesn't have to use any willpower. It's not through some superiority of his that his weight is stable. He doesn't have to work at it at all.
So it seems clear to me that some people are dealt a crappier hand when it comes to metabolism and weight issues.
Yes, it is something they can control if they work at it constantly. But it doesn't make them lesser people, even when they lose control from time to time, as I do.
And people who are just thin, and don't have to work at it, are not superior. They're just lucky.
I think it's more complicated than that.
I found it interesting that there's a theory that sexual molestation affects hormonal balance, and that there was a study done that found that there was a much higher incidence of obesity in adults who were molested as children....
That was in another thread. I can't even remember the topic now, but it was the one where someone asked for information about how behavior can affect hormone balance.
EXERCISE and diet programs are all but useless in helping obese people shed weight permanently, prompting calls from an Australian expert for more public hospitals to offer gastric surgery.
University of Melbourne professor of medicine Joseph Proietto said recent research showed that while obese people who made the effort could shed weight in the short term, after four to five years the lost weight was almost completely regained.
Far from being due to laziness, this appeared to be caused by hormonal changes as the body sought to return to what it considered its benchmark weight.
Uh oh. Bad news for the food nazis.
Comments?