Okay…there are of course medical conditions that let you put on weight. Also medicines and problems with your hormones.
But how many overweight people are just eating to much and don‘t exercise a lot or at all?
So I kinda agree with you here. You shouldn’t insult someone. But just to say: it’s not your own fault…
I think this is a easy excuse.
But how many overweight people are just eating too much
How do you determine what is “too much”? If you measure it by weigh gain, then all of them are eating too much. But if you measure it by “they eat until they are satisfied and no more than that”, probably most of them aren’t eating too much.
and don‘t exercise a lot or at all?
That I suspect is very common. Then again, many modern jobs involve sitting all day and the day has a finite number of hours, and at least in North America cities are car-dependent so many people don’t even get to commute by foot. It’s an environment that produces very sedentary people.
There is also lack of sleep, which I personally suffer from. How many of us are getting a good eight hours of good quality sleep every night?
There is more to it than “personal responsibility”.
First, I completely agree with you that it’s incredibly easy to let your weight slip. Just wanted to add that I know many overweight people I have gone out to dinner with, or just been around, that consistently make the wrong choice everywhere they go.
I’m at a restaurant and order something made of say, cucumber lettuce chicken and whole-wheat bread(as someone who is about average weight)
The people I’m with order beef patties with mayo on white bread with fries as a side. I just want to shake them and say stop hurting yourself!! But there’s not much I can do when every time I give a healthy alternative they’ll say yuck, give me the processed food instead.
So definitely don’t be hard on yourself if your weight is slipping, but if you’re eating out every day or eating high calorie foods, just try to replace some of those, even with something else unhealthy but less calorie dense.
Okay…there are of course medical conditions that let you put on weight. Also medicines and problems with your hormones. But how many overweight people are just eating to much and don‘t exercise a lot or at all?
So I kinda agree with you here. You shouldn’t insult someone. But just to say: it’s not your own fault… I think this is a easy excuse.
How do you determine what is “too much”? If you measure it by weigh gain, then all of them are eating too much. But if you measure it by “they eat until they are satisfied and no more than that”, probably most of them aren’t eating too much.
That I suspect is very common. Then again, many modern jobs involve sitting all day and the day has a finite number of hours, and at least in North America cities are car-dependent so many people don’t even get to commute by foot. It’s an environment that produces very sedentary people.
There is also lack of sleep, which I personally suffer from. How many of us are getting a good eight hours of good quality sleep every night?
There is more to it than “personal responsibility”.
First, I completely agree with you that it’s incredibly easy to let your weight slip. Just wanted to add that I know many overweight people I have gone out to dinner with, or just been around, that consistently make the wrong choice everywhere they go.
I’m at a restaurant and order something made of say, cucumber lettuce chicken and whole-wheat bread(as someone who is about average weight) The people I’m with order beef patties with mayo on white bread with fries as a side. I just want to shake them and say stop hurting yourself!! But there’s not much I can do when every time I give a healthy alternative they’ll say yuck, give me the processed food instead.
So definitely don’t be hard on yourself if your weight is slipping, but if you’re eating out every day or eating high calorie foods, just try to replace some of those, even with something else unhealthy but less calorie dense.
Sounds like excuses to me.
Excuses to what? Why do you think people are overweight?
Eating to much/not burning enough As states before
That’s not an explanation on why you think they’re doing it. It’s just a description of what’s happening.
You are right, losing weight is really easy. And you will show those lazy fatties by losing 5Kg/10lbs this year.
Wait, did I hear any excuses?
Well it is easy for me. I didn’t want to offend here anyone
I get this is also an emotional subject for some people. I helped people to lose weight and to build muscles. And also didn’t judge them.
So if I offended anyone here, im sorry that wasn’t my intention.
That is the excuse you will get. Have a good evening
Counter-question: how many non-overweight people eat too much but don’t gain weight because of differences in metabolism, calorie absorption, etc?
A lot fewer.
You got a study for that?