FinanceDude
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What does Rich-In-Tampa always say: "Get skinny, and then get skinnier"............
I found this study interesting. As one of the healthy obese (fair physical fitness, low cholesterol, normal blood pressure, active, pretty good diet, etc.), I love these studies. I mean, I really improved my over the last decade and tried to exercise more, but I just have a heck of a time losing weight. When I see stuff like this, I wonder if dieting all the time just to see my weight jump right back to where my body seems to be comfortable is really necessary?
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Judging others is less rewarding but so much more fun. It's also way easier.My God, the effort it takes to pass judgement on other people's habits! Smokers, drinkers, overeaters, breeders, people with tattoos, big spenders, etc. I think I'll try to use my time to improve myself, as it probably has better returns than trying to get other people to improve themselves.
Judging others is less rewarding but so much more fun. It's also way easier.
I used to find it extremely difficult to loose weight until I discovered that the simple calories in and calories out is not exactly how it works.
Technically yeah, but because of set-point I think it's fair to say, from a practical standpoint, for humans, weight loss is about being able to have control over one's reptilian brain or autonomic nervous system, which is similar to saying "all you have to do is be able to change your heart rate or body temperature like those monks that can dry wet cloths with their bodies while sitting in snow, or live encased in ice like David Blaine." It's technically possible but one can't expect any significant number of people to be able to do it.Actually, it is true that weight loss is about calories in vs calories out.
My God, the effort it takes to pass judgement on other people's habits! Smokers, drinkers, overeaters, breeders, people with tattoos, big spenders, etc.
Actually, it is true that weight loss is about calories in vs calories out. That's the way the universe works. Sorry.
Is this four-calorie pill sugar/refined grains/carbohydrates?If you were to stop taking that four-calorie pill, you'd lose weight.
Hey Moemg, there is no shortage of Well Nourished British lads here in Thailand. FYI
Back a number of years when I ran/played with lifting weights at the local 'Y' after w*rk I'd often see (new) obese people on the track.......they'd chug around until they almost dropped......apparently believing they could lose all the weight in one day.At least once a month we have someone join our classes at the gym who is usually much younger than the rest of us and exremely obese . I have to give these woman a lot of credit to take the first step . Think how hard that must be .
I used to find it extremely difficult to loose weight until I discovered that the simple calories in and calories out is not exactly how it works.
The first thing you need to understand is that your body stores excess fat in order to take toxins out of your blood stream to protect you.
If you remove toxins from your diet through juicing green leafy vegtables with carrot and apple for flavor, you will loose a bunch of weight.
Back a number of years when I ran/played with lifting weights at the local 'Y' after w*rk I'd often see (new) obese people on the track.......they'd chug around until they almost dropped......apparently believing they could lose all the weight in one day.
Don't believe I ever saw one of them show up twice.
Isn't it possible that the high-fibre content of leafy green vegetables make you feel fuller sooner, so your appetite is sated with fewer calories? Is it possible that is what actually leads to the weight loss?
Maybe you should get your nutritional information from an actual doctor, rather than late-night juicer infomercials.
I agree, but I don't think it's not a matter of choice. Give me a pill that will make me not judge someone who is smoking, tattooed, driving an overpriced gas guzzler, and drinking a 20 oz Pepsi, and I will take that pill.
There's a difference between a "few extra pounds" and "obese"...
No, that's actually exactly how it works.
Don't need to go. Just enjoy the view from your favorite chair:Judging others is like a sport. Its half the reason I go to Wal-Mart.
+1. we do not know everything, either as an accepted body of scientific knowlege, or as indiviual opinionators.While "calories in vs. calories out" is real, not everyone burns the same number of calories even if they are equally active. I eat nothing but processed garbage and lots of it. I get no physical activity except for a small amount of walking. I never eat fruits or vegetables except lettuce in tacos and mashed potatoes with butter and/or gravy. I eat a pizza with pepperoni and sausage almost every single day with a soda to drink. I eat processed summer sausage with processed cheese and high carbohydrate bread. Also have several fatty peanut butter sandwiches per day. I eat up to 10 cookies per day at 60 calories each along with other snacks. I've eaten like this for over 10 years and never gain weight. The average person likely would've gained 50+ pounds over 10 years doing what i've done. I clearly have a very high resting calorie burn(high metabolism). I do nothing to burn extra calories yet I burn all ~4000 I take in every day. Others struggle to burn half that even with lots of exercise. I'm 6'6 1/2 and weight 165lbs.
"Should obese people loose weight?"
If by "obese", you mean over 30% body fat, then yes. That doesn't mean they can though. If a doctor told me I had to gain 40lbs of fat or i'd die, then i'd die. The opposite is true for others. Not everyone is built the same.
Even those terms are bogus. Bodybuilders are obese if you only use the BMI charts. It's not just a weight, a BMI number or whatever. I'm obviously overweight, but many people can't believe a I weigh what I do. I'm not a 160 lb guy trapped in a 300 lb body. I'm a 220 lb guy trapped in a 300 lb body.