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[quote="1000Knives"][youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7Nkr15kZBY[/youtube] That's the one reasonable excuse to be overweight. Gotta eat to be strong.[/quote]
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Pandora_Box
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 11:25 am
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Um....are...we forgetting something before we made this thread?
There are still the three body types, and everyone fits somewhere in a gray area between them. Not only that, but weight and how much you'll way is part of the genetic makeup.
I fit into one of those naturally thin people who can gain muscle quite easily.
noname_ever
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 10:49 am
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Here are additional items to add:
Work too much
Joints hurt too much (arthritic joints prevent many exercises)
Hormones are messed up (hypogonadism)
Been overweight for a very long time (set point is set to current weight and hard to change)
If you get several reasons on the list, losing weight is damn near impossible.
jackalan996
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 1:20 am
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All the forum members share very useful information. These posts are the source of answer for many important question's related to health issues.
Exercise is the best way to reduce weight and burn fat. Mostly people doing regular exercise in the morning. and eat less fat and cholesterol foods items.
goodwitchy
Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 9:41 pm
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My weight has been up and down my entire life, but there was a span of time that I was healthy and very thin, and that was when I had a personal trainer and was lifting weights. Lifting weights can change your body shape and speed up the metabolism. I don't know if this would be true for everyone, but it worked for me. Even after I stopped lifting weights, I stayed thin for a few years.
ValentineWiggin
Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 7:18 pm
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wotsalthor wrote:
The bit about gaining weight while expending more calories than you consume is utter BS.
If you are consuming fewer calories than you expend, and you are working your body, you will lose weight.
The equation isn't in question.
The point is that for many people, to bring that equation to even an equilibrium requires near-starvation and inordinate amounts of exercise,
whereas for others, it means sitting on their rear and inhaling fast food.
wotsalthor
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 1:24 pm
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The bit about gaining weight while expending more calories than you consume is utter BS.
Evidence?
US Army Ranger School. Candidates eat roughly 2000 calories a day and expend many, many more than that, and not a one comes out without significant weight loss - even though I guarantee you none of them needed it in the first place.
If you are consuming fewer calories than you expend, and you are working your body, you will lose weight.
I do know a person who I know works very hard physically and is still overweight, but I don't know how she eats or what else may be involved. I also know that dance, while hard, is not Ranger School-hard, or anywhere close to it. It's not the most strenuous or calorie-consuming physical activity out there, although it's still hard (for other reasons), but it is a workout.
starryeyedvoyager
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 12:31 pm
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Doesn't this basically hold true for most "extremes" when it comes to how you look, or what you do? When people see a guy who has huge, bulging muscles, they automatically assume that he is dumb and cares about nothing but lifting weights. If a woman is really slim, she must definitely be anorexic.
On the other hand: if you feel like you need to make an excuse about something, your subconciousness might be telling you that your ways are not the best.
ValentineWiggin
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 11:55 am
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The ongoing insistence on treating fat as a moral failure despite all empirical evidence to the contrary is highly amusing,
as is the implication that people with "too much" fat need answer to ANYONE as to what causes it.
OliveOilMom
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 12:30 am
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cozysweater wrote:
Stopping an antidepressant cold can have weird and unpleasant side-affects, can you talk to your doctor about maybe having some samples to step down with? Or switch to a generic? My last anti-anxiety med was only $4 because it was a generic and part of some program through my chain pharmacy (I didn't have insurance at the time so that was fantastic for me)
I've taken this many times before and when I stop, I just stop and I never have problems with it. Some I have had problems with, like Paxil. Plus, I've only been on it a month. I just don't have the money to stay on it, cheaper ones don't work for me, and I blew about $300 of our tax money on a dr visit and the month of meds. Because my husband can't seem to manage to get his hungover ass to work every day, I don't have the money for my meds. He's a douche.
Moog
Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2012 10:57 pm
Post subject: Re: Excuses for Being Overweight
Fnord wrote:
Some of you know that I've joined Weight Watchers. Some may even know that I've lost over 20 pounds since mid-December (~7 pounds per month). By the end of this year (9 months from now) I expect to be at or below 200 pounds - that's my goal.
Okay, so when people mention that I'm looking healthier, I tell them why. Then they respond with their excuses as to why they won't go on a weight-loss program. Here is a list of their excuses:
All of my family is overweight.
All of my friends are overweight.
Big is beautiful.
Diets are boring.
Diets are difficult.
Diets don't work.
Exercise doesn't work.
Exercise is boring.
Exercise is difficult.
Exercise is painful.
Exercise takes too much effort.
Fast food is cheaper.
Fast food is everywhere.
Food is my only comfort.
Food is my only pleasure.
G*d made me this way.
G*d wants me to be fat.
Gyms are expensive.
Gyms are hard to find.
Gyms are intimidating.
Gyms are too far away.
Healthy food is expensive.
Healthy food is hard to find.
Healthy food is hard to prepare.
Healthy food is unavailable.
Healthy food tastes awful.
I can't eat food I don't like.
I can't give up my favorite foods.
I can't resist my cravings.
I can't stand skinny people.
I can't throw out leftovers.
I can't tolerate healthy foods.
I don't know how to exercise.
I don't know how to prepare healthy food.
I don't need to lose weight.
I don't want the attention.
I don't want to lose weight.
I feel guilty if I don't eat.
I hate diet food.
I hate to diet.
I hate to exercise.
I have a glandular disorder.
I have a slow metabolism.
I have allergies.
I have an injury.
I have big bones.
I have no willpower.
I have to cook for my family.
I have to watch the kids.
I love eating.
I rely on my personality.
I'll be hungry if I diet.
I'll be sweaty if I exercise.
I'll diet when I really need to.
I'll exercise when I really need to.
I'll have to buy new clothes.
I'll have to starve myself.
I'm hypoglycemic.
I'm on medication.
I'm too busy.
I'm too embarrased to go to the gym
I'm too old.
I'm too tired.
Junk food is cheaper.
Junk food is everywhere.
Losing weight makes me feel sick.
My breasts will get smaller.
My family gives no support.
My family hates diet food.
My size shouldn't matter.
No exercise equipment.
No one likes/loves me anyway.
No place to exercise.
No time to exercise.
No time to prepare healthy food.
Obesity is in my genes.
Restaurant portions are too large.
Results are temporary.
Results take too long.
This is my ideal weight.
Too much peer pressure.
Too much stress.
This is not an attempt to insult anyone or to shame anyone into losing weight. This is just a list of excuses that people have given for why they are as heavy as they are.
Does anyone have any more to add to this list?
Thank you.
My balls are too unwieldy
cozysweater
Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2012 10:46 pm
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Stopping an antidepressant cold can have weird and unpleasant side-affects, can you talk to your doctor about maybe having some samples to step down with? Or switch to a generic? My last anti-anxiety med was only $4 because it was a generic and part of some program through my chain pharmacy (I didn't have insurance at the time so that was fantastic for me)
OliveOilMom
Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2012 10:41 pm
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I've gained 17 lbs since I've been on these antidepressnts for a month. I've taken them many times before and never gained weight. I don't have as much of an appetite and I've been eating less but I feel bloated. Nothing fits me that's in my closet. I'm not going to worry about it though, because I run out of meds tomorrow and can't afford to get them filled again. I can't even afford a weeks worth at a time because it's $58. I've already done the research and there are no programs that I qualify for that can help me with the cost.
Oh well, I guess I'll just be depressed. But I will probably lose the 17 lbs I gained.
cozysweater
Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2012 9:05 pm
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I think diets treat the symptom but not the disease. I've been on one or another diet for the last 20 years and most of that time I was on the high side of normal and only occasionally drifted into the overweight BMI range.
The diets gave me a sense of control and righteousness and every time I started a new one and it was working, I was eager to tell everyone about how I'd finally found the inside dope. I knew the answer. Then somewhere along the line I would start to slide. I would try to knuckle down again and I would start feeling CRAZY and I would eventually binge.
This wasn't an eating disorder, I wasn't compulsive about it, but I definitely use food for more than just hunger.
About a year ago I quit dieting and gained between 15 & 20 pounds (I no longer weigh myself so I don't know for sure). I quit dieting because it was making me insane and I couldn't live like that anymore. I gained the weight because I started overeating all those things that I had been denying myself and making myself feel guilty about (like cheese and dessert and wine)
But in the process I've also started taking notice of how I feel and why I'm doing the things I'm doing. I've learned that I rarely eat for hunger. I learned that there are foods I will overeat because they'd been verboten, not because I actually like them. For instance: I don't like Oreos (they taste like raw flour) but I'll sometimes catch myself mindlessly eating 6 at a time when I'm feeling stressed at work.
So for me, the weight gain isn't really a downside. It's instructive and I'm excited about what I'm learning about myself. I'm practicing eating for only hunger reasons and I'm practicing accepting myself and not comparing myself to photoshopped starlets.
And maybe I'm proselytizing a little bit but I'm also not making excuses for being overweight. I just refuse to diet ever again because frankly my emotional and mental health are more important than whether or not my ass is acceptably small. As for any health problems that my increased bulk might cause? I quit smoking, so hopefully that will compensate
GreyGirl
Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2012 8:05 pm
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I'm overweight because I messed my metabolism up so much being anorexic/bulimic in my teens. I also have trouble losing weight because of my medications.
Those are the facts.
I don't feel well enough to exercise today.
That's my standby excuse.
kx250rider
Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2012 11:57 am
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Sickpuppies124 wrote:
They really should make mandatory fitness a requirement to live in this country.
Being fat is a choice
.
In that case, so is having a cold or flu.
Charles
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