Article I found on cracked.com - 'I Weigh Over 500 Lbs: 5 Surprising Realities Of My Life'

Scamd83
Scamd83 Posts: 808 Member
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http://www.cracked.com/personal-experiences-2222-i-weigh-5002B-pounds-5-realities-extreme-obesity.html

Am I wrong to feel like this is attempting to excuse/normalise excessive eating? The comment early on seemingly suggesting dieting doesn't work is ridiculous.

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  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,989 Member
    People who are that obese are likely dealing with some serious emotional/mental issues though. I've personally yet to find anyone that size who is "happy" with themselves.

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  • amyk0202
    amyk0202 Posts: 666 Member
    I think there are a lot of things wrong with that article, but the beginning about how easy it is to eat those extra calories is accurate. It doesn't take stuffing yourself non-stop all the time to get enough calories to pack on a serious amount of weight.

    I do think that there are many things that we don't know about the causes & cures for obesity. CICO does work, but not everyone uses calories the same for the "CO" portion of the equation & that has to be worked around on an individual level & things like WLS or doctor supervised drug therapy can be helpful for some people. Anyway, anyone can lose weight. It's maintaining it that is the challenge.

    I worry for the woman in the article, because she is still thinking that she can't lose weight because she is unable to go to the gym. This is such a wide-spread fallacy--that you have to exercise to lose weight & if you can't exercise, then you are doomed. She's also lying to herself about how much she's eating. When I was in recovery from my WLS, the woman across the hall was telling the nurse the same thing--she didn't eat hardly anything. OK--none of us had just gotten our insides operated on because we were light eaters. I can be pretty good at lying to myself as well--it's something I have to be aware of. I have a lot of sympathy for her. I'm glad I hit bottom before I hit 500 lbs. because I was headed there for sure. I hope she works through it & loses the weight.

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