The Real Reason Everyone is Fat
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sunnybeaches105
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I think I love Dani Shugart. She's a bit "mean" for pushing personal responsibility, so if that hurts your feelings this isn't for you. Sometimes she may cross the line, but not here.
https://www.t-nation.com/blogs/the-real-reason-everyones-fat
https://www.t-nation.com/blogs/the-real-reason-everyones-fat
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Actually, I found the article to be both refreshing and encouraging to me. It gave me a different angle of thought that is useful. I don't know Dani Shugart, having only heard of her here, but so far, so good.1
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RainaProske wrote: »Actually, I found the article to be both refreshing and encouraging to me. It gave me a different angle of thought that is useful. I don't know Dani Shugart, having only heard of her here, but so far, so good.
She is a refreshing contrast to what often run into here and elsewhere, and there's only so many times I can watch the "coffee is for closers" speech in one day.0 -
When I have to code obesity on a medical claim, the actual description reads "obesity due to excess calories". That's what the American Medical Association thinks causes most obesity. There is one for absent thyroid as well, but that's it.4
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I really like that article. Thanks for posting.1
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A great read and I agree with all of her points.1
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I have a tendency toward being (what she calls out as being) a sycophant (psychophant! ), when it comes to people who are doing the right things but not toward people who like to wallow in their bad habits and behaviors. However, facing that word in this article is making me think harder and be more careful.1
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Thank you for sharing the article. I think she made a lot of very valid points. As someone who needs to lose 100+ lbs. (and has lost and gained the same 50 lbs. a few times over), I admit that I have probably used every excuse she named. That's just the honest truth and I know that until I stop making excuses I will never lose the weight for good. Acknowledging this fact is a step forward for me... a baby step, but a great step nonetheless.5
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great article!0
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Good article. We all have the bodies we've chosen to have.1
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Excellent!1
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Love the article. We are where we are because of the choices that we made.2
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That's a good article.
It reminded me of that very uncomfortable moment when I looked at the fat person in the mirror and thought to myself - I did that.4 -
Great article. Very inspiring...0
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Good article but I don't like the assumption that you have to do strength training to be fit/healthy, and that you're somehow 'less' if you don't want to do that.3
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FALSE: "EVERYONE" is not fat.........
just sayin'2 -
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Good article but I don't like the assumption that you have to do strength training to be fit/healthy, and that you're somehow 'less' if you don't want to do that.
I didn't get that at all from the article?
Fact is, if you want to be as fit as you can be, you need strength training to accomplish that, not to say you can't be fit and healthy without it...just not optimal. IMO0 -
Generally I think anything that starts with "The reason everyone is ___" is going to be kind of a generalization. With an issue as widespread as obesity I think it is wrong to assume that there is any one reason for it. But it is true that no matter the factors, you are accountable and you cannot blame outside sources. Outside sources can definitely contribute to your decisions sometimes, but at the end of the day it is up to you to have the will power to make your own healthy decisions. I think that's a problem in all areas these days, not just when it comes to health. Nobody wants to fess up to their own mistakes. It takes courage to admit that you're at fault for most of your own issues, so I really applaud the people who are able to do it.2
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Thank you! I shared the article on facebook. How long before someone calls the waaaaaaaambulance?4
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Thanks for posting the link. Interesting read!0
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