Really TV listings Why Are Thin People Not Fat?

Bobby_Clerici

NOPE!
Here we have a bunch of sniveling TV crybabies rationalizing obesity.
It's a pathetic attempt to pander to our sick society and coddle those who are too lazy to affect change in their fitness.
Sometimes the so called "experts" are nothing more than excuse generators.
BELIEVE IT NOT!

love this - it is so true that people constantly make excuses for the state of their lives. trying to convince themslves that they are over weight because of genetics or some other nonsense when the truth is - they eat too much! plain and simple! i know i got fat because i used the excuse of eating for two when i was pregnant with my sons and ate like a pig, now i am paying for it with hours working out and calorie counting! only way to do it!

This is true, although it will always be more of a challenge for the chronically overweight to lose and maintain their weight loss. The fat cells are already there and will only shrink or get bigger, the only way to make it easier to maintain is to get lipo so the fat cells are removed permanently therefore can't get bigger again. This will make it easier to maintain, not that it takes the problem away, because it is just as easy to get lazy again and grow new ones. It's a Catch 22.

Here is the proof that fitness is a choice...

Kara_xxx

Bobby in your profile it says you've always been in good shape until your twenties.

Do you think things may look different today if you had always been an obese child?

I think from a biology point of view it's not too far fetched to suggest that there might be a difference between those people who have always been of normal weight, gained some - then lost some, ... versus those who have effectively never been a normal weight for their height ever?

Childhood obesity is a growing problem. We now have ladies giving birth to babies who are already effectively obese. My work involves public health, and our obstetricians tell us that maternal obesity is a huuuge [excuse the pun!] challenge in patient care. Many of those babies grow into obese kids, causing problems in bone health as their skeletons are too under developed to carry the sheer weight, for instance you see a lot of obese kids now who are severely knock-kneed with pathological rates of pronation in their ankles. This will cause them problems as adults when trying to get fit. many friends of mine are teachers and say that these children at very young age have already developed a really unhealthy relationship with food, something the pre-occupies them all the time, secretly snacking in class, addicted to sodas and energy drinks etc etc. I can't imagine to think how much of a challenge it'll be for them, once they grow up, to address this.

Seems kind of obvious to me that their hurdles will be quite different to those of a person who has always been a normal weight, gained some weight which they're now losing again?

Nutrition1st

Thin doesn't mean you are healthy. Most skinny people are just the opposite! They may like what they see in the mirror today, but it takes a toll on your body by not giving your muscles and bones the calories they NEED. A skinny person who doesn't eat much doesn't realize that their body is eating every meal as it's supposed to. Instead of eating food, your body steals protein from your muscles to create glucose and amino acids to turn right around and feed those deprived muscles. Stay focused on your goals and don't worry about what the next person is doing!

carld256

I haven't watched it yet, but the whole thing is up on YouTube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPsKpnu0-X4

carld256

I just finished watching this while I was on the treadmill, and I was really expecting something awful based on the way everyone is trashing it, but I thought it was really interesting. The Vermont prison study was fascinating, as was the guy who fasted for 14 months. I'd actually like to hear a lot more about both of those.

I didn't see any whining, sniveling, or excuse making. They didn't actually interview any obese people at all. They dealt with the possible causes of obesity in a direct and realistic manner, without getting into any of the arguable minutia over which diet or exercise is better.

What it came down to for me, was that life is ultimately unfair. Some of us are just better at building fat than other people, whether it's genetics, a virus, learned childhood behavior, or whatever. It doesn't really matter. Diet and exercise are our only non-surgical tools for fighting fat regardless of its cause. So we can whine about how unfair it is or use the tools we have to do something about it.

As far as being discouraging, eh, they had one Dr. who said that losing a lot of weight and keeping it off was hard ... guess what? He's right. If it was easy we'd all be skinny and eating whatever we wanted.

Overall, I actually really enjoyed it.