random thought regarding obesity

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  • mistesh
    mistesh Posts: 243 Member
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    First this. "Usually obesity is the result of overeating, but in a small percentage of people excess weight gain is a symptom of another disease." So the vast majority of obese people might not have been so.

    Medical Causes of Obesity
    http://www.webmd.com/diet/medical-reasons-obesity
    I know food labels. I look at food labels. I can usually guess serving sizes and calories in foods fairly accurate now that I have been paying attention to it for so long. However, that does not mean I actually stop eating at 1 serving because I know what 1 serving is <----That is the problem.

    Food addiction and a lack of willpower play in. An addiction to processed food alerts of toxic hunger more often than real hunger. And because willpower is a finite resource, even the best of people fail at times.

    The easiest way to get willpower on your side is to make it a habit. When it is put on automatic, it becomes effortless. Doing regular MFP logging for instance helps to strenghten this habit.

    The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/870532-habits

    Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength by Roy Baumeister
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/813859-willpower-help?hl=willpower#posts-12455621

    The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do To Get More of It by Kelly McGonigal
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/819097-best-book-i-ve-read-for-understanding-improving-willpower?hl=willpower#posts-12282020
  • BaconMD
    BaconMD Posts: 1,165 Member
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    I think you misread what I wrote. I said I can NOT accept that obesity is the result of stupidity. You hit my point home with the bolded portion above. I completely agree with you. (See underline)

    there is so much beautiful irony going on right here in the fact that she misread your post.
    It's a very poorly written post. She should have been clearer. Maybe a few ESL classes?

    And I'm a man... Thanks, though, coach.

    Your lack of reading comprehension means that I am a poor writer? :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: You misread. Own it. Don't be a **** about it. Maybe you're the exception to the stupid rule?
    Yes, I misread your post, and you worded it awkwardly at best. Sorry.

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