'I have obesity'

Francl27
Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
A friend linked this one FB... What do you think?

http://theantijared.com/2013/06/i-have-obesity.html
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  • jwdieter
    jwdieter Posts: 2,582 Member
    If you want to define chronic eating to excess as "having obesity", then ok.
  • Greenrun99
    Greenrun99 Posts: 2,065 Member
    Wow he says he has Obesity yet doesn't say what he was eating to get that big, he gained weight when he was younger and he said his parents weren't overweight.. but that doesn't mean he wasn't sitting around watching tv and just eating with no activity.. Or eating pizza and crap when he went to his friends house.. then in college he said he gained again.. let me guess eating take out and drinking for hours.. wow that doesn't make someone gain weight.. You don't gain 100 lbs overnight.. But for some its easier to gain weight (those of us that ride the roller coaster) but we just have to be aware of the problem.. not let it label us.
  • BoomstickChick
    BoomstickChick Posts: 428 Member
    How does someone HAVE obesity? They are obese. It's not a disease...
  • shadow2soul
    shadow2soul Posts: 7,692 Member
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  • MzManiak
    MzManiak Posts: 1,361 Member
    How does someone HAVE obesity? They are obese. It's not a disease...

    I think that's the point. It IS considered a disease now. (Per the AMA)
  • skparker2
    skparker2 Posts: 132
    This has frustrated me as well!! UGH, people just need to own up to their own actions. We're all able to become obese, but by over-eating, under-exerting yourself, being sedentary, etc. I speak from experience. I just recently went from an "obese" bmi to just "overweight". And I've got 4-5 more points on the women's bmi charts before I'm at a healthly weight.

    SMH.
  • Alex_is_Hawks
    Alex_is_Hawks Posts: 3,499 Member
    How does someone HAVE obesity? They are obese. It's not a disease...

    yes it is...AMA just decided that it is now.
  • Snikkee
    Snikkee Posts: 295 Member
    LOVED IT!!!!
  • Capt_Apollo
    Capt_Apollo Posts: 9,026 Member
    i think he's writing it a little tongue in cheek, and describing the whole "once a smoker always a smoker" mentality that he feels he has towards obesity.

    i follow him on facebook. he's a great source of humor and inspiration, and health and fitness advice.
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    In...

    ...to help find a cure for this new disease.
  • BeachIron
    BeachIron Posts: 6,490 Member
    In...

    ...to help find a cure for this new disease.

    In with a severe case of snark . . .
  • EatClean_WashUrNuts
    EatClean_WashUrNuts Posts: 1,590 Member
    How does someone HAVE obesity? They are obese. It's not a disease...

    According to the American Medical Association (AMA), Obesity is a disease; however, while widespread belief is true, most medical affiliations are still determining if is mental or chemical.

    Facts are facts....Nothing but ignorance creates gross obesity. Eat too much, move too little creates a fat *kitten*
  • IpuffyheartHeelsinthegym
    IpuffyheartHeelsinthegym Posts: 5,573 Member
    I follow his page. He was definitely writing that sarcastically due to the announcement earlier this week of obesity being a disease.
  • AllonsYtotheTardis
    AllonsYtotheTardis Posts: 16,947 Member
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  • LiftAllThePizzas
    LiftAllThePizzas Posts: 17,857 Member
    I think he is using 'I have obesity' as a metaphor to mean he has a natural tendency to eat so much that he will get very fat if he doesn't remain vigilant. Some people would have to make a conscious effort to gain that much weight, some could do it without any effort.

    That being said we all have our own weaknesses/quirks/handicaps and it's up to us to understand and deal with them for ourselves. (Which he has done, instead of whining about being helpless to control what goes into his mouth, so good for him.)
  • AlsDonkBoxSquat
    AlsDonkBoxSquat Posts: 6,128 Member
    In...

    ...to help find a cure for this new disease.

    We'll have to work on lengthy research for this, millions of dollars into possible cures, for groups for support and understanding . . . oh . . . wait

    I know, maybe we can do a walk/run fund raiser to raise awareness and help come up with ideas to cure it . . . with a training program . . . something different . . . oh . . . wait

    We can finally petition the insurance companies to cover weight loss drugs and surgeries . . . oh . . . wiat

    Maybe we can . . . work on sensitivity issues and protection for the rights of those who are different to protect them from being harrassed and bullied . . . nope someone has already stole that idea too



    So this changes everything how except that it changes how I view the definition of disease.
  • magerum
    magerum Posts: 12,589 Member
    In for vacinations
  • cmay89
    cmay89 Posts: 337 Member
    I'm not usually one to criticize someone's opinions but that is absolutely moronic and asinine

    Edited - if written in complete sarcasm, BRAVO very well done. But some people would latch onto his argument and say, "yes! that's me!"
  • ksy1969
    ksy1969 Posts: 700 Member
    I follow his page. He was definitely writing that sarcastically due to the announcement earlier this week of obesity being a disease.

    I agree. I follow as well and he is being sarcastic.
  • Colleen118
    Colleen118 Posts: 491 Member
    I understand what he is saying. The AMA now recognizes the same. Obesity being cnsidered a dsease is a bit confusing bgecause it is really the RESULT of an underlying disease of some kind. In this particular case, the underlyin issue being a (former) lack of self control. He is recognizing that it would be very easy to fall back into his old ways of over eating, which would result in being obese again. I don't necessarily agree with the AMA's decision to classify it as a disease, but I understand what he is pointing to here....

    I also admit wondering if he himself wasn't 'poking fun' at the new classification.
  • greentart
    greentart Posts: 411 Member
    I am fat. Technically standing, I am obese. It's not due to any disease besides my laziness, my eating habits, my lack of exercise. ME. It's all ME. I may be pre-dispositioned to it. My family is bigger, but then again, I learned my eating habits and laziness from them SOOO....
    Yes, some people have issues and diseases, and obesity is the SYMPTOM of such things. But obesity being a disease by itself? I don't buy it. I think it's nothing more than an excuse and another way for the drug companies to make more money.

    I do NOT have a disease. I was lazy. I ate horrible food. I allowed my depression to reign free over me, however, that is a symptom, not the cause. Calling it a disease is putting the blame somewhere other than it needs to be, which is on the shoulders of those who are obese. Calling it a disease is an excuse and nothing more.

    EDIT: If this was tongue in cheek, then bravo! However, my opinion still stands in general.
  • USMCnetty90
    USMCnetty90 Posts: 277 Member
    i think he's writing it a little tongue in cheek, and describing the whole "once a smoker always a smoker" mentality that he feels he has towards obesity.



    i agree wholeheartedly
  • Vailara
    Vailara Posts: 2,473 Member
    I think he is using 'I have obesity' as a metaphor to mean he has a natural tendency to eat so much that he will get very fat if he doesn't remain vigilant. Some people would have to make a conscious effort to gain that much weight, some could do it without any effort.

    That being said we all have our own weaknesses/quirks/handicaps and it's up to us to understand and deal with them for ourselves. (Which he has done, instead of whining about being helpless to control what goes into his mouth, so good for him.)

    That's what I thought he was saying too. I don't know why people are being so derogatory. He's not using it as an "excuse", but as a way of understanding. He's lost 225 pounds, which is pretty impressive!
  • ryry_
    ryry_ Posts: 4,966 Member
    Someone please create a "I got me the obesity...ain't nobody got time for that" gif
  • Capt_Apollo
    Capt_Apollo Posts: 9,026 Member
    I'm not usually one to criticize someone's opinions but that is absolutely moronic and asinine

    Edited - if written in complete sarcasm, BRAVO very well done. But some people would latch onto his argument and say, "yes! that's me!"

    and others will completely bash him and call him moronic and asinine.
  • BoomstickChick
    BoomstickChick Posts: 428 Member
    How does someone HAVE obesity? They are obese. It's not a disease...

    yes it is...AMA just decided that it is now.


    That is absolutely idiotic.
  • wannabfit34
    wannabfit34 Posts: 23 Member
    I actually follow the guy on Facebook it is more of a sarcastic article about the recent addition of obesity as a disease. He is a good follow most of his posts are actually about how he got large and how he changed.
  • lipglossjunky73
    lipglossjunky73 Posts: 497 Member
    OMG I love Anti Jared - I follow him on facebook - he kicks *kitten* and posts the funniest stuff! Yes, he writes very sarcastically and tongue in cheek!!!
  • bradtheman86
    bradtheman86 Posts: 3
    It's amusing how most of the people who were against obesity becoming a disease are obese/overweight themselves.

    In my office we have a lady that's a bit heavy ( 270-300 pounds) and she was one of the people against obesity being defined as a disease one of those people who says stuff like " losing weight is easy calories in calories out". Well that's true about the calories in calories out but if it's so easy why are so many people obese?
  • kristinL16
    kristinL16 Posts: 401 Member
    My initial thoughts on the definition of obesity being a disease is "What a load of BS." But then someone else (who thought it was a good thing) explained that the change in definition would mean that there would be more medical/psychological help for people who are obese. Overall, I think that is a good thing although I could see some possible drawbacks as well.

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