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Originally Posted by pamela
well, I do pity people who suffer from health conditions that have led to obesity. How hard it must be for them, when they are ridiculed by thin individuals .All too often, have I seen this and it is heartbreaking and not kind or respectful to others.
I do NOT pity lazy people who over eat and expect the world to kiss their rotunde derriere. Unless you know the difference, how would you judge between the two? fat looks like fat-it does not easily distinguish between a thyroid disorder and way too many Walmart donuts.
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I'm sorry, what health conditions are there that "led to obesity". The fact of the matter is that you can only gain fat when you have taken in more Calories (energy in) than you expended (energy out). It really is a very simple equation we are dealing with. You use more energy than you take in, and you lose weight, you take in more energy than you use, then you gain weight.
Lets say you have one of these "conditions". Those conditions can not spontaneously allow your body to ignore the laws of thermodynamics and create energy out of thin air. What those conditions do is to alter one side of the equation. If you have hypothyroidism, your body will naturally use less Calories in a day because of things like the reduced body temperature, etc. If your body requires less food to function shouldn't you alter how much food you are taking in accordingly? After all, we all control the amount of food we take in. Leptin resistance in obese people means that they don't necessarily receive the biological signal that says "you are full", but as an animal that has evolved to the point of being able to use logic and reason, are we not capable of determining what is the right amount of food with out those biological signals?
Medical conditions, genetics, high fructose corn syrup, and every other excuse out there can only serve to alter one side of the equation. Everyone has the ability to make active choices that counter those alterations. Eat less food, your Calories in go down. Increase your activity, your Calories out goes up.
Obesity is about not making good choices. There is nothing that can MAKE you obese other than yourself.
