Comments on: 7 Reasons You’re Fat and Why You’ll Probably Stay Fat

By: Israel Lagares

Israel Lagares — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:39:33 +0000

LOL. Indeed.

By: lionheart

lionheart — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:21:04 +0000

mmmm dorritos. I’m guilty of all these things.

By: Israel Lagares

Israel Lagares — Thu, 22 May 2008 00:46:48 +0000

We’ve all been at one point or another…

By: Better Body Journal

Better Body Journal — Wed, 21 May 2008 22:28:50 +0000

Damn, so guilty of 1 and 2!

By: constructive troll

constructive troll — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 21:40:00 +0000

i heard that the no.1 reason fat peeps are fat…
fat friends
and the no.2 reason fat peeps are fat….
fat family
here is a classic what came first the chicken or the egg situation
now that may not be too constructive but it give us some basis for understanding the mental/emotional environment. i have never been fat, the most over weight i have been is probally 10 extra lbs of fat, i am more muscle bound. i believe in the old school formula of weight loss.
Expend more than you consume and you will be GUARANTEED to loose weight.
This formula requires that you kinda know the calories you intake, and that you excerise.
When it comes down to brass tacks, i think we all know how to loose weight. but i think there are other issuses to loosing weight.
a older female friend of mine told me once that women can subconsciously hold onto their fat because it kinda gives them a “feeling” of emotional protection, like a suit of armor made of fat. true change will only occur when one understands the driving reasons that they do what they do. this goes for uprooting any bad habits.
it may take a while of introspection and ontology to understand why you are fat. go back to when you first started to pack on the pounds.
it could be you love sense gratification, in this case your sense of taste. i LOVE to stimulate my taste buds and explore the different textures and aromas of all foods. the difference is i dont shy away from using my body. the pleasures of having a healthy body are endless. you must focus on what you want instead of what you dont. mental monologue like this will help…. ” eating this will nourise my body” instead of ” im not sastisfied by eating this” or ” with everthing i do i build a closer, more harmonious relationship with my body” instead of “wouldnt it feel great to just sit down and relax”
the body has great intelligence, we should all take the time to listen to what our bodies are saying to us. our emotions are the bodies reaction to what we think. are you feeling terrible? what were you thinking before you felt terrible? wanna feel better? think of something positive! “oh, boy. it’d feel great to be able to run like a kid again, fleet of foot and free of spirit!”

By: najia

najia — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:44:59 +0000

fat kid you might be right those were some of the reasons why i never used to do anything about ma weight.i know iam a fat pig and i admit that i didn’t used to care but do know what as soon as i started to care and decided to do something about it my doctor told me not to exercise and to top it up i can’t even make my own food choices. so guess what you are wrong those are not the only reasons why people like us are fat this is one more and is way more depressing than any of the ones you have mentioned.

By: Simlock verwijderen

Simlock verwijderen — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 19:42:51 +0000

You are probably right. But if you want to lost weight you need to have courage to say NO to FASTFOOD. Because being fat is not good.

By: Justin Hinchcliffe

Justin Hinchcliffe — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 22:22:23 +0000

Great post man.

By: SkinnyBoy

SkinnyBoy — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:33:57 +0000

According to the CDC, the first line in the post is wrong. Overweight people are in the majority:

Percent of noninstitutionalized adults age 20 years and over who are overweight or obese: 66.3

Percent of noninstitutionalized adults age 20 years and over who are obese: 32

By: ListenCarefully

ListenCarefully — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 05:47:11 +0000

From freshman year (15?) to 19? Losing weight at that age is nothing. Try it when you’re 40 with all the responsibilities of family, work, home etc. Making health and fitness a priority then is a REAL challenge. And your body responds less to exercise.

By: Tommy

Tommy — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 01:25:47 +0000

Booze is a big one !
The key is to start fights afterwards so you can burn off the calories !

By: Fatty mc fat fat

Fatty mc fat fat — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 20:35:42 +0000

Haha funniest ive ever read, get out there and lose some weight i weighted more freshman year of highschool than i do now at 19 its not that hard lmao.

By: love handles

love handles — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:53:10 +0000

Bingo! Half the battle of losing weight is basically against yourself. Unfortunately we are our own worst enemy eating stuff that’s bad.

I recommend that if you are seeking to lose weight, you be the one to go to the supermarket next time and make sure you get only healthy stuff. After all if you follow rule #1 above, we are lazy and hence would just deal with whats in the cupboard.

This works VERY WELL - seriously try it - buy only healthy food and just see if you don’t start eating healthy.

By: Kimberly

Kimberly — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:39:46 +0000

I find it puzzling when someone will tell an overweight person ‘If you’d JUST (fill in the anadotal notion). It isn’t a ‘JUST DO THIS.’ It is a DO this and this, but it’s not easy.

And no one’s lazy. They just choose not to eat healthy foods, they choose not to incorporate exercise into their lifestyle, etc. We call that lazy but it really has to do with their priorities. When eating fast food was OK to get a quick lunch, I had a weight problem. When I made it a priority to make my own lunch, I chose a different priority which gave me a different outcome.

Israel, I gave up the scales in 1996! Swear!!! I haven’t weighed myself since that day…it wasn’t a good one. But I have kept a log book of my body measurements. And I go by how my clothes fit. Inches down, smaller clothes equals success to me. Oh, and improving with my exercising and food choices too.

Just by the sheer amount of comments here shows the complexity of loosing weight and staying healthy. Our culture isn’t set up for health success, sadly.

By: joaquin

joaquin — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:24:26 +0000

A lot has to do with your gene pool.

By: Israel

Israel — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 05:53:46 +0000

Very valid point made.

By: Dani

Dani — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:33:24 +0000

Psst, fat people aren’t a minority anymore.

By: Meryy

Meryy — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:23:42 +0000

It’s always surprising to me how intensely mean some people can be to someone who’s fat. It doesn’t help the fat person become thin, but I imagine it must make the hater feel better somehow. Still kind of sad.

By: ListenCarefully

ListenCarefully — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:52:07 +0000

Pour some vegetable oil in a tall glass. Then pour in an equal amount of water. Then ponder the fact that our muscle mass is mostly water. Do you see that FAT WEIGHS LESS THAN MUSCLE. Then stop using a scale to judge yourself. Use the mirror if you’re concerned about how bodyfat is affecting your apperance. Equating weight loss with health is what is stopping you from getting healthy.
All the reasons/excuses you listed are just variations on not making your health a priority. The only true and permanent motivation will come from yourself. Making health your priority means taking care of yourself, which means caring for yourself, which means loving yourself unconditionally. Stop judging yourself and start loving yourself and you will be healthy. Of course, this is a lot harder than just making a decision. To love yourself unconditionally, you must accept yourself without judgment. This means don’t judge yourself as bad for being fat or good for being thin. In order to believe that your are worthy of this love you must question ALL other beliefs you hold. The first should probably be the belief that loving yourself is selfish.

By: WorknMan

WorknMan — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:10:04 +0000

In regard to #4, I think I’d do better if I worked from home. Companies are always trying to ‘reward’ their employees wit pizza and junk food, and then you have the nimrods who keep the bowl of chocolates on their desks for anyone to partake in. Not to mention the soda and vending machines, which rarely (if ever) have anything healthy in them. At least when I’m at home, I have direct control over the foods I have access to. There’s nothing but fruits, veggies, and whole grains to snack on at my house.

By: Jumpstart Energy | Diet and Weight Loss Pills

Jumpstart Energy | Diet and Weight Loss Pills — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:42:12 +0000

(Caveman grunt x2) ughugh

UGHUGH FOOD UGH WOMAN UGHUGH ME EAT HUNT KILL SEX UGHUGH

Great comment above. Lol.

By: Rev. Spaminator

Rev. Spaminator — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:13:56 +0000

What ever happened to just being hungry? When you’re really hungry, does bunny food look good or does a pizza? Come on, get real! I’ve been on both ends of thin and heavy. When I’m a healthy weight, I’m fighting that natural craving for the pizza. I will eat a slice or two and be OK, but I have to resist the craving to eat the WHOLE pizza. (As long as the beer holds out, I have room for another slice.)

Is this an issue of outlook and/or lifestyle? I think it has more to do with natural instincts. Someone else commented earlier about availability. In nature, life is usually feast or famine. We can go days (or longer) without food or on very little food. We are incredible fat building machines. (Some of us are better than others.) In a world of unpredictable food supply, that is a bonus and helps the better fat builders survive longer. Now that food is plentiful all the time, the fat builders need to die off prior to breeding. But we don’t, we just wait for the next major catastrophe, waiting for the day that our curse becomes our salvation. Waiting for the day we can laugh at the pathetic skinny kids who teased us. Enjoying our cold revenge as they waste away and our fat gives us the extra energy to find other food supplies and steal their girlfriends in the process.

Even if you don’t like being fat, understand it is part of you for a reason. Stop hating yourself for having an advantage over others. Once you stop hating yourself, you will have an easier time controlling the natural advantage given to you. (Even if you loose the weight, your ability will still be there, waiting for that day of reckoning for your childhood tormentors.)

By: Nicholas David

Nicholas David — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:20:08 +0000

I believe the number one reason and should be up on your list is lack of education regarding health. I think if people really understood what they were doing to their bodies by eating a super value meal at McDonalds, they might walk into a deli instead.

By: Parth

Parth — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:04:37 +0000

Wow, I’m glad I discovered this site. I’ve always agreed with gradually changing your body. People are so caught up with this “quick fix” mentality that they end up performing crash diets or doing things that might hurt them in the gym. Good post.

By: SCIENCE

SCIENCE — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:54:04 +0000

How is what he posted total BS? The laws of thermodynamics cannot be danced around by genetics. He even wrote at the end of his post that “There can be a variety of reasons for inequality, however” which is obviously a reference to genetic dispositions and other physical limitations.

But please, go off on more diabetes, breast & brain tumor tangents because that’s very relevant to the topic at hand.