Sorry the evidence is there for all to see. People become overweight through eating poor food, and too much of that poor food coupled with a serious lack of any exercise.
It really is as simple as that. No excuses at all, no fat gene either. Bad diet and poor exercise leads to being mat first overweight, and then into obese and then morbidly obese, and then death if it gets that bad.
Is there not a saying about you are what you eat?
But you are not saying anything new here. I can't believe that there is anyone who does not know that eating processed foods high in starch and sugar is bad for you. If you consume any amount of food which contains more calories than you burn then weight is going to be gained.
Saying that people don't know where to start or don't have the will power is what we tend to do as a nation and consequently make their situation worse by understanding and supposedly supporting them. Maybe I misread an earlier post but I think it was suggesting that an overweight woman was given a motability scooter because she was overweight and also had incapacity because she could not get around. That is just stupid when what the woman needed was to be told that her benefits were going to be cut unless she got her weight under control. She would save a fortune by simply eating properly and it is a myth to say that fresh food costs more than processed - it just depends what you eat and how much you eat.
Once you pass 40 years old you need hardly any food to survive and that is what most people need educating about - how to have a simple, low cost nutritious diet.
3 episodes wow, that's it then, it must be right.
Now me I watch hundreds of episodes about eating healthy options, they are called cookery programmes and the TV is full of them, even when they mkae the things that are bad for you they point out the fat content will be high.
I don't know a lot about sugars and fats, I think processed sugar is very bad and that a lot of products contain natural sugars that can also be bad for you, I do know how to read a product label that tells me what content of saturated fats and sugars and salts are present.
I do know that a banana or an apple instead of a packet of crisps is more filling, releases more energy and better for me.
I eat lots of things that are bad for me, I eat far too much butter and put way too much salt on my dinner, I have sugar in my tea, but I compensate by steaming what I can, eating fresh vegetables and fruit, not eating as many packets of crisps as I would like to, eating more white meat than red meat, eating a good proportion of fish in my diet, grilling not frying where possible, using my oven not my deep fat fryer when I can.
OK so ciggerettes are bad for you so the Government increased taxes until people simply could not afford to smoke, (the brand I smoked now cost per packet).
So why don't we tax the things that are really bad for you, like chocolate and crisps ?
Ciggerettes are bad for you so the Government took control of exactly what they can say in their advertising campaigns, gone was Marlborough Man the face of health and strength out there on the open range and now we have pictures of what cancer and nictoine do to the body.
So why are others allowed to lie in their adverts
Take the current Kinder Chocolate bar advert which says such things as
"little treat - happy mum"
"a tasty treat equals happy tum"
"Invented for kids, approved by mums"
Surely that is misrepresentation without a need for legislation ?
So many adverts are blatant lies or at the least misleading, why aren't the manufacturers made to tell the truth about what problems they can cause like ciggerette manufacturers have to on their advertising.
Where did TH admit to being 19 stone?
I read it as an example, not a personal admission....
Well I'm 19 Stone...
Guess that' me fucked then eh ...
I am overweight, I am between 10 and 11 stones, not one of the heavyweights and not obese but I am aware that I am carry an extra few pounds or perhaps a stone, the weight is on my waist, I will it was on my arms and legs but it isn't so I know I am overweight, all my adult life I was only 8-9 stone (though very very fit).
I am doing something about it and though I am 58 I have taken up running again.
I will not become obese or even fat, I will cut out those crisps I love and the trifles, the fry up breakfasts and other things, this mornings breakfast is yoghurt and cereals.
I will not become a burden on the state and my friends.
there are so many reasons for people being overweight. Sometimes a life event may send someone into depression and they comfort eat. Some people have a low self esteem and have eating is once again a comfort zone. Some people have a poor mobility and so put on weight as not active. I myself used to run marathons, and had a diet and appetite to go with it. As I was training 100 miles a week, not a problem as all was burned off. when ankles and knees started to creak and I stopped, the appetite was still there and was very difficult to adjust. Also maybe we need to look at the food manufacturers, and maybe tax anything above say 40% in fat !!! I looked other day at a packet of sausages in onion gravy. looked very nice....looked at fat level and was 79% !!! That's basically the daily allowance for a man !!! Just a little along was low fat range....and they had sausages in onion gravy...at 22%. Why the need for all that extra fat !!!
We should all be encouraged towards a healthy lifestyle, but please think a little before lumping all overweight people as being lazy, and simply sitting there and eating cakes and chocolate. It is more complex than that !!!
