Quote by Jaq-kryps
I like to throw a spanner in the works occasionally, all those blaming fat for the rise in obesity is barking up the wrong tree. It is actually biologically impossible for the human body to turn animal fats you eat into excess body fat, the only things that cause humans to put on weight is Plant food such as cereals and fruit.
Quote by penelope
It's not just chocolate that makes us fat, it's the amount we eat, and not only choc but what about the cakes, pastries, biscuits,alchohol etc. Also lack of exercise a major factor. As a country we get tax'd i don't get is the low fat alternatives are always more expensive, an example i buy low fat greek natural yoghurt, the full fat is more expensive and mascapone cheese the light version is more expensive than the full fat , maybe the goverment should step in and say look we have choices but don't expoilt the healthier versions xx
Quote by penelope
It's not just chocolate that makes us fat, it's the amount we eat, and not only choc but what about the cakes, pastries, biscuits,alchohol etc. Also lack of exercise a major factor. As a country we get tax'd i don't get is the low fat alternatives are always more expensive, an example i buy low fat greek natural yoghurt, the full fat is more expensive and mascapone cheese the light version is more expensive than the full fat , maybe the goverment should step in and say look we have choices but don't expoilt the healthier versions xx
Quote by The_third_man
I like to throw a spanner in the works occasionally, all those blaming fat for the rise in obesity is barking up the wrong tree. It is actually biologically impossible for the human body to turn animal fats you eat into excess body fat, the only things that cause humans to put on weight is Plant food such as cereals and fruit.
Quote by flower411
I like to throw a spanner in the works occasionally, all those blaming fat for the rise in obesity is barking up the wrong tree. It is actually biologically impossible for the human body to turn animal fats you eat into excess body fat, the only things that cause humans to put on weight is Plant food such as cereals and fruit.
Quote by penelope
It's not just chocolate that makes us fat, it's the amount we eat, and not only choc but what about the cakes, pastries, biscuits,alchohol etc. Also lack of exercise a major factor. As a country we get tax'd i don't get is the low fat alternatives are always more expensive, an example i buy low fat greek natural yoghurt, the full fat is more expensive and mascapone cheese the light version is more expensive than the full fat , maybe the goverment should step in and say look we have choices but don't expoilt the healthier versions xx
Quote by Nicekat
It's not just chocolate that makes us fat, it's the amount we eat, and not only choc but what about the cakes, pastries, biscuits,alchohol etc. Also lack of exercise a major factor. As a country we get tax'd i don't get is the low fat alternatives are always more expensive, an example i buy low fat greek natural yoghurt, the full fat is more expensive and mascapone cheese the light version is more expensive than the full fat , maybe the goverment should step in and say look we have choices but don't expoilt the healthier versions xx
Quote by Jaq-kryps
sorry Tan, but that is far too much of a simplistic view and is more of a mantra that scientific reality. the calories in/ calories out chants forget that the human body is not a machine and it just does not use all the calories entered. for instance, you could eat 5000 calories of grass, but as the body cannot break down cellulose it won't contribute anything to energy in. The whole calorie thing is nothing but one great big red herring. there is absolutely no evidence that the average slim person eats any less or exercises any more than the average larger person. weight gain is all down to the individuals carbohydrate tolerence level. if you keep going over it, you will put on weight, if you stay under it, you will lose weight, exercise plays no part whatsoever.
Quote by Jaq-kryps
you'd be very very hard pushed to find anybody who is overweight who never eats carbohydrate, and that's even if you could find anybody that doesn't. Human beings evolved as carnivores and the digestive system is designed to deal with fats and protein, it's not designed to deal with plant matter, It's just tolerated, and if you keep exceeding what your body can tolerate, you will put on weight.
Quote by Theladyisaminx
you'd be very very hard pushed to find anybody who is overweight who never eats carbohydrate, and that's even if you could find anybody that doesn't. Human beings evolved as carnivores and the digestive system is designed to deal with fats and protein, it's not designed to deal with plant matter, It's just tolerated, and if you keep exceeding what your body can tolerate, you will put on weight.
Quote by foxylady2209
My main problem is that if I eat healthy I stay the same. If I eat nice things - even just once a week - I put weight on. To lose weight I have to basically starve myself.
Tiny cereal for breakfast, single cuppa soup for lunch and a plate of salad and 1 oz of meat for tea. Total input for the day - fractionally more than a sparrow eats. Any more than that and forget the losing weight - it just won't happen. I reckon it's grossly unfair - it's also grossly boring and lasts no more than 2 weeks.
Quote by Jaq-kryps
My main problem is that if I eat healthy I stay the same. If I eat nice things - even just once a week - I put weight on. To lose weight I have to basically starve myself.
Tiny cereal for breakfast, single cuppa soup for lunch and a plate of salad and 1 oz of meat for tea. Total input for the day - fractionally more than a sparrow eats. Any more than that and forget the losing weight - it just won't happen. I reckon it's grossly unfair - it's also grossly boring and lasts no more than 2 weeks.
Quote by naughtynymphos1
personally i think people should be able to eat what they like without having others moaning at them, i work, i have always worked, i have never been in hospital except to have the kids, if i want to over eat and be fat thats my buisness is'nt it? and if i get ill and have to go into hospital, well i've paid into the system for almost 20 years i don't feel i would be getting anything out of it that i hav'nt already paid for several times over, i really dont feel others have the rights to tell you what you should look like or what you should eat, if they tax chocoalte people will still buy it like they do beer and fags
Quote by foxylady2209
My main problem is that if I eat healthy I stay the same. If I eat nice things - even just once a week - I put weight on. To lose weight I have to basically starve myself.
Tiny cereal for breakfast, single cuppa soup for lunch and a plate of salad and 1 oz of meat for tea. Total input for the day - fractionally more than a sparrow eats. Any more than that and forget the losing weight - it just won't happen. I reckon it's grossly unfair - it's also grossly boring and lasts no more than 2 weeks.
Quote by Jaq-kryps
It's not just chocolate that makes us fat, it's the amount we eat, and not only choc but what about the cakes, pastries, biscuits,alchohol etc. Also lack of exercise a major factor. As a country we get tax'd i don't get is the low fat alternatives are always more expensive, an example i buy low fat greek natural yoghurt, the full fat is more expensive and mascapone cheese the light version is more expensive than the full fat , maybe the goverment should step in and say look we have choices but don't expoilt the healthier versions xx
Quote by Tan--Kinky
Exercise only helps if used with a diet/ healthy eating (for weight loss) Output has to be more than input - The calories burned has to be more than calories ate on a very regular basis
I would drop the diet and opt for "healthy educated eating" That way you are not starving your body of something it may crave or need,
So you can jog 20 miles a day - it does not mean 2 hoots if you come home to a fry up, stodge, more stodge, cream cakes and chocolate snacks and alcohol/ fizzy pop to wash it down with
Oh and lots of exercise is free some has a small charge, Try walking the dog an extra couple times a day or having a brisk walk to the shop instead of taking the car - swimming! what does that cost £2 ish a session? You can buy a lot of fitness items to go in your home for a relatively small amount
Written by a fat bird
Quote by Nicekat
more good stuff snipped out
I dont feel its safe as a woman to go out joging by myself and it is not cheap to go to the gym. Although I do feel that exercise is important and I attend 4 to 5 times a week. My friend has to travel on a bus to get to her local gym.
