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Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate
For that "five other people", I'm assuming you have some scientific research to back that up. Because if we are just going to throw out anecdotal evidence, I work with people who are trying to lose weight, and most of them eat not because "they are lazy", but to fill some kind of void in their lives or to fulfill some emotional need/craving.
For many is it a crutch, one that will eventually kill them. They choose this crutch as much as a gambler chooses to gamble, an alcoholic chooses to drink and an addict chooses to get high. While the addiction may not be as much physical as it is emotional, it is still an addiction. It's why groups like Overeaters Anonymous exist. I was actually shocked to find out just how many chapters there are. There are many people who have realized that it is an addiction that fills some kind of emotional void.
But I guess it's easier just to call them lazy slobs so you can feel free to condemn them. I swear, the gamblers, alcoholics and drug addicts get treated better.
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I would be inclined to buy what you are selling if fat people weren't so common. Gamblers, alcoholics, and drug addict probably do get treated better because they aren't all around you every day like fat people. Like I said before I sympathize with those who have real medical conditions and mental issues but there's no way you will ever convince me otherwise that the majority are simply living a poor lifestyle by choice.
This generation is so coddled honestly what ever happened to manning up and accepting things in your life? I can guarantee that there are few on these boards that had a worse childhood than me. I was beaten with belts, hockey sticks, tennis racquets, suffered a through a horrible, messy, violent parental divorce where the four kids were separated (2 with each parent), etc. and yeah I was a problem teen but in my early 20's I manned up and made a decision to get my life straight and it's been clear sailing ever since. I don't look back at anything and feel sorry for myself or regret anything. I realize that it's not as easy for some people as it is for others to stop feeling sorry for themselves and moving on but I don't buy that most people don't have the mental fortitude to break free of their addictions. It's a matter of really, really wanting it. If you can't stop eating it's likely because deep down inside you don't want to.
Everything is easy now. If you have a condition there is a medication for it and there are hundreds of studies that show what you have is a medical condition that hundreds of other people have. We've really become great at making excuses for everyone's issues like it's supposed to be comforting that the problem you have is common and lots of people have it. It makes it all too easy now to simply accept your problems. Sure lots of people have serotonin imbalances and medication helps but man it's like half the population is on antidepressents. If you are depressed because of your life situation and medication makes you not worry about it the root cause of your issues still exist and you are never going to move past it being artificially blocked from caring about it. We have become great at diagnosing the problems but terrible at coming up with real solutions outside of masking the problems with drugs. A lot of times the answers are within and it's up to the individual to make the hard decisions and sacrifices. Everyone has personal issues and the difference between the weak and the strong is that the strong chooses to be strong and deal with their issues.