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Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate
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Fat people are a negative thing?
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Yes they/we are a negative thing.
The last few years I have been constantly battling my weight.I am 6'1" my ideal weight is about 195. I got to as large as 263 last spring, and I was running out of breath on stairs, getting blood pressure induced head aches, my heart would race, I would sleep for hours, I was an unhealthy, lazy, slob. Full stop. No excuses.
I dumped 50 of the pounds and got close to my ideal weight, and felt great. Had energy, was way more active, my blood pressure was going down etc. I slipped up when I had a career change in January, and went back up to 230. I started to feel like crap... again. It was simple. Too much fast food and junk food. Period. My fault, not the worlds. I take full responsibility.
The last 3 weeks, I have been slowly converting to a vegetarian diet. I am at the point where I am just eating fish and veggies, and a milkshake every few days as a treat. In 3 weeks, have dropped to 10 pounds back down to 220, and am starting to feel good again.
This is the bottom line for the
majority of obese people. It is a simple lack of discipline, and laziness. The cost to eat right and in moderation is not excessive by any means. You know how many bloody veggies you can buy for 20 bucks? How many cans of tuna, tilapia filets? A chicken breast is about $2/piece at costco. A fast food burger alone 5 dollars. I can eat 2 chicken breasts and a plate of broccoli with brown rice, be stuffed, and have consumed in or around 500 calories, for about $6. What does a combo meal cost nowadays? $8-10, I should know, I ate one every day for lunch for about 5 years. Tap water is frikkin free. The cost factor is
absolute BS, and it really bugs me when I hear that from anyone but people in absolutely dire economic circumstances where a dollar box of Mac and Cheese and $1 bags of Great Value Chips is truly all they can afford. Walk through any Walmart, and look in pretty much any obese persons cart (mine included when I was eating like crap) and there are boxes and boxes of garbage junk. Swap that money for the produce section, you couldn't possibly eat it all.
This is what I am getting at. I have been that lazy, fast food junkie, and felt shame for it. The jabs from friends and family members shaming my weight when I was 260? Good. It motivated me to break a bad cycle. I slipped, but all it took was a buddy I hadn't seen in 5 months to ask me "When I was due" about a month back to kick my butt back into gear. I might screw up again, but hopefully someone will say something nasty again, to get me motivated.
Obesity is bad. It kills you prematurely.
It is unequivocally a negative thing in every definition. I am lucky in the sense that I can drop weight relatively quick. I feel for those that can't. But some people need harsh wake up calls, and reminders of their mortality to take action. Warm, fluffy, terms like BBW and Husky man IMHO do not encourage action, they enable bad habits and acceptance for something your body is not designed to be.
My stance may be harsh, but sorry,
almost anyone can lead a healthy lifestyle, and maintain a healthy weight if they are willing to give up lard, grease, copious amounts of red meat.
There is a guy on the BBmisc forum named 'wetbreasts' who has a sticky in the main forum. It is the only reason I visit that cesspool of a site. Much like you, he took action, and chose to break his cycle. That dude, is an inspiration to anyone, and is as real as it gets. He was almost 500 lbs 18 months ago, and now is under 300. No lap bands as he is in near poverty and can't afford it. No self pity. He is harsh as hell on himself. And has no issues with criticism, because he knows his life depends on it. Diet, exercise, and conversation has transformed this guy from someone who had fungus growing on him and had to feel the shame of showering with a garden hose outside his trailer once a month, to hitting the milestone and have the dignity, where he could actually fit in his own shower. More people need to follow suit. That shame was his motivation.