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Originally Posted by Azure
I find it alarming that some people just don't care about their weight. Eat and eat...and eat some more...who cares how fat you are.  |
I watched a thing on TLC a couple of weeks ago about very obese people. These people were like 500-700 pounds each. The big thing is they really were in denial about how much they eat. Like this one british lady "But 'tis only a lil packet of crisps." Yes, that was one packet of crisps. But you've already had 6 of those already today and its only 3pm. That's on top of the 4 meals you've also consumed today.
They had to follow her around, and note everything she ate. Then they prepared all that food and put it in front of her; sort of an "intravention" to show her how much she's eating. Her reaction was first of shock "Oh, I don't eat that much, do I?" to one of hunger "Can't you just smell all of those wonderful smells."
It really is a disorder.
Granted, I'm not exactly sqeezing through any fences these days either, but one good thing I took from that show was that most of the things that are bad for us are dull in colour; like burgers, fries, chips, etc. Whereas most of the things that are good for us are quite bright in colour. So I've decided to start reforming my eating habbits. No more donuts; unless they have sprinkles on them.
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Good point on the sprinkles. I used to weigh in around 260...more or less...and have since dropped 40 lbs, and am still going down. All in 8 months now. And all I did was start to count my calories. I burn this much...and this is how much I can eat. I need to eat 500 less per day than I burn...etc, etc...and it worked. All it takes is an awareness of how much you're eating.
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