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May 15, 2024
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Cougar Junkie
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Disagree. It shows that there was no medical condition that kept a person fat.
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Regarding obesity being genetic
Black Diamond Bay
All-American
May 15, 7:54pm
I can believe that genetics make it harder for some to lose weight,
Cougar Junkie
May 15, 7:58pm
Yes, I love it when a person says that despite consuming less calories than they
Ozymandias
May 15, 8:01pm
If you've ever seen the horrible photos of Nazi concentration camps, you
Cougar Junkie
May 15, 8:04pm
Plenty of people starved in those camps. Poor example.
Yiowa
May 15, 8:09pm
Disagree. It shows that there was no medical condition that kept a person fat.
Cougar Junkie
May 15, 8:17pm
I don’t think anyone is really wondering whether fat people can die thin.
Yiowa
May 15, 8:32pm
False dichotomy. It's not as if as soon as fat people become thin, they die.
Cougar Junkie
May 15, 8:35pm
If that body type was the standard of “health” how difficult would it be to
Yiowa
May 15, 8:58pm
I'm saying that between obesity and becoming rail thin due to calorie
Cougar Junkie
May 15, 9:02pm
I mostly agree with you there. 99.9% of people can achieve a sustainable healthy
Yiowa
May 15, 9:20pm
Well when you actually are forced to not eat. There are medical and psychologic
kotacoug
May 15, 8:36pm
Both obesity and alcoholism can be overcome, either voluntarily or
Cougar Junkie
May 15, 8:47pm
The first person to bring up Nazis in an argument loses the argument.
ochobeeguy
May 15, 8:33pm
Swap Nazi camps with North Korean ones. Is that better?
Cougar Junkie
May 15, 8:43pm
My wife operates at a calorie deficit all the time and reaches a point where she
gwalker
May 15, 8:11pm
Here is the secret. She isn’t operating at a 350 calorie deficit. Her metabolism
Ozymandias
May 15, 8:18pm
That could well be. She isn’t gluttonous by any means. Often eats around 1000
gwalker
May 15, 8:20pm
Her metabolism may be slow because she is starving herself. She really
kotacoug
May 15, 9:07pm
Be sure her calorie intake includes protein daily.
Bullrider
May 15, 9:11pm
For women I think the oft overlooked culprit to stubborn weight is birth control. Messing with your hormones will
Black Diamond Bay
May 15, 8:24pm
Hate to break it to you but 350 x7 will never equal a 1 lb fat loss. You would
kotacoug
May 15, 8:39pm
That’s right. I forgot the number. But she’s clearly doing that if her
gwalker
May 15, 8:55pm
I agree. Like I said, I'm married to a reformed fatty, from a fat family and he's managed it.
Black Diamond Bay
May 15, 8:05pm
Anyone who thinks there is no genetic component to obesity also thinks the earth
TO11
May 15, 8:00pm
I think people have an issue when others say nothing can be done because it’s
Longseason
May 15, 8:05pm
Of course your metabolism is connected to your genetics, but nobody has to be
Ozymandias
May 15, 8:27pm
Let’s not go binary on us.
Archaea
May 15, 8:31pm
I didn't believe that it is learned. I think controlling it is a learned behavior and so we trying to instill good
Black Diamond Bay
May 15, 8:44pm
Learned is a more specialized sense.
Archaea
May 15, 9:20pm
This is me, I have two settings hungry and stuffed.
Cosmodiar
May 15, 8:00pm
Why do some people feel it necessary to belittle very sad people about their
Bullrider
May 15, 8:32pm
Because they don't struggle, thus it is easy for everyone.
ochobeeguy
May 15, 8:36pm
Belittle? I believe some worry about the cost to our already
Archaea
May 15, 8:37pm
What you say is true but does little to help the obese. Why don’t you prove
Bullrider
May 15, 8:50pm
Do those that overburden the healthcare system care?
Archaea
May 15, 9:14pm
I'm sorry that you feel belittled, but I'm not really seeing where that happened.
Black Diamond Bay
May 15, 10:27pm
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