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Originally Posted by Dane Bramage
Just eating less food is not the answer for everyone. Some people have physiological reasons that they are obese. Hormone imbalances, thyroid issues, etc. To just say "EAT LESS FOOD" is both foolish and insensitive. No everyone is obese because they eat to much. There are way to many factors to narrow it down to one thing.
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You are right that there are people out there that have issues that make it extremely difficult to be thin, the numbers are so few though that it's hardly worth mentioning. The principle that he mentioned is true for everyone, if you burn more calories than you consume you will loose weight. End of story. Even people with hormone imbalances and thyroid problems are bound by that simple fact as neither one can create energy or calories without using food.
For the OP
I've never had the problem of being overweight, I have been on the underweight side my whole life. If I eat less than 3000 calories a day I lose weight. I have had many problems relating to being underweight, not counting the social issues of being an underweight male. I have friends who are in the same boat, some of us have done something about it, others haven't.
The simple reason is desire or lack thereof. One friend and I would lift weights for a couple of hours a day, we drank 2-3 weight gain shakes in addition to our normal meals, we watched what we ate. Now I'm 6'5 and weigh 200 lbs thats up from 120 lbs a few years ago.
I think that on both sides, the key is desire. If you want to watch tv more than get in shape, that's what you'll get. If you want to eat twinkies more than you want to be healthy, that's is where you'll end up.