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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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Hormone and thyroid conditions are not the norm. My best friend does have a thyroid condition that she takes meds for-she's about 50 lbs overweight, but seeing her eat, it's not hard to understand why. Several nights a week she will eat only an apple and yogurt for dinner. But go
out to eat and she will chow down everything in sight. At a buffet we went to, I tell no lie, her plate had to be 6 inches high with food.
Another friend knows that when she eats beef, the pounds will pack on...does she eat more chicken and greens? No. Her favorite dinner is steak and potatoes.
She has arthritis and a heart condition at the age of 52 and needs to lose probably 30 lbs.
The vast majority of us KNOW what we're doing wrong. It's not enough to say 'eat less food' because at some point, you won't. It's willpower and education and desire that will get you where you need to be to get healthy, but it has to be all three or one is doomed to fail.