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Originally Posted by JinnKai
Most people don't care about their health as long as they can do their day-to-day acitivities with relative ease.
Can they still get to work?
Can they still get home?
Can they still go buy food?
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I think this is a big part of what keeps people "fat and happy", as it were, although yeah, I'd question the "happy". But you know what I mean. Perhaps "in denial" is a more accurate, if less catchy, phrase.
While I was in Weight Watchers, so many of the other folks in the meetings with me said that what caused them to start the program was seeing a picture of themselves. It was not uncommon to hear, "I looked at a picture of a bunch of my friends and wondered, "Who is that fat chick in the photo?', and realizing it was *me!*" or something along those lines.
Many people are in denial about their weight and level of fitness. And often it takes an unexpected objective look for them to break past that. They may be unhappy with how they look, or how their clothes fit, but like Ustwo said, they aren't unhappy enough to take the very difficult action of losing weight.
The actions needed to lose weight are relatively easy (Eat less, exercize more), however the execution of those actions are difficult and complex.
For what it's worth, my trainer told me that to seriously re-shape your body, you must plan on a MINIMUM ONE HOUR A DAY, FIVE DAYS A WEEK, of aerobic, fat burning activity. That does not include the weight lifting. So when I started my "fitness frenzy", as the hubby calls it,
I dedicated 2 hours a day to my fitness plan. Oh, and of course that means changing my eating habits as well. Fortunately maintenance does not require quite so much effort, and I lived for the day when I'd be maintaning rather than losing.
Eventually I lost 35 pounds (and have kept it off-rare!) and completely re-sculpted my body. Yes, it was incredibly hard work and a lot of dedication and time invested (continuing as well). But *nothing* compares to being happy with my body (an American woman, content with her bod? wtf?), how I look and how I feel, and with what I can accomplish, for the first time in my life. No food taste is better than that. No amount of free time (spent in front of the computer or the tv) is better than that.
So there you go. Priorities.