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Originally Posted by ASU2003
But that's the thing, I can be lazy and eat whatever I want (even buffets), and I won't gain a pound. I sit in front of computers for 8 hours a day at work, and then for 8 more at home a lot of days. Yet, I can see my rib cage.
I'm not ready to dismiss this virus theory just yet, and I would like to see work done towards a vaccine against it to see what the impact on obesity rates would be.
Is it genes since my Dad is skinny (maybe my genes prevent me from getting this virus though), metabolism, what I eat, the level of exercise I do? This is enough of a world-wide problem that I think it should be getting a lot more research done on any lead like this that comes up.
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The point is that I've never seen someone dedicate him or herself to real diet and exercise program and not see results. The people that don't see results generally are at the very least inconsistent with diet and exercise. Many, many people start diets and then stop them after a few weeks, citing a lack of results (I call this ADS, or American Dieter Syndrome). I have a family history of obesity, and yet my little brother and I are both in great shape and we both work hard. According to my doctor, I've likely increased my life expectancy by 15 years from diet and exercise alone. Baring an unforeseeable helicopter crash, that is.
While I'm glad that you don't have to deal with obesity, ASU, being stagnant all day and eating rubbish will catch up with you. Being skinny does not necessarily mean you're healthy. Just as a suggestion, you may want to at least try to squeeze in like 30 minutes a day of exercise.