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Old 11-24-2003, 09:39 AM   #22 (permalink)
sixate
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Originally posted by WarWagon
A family member of mine is very overweight. Having been diagnosed with thyroid cancer and having it removed, her metabolism lays solely on her medication. She eats very, very little, but still gains weight as the result of these hormonal issues. She gets some exercise, but is extremely difficult due to the health issues and extreme fatigue caused by her treatment. Doctors have told her that the only possible way they can forsee her bringing her weight down is through gastric bypass, but she must wait until all tests are clear, her hormones have stabilized, and she fully recovers internally from previous surgeries.
I understand your point, but I'll bet my life on the fact that not even 2% of overweight people have a health issue. Most people can lose weight, but chose not to. If you have no health problems it's impossible to gain weight if you burn more calories than you take in. Eating right and proper exercise does work! I helped a dude I work with lose about 65 pounds last year. He's 31 and was getting ready to have his first kid. He knew that I work out a lot so he asked me for some suggestions. I got him to stop eating junk at work, and at home. He went and played hoops with me, and every day during our lunch break we would go on a 3 mile jog. There were a few times I would see him get junk out of the food machines at work, and I would knock it out of his hand and bitch him out. I told him if he wanted my help then he better do what I said or I was done helping him..... I said it in a much more ignorant way than that. Because he wanted help he listened, and right now he's 65 pounds lighter, and he's very active and he's just happy that he's gonna be able to play with his kid. This is a guy who has been overweight damn near his entire life, and said he tried everything, but after I got to him he realized he never did anything that would actually help him lose weight.... Moral of the story: Most people have no clue what kind of work it takes to lose weight once you've been overweight for an extended period of time. It takes discipline, and a lot of hard work. It's extremely hard for people who have been extremely lazy for years to change that habit. I'll bet my life that if people did what I did to stay healthy nobody would be overweight, unless they had a medical issue.

For the record, I agree 100% with Phaenx!
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