I don’t know whether this article is helpful or depressing.
Huh. And all this time I thought I was too heavy because I ate too much and didn’t exercise enough...
Bull. People are obese because the eat too much are too inactive. This is not brain surgery, people.
I’ve got a little obesity in my jeans.
Born to be faaat!
I’m 5’11” and about 170-180. Yet I got a letter from my doctor saying I might be ‘overweight or obese’.
Sure.
The same way people are born losers...
You decide each moment at a time and tell yourself stories that condition you to your current state.
Some people confuse Genetics with Destiny.
You may be pre-disposed to be an alcoholic. Doesn’t mean you are born one, just mean that when it comes to alcohol, you could become a habitual drunk faster and easier than the average man on the street. People seem to understand this.
Then there are genes that make one pre-disposed to be obese. Doesn’t mean you will be; just means that you may not get the thrill from exercise that others get. Some people run and feel fantastic; others run and feel wasted, exhausted and are essentially done for the day. No thrill, no “rush”, no endorphins - just tired. Remove the positive rewards and no matter what shape you are in, you won’t want to continue to do the exercise, will you?
I have had to work to stay reasonably fit, my entire life. I get no thrill from a hike, a bike trip, a run. I can run 3 miles and NEVER feel the endorphin rush - ever. I feel tired, I’m done. I do it because I feel I need to; not because I want to. Never get any enjoyment out of it - it’s a chore, but it keeps me from weighing 500lbs.
My grandparents were heavy, my mother has been fighting her weight since she was a child; and so have I. I have never been a track star. Even at 5’11” with a 6-pack and weighing 168 at 32; exercise was a chore. At 52 it’s still a chore.
I have the propensity to be very obese, all I would have to do to be morbidly obese is continue to eat 1500-1800 calories a day and stop exercising. It shouldn’t be that way - but I assure you it is. If I got the “rush” others got from exercise, it sure would be easier to get up and hit the treadmill or the gym every morning.
I weigh the same as I did the day I started high school 62 years ago, 170#.
BTW who was that exercise/fitness guy who was on TV into nearly his 80's and his brother that out lived him? And there's some other guy on TV all the time pushing his weight loss exercise & diet program with and wears shorts. LOL Seriously he doesn't look healthy or happy.
My aunts and uncles lived into their late 70's and 80's both the skinny and the heavy.
I wish they would quit using BMI to determine obesity. It completely ignores muscle mass. My BMI of 30 gets me classified as obese. Not “overweight” but obese. My workout today was 150 burpees, which I knocked out in 21 minutes. Not bad for an obese guy :)
what?
more folks now born to be fat...lol...we are Obese Nation
and black and Mexican women...good lord...I bet 70% over age 30 are tech obese
just more rationalization to excuse lack of personal discipline
why is obesity more common amongst lower class?
see a lot of fat goal oriented achievers this side of Ailes or formerly Mr Nicotine Stained Fingers...and Rush admits it’s discipline
purely coincidence..pfft
I was born to be thin then i passed 30 and had to watch it
it’s just how it is unless you are a really hyper foot patter
burn less than you eat and get fat
im 6’5” and 230...not skinny but nowhere near obese
wifey is a buxom 5 foot and 107...bout right
man I’d weight 500 pounds I ate all i wanted
and it would be my fault same as I sat on the couch and smoked Sour Diesel all day
or drank to excess
or cheated on the old lady
etc
Could be true that the genes of overweight people play a role: possibly by making them more likely to become fat when they eat modern factory processed foods.
Could be they'd stay as thin as those with other genes, if they ate what they evolved to eat.
Some researchers have pegged the numbers on this correlation to be as high as 70%
Put "Obesity and chilhood abuse" into a search engine and see more about it, if anyone is curious.
It’s not so much the genes as what people choose to eat .
I am thin , my hubby has a propensity to put on weight.
We do not eat the same - he lives to eat - I eat to live.
I’m not a foodie - he is
If he ate the same things as I did he would be thin too
He likes his corn - I rarely eat it
(it’s what they feed cows to put weight on them fast)
He likes his carbs - I’m not crazy about carbs and given the choice I don’t often pick them
(carbs make you crave more carbs if you don’t eat them often you don’t crave them)
I nibble on and off all day long - he likes big meals three times a day
(people who eat 5 to 8 times a day have a higher metabolism and they maintain better blood glucose levels - steady glucose level is key to not storing lots of fat)
I like to drink water - he likes his soda and coffee
(lots of extra empty calories in all that sugar but using fake sugars and drinking diet sodas is even worse as they will make you hungry)
If I want some sugar I will bake something homemade and actually enjoy eating it instead of drinking it.
(not keeping garbage snacks around the house means I have to get off my tush and actually bake something which means I usually end up making better snack choices like a piece of fruit )
It is about how you eat and how often you eat it.
It’s also about how much muscle you build (more muscle burns more calories without doing a darn thing)
Best way to build muscle is to lift weights even light ones.
If I was, I’ve overcome my genetic programming.
A basic understanding of statistics tells you that a range of 40-70% is grant money speak for ‘we have no freaking idea.’