[dp0622]

What’d she do wrong?

It’s the last easy attack, a fat person.

Can’t be SURE a person is a smoker, drug dealer, wife beater, drug ADDICT or democrat just by looking at them most of the time.

So what now? We CHRISTIANS pick on what we CAN see.

How do you know she’s dumb? You have access to her test scores.

I’m a fat #### and you know what world, #### you :)

I was a boxer once and had my day in the “in shape” sun.

And at 49, eating badly will likely chop me down at 60.

But since 30, that’s THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS of meals I LOVED with NO regard for my health.

Still not diabetes or cholesterol. I think i’ll likely die of a heart attack and hope it’s quick.

Won’t cry like a bitch either way cause I made the choice.

CHOICE. Ain’t freedom great!!??

[raybbr]

“I think i’ll likely die of a heart attack and hope it’s quick.

Won’t cry like a bitch either way cause I made the choice.”

Or you could end up stroking and be a vegetable that your family has to take care of for a decade.

[NorthstarMom]

I just read “Secrets From The Food Lab: The Science of Weight Loss, The Myth of Willpower, and Why You Should Never Diet Again” after hearing the author interviewed on the radio. I hoped it would give me insight into the weight struggles of one of my children.

It was fascinating. Genetics determine our weight far more than we think - even adopted children are more like their birth parents regarding tendencies towards being overweight. There is much more but it would take too much space. Bottom line: overweight people are not just lazy gluttons with no willpower. There is much more involved.

What I found fascinating, my husband found discouraging. He thought it sounded hopeless, maybe I failed to communicate the info well. It’s a good read, years of research in the food lab of the University of Minnesota form the basis for this book.

[Cronos]

at 49 it's still not too late to get into shape.

The problem you face is what many professional sportsmen and women face - you guys performed at top level and ate at top level to be fit.

But after the activity dies down it is difficult to reduce the food intake

If I may humbly suggest, do try the intermittent fasting route. Start off with a trial to fast for a 24 hour period. Do that once a week for about a month. Then move to the "warrior" diet which is basically eat during a 6 hour window each day (say 1 pm to 7 pm) and fast during the rest while keeping up the weekly 24-hour fast

After 3 months of that try a 3 day fast.

keep up the routine and you'll find that you enjoy the same meals you do, but lose weight