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To: dsc

Nice religious screed there.

God forbid that any conservative actually expect science to rule over feelings.

Please show me some scientific evidence that you can consume less energy in the form of food than you burn by exertion without losing weight.

Normal people did, do and will maintain normal weight on a normal diet. The fact is that metabolism slows down at the same time people get less active and often have the financial resources to eat more and richer food. Plus, as you lose muscle mass you need fewer calories.

Absolutely nothing that getting off of one’s ass hitting the gym, going for a run and eating fewer and well balanced calories will not take care of. No one said it’s fun or easy, but the only ‘immorality’ is trying to pretend that the laws of physics are not applicable to someone with a 40 inch waist just because their feelings or some pseudoscience say so.

Immoral fatso? Not my words, but if someone is overweight the answer is looking them right back in the mirror.


21 posted on 05/03/2016 1:36:11 PM PDT by RedStateRocker (Better questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned.)
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To: RedStateRocker

“God forbid that any conservative actually expect science to rule over feelings.”

The knowledge of this particular science you display does not justify your having an opinion on the subject. You think that the miniscule particle of knowledge you possess is all there is.

“Please show me some scientific evidence that you can consume less energy in the form of food than you burn by exertion without losing weight.”

Hey, there were a couple of threads on that right here during the past few weeks. Keep up.

“Absolutely nothing that getting off of one’s ass hitting the gym, going for a run and eating fewer and well balanced calories will not take care of.”

For people who can maintain a normal weight with a reasonable amount of exercise and a reasonable diet, it is very flattering to believe that anyone could do the same if only they tried. This belief places them in a position of moral superiority vis a vis those who cannot (or, in your view, are too weak to) maintain a normal weight. If there are actual metabolic issues, then you are not morally superior, but only fortunate. Quite a demotion.

The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias wherein...highly skilled individuals may underestimate their relative competence, erroneously assuming that tasks that are easy for them are also easy for others.

This is what we’re dealing with when somebody who can remain slim on a lousy 24 miles per week and 30 hours of other exercise says the things you say.


22 posted on 05/03/2016 6:39:21 PM PDT by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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