"NOW, they have the advocates to make excuses for them"
People who are able to do something often assume that everyone is equally able, if they'd only try hard enough.
It's like dyslexia. Before they discovered it, dyslexic children were often punished for not applying themselves.
Lol. Now obesity is like dyslexia? Wow. That is a leap in logic. That isn't a valid comparison at all.
Dyxlexia is a genetic abnormality.
Gluttony and sloth are not genetic abnormalities.
Not everyone has the same amount of energy, drive or ambition. This is true. Being chunky or 25-50 lbs overweight is fairly "normal" but obesity is having a body that is 50% (or more) fat. That takes a lot of work to eat so much for so long without compensatory exercise.
Obese people work very hard at both gluttony and sloth. They seem to ignore the hardship they inflict on others around them by their lifestyle. They always focus on "poor me," "woe is me" and "I try so hard and I can't help myself."
Staying health and functionally capable is not easy work; that is just life. But, most people work at it because of many reasons--often revolving around staying fit for their families and friends. Obsesity involves tremendous self-absorption, self-hate....SELF. Altruism, that is, thinking outside the box of self, is a part of character, not gentics. People have to be TAUGHT to think of others besides themselves, their problems, their food, their health.
Obstinate obese people will always look for the magic pill and the medical reason for being able to stuff their faces while sitting firmly and eternally on their behinds.
And that's okay. People CHOOSE their lifestyle, whatever that is. It's their choice and they are less of a person for being that way. They really aren't.
But, listening to the excuses......please. At least be honest and admit reality. AA tells people to admit being an alcoholic. GA makes people admit to a gambling addiction.
EXCUSES fool lots of people, not me. Sorry, been in the fitness business too long to believe the excuses.
I don't feel sorry for obese people either. They are NOT pathetic or stupid. They simply eat too much and exercise too little.
I KNOW that people can change.....that is the beauty of the human will and character.