“STOP FRYING!”
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I think C.C. is referring to deep frying, which is pretty calorie intensive. I once made a sarcastic comment that the act of placing a food item in a skillet to cook doesn’t automatically negate its nutritional value, and the person I was talking to — agreed! He clarified that it’s the deep-frying that can put on the pounds.
That said, I still believe, as my late physician FIL said, “it’s all a matter of calories in and calories out.
Age has a lot to do with it, too. I’m in my late 50s, and last week, I lost five pounds in six days. It took 48 hours to put half of it back on — and I was *very* restrained at Thanksgiving dinner.
I’m quite a bit overweight due to *former* (thank God) health issues, but regardless, I always park in the “south 40” at the store lot, and seldom move the car if I have to go to other places for small items; I just walk.
But, I still think standards for “obesity” need to reflect reality a bit more.
Agree with you FIL, it is all about in versus out. None of us exercise they way we should for various reasons (excuses) and that is where I point the finger.
Not so much "what you eat", it's how you burn it off.
Several posters on this thread have indicated that they don't exercise because going to the gym is too time consuming with work, kids, and family commitments. But as you have just illustrated, a person does not have to go to a gym to get the kind of exercise needed to lose weight. Park the car and WALK! I park my car in the furthest corner of my office lot even though I have a private space right next to the building. I walk to the four or five blocks to the diner or deli at lunch, rather than drive. I walk up three flights of stairs rather than take the elevator. I still cut my own grass, trim the hedges, rake leaves, and shovel snow, rather than hiring someone else to get exercise. I stand and pace when I am on the phone at the office, rather than sitting with my feet up on the desk. Although I do belong to a gym, I go there not just to exercise, but to exercise at a higher level. And even there I have to laugh at the fat people who circle the parking lot looking for a space right next to the building, rather than parking in the far corner and walking. If a person really wants to lose weight, then they need to exercise, but they don't need to join a gym. WALK!
The bottom line is that 99% of fat people are fat because they eat more calories than they burn. They are essentially lazy, and their excuses are self-created life style choices that they are unable or unwilling to change because they are -- LAZY!.