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Perceived Racism Linked To Weight Gain, Boston Researchers Say [Oprah?]
Daily Mail (UK) ^ | May 29th 2009

Posted on 05/29/2009 4:17:07 PM PDT by Steelfish

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To: freespirited

Running away from a lion or working in the field would keep one slim.
Being on welfare, sitting on a couch, watching CNN and no meat, no cholesterol will guarantee one fatsoassia.


21 posted on 05/29/2009 5:19:40 PM PDT by Leo Carpathian (fffffFRrrreeeeepppeeee-ssed!)
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To: Steelfish
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"Just THINKING about being
discriminated against makes me hungry!!"

22 posted on 05/29/2009 5:22:46 PM PDT by ETL (ALL the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: Steelfish

How about they eat more and exercise less than white women? Why is this possibility never explored?

This is just insane. My weight gain is everyone else’s fault for not liking me. I shovel more food into my mouth because I think you don’t like me.

What crap.


23 posted on 05/29/2009 5:27:26 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: jennyjenny

Because everyone other than white men, hate white men. /semi-sarc


24 posted on 05/29/2009 5:28:38 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: John123
The REASON for obesity is EVERYTHING to do with lousy diet and lack of exercise.
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You must be blessed with normal weight.

Obesity has everything to do with one’s genetic predisposition. When a person attempts to diet their metabolic rate slows ( in an attempt to conserve the fat) and those 15 or more hunger hormones go NUTZ!

Fighting fat is notoriously hard to do. Once lost, the person feels constant and unremitting hunger every minute of every day. Most can't fight this extreme hunger and that is why most diets fail.

Only one thing has show significant success at permanent weight loss: Surgery!

25 posted on 05/29/2009 5:35:02 PM PDT by wintertime (Good ideas win! Why? Because people are NOT stupid)
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To: Steelfish

Perhaps all this could be explained by the possibility that lots of people look down on fat chicks who appear to lack self discipline, personal pride, and mature judgment.

If the fat black checks say they are discriminated against, I’d bet that it’s the fatness that causes the lack of adoration, as opposed to the blackness causing the lack of adoration, causing the stress, causing the eating too much.

Occam’s razor.


26 posted on 05/29/2009 5:35:02 PM PDT by Atlas Sneezed (Typical "Rightwing Extremist")
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To: wintertime
Only one thing has show significant success at permanent weight loss: Surgery!

Yes I recall well the pictures of all those fat inmates we liberated from the German camps in WWII.

27 posted on 05/29/2009 5:40:55 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: freespirited
I believe blacks in South Africa are remarkably thin. Kind of puts a dent in this goofy theory.

Obviously there aren't enough white bigots in Ethiopia. Who knew?

28 posted on 05/29/2009 5:46:15 PM PDT by OpeEdMunkey (We seem to have reached a critical mass of stupid people.)
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To: hinckley buzzard
Yes I recall well the pictures of all those fat inmates we liberated from the German camps in WWII.
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You too, must be blessed with normal weight.

People who are starved (either by a self imposed diet or by the Nazis) rather quickly regain their normal set point weight when given the opportunity to eat. If their set point weight is obese then that is what they will end up with.

It is very, very, very difficult to lose and keep off weight. Everything in a person's body rebels against it. The hunger hormones go off the chart, the metabolism slows to a stop, and the person feels unremittingly hungry. It is a constant minute to minute battle and few win it.

The only solution that has any success is surgery.

It is actually far easier for a smoker to quit smoking, or for an alcoholic to permanently abstain from alcohol, than it is to lose and keep off unwanted pounds. At least for the smoker and the alcoholic the craving eventually cease. For the obese who has lost weight they never get even one minute of relief from hunger.

I lost 80 pounds about 5 years ago. My metabolism is soooo slow that I eat only 1200 calories a day...and...I ski 5 days a week from December through April 15th. I have managed to keep the weight off. It is a daily HELL ON EARTH! If there is food in heaven, I am turning around and leaving. Surely hell couldn't be any worse that what I fight every **minute** of every single day.

Normal people can eat a Thanksgiving dinner. I get the equivalent of a cube of cheese and three saltines, while everyone else gets to enjoy themselves and relax. Not a great life believe me. Hunger it the first thing that greets me in the morning and the last thing I struggle with at night. It **never** goes away.

I recently read about a vagus nerve snipping operation that has shown success in eliminating hunger in the obese and those who have lost weight. I have an appointment with my doctor to ask him about it.

29 posted on 05/29/2009 5:58:01 PM PDT by wintertime (Good ideas win! Why? Because people are NOT stupid)
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To: wintertime
You must be blessed with normal weight.

You are partially correct my friend. I have always been skinny... then for some inexplicable reason, I decided that I wanted to be muscular... and I started drinking a lot of protein shakes without working very hard (of course).

As you can imagine... my weight did balloon! But all in the mid section. So I decided to instill a little of the family discipline and got my weight down AND got my muscles... My body fat is now under 5% and I'm 45 years young... so if I can make a lifestyle change... anyone can.

And the unremitting and constant craving you spoke of tells me that you are addicted to refined sugars... stop eating all wheat products and refined sugars.

Feel free to freepmail me if you have questions...

30 posted on 05/29/2009 6:29:36 PM PDT by John123 (Turn on your teleprompter Obama and read your lips... "No New Taxes!!")
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To: John123

And the unremitting and constant craving you spoke of tells me that you are addicted to refined sugars... stop eating all wheat products and refined sugars.
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Pure superstition on your part.

I have spent many, many hours in the medical school library researching this topic.


31 posted on 05/29/2009 6:34:51 PM PDT by wintertime (Good ideas win! Why? Because people are NOT stupid)
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To: Numbers Guy

Very interesting point!


32 posted on 05/29/2009 6:54:13 PM PDT by Steelfish
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To: wintertime
Pure superstition on your part.

I respectfully disagree and I have my body as proof. Good luck with your life.

33 posted on 05/29/2009 7:51:49 PM PDT by John123 (Turn on your teleprompter Obama and read your lips... "No New Taxes!!")
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To: Leo Carpathian

Sorry, you cant have an explanation that doesnt blame oppression from the next guy. It’s against the rules.


34 posted on 05/29/2009 9:14:02 PM PDT by freespirited (Is this a nation of laws or a nation of Democrats? -- Charles Krauthammer)
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