You may be right, but I hate running and weight lifting. My exercise comes from Raquetteball, Tennis, Skiing, Golfing, Hiking, etc. Which is good if I could always find a partner to exercise with me. All of my activities are really boring or impossible by yourself. This time of year is bad for everything I listed except Raquetteball and Skiing. Unfortunately, the Ski resorts on Mt. Hood have not opened yet.
Oh, please. It just ain't that easy for a lot of people.
My mother, for example. She developed severe arthritis in her hip and spine and wasn't able to exercise at all, except for a few timid bicep curls. She became quite obese, even while eating a moderate diet (and at the time I was living with the woman and shopping for us, so I know what she consumed). She began Atkins and lost nearly 100 pounds, and kept it off.
Or me, for instance. I'd always been slender and fit, but during my second pregnancy I gained 75 pounds. This was in part because my then-husband (a bio-psychologist) agreed with me that if a kind Nature encouraged a pregnant woman to eat anything that can't outrun her, there was a sound biological reason for that fact, and I should indulge it. But after my son was born, I couldn't lose the weight. A personal trainer devised a training program of aerobic exercise twice a day and weight-lifting, but the weight was immovable. I ran far, far more than just twenty miles a week, I assure you. I was scared and frustrated.
Then I tried Atkins. I lost the weight quite quickly. Now, eight years later, I'm still slender but not skinny, 5'10" and 137, though I no longer have time for a complicated exercise routine. And, yes, sometimes I fall happily off the wagon and have a glass of bourbon or a piece of pie, but it doesn't make any difference.
People need to understand that all bodies are not made alike. Some people respond well to a high-veggie diet; some respond well to Atkins. Men are often different than women. Will everyone kindly stop being so hysterical on the subject?