Fat People OverEating or genetic

roughan

i was in town the weekend and there was a girl in the pub about 20 Stone
people were looking at her and then someone slagged her and her mate heard them and went over saying she had a underactive thyroid and slow metabolic rate and stuff . Later on i hit burger king and there was the same girl with 2 whopper meals 2 large chips and onion rings stuffing her face

are people are using all these medical conditions as excuses to hide the fact that they are fat and its their own fault ?

Hail 2 Da Chimp

In before lock!

Terry

19 stone here and it's all due to laziness and overeating.
That medical stuff is a load of crap. Much like the food I and my fellow fatties eat.

qz

Medical conditions my arse. They're fat cause they eat too much and have no self-discipline.

Terry

Hail 2 Da Chimp wrote: »

In before lock!

Why would it be locked?

Mena

18 Stone here and I blame the genes.

The ton of food I shovel into myself daily can't seriously have anything to do with it... Must be the genes. Or the government!

Extraplus

roughan wrote: »

are people are using all these medical conditions as excuses to hide the fact that they are fat and its their own fault ?

Mostly, yes.

Hail 2 Da Chimp

Terry wrote: »

Why would it be locked?

'Cuz this subject appears in AH every month or two


Any ways, lazyness FTW!

gurramok

Err, medical conditions like Cushings Disease do contribute to weight gain.(the faulty gland issue)

It only affects a few hundred people in this country so the rest of the 'fattys'(99.9% of them) do eat too much, are lazy and have no excuse so agree in generalisation.

MooseJam

25 stone here and I put it down to the Lizard people

Maximilian

I blame method acting.

star-pants

Just over 8 stone - but I blame the allergy to vodka and bread

MooseJam

star-pants wrote: »

Just over 8 stone - but I blame the allergy to vodka and bread

I hope your a bird

Some people find it hard to lose weight with hypothyroidism.

Others carry injuries and can't exercise.

However I believe they are few and far between and overeating is the culprit in most cases.

the dee

I think it's mostly diet and lifestyle - but that doesn't mean people are lazy. I know lots of people who try really hard to lose weight but can't seem to shift it. A friend of mine is on a constant diet because whenever she deviates from this she piles on the weight.

Lots of people can eat whatever they want and not gain a pound. Everyone's different and it can be really hard to lose weight.

bada_bing

i firmly believe that in the majority of cases (90%) , obesity has to do with laziness & overeating. I see this all around me at work, certain people eating at 11 am even though they had breakfast already and then junk food for lunch, and snacking on crisps & chocolates frequently during the day. There was this woman, my god she was the largest person i had ever known, 25 stone and 2 years ago she changed her diet and joined a gym. Now she's a completely different person at 12 stone. All she had to do was sort out her diet and do some regular exercise. If it really was a "medical/thyroid problem" then she'd still be 25 stone!

Creature

I blame the immigrants.

star-pants wrote: »

Just over 8 stone - but I blame the allergy to vodka and bread

Well all the more vodka sandwiches for me then.

CreepingDeath

Creature wrote: »

I blame the immigrants.

Nah, there's not much meat on the immigrants after you skin them.

Dave!

Loada me balls tbh... If you're predisposed to putting on weight easily, then be more selective with what you eat & do some exercise -- simple.

I have a bit of pudge on me and I put it down to no exercise and sh*t food.

MooseJam

the dee wrote: »

Everyone's different and it can be really hard to lose weight.

people may find it hard to lose weight but thats just personal opinion, there no such thing as hard calories and easy calories to burn, you just burn calories it's the same for everybody

CreepingDeath

There's probably a strong element of family culture too.

If you were brought up in an active family, big into sports, outdoor pursuits and healthy eating there's a strong influence for you to take after them.
Conversely, if your family are lazy slobs then psychologically you have to be quite independent to branch off away from that behaviour.

FunkZ

Just under 14 stone at the moment, gained a stone due to being lazy, stoned and not watching what I ate after I had an appendicitus at the end of September, for me it's pure lazyness. Started exercising again though on Saturday, and I've started to clean up my diet.

And I used to weigh sixteen and a half stone, and that was down to pure lazyness.

azezil

The vast majority of people who are fat are those who allow themselves be that way then use medical reasons as an excuse. "oh I'm retaining water" they'll say, you're feckin retaining mars bars ya fat bástard! You wanna loose weight? put the fork down tubby!

You Suck!

I think it's mostly diet and lifestyle - but that doesn't mean people are lazy. I know lots of people who try really hard to lose weight but can't seem to shift it. A friend of mine is on a constant diet because whenever she deviates from this she piles on the weight.

Lots of people can eat whatever they want and not gain a pound. Everyone's different and it can be really hard to lose weight.

By and large it does come down to overeating or a lack of excercise. But it's all too much when someone who's never had a problem with their weight regardless of their lifestyle starts lecturing others. While lazyness is a large part of the problem, that has it's own sources and problems. Just talk to the members of fitness about the importance of motivation, and how even to them being the fine specimens that they are is difficult in maintaining. Fact is that reducing and controling ones weight is a lifetime stuggle and not something that is found in a few months quick fix as advertised regularly in the popular media and social psyche.

Too many generalisations when it comes to these discussions, and while the use of medical causes as an excuse is a joke, the lack of serious consideration for the task is not a joke. Also, if your skinny and your diet is ****.....don't be too smug, you might be suffering the same effects (lazyness, lack of energy, depression, etc....) as the overweight.

Terry

CreepingDeath wrote: »

There's probably a strong element of family culture too.

If you were brought up in an active family, big into sports, outdoor pursuits and healthy eating there's a strong influence for you to take after them.
Conversely, if your family are lazy slobs then psychologically you have to be quite independent to branch off away from that behaviour.

Woo. I'm independant.
I come from a family of champon runners and boxers.

Eoin

Over-active saliva glands I reckon... Edit: in general, not a response to Terry's post!

Transform

women are fat because they eat like men

Men are fat because they eat like pigs

Being slim does not make people immune to disease. eat less move more

CreepingDeath

Terry wrote: »

Woo. I'm independant.
I come from a family of champon runners and boxers.

Were the runners trying to get away from the boxers ?

Lux23

I do believe that a person is genetically predisposed to be being overweight in the same way that some are able to eat what they want but never gain weight. But being genetically predisposed to weight gain doesn't mean it can't be prevented, you just have to be more careful with what you eat. Im sure there are a few people who do have problems with their weight and dieting doesn't really help.

Dragan

Lux23 wrote: »

I do believe that a person is genetically predisposed to be being overweight in the same way that some are able to eat what they want but never gain weight. But being genetically predisposed to weight gain doesn't mean it can't be prevented, you just have to be more careful with what you eat. Im sure there are a few people who do have problems with their weight and dieting doesn't really help.

Bah freaking hum bug!

Sure, you might be predisposed to storing more fat than other people but the only way to do that is to eat more than you need.

All genetic predisposition determines is the NUMBER of fat stores a person is likely to have from a young age....and even then these can be forced to split and multiply over time.

It's the same as the whole "people who can eat whatever they want" thing. It's total rubbish. In my entire life i have never seen ONE of these people eat an amount of food that actually impressed me. It's always "oh i eat chips and chocolate and rubbish ALL the time" but then it turns out they eat one meal a day and thats it.

People are ****tards who will look to either one extreme or the other because they feel really unhappy about being in the middle.

Now......you get fat because you eat too much.....the reason your not getting fat is because your not.

Simple.

roughan

yer one looked like she ate the odd sweet all right..
a 3 piece suite !!!!!:D