Are you just trying to illustrate that it's not easy to stay at a proper weight? Or are you saying we're powerless to stop obesity?
On 2012-01-28, at 7:00 PM, "Eric Roberts" <ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > The big problem is that foods that are cheap tend to have a lot of stuff in > them that are bad for you. That is a big factor in obesity. Many of the > ingredients, like HFCS have been shown to make you gain weight. Other > factors also get into it...things like thyroid disease, diabetes, etc...and > the drugs that people take to combat these diseses also contribute to weight > gain. I have diabetes. Most of the oral meds I take have weight gain as a > side effect. Insulin also increase weight gain since when you have higher > insulin levels, your body will start to store glucose as fat since it thinks > that, because of the elevated insulin levels, that there is an abundance of > glucose in your blood. Hypothyroidism, which is pretty common, also adds to > weight gain as it lowers your metabolism. Pretty much any disorder of the > pituitary/adrenal system will cause weight gain. Much of this is caused by > some of the contaminats in our foods, like mercury and heavy metals. So > even if you have a healthy diet and exercise, you may not lose weight. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Medic [mailto:hofme...@gmail.com] > Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2012 5:10 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Obesity in Children > > > Let me reverse that then D. What percentage of obese people in North America > can attribute their physical condition to handicaps? Is it a significant > enough number to disregard a common sense approach of eat right (ie. lots of > veggies, not much fried or processed food) and exercise? If it is, then I'll > happily apologize for insinuating that the epidemic of obesity is largely > self-inflicted and preventable. > > > > On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 5:56 PM, Dana <dana.tier...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> really? How do you know if someone is handicapped? Lots of >> debilitating conditions won't put you in a wheelchair. >> >> On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 2:52 PM, Medic <hofme...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> Right... the exceptions to the rule, which has nothing to do with >>> the >> other >>> 99.9% of obese people. :) >>> I don't think anyone is bagging on overweight handicapped people. >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 5:48 PM, Eric Roberts < >>> ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Don't forget those who cannot exercise or cannot exercise >>>> sufficiently >>> due >>>> to disabilities. >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Dana [mailto:dana.tier...@gmail.com] >>>> Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2012 4:16 PM >>>> To: cf-community >>>> Subject: Re: Obesity in Children >>>> >>>> >>>> it's only a part of the problem, and only for some people, is all >>>> I am saying. >>>> >>>> Someone who *used* to eat too much, or gained weight for some >>>> other >>> reason, >>>> may have quite a good diet, which is keeping them from gaining >>>> more but >>> not >>>> causing them to lose the extra they have. I think you pretty much >>>> have >> to >>>> exercise, and perhaps strenuously, to lose significant weight and >>>> keep >> it >>>> off. I for one lost about forty pounds in the past year, but I was >> quite >>>> sick for a while and didn't eat much and what I did eat was raw. >>>> That's fine, and I've been able to keep it off, but you can't eat >>>> all fruit >> all >>> of >>>> the time and stay healthy. Before that, when I asked doctors, I >>>> got different advice. Don't worry about carbs - just avoid fat. >>>> Cut back on carbs. Eat nothing but protein, and don't worry too much > about the fat. >>>> Count calories. Don't count calories, you'll make yourself crazy >>>> -- >> just >>>> eat >>>> right. Like I don't. I probably have better cholesterol numbers >>>> than >>> anyone >>>> on this list ;) >>>> >>>> So.... I thought three times before getting into this, because I >>>> didn't want to sound defensive, or like I was making excuses, but >>>> this isn't really about me. I have more weight to lose and am >>>> pretty sure that for me the >>> key >>>> will be increasing my activity level, but I don't think that's the >>>> case >>> for >>>> everyone. My mother was a yo-yo dieter and crash programs >>>> certainly >>> didn't >>>> work for her, and she did religiously swim three or four times a >>>> week >> for >>>> years. >>>> >>>> People gain weight for different reasons. The ones who gain >>>> because >> they >>>> eat >>>> too much eat too much for different reasons. There are people who >>>> have thyroid problems and people who just don't exercise. One size >>>> does not >>> fit >>>> all, is what I am saying. >>>> >>>> On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 1:37 PM, PT <cft...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Which is where simply pushing away from the table comes in :) >>>>> >>>>> See? Not ignorant at all. 2/3 accurate. >>>>> >>>>> On 1/28/2012 4:08 PM, Medic wrote: >>>>> The other two legs of the >>>>>> stool though haven't changed since as long as I can remember. >>>>>> Reasonable portions and routine exercise. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:345993 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
