May
04
2008
Why fat people stay fat
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Well there are several reasons that people have so much trouble keeping a healthy weight and I think that there are five key reasons why and how people can lose weight successfully and for good. 1. Fast food – We have been happy to eat fast food for many years now. People still talk with pride of the first Canadian McDonalds going up down the road where I grew up in Richmond BC. The trouble with fast food is everywhere. Serving sizes are way too big, the fat level is too high, there are far too many bready carbs. And the real problem with fast food? It is getting bigger and the hold that the big fast food companies have on kids with free toys means that even parents don’t have as much say as they should have. 2. A departure from fresh fruits and veggies – I don’t want to sound like some sharecropping hippie but most people if they really had to think about it have some vegetables at dinner…if they are lucky and maybe an apple a day. Well an apple a day is not enough to keep the doctor away. Most healthy diets (except Atkins) say you should have six or more servings of fruits or vegetables in a day. How many do you have? 3. Reliance on starches – Hey I am as guilty of this as anyone. I have a bagel every morning for breakfast. But if you were serious about your diet do you think that you are taking in too much breads or rice or potatoes (fried or otherwise). There is a truth that the artificially low prices for grains in north America has led to the cheapest food being overprocessed grain based foods. Economics aside a healthy diet should not probably be base on 70% of our diet being crap carbs. 4. Lack of exercise – Exercise is as easy as walking to school or riding a bike to work but how many people do that anymore. Everyone has a couple of cars and the people that should walk don’t. The other problem is that there is now like never before a very rich supply of entertainment. 30 years ago there were no DVDs no video games, no TIVO and no HDTV to keeps us talking tomorrow about the great show on TV last night. 30 years ago people watched an few hours a week of TV at most and now that number is an average of a few hours of TV or internet a day. There is a really easy fix for this and that is to drive less and join clubs that allow us to exercise more, preferably in the morning. TV of course should always be optional…and yes I probably watch too much TV myself. 5. Bouncing from diet to diet – OK this one is the diet industries dream. Everyone that goes on a diet has a phase where they lose weight and then a phase where their body sort of shuts down, metabolism slows and the energy goes down as do the weight losses. Even on the best of longer term diets people lose weight and all of the above kick in as soon as the diet is over. “I’m not on a diet, I don’t need a daily workout and that muffin looks great!” Well we all need to realize that pop culture has become the weight losers enemy. The sooner that you realize what you can eat for the expenditure of energy the better. This is not an exhaustive list but I get email every day and I see people complain every day that they can not lose weight or keep the weight off. It is easy to blame the hand that puts the food in the mouth but maybe we should think a little more about how outside influences can affect how we think and feel about food and exercise. If you are interested in stopping this cycle of losing weight only to gain it back then you need to make sure that you are looking at the above list, not seeking magic bullets and realizing that a diet is something that you always need to live with. Change your habits and your lifestyle and weight loss will not turn back into weight gain. Looking to make a change and lose some weight? I have reviewed the top diet on the internet and you can go and read over 200 comments people have made about why this diet has worked well for them, as well as some of the problems. Tags: apple_a_day, carbs, cheapest food, energy, food, food_companies, getting_fatter, HDTV, healthy_weight, lose_weight, mcdonalds, north America, serving_sizesIf you like this post then you will probably like these other related items as well
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Oh man, there are so many reasons that fat people stay fat. You pretty much hit it on the head with your main points. Fast food, lack of exercise, and fad dieting are primary reasons why people stay fat. They just don’t seem to want to stick to a plan that works. Feel free to connect with me at Project Swole.
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I think one of the biggest factors is they are unrealistic. Having worked in the industry now for many years, too many people spend years and years working themselves out of shape. They then come into a job and set an unrealistic goal of getting back into the shape that they haven’t seen in years, in only 2-3 months.
They seem to always go for the “home run” when it comes to diets and in the end always come back to where they began because the program was so extreme that it couldn’t be adopted to their regular lifestyle.
Thanks again for the blog. Keep up the great work!
and fear of the unknown.
dont wanna hijack your blog (and this great post) but I saw so often that the PAIN OF THE KNOWN was so much more alluring for my clients than change.
MizFit
Why fat people stay fat…
There are telltale habits that force people that try to lose weight to continue going back to the same weight they were at before. Conquer these habits and weight loss becomes much easier and permanent…
It’s mainly because they’re aren’t eating the right foods.
I am married to an obese person and yet I am in the top 1% of my age group. I have tried everything to help my wife and I don’t know what to do anymore. Her knees are giving her issues now and she has a very small frame. She is in excess of 150-200 pounds over weight. I sum it up to this “comfort and choice”.
If they don’t want to change, they won’t no matter what you say or do to help. Can’t even be convinced by the doctor.
i work out eat about 6 times a day moderate healthy meals get 7 to 8 hours of sleep lift weights and go for walks 4 miles a day 4 times per week . yet i cant seem to get my beck fat off and my belly fat . i do work my back and my abs. why am i still chuncky
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In addition to those you mentioned, the lack of motivation and dieting for the wrong reasons are among the whys of Why fat people stay fat.
I have some friends who say that their diabetes is whats keeping them fat! It may be that their diabetes combined with some of the other reasons you posed is the real culprit.
Our lifestyles these days tend to want to seek the fast service and conveniences. Stopping by for a quick burger at McDonalds takes the work out of slaving in a hot kitchen. The fact is that we have gotten lazy, and even taking time to cook a meal is a type of exercise. So when burgers are at the tip of our fingers, we blot out the exercise also. e need to get back to basics,eating home grown foods and sharing a good home cooked meal with our friends and family.
Eating foods from the supermarkets are most likely to be the down fall of our dieting. If the preservatives in the foods keep the food from spoiling,think about what those chemicals are doing to our bodies. Eating those vegies are the way to go. We feel better look better and live longer. Teaching our children to rely on what is good for us is an education that they really need these days.
Sometimes I think it’s just that they feel so hopeless. They know how much work and change they are going to have to do and so they just say, “whatever”. It isn’t so much that they don’t care, it’s just that they feel like they don’t want to bother. They aren’t happy, but they aren’t motivated either. That’s how some of my friends are and sometimes I am too. I’m ok with me the way I am so why bother? you know?
Thank you.
I wish people would take better care of themselves. It seems more people are getting uglier and fatter. Yes,I’m still skinny w/ 2 kids and can fit a 2-4 jeans. Quick advice change food to fresh veggies, whole grain, lean meat and no processed crap and no soda. No increasing calorie in take!