Finally-Free,
Your first post on this Board....or is it? You seem to know your way around.
To state that someone can lose 100 lbs in a year by simply eating less is utterly stupid. I tried it - didn't work.
lol...and that is the measuring line for your deep research? It worked for my neighbour who lost 112lbs in one year and now runs with me every so often, but even I in my ignorance knows it does not work for everybody. But it works for some, which is a puzzle in itself.
If someone actually believes that the quantity of food intake is the only factor that determines a person's weight, then that person is extremely uninformed, and should refrain from offering advice on the subject.
It is the quantity of food consumed, and the type of food consumed that is at the basis of the vast majority of problems with obesity. Or are you denying this? Do you perhaps know of a person who became obese by eating low-fat salads or vegetables, or a low fat diet? Or are you perhaps suggesting that overweight people emerged from Auschwitz?
Has it become an impossibility to utter the words, "I eat too much, and I eat too much of the wrong foods, that is why I am overweight, and, or obese"? Why do you think that governments are worried about the fact that two thirds of Americans are overweight or obese.
Why has there been such a huges increase in obesity worldwide? Is it an outbreak of glandular or hormonal problems?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3401715.stm
That having been said, I did suggest IF YOU HAD READ MY POST CAREFULLY that those who had issues that triggered off eating disorders should seek professional help, which is available.
As I have noted, this is an emotive issue, but not one that should be discussed through emotion as posts can easily become cherry-picked and reading comprehension flies out of the window.
Best regards - HS
