Body / Fat shaming

That watermelon to the face was brutal.

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Gazuki said..
caleries in to out,. Simples.

switch to a diet of coal then, there's good calories in that, then get back to us and tell us how it goes for you...

Being overweight, and worse still, obese, is becoming more wide spread. Personally, I would keep my opinions to myself because there could be many reasons behind it. We all know that health issues do play a big part in one's weight piling up.

Take injuries for example, when you have a crook knee, you can't do the physical routines you used to be able to do. So you sit back and take it easy. As you take it easy, your body begins to pile it on, slowly. Soon, you find you are over the healthy weight. I suspect there is also an element of mental aspect as well. As you see your weight goes up, you get depressed. You may take up a bit of drinking. May be hitting the fridge for comfort foods.

I also believe there are cases where people simply stopped physical activities as they get older, or stopped at the elite sports level. Look at some of the AFL guys after their retirements.

Inevitably, food, especially junk foods should get a mention too. Be a sticky beak at a supermarket and take a casual glance into the trolleys of some obese people. Most likely you will see large bottles of Coke/Pepsi, Family size crisps, Footy Pies, bags of lollies, and of course, chocolate. The occasional "proper food" will most likely be the super refined stuff like pure white bread.

Fat shaming or not, I would not want to carry that extra tyre with me all the time.

I recently read this book and really got a lot help from it . It should be a must read for anyone looking to change their lifetime of bad eating habits.
Downloaded it from the library so it's free and definitely worth a look





How Not to Die by Michael Greger MD:







How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease (2015) is a whole-food, plant-based, fairly low-fat diet.Eat unprocessed plant foods - beans/legumes, berries, other fruits, cruciferous vegetables, greens, other veggies, flaxseeds, nuts, turmeric, whole grains.Minimize processed plant foods and unprocessed animal foods.Avoid ultra-processed plant foods and processed animal foods.

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hilly said..

Jupiter said..
Being fond of a wine or two and a second helping meant I stayed about 108kg. Just did Feb without alcohol and I plummeted to 98kg. Thinking of reducing the food a bit and try for sub 95kg.

Yes it hurts to exercise as the arthritic joints complain, yes I am hungry all the time and a bevy would be nice but it is worth it. My knee loves the lower weight and my crook neck and elbows feel better. It is just easier to get around.

Flexibility is still average so more stretching is needed. Next goal.

Despite the fact that many of us would like to stay within a healthy weight range, there are just so many temptations out there to break our wills. Tasty food is one. Alcohol is another. I am allergic to beer, so no issue there for me. Food is another problem for me. So I restrict myself to a standard size bowl. If I wanted to have that bit of extra, I turn to some whole-grain bread instead.

Regarding flexibility, I believe it is very important for one's health. If you can't touch your toes, or at least near enough to them, then you have too much in the middle. Well, unless you have back issues, of course. I saw a health story a while back about this woman at 90. She still can touch her toes, and make sure that she stays flexible. Health experts reckon that if you are flexible, it means your skeletal and muscular tones are still in good shape.

Experts also reckon that a gentle, low impact exercise routine is the best way to deal with arthritis.

It is not easy to say "no" to the good stuff in life. But I don't consider junk foods are the "good stuff", so I don't really have a problem to say "no" to them.

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dmitri said..

dmitri said..

Macaha said..

Is there a healthy beer

I switched to vodka with soda mix as part of my weightwatch program

Just a few more points to my comment..I couldn't find more diet beverage than that. The models drink that stuff..

Beer, wine and spirits/softdrinks mixes do all the damage.

2 weeks in Bali would get me 4 kgs extra surfing twice a day eating nasi goreng mostly AND drinking bintang and GT.
I spent 2 weeks in Moscow last months doing FA but eating all kinds of yummy food and drinking only vodka straight or mixed with soda..
Didn't get any extra gram
Go figure

Good point I just spent 2.5 weeks in bali fa surf drank and ate put on heaps.
Yeah its well known to keep the weight down I know a few people who drink V
to keep the weight down.

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dmitri said..

dmitri said..

Macaha said..

Is there a healthy beer

I switched to vodka with soda mix as part of my weightwatch program

Just a few more points to my comment..I couldn't find more diet beverage than that. The models drink that stuff..

Beer, wine and spirits/softdrinks mixes do all the damage.

2 weeks in Bali would get me 4 kgs extra surfing twice a day eating nasi goreng mostly AND drinking bintang and GT.
I spent 2 weeks in Moscow last months doing FA but eating all kinds of yummy food and drinking only vodka straight or mixed with soda..
Didn't get any extra gram
Go figure

Cold burns calories www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/02/how-being-cold-burns-calories/283810/

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Jupiter said..

hilly said..

Jupiter said..
Being fond of a wine or two and a second helping meant I stayed about 108kg. Just did Feb without alcohol and I plummeted to 98kg. Thinking of reducing the food a bit and try for sub 95kg.

Yes it hurts to exercise as the arthritic joints complain, yes I am hungry all the time and a bevy would be nice but it is worth it. My knee loves the lower weight and my crook neck and elbows feel better. It is just easier to get around.

Flexibility is still average so more stretching is needed. Next goal.

Despite the fact that many of us would like to stay within a healthy weight range, there are just so many temptations out there to break our wills. Tasty food is one. Alcohol is another. I am allergic to beer, so no issue there for me. Food is another problem for me. So I restrict myself to a standard size bowl. If I wanted to have that bit of extra, I turn to some whole-grain bread instead.

Regarding flexibility, I believe it is very important for one's health. If you can't touch your toes, or at least near enough to them, then you have too much in the middle. Well, unless you have back issues, of course. I saw a health story a while back about this woman at 90. She still can touch her toes, and make sure that she stays flexible. Health experts reckon that if you are flexible, it means your skeletal and muscular tones are still in good shape.

Experts also reckon that a gentle, low impact exercise routine is the best way to deal with arthritis.

It is not easy to say "no" to the good stuff in life. But I don't consider junk foods are the "good stuff", so I don't really have a problem to say "no" to them.

Allergic to beer!!!!!! No wonder you have turned to religion.

Fatty and Skinny jumped in bed, Fatty rolled over and Skinny was dead... Me old mum taught me that one.

It's a myth that it's possible to eat very little and still not lose weight, calories in and calories out, simple math folks. I know from experience that people will claim they are on strict low calorie diets but will sneak snacks and even sleep eat. There were no fat people at Auschwitz.

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Kamikuza said..

Beaglebuddy said..
It's a myth that it's possible to eat very little and still not lose weight, calories in and calories out, simple math folks. I know from experience that people will claim they are on strict low calorie diets but will sneak snacks and even sleep eat. There were no fat people at Auschwitz.

Again.

Change your diet to coal, eat 10,000 calories a day and tell us how fat you get.

I think it has to be assumed that we are talking about digestible food.

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Beaglebuddy said..
It's a myth that it's possible to eat very little and still not lose weight, calories in and calories out, simple math folks. I know from experience that people will claim they are on strict low calorie diets but will sneak snacks and even sleep eat. There were no fat people at Auschwitz.

You are basically right but the reality is very different because the body will fight your efforts to loose weight and then it becomes a physiological battle rather than just maintaining a diet. Most people just don't want to understand this and just think like you its a simple problem and fat people are just lazy and deserve what the get. You say snacks as in a bad way but this could be a healthy food that may contain carbohydrates that the body will want to convert into fat and store. Poor person may not get a say how this food is processed in their system and it stops them loosing weight. But they are seen as weak, lazy and slobs and then they get depressed and find it all too hard and loose the battle.
Like I said do you have first hand experience and seen the science. The body has ways to convert different food groups to fat and after a large weight loss some people experience the problem where the body fights for its life to regain weight. That's why you see people on the yoyo diet, loose 10 kg then put 10 kg on. Notice how you can maintain a certain weight quiet easy even though you may over eat, like after a holiday but can then can loose it relatively quickly to get back down to weigh, this is where your body hasn't conditioned itself to the weight gain. But if you leave the weight on for a period of time you body becomes conditioned to this normal weight and then for the rest of your life becomes your bodies resting weight.
I'm on a 1500 calorie diet to maintain weight if I have more I put on weight, for me to loose weigh I need to go down to about 800 calories a day. Are you consuming 1500 a day consistently?
Just about the whole weight loss industry follows your methodology of less in is less on the guts but so little truth is said about peoples different biological make up and while diets work up to a point, your body will then change its defence tactics to weight loss and you need to find different ways to maintain weight loss.
But the reality is don't over eat in the first place.

If you are eating 1500 calories a day and doing heaps of exercise and not losing weight you might be defying physics. Get a research group to look at how you are doing that as it is impressive.

Activity: Bicycling, >20mph, Time (mins): 60 Calories Burned: 1,592.68
www.prohealth.com/exercise-calorie-calculator

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Beaglebuddy said..
I've observed some fat people supposedly on strict diets sneaking little bites and handfuls of grub here and there, they have successfully fooled themselves into thinking they are on a strict diet. The mind plays games with itself.

Yes, sneak a timt@m or two and still drink plenty of alcohol. Not vodka as far as I know...

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Beaglebuddy said..
I've observed some fat people supposedly on strict diets sneaking little bites and handfuls of grub here and there, they have successfully fooled themselves into thinking they are on a strict diet. The mind plays games with itself.

There's studies that show that the food itself is responsible for the behavior, not the other way around. Sugar is pretty addictive and actively messes up your satiety response system...