Seriously, how is anyone dumb enough to be fat?

[*Deidre*]

Yeah I thought I'd post this in the quintessential format that atheists choose on the Religion forum. It really does my head in.

What I've learned so far disturbs me greatly. People are so, so dumb.

I know people who worry about their weight, but don't do anything to change their destructive/unhealthy lifestyles! It's like they never bothered learning nutrition and they don't want to learn it now.

This is what I've learned: people are extremely ignorant. In fact they're so unaware that they try "fad diets" with no concept as to why it would or wouldn't work. They say that they want to lose weight - but don't even bother to make the easy small changes to their eating habits that would guarantee it!!

Like true, I don't really understand how my car engine works and that's why I let a mechanic take care of it - but we're talking about our bodies, how do people not take proper care of their own bodies???

So seriously, how is it that people are so, so dumb??

In reading this through again, it is also that weight loss and maintenance takes time.
The quick fixes that are out there are part of our "we want it now" cultural mindset.

I eat clean, exercise, etc..it's a lifestyle. It takes a commitment. We live in a society where the quick fix mentality is pervasive across others areas, too. Because of technology, we don't have much patience anymore. lol

I think that is more of what it is than sheer ignorance. IMHO.
:-)

We may not struggle with weight, but I have my own vices and so I try to walk in the mile of another's shoes. When in doubt, show compassion. Compassion isn't synonymous with enabling though.