If we're treating this as an actual thread about why people don't lose weight:
Nutrition is often not explicitly taught in (American) schools. The health classes I took didn't cover nutrition at all, they covered the basics of human anatomy and sexual reproduction. The only class I ever had that even mentioned nutrition was a 100-level health class in college which spent 20 minutes of one class on the subject.
Yes.
A great reason to advocate for a more skeptical and scientifically literate society.
Some people can't be bothered to change their habits or address their addictions or psychological reasons why they turn to food.
Both of my parents have had bariatric surgery. My dad has recently begun putting weight back on. His response wasn't to stop his late night snacking on unhealthy, salty foods and replace his sugary, high-calorie fruit juice with water, nor was it to be more active and burn off the calories he is able to consume, it was to go get his lap band filled so he can't eat as much.
In both my parents' cases, they don't want to make major life style changes, they don't want to have to give up the foods they love, they don't want to go to the gym every day and put the time and effort in, knowing that it's time and effort they'll have to devote for the rest of their lives to keep the weight off, they want to easy fix. They want results without the work.
If this is your life philosophy
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then why bother?
(March 18, 2014 at 10:12 am)Aractus Wrote: 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.
Nutrition is often not explicitly taught in (American) schools. The health classes I took didn't cover nutrition at all, they covered the basics of human anatomy and sexual reproduction. The only class I ever had that even mentioned nutrition was a 100-level health class in college which spent 20 minutes of one class on the subject.
Quote:This is what I've learned: people are extremely ignorant.
Yes.
Quote:In fact they're so unaware that they try "fad diets" with no concept as to why it would or wouldn't work.
A great reason to advocate for a more skeptical and scientifically literate society.
Quote: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!!
Some people can't be bothered to change their habits or address their addictions or psychological reasons why they turn to food.
Both of my parents have had bariatric surgery. My dad has recently begun putting weight back on. His response wasn't to stop his late night snacking on unhealthy, salty foods and replace his sugary, high-calorie fruit juice with water, nor was it to be more active and burn off the calories he is able to consume, it was to go get his lap band filled so he can't eat as much.
In both my parents' cases, they don't want to make major life style changes, they don't want to have to give up the foods they love, they don't want to go to the gym every day and put the time and effort in, knowing that it's time and effort they'll have to devote for the rest of their lives to keep the weight off, they want to easy fix. They want results without the work.
Quote: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???
If this is your life philosophy
then why bother?
Teenaged X-Files obsession + Bermuda Triangle episode + Self-led school research project = Atheist.
