RE: Body shaming, and "My Big Fat Fabulous Life"
August 2, 2016 at 6:30 am
(This post was last modified: August 2, 2016 at 6:34 am by Athene.)
(July 31, 2016 at 10:32 pm)CapnAwesome Wrote:(July 31, 2016 at 3:25 pm)Thena323 Wrote:
All of those things you mention just effect the number of calories that you either put in or take out, minus perhaps a disease, which is very rare. Saying that it's a matter of calories in/calories out doesn't exclude any of the stuff that you just said. All of that just changes the amount of calories in the equation. Metabolism doesn't vary that much from person to person. https://examine.com/nutrition/does-metab...wo-people/ An extreme metabolism variance between two people is 8%. That's around 160 calories or 2 slices of bread. So people who say they are fat because of their metabolism are scientifically ignorant about it or just lying to make excuses. All of those neurological/chemical responses just mean more calories in. So no matter how complex the machine is, if you burn more calories then you take in, you lose weight. That someone says that as a fact, which it is, doesn't mean that the other stuff doesn't change calories in or calories out one way or another.
If you are really concerned about scientific acceptance, I'd take a look at the fat acceptance movement. Which denies tons of basic science and would rewrite our biology books just as quick are creationists would.
The problem is one of lifestyle. People don't keep off weight because they go on diets or go the the gym to lose weight but make no lifestyle changes. If someone became a road biker as a lifestyle, rather the biking to lose weight and then returning to normal habits, I can guarantee they would keep the weight off. People in Europe, which has far less obesity then America, have all the genetic programming to gain weight that Americans do. Yet their lifestyles make them on average thinner then Americans. It's about lifestyle, not metabolism and very rarely a disease or disorder.
No one's disputing that a calorie deficit is what's need to lose weight. Calories in/calories out; Everyone gets that. It's also understood that personal choices impact weight, and that easy access to an overabundance of food and a sedentary lifestyle are contributors to obesity. No argument with you there.
What you've chosen to ignore are the various processes and functions within the human body that can make achieving this deficit exceedingly difficult, as your "preference" appears to be attributing unsuccessful outcomes almost exclusively to character flaws/personal failure. In regards to overweight and obese individuals, it's well-known, well-documented and well-proven that "greed" isn't the sole factor affecting calories in, and that "laziness" isn't the only factor that impacts the calories out part of the equation. Yet, you're here categorically dismissing any and all mention of the associated neurological and biochemical factors as being not a big deal, rare, excuses and or lies....all while maintaining that your musings should be considered completely rational.
I'm sorry Captain, but I don't see it. Not in this thread, anyway.