Obesity "Fat" acceptance movement in the U.S.

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There is the sugar tax which got people upset. The thing with sugar is it releases endorphines (sp) in your brain making you want it more. If you eat real food, you won't eat a lot of it unless your tummy is so used to having a lot of food it has been stretched out. Lot of our American foods have sugar in them and we have gotten so used to it, we won't eat real food if it lacks flavor because we believe food is supposed to taste good, not bland. If you grew up with it, that is normal to you so you don't know any different so therefore we want food to taste good. That is another factor to obesity. Lot of people are overweight and more people are obese today.

Obesity is not simple. I don't like reading posters saying that it is all an individual's fault. I'm not all for fat being celebrated, but I do favor treating people with respect regardless of their size.

There are economic, metabolic, genetic, and medications that can cause obesity. Also chronic illnesses. Sure, not everyone has an excuse, but we don't know for any given person what the cause might be.

Let's be grateful for what health we may have and not scorn those who are obese, ill, or unwell in any manner.

It's all calories in and calories out but most people don't know their TDEE and 2,000 calories a day is not accurate because everyone has a different TDEE level. If you work a job as a teacher or as a doctor or nurse or construction worker, you are going to need more calories than someone who works front desk or works a desk job or someone who is in a wheelchair.

I eat more than my husband no s**t and am thin while he is fat but that is because I move around more than he does. I work out 5 times a week and I work my job for four hours and that is a lot of steps I take at work. My husband, he just sits at his computer and he only goes to the kitchen or on the back porch and that is it. He really doesn't eat much and he is still fat but is still losing weight slowly because he doesn't eat much and he can't eat much anyway due to always having upset stomachs.

And everyone's body is different so we all absorb the nutrients differently and sugar differently in our system. I once saw a science video on youtube explaining why can people stay thin while some stay fat and the answer was a thin person has a large size milkshake and a large sized meal, her fat friend has the exact same meal too and the same size. They eat it all. Dinner time comes and the thin girl only has a little snack while the fat friend has a normal meal like she normally would. Why? Because the fat friend feels hungry at her next meal while the thin friend is still full from her previous meal because of how her body absorbs the food so she still has that full feeling.

When people blame their weight on genetics and medical conditions, they probably mean how their body absorbs food like I explained in the story above. When they blame it on medical conditions, they probably mean they can't get enough exercise because their movement is limited and when it is blamed on pills, it is because the side affect of the pills can make you more hungry so you eat more. I knew someone who had to eat each time he took his pills or else he would have very bad diarrhea and a painful one. He would have chips every time he took his pills and I tried suggesting he have an apple instead or have grapes but he claimed those would not fill him up. Well chips are not a filling either and they go through your system fast and you will be hungry sooner and plus it releases endorphines in your brain making you want more.


So overall it's because people have more calories than their body needs so they are overweight as a result. It takes willpower and self self discipline and learn to eat on schedule than listening to your stomach. It's like a kid always wanting sweets and desserts and the parent has to tell them no and not feed them every time they say they are hungry. Mine mom sure didn't.