How do people not take better care of themselves?

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is proof why people are unhealthy. They make every excuse under the sun to not incorporate a daily routine for exercise.

I can't because I have to get up at 7 and get home at 7. Ok, then you get up at 6 AM and run for 20-30 minutes before starting your.

You can make batches of food on Sunday for the week in order to save time, and it'll allow you to find time to workout. Or you can prechop veggies for the week and freeze them.

Get creative people. If you don't prioritize your health, you never will. There's always an excuse for not doing it. Now when will you stop with the excuses and do something about it?

You’re making the grave, grave error of thinking your life is good because you’ve made all the right choices, and other people’s aren’t because they’re doing things wrong. I used to think like that until I had some very bad luck hit.

As I tell my teens, all the time— it’s easy to look good when everything in your life is going well. The test of you character is how you behave ( including how you treat others) when something (or everything) goes wrong. If Op doesn’t understand the life circumstances, lack of time, poverty, medical issues and now lack of abortion access forcing people to have more kids they can’t support that keep people from “workout routines,” she’s lead a blessed life. And is probably the OP on this thread:

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1217022.page

Who is melting down about a kids transcript being sent to the wrong college (probably the kids fault, quickly solved with no lasting problem) and can’t get people to believe this isn’t the biggest disaster ever, want to sue the guidance counselor and school, etc. Another life with no actual problems.

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Anonymous wrote:Medications and health issues are not the reason Americans are so obese. As if the rest of the world doesn't have health issues and doesn't use drugs that mess with their metabolism and hormonal signals. Oh that's right, they do have those issues as well, yet their people are nowhere near as obese.

When will we finally admit the big part to blame is simply American lifestyles and and unhealthy relationship with food. You don't get a population that is 50% OBESE because they're all using certain medications or have health issues. It's because they eat like trash, have terrible lifestyle habits, and the entire culture of the country is toxic.

I think a lot of people probably have underlying mental health issues that they are medicating with food. Loneliness, a job you hate, a soul sucking commute, no possibility of career advancement, fears for the future, some underlying depression. We are not a happy society and I honestly don’t think the answer is for everyone to wake up even earlier to go to workout boot camp

+10000

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is proof why people are unhealthy. They make every excuse under the sun to not incorporate a daily routine for exercise.

I can't because I have to get up at 7 and get home at 7. Ok, then you get up at 6 AM and run for 20-30 minutes before starting your.

You can make batches of food on Sunday for the week in order to save time, and it'll allow you to find time to workout. Or you can prechop veggies for the week and freeze them.

Get creative people. If you don't prioritize your health, you never will. There's always an excuse for not doing it. Now when will you stop with the excuses and do something about it?

You’re making the grave, grave error of thinking your life is good because you’ve made all the right choices, and other people’s aren’t because they’re doing things wrong. I used to think like that until I had some very bad luck hit.

Oh boo hoo.

I met a Japanese lady who 85 and still working every day. She worked 13 hours a day 7 days a week for 53 years straight and never took a vacation. She delivered milk to customers everyday for the vast majority of her life and never took vacation. She wasn't obese. She never ate trash food in her life and kept moving. Even with insane work hours.

You are a product of toxic American culture. It's not entirely your fault, but toxic American culture also produces a bunch of whiners who never want to take responsibility for anything.

Yikes, is this OP?
What a weird response. You may be fit, but this sort of attitude reveals something unhealthy mentally about you.

Stop being jealous. A well built physique is a status symbol. It reflects you worked hard for it, no money can buy it. You cannot borrow it, you cannot inherit it, you cannot steal it. You cannot hold onto it without constant work. It shows discipline, it shows self respect, it shows patience, work ethic and passion. That is why I do what I do.

I know you don't have the discipline for it. No need to make excuses though.

I’ll take a healthy spirit over a well-built physique any day. You may be physically in shape, but you sound miserable. All that judgment and insecurity must weigh on you after a while. (And yes, putting others down to feel better is insecurity.)

Sure you would. Get back to me when you have your feet amputated from diabetes.

Yup are a shining example of why Americans these days are so fat and sloppy. There's a million reasons and excuses for why you are and even more reasons why you can't clean up your diet or exercise on a regular basis. This board needs to travel abroad more to see what normal humans look like and what quality food looks and tastes like. Truly a diseased nation. And the best part is that Americans have a stubborn mindset that it is completely out of their control, which is nothing more than tons of brainwashing from the pharmaceutical industry.

And that’s where you’re wrong. I’m actually in good health and in good shape.

I just refuse to tell others what their flaws are. I can’t presume to know what is going on in their lives, so I can’t dictate what they should or should not do.

The ugly spirit evident in some of these posts is just as big of a problem as whether people find time to exercise.

We are a diseased nation, I agree. But that disease is also caused by our mistreatment of others.

Keep crying. I am so sick and tired of fat acceptance and body positivity messages that try to normalize obesity. We need to take a hard line, militant approach to waging a war on fat. I'm sorry if you're fat, but if you are, you need to be told bluntly to your face that you are and need to do something about it.

It is fundamentally wrong that people go bankrupt for healthcare because they get hit with a broken arm. And it is due to so many healthcare costs skyrocketing because obese people and their lifestyle issues suck away sooopp many healthcare dollars and resources. People suffer because of other peoples' very poor choices when it comes to food and exercise.

Thank you for illustrating my point.

You don’t know me at all. You assumed I’m unhealthy and overweight. (I’m not.) But you decided to go on the attack anyway, telling me to “keep crying” and then going on a tirade.

This anger and hostility is also unhealthy for you. You may be a twig, but your mental health and stress is also going to end up costing all of us in health care costs. I suppose you’re lucky that your issue is an invisible one, huh?

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Anonymous wrote:Seriously, how can you be a functioning adult and not have a workout routine? It's just shocking to go out into the NoVa burbs or out into other parts of the country and see the sheer number of desperately ill people in wheelchairs, oxygen masks, people in their 30s walking with canes, etc. Didnt' we all take health class and talk about how the body works and the basics of healthy eating?

How can you be so clued out as to assume a younger person in a wheelchair or using a cane is doing so due to lifestyle? Have you heard of disabilities, or illnesses, or accidents?

Well the several hundred pounds of extra weight were a clue.

Causation vs correlation, my friend.

+2. My daughter’s early ES BFF has a rare genetic disorder. (As does her sister— the are like the 2/5,000,000 people with this). And in addition to some cognitive limitations and other issues (Kid 1 was behind in kindergarten, which I might not have realized then had I not been friends with her mom. But it just got worse until she couldn’t be mainstreamed for many things. Kid 2 was nonverbal until 2nd or 3rd grade), part of their disease is weight gain in their trunk. You would look at these late teens/early 20s and by snobby about their weight. And have no empathy for the bad hand genetics dealt them. And BTW, the mom has an amazing exercise routine, gets the girls, seems to be a size 0 and serves super healthy meals. It doesn’t matter. Lack f a healthy lifestyle is not the issue.

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Two-thirds of Americans are overweight and one-third are obese. According to Census.gov, about 12% are in poverty.

Recent research documents substantial declines in the United States’ poverty rate over the past several decades, including among children.

https://www.childtrends.org/publications/data-on-families-with-low-incomes-across-america-can-inform-two-generation-approaches

And yet obesity is continuing to increase. We cannot blame this all on low-income. There is a cultural element to it. In-person shopping is largely gone, replaced by an endless row of restaurants. Teenagers now regularly gather at restaurants, not a thing in the 1990's when we were growing up. Food is in every aspect of our lives, food blogs, farmer's markets, gourmet grocery stores, restaurants on every corner, junk food at every store checkout. We have set ourselves up for failure because humans are designed to eat when food is available. And now it is always available!

No one wants the government involved, so here we are. It's damn difficult to eat whole, healthy foods regardless of how easy they are to buy and prepare because processed food tastes so good and you can just open a bag!

It's a mess, and I can't blame laziness or the government or the food supply--it's just plain capitalism with no guardrails. Which we all agree is still the best option, but has it's pitfalls.

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is proof why people are unhealthy. They make every excuse under the sun to not incorporate a daily routine for exercise.

I can't because I have to get up at 7 and get home at 7. Ok, then you get up at 6 AM and run for 20-30 minutes before starting your.

You can make batches of food on Sunday for the week in order to save time, and it'll allow you to find time to workout. Or you can prechop veggies for the week and freeze them.

Get creative people. If you don't prioritize your health, you never will. There's always an excuse for not doing it. Now when will you stop with the excuses and do something about it?

You’re making the grave, grave error of thinking your life is good because you’ve made all the right choices, and other people’s aren’t because they’re doing things wrong. I used to think like that until I had some very bad luck hit.

Oh boo hoo.

I met a Japanese lady who 85 and still working every day. She worked 13 hours a day 7 days a week for 53 years straight and never took a vacation. She delivered milk to customers everyday for the vast majority of her life and never took vacation. She wasn't obese. She never ate trash food in her life and kept moving. Even with insane work hours.

You are a product of toxic American culture. It's not entirely your fault, but toxic American culture also produces a bunch of whiners who never want to take responsibility for anything.

Yikes, is this OP?
What a weird response. You may be fit, but this sort of attitude reveals something unhealthy mentally about you.

Stop being jealous. A well built physique is a status symbol. It reflects you worked hard for it, no money can buy it. You cannot borrow it, you cannot inherit it, you cannot steal it. You cannot hold onto it without constant work. It shows discipline, it shows self respect, it shows patience, work ethic and passion. That is why I do what I do.

I know you don't have the discipline for it. No need to make excuses though.

I’ll take a healthy spirit over a well-built physique any day. You may be physically in shape, but you sound miserable. All that judgment and insecurity must weigh on you after a while. (And yes, putting others down to feel better is insecurity.)

Sure you would. Get back to me when you have your feet amputated from diabetes.

Yup are a shining example of why Americans these days are so fat and sloppy. There's a million reasons and excuses for why you are and even more reasons why you can't clean up your diet or exercise on a regular basis. This board needs to travel abroad more to see what normal humans look like and what quality food looks and tastes like. Truly a diseased nation. And the best part is that Americans have a stubborn mindset that it is completely out of their control, which is nothing more than tons of brainwashing from the pharmaceutical industry.

And that’s where you’re wrong. I’m actually in good health and in good shape.

I just refuse to tell others what their flaws are. I can’t presume to know what is going on in their lives, so I can’t dictate what they should or should not do.

The ugly spirit evident in some of these posts is just as big of a problem as whether people find time to exercise.

We are a diseased nation, I agree. But that disease is also caused by our mistreatment of others.

Keep crying. I am so sick and tired of fat acceptance and body positivity messages that try to normalize obesity. We need to take a hard line, militant approach to waging a war on fat. I'm sorry if you're fat, but if you are, you need to be told bluntly to your face that you are and need to do something about it.

It is fundamentally wrong that people go bankrupt for healthcare because they get hit with a broken arm. And it is due to so many healthcare costs skyrocketing because obese people and their lifestyle issues suck away sooopp many healthcare dollars and resources. People suffer because of other peoples' very poor choices when it comes to food and exercise.

People spend over $150,000 on medical care for the last 3 years of their life in the US. And let’s face it, you may love nana, but she is using a lot of resources at 90 and providing very little if any benefit to,society at large. As a nation, we need to be blunt with our relative when the start to fail. They are sucking up medical resources with no hope of a long term benefit. The should be choosing euthanasia or suicide to help keep my medical bills low. And if the won’t the government should force them.

I mean, a large percentage of the country doesn’t believe the government should force COVID vaccines. But they should force weight loss (as if you could. How does that work? asks the woman on antidepressants— after a suicide attempt, so zill stay on them, thanks). And by the same use of resources logic. Kill people 3 years before they would normally die.

https://www.richmondfed.org/-/media/RichmondFedOrg/publications/research/working_papers/2018/pdf/wp18-18.pdf

Moron.

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Always excuses. Yes, medicines, health conditions, injury....they will cause weight gain. But it doesn't explain why 50% of ALL adults will be obese by 2030. You cannot blame that in underlying health conditions and medication because the rest of the world has those issues as well. That's the lazy excuse.

It's due to laziness, poor food choices, and a terrible American lifestyle.

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There are people who have weight issues that are beyond their control due to health, medical or medication. But most are not. Most eat the donut and think about it later. Then it’s too late because they eat 2 donuts 3 times a week and have a boba tea or venti frappachino

Americans are making bad food choices and then want to find someone to blame when they are obese. They should be looking in the mirror more not begging to be in ozempic.

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The problem with this forum if you have some very vulnerable people here, so it's really a jolt to the system when an escapee from the Diet and Excercise forum wanders over.

They probably don't like that all the talk has turned to Ozempic over there.

Don't feel like you have to justify yourself to this person. Live your life. They are just here for entertainment.

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Anonymous wrote:I agree with you, if they are at least middle class.Poor people often live in food deserts. It is also cheaper to eat processed food.

If you are middle class or higher, you should not be obese.

How many food deserts are in the NOVA burbs?

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is proof why people are unhealthy. They make every excuse under the sun to not incorporate a daily routine for exercise.

I can't because I have to get up at 7 and get home at 7. Ok, then you get up at 6 AM and run for 20-30 minutes before starting your.

You can make batches of food on Sunday for the week in order to save time, and it'll allow you to find time to workout. Or you can prechop veggies for the week and freeze them.

Get creative people. If you don't prioritize your health, you never will. There's always an excuse for not doing it. Now when will you stop with the excuses and do something about it?

You’re making the grave, grave error of thinking your life is good because you’ve made all the right choices, and other people’s aren’t because they’re doing things wrong. I used to think like that until I had some very bad luck hit.

Oh boo hoo.

I met a Japanese lady who 85 and still working every day. She worked 13 hours a day 7 days a week for 53 years straight and never took a vacation. She delivered milk to customers everyday for the vast majority of her life and never took vacation. She wasn't obese. She never ate trash food in her life and kept moving. Even with insane work hours.

You are a product of toxic American culture. It's not entirely your fault, but toxic American culture also produces a bunch of whiners who never want to take responsibility for anything.

Yikes, is this OP?
What a weird response. You may be fit, but this sort of attitude reveals something unhealthy mentally about you.

Stop being jealous. A well built physique is a status symbol. It reflects you worked hard for it, no money can buy it. You cannot borrow it, you cannot inherit it, you cannot steal it. You cannot hold onto it without constant work. It shows discipline, it shows self respect, it shows patience, work ethic and passion. That is why I do what I do.

I know you don't have the discipline for it. No need to make excuses though.

A well-built physique represents good genetics and a not-insignificant amount of self-absorption. I'll take respect for others over the kind of "self-respect" (read: obsession) you're describing every time.

A person who respects themselves doesn't spend their time insulting others.

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is proof why people are unhealthy. They make every excuse under the sun to not incorporate a daily routine for exercise.

I can't because I have to get up at 7 and get home at 7. Ok, then you get up at 6 AM and run for 20-30 minutes before starting your.

You can make batches of food on Sunday for the week in order to save time, and it'll allow you to find time to workout. Or you can prechop veggies for the week and freeze them.

Get creative people. If you don't prioritize your health, you never will. There's always an excuse for not doing it. Now when will you stop with the excuses and do something about it?

You’re making the grave, grave error of thinking your life is good because you’ve made all the right choices, and other people’s aren’t because they’re doing things wrong. I used to think like that until I had some very bad luck hit.

Oh boo hoo.

I met a Japanese lady who 85 and still working every day. She worked 13 hours a day 7 days a week for 53 years straight and never took a vacation. She delivered milk to customers everyday for the vast majority of her life and never took vacation. She wasn't obese. She never ate trash food in her life and kept moving. Even with insane work hours.

You are a product of toxic American culture. It's not entirely your fault, but toxic American culture also produces a bunch of whiners who never want to take responsibility for anything.

Your scientific sample of one…

The entire country of Japan has an obesity rate of below 6%. USA is approaching 50%.


But keep telling yourself it is due to factors outside of anyone's control. It's clearly due to American lifestyle and food.

I read that in Japan they weigh you at work and you have to register your pregnancy with some local office. It sounds like peoples bodies are highly regulated both by society and the government. Maybe not something we want to emulate.

They also require yearly physical exams.

At this point, Americans are so fat and obese and it is costing us all billions of dollars. We should be emulating the Japanese model MORE. Your fat IS my problem because you cost me tons of money with all of your obesity related issues. It makes everyone's health premiums skyrocket. If Americans are so stupid they cannot control their weight, then govt intervention may be required.

Yes, yes! If only everyone was skinny, insurance companies wouldn't rape our wallets!

Wait...

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is proof why people are unhealthy. They make every excuse under the sun to not incorporate a daily routine for exercise.

I can't because I have to get up at 7 and get home at 7. Ok, then you get up at 6 AM and run for 20-30 minutes before starting your.

You can make batches of food on Sunday for the week in order to save time, and it'll allow you to find time to workout. Or you can prechop veggies for the week and freeze them.

Get creative people. If you don't prioritize your health, you never will. There's always an excuse for not doing it. Now when will you stop with the excuses and do something about it?

You’re making the grave, grave error of thinking your life is good because you’ve made all the right choices, and other people’s aren’t because they’re doing things wrong. I used to think like that until I had some very bad luck hit.

Oh boo hoo.

I met a Japanese lady who 85 and still working every day. She worked 13 hours a day 7 days a week for 53 years straight and never took a vacation. She delivered milk to customers everyday for the vast majority of her life and never took vacation. She wasn't obese. She never ate trash food in her life and kept moving. Even with insane work hours.

You are a product of toxic American culture. It's not entirely your fault, but toxic American culture also produces a bunch of whiners who never want to take responsibility for anything.

Yikes, is this OP?
What a weird response. You may be fit, but this sort of attitude reveals something unhealthy mentally about you.

Stop being jealous. A well built physique is a status symbol. It reflects you worked hard for it, no money can buy it. You cannot borrow it, you cannot inherit it, you cannot steal it. You cannot hold onto it without constant work. It shows discipline, it shows self respect, it shows patience, work ethic and passion. That is why I do what I do.

I know you don't have the discipline for it. No need to make excuses though.

I’ll take a healthy spirit over a well-built physique any day. You may be physically in shape, but you sound miserable. All that judgment and insecurity must weigh on you after a while. (And yes, putting others down to feel better is insecurity.)

Sure you would. Get back to me when you have your feet amputated from diabetes.

Yup are a shining example of why Americans these days are so fat and sloppy. There's a million reasons and excuses for why you are and even more reasons why you can't clean up your diet or exercise on a regular basis. This board needs to travel abroad more to see what normal humans look like and what quality food looks and tastes like. Truly a diseased nation. And the best part is that Americans have a stubborn mindset that it is completely out of their control, which is nothing more than tons of brainwashing from the pharmaceutical industry.

And that’s where you’re wrong. I’m actually in good health and in good shape.

I just refuse to tell others what their flaws are. I can’t presume to know what is going on in their lives, so I can’t dictate what they should or should not do.

The ugly spirit evident in some of these posts is just as big of a problem as whether people find time to exercise.

We are a diseased nation, I agree. But that disease is also caused by our mistreatment of others.

Keep crying. I am so sick and tired of fat acceptance and body positivity messages that try to normalize obesity. We need to take a hard line, militant approach to waging a war on fat. I'm sorry if you're fat, but if you are, you need to be told bluntly to your face that you are and need to do something about it.

It is fundamentally wrong that people go bankrupt for healthcare because they get hit with a broken arm. And it is due to so many healthcare costs skyrocketing because obese people and their lifestyle issues suck away sooopp many healthcare dollars and resources. People suffer because of other peoples' very poor choices when it comes to food and exercise.

People spend over $150,000 on medical care for the last 3 years of their life in the US. And let’s face it, you may love nana, but she is using a lot of resources at 90 and providing very little if any benefit to,society at large. As a nation, we need to be blunt with our relative when the start to fail. They are sucking up medical resources with no hope of a long term benefit. The should be choosing euthanasia or suicide to help keep my medical bills low. And if the won’t the government should force them.

I mean, a large percentage of the country doesn’t believe the government should force COVID vaccines. But they should force weight loss (as if you could. How does that work? asks the woman on antidepressants— after a suicide attempt, so zill stay on them, thanks). And by the same use of resources logic. Kill people 3 years before they would normally die.

https://www.richmondfed.org/-/media/RichmondFedOrg/publications/research/working_papers/2018/pdf/wp18-18.pdf

Moron.

Judging from your post, your existence has already been a waste of resources. Please volunteer for euthanasia immediately.

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is proof why people are unhealthy. They make every excuse under the sun to not incorporate a daily routine for exercise.

I can't because I have to get up at 7 and get home at 7. Ok, then you get up at 6 AM and run for 20-30 minutes before starting your.

You can make batches of food on Sunday for the week in order to save time, and it'll allow you to find time to workout. Or you can prechop veggies for the week and freeze them.

Get creative people. If you don't prioritize your health, you never will. There's always an excuse for not doing it. Now when will you stop with the excuses and do something about it?

You’re making the grave, grave error of thinking your life is good because you’ve made all the right choices, and other people’s aren’t because they’re doing things wrong. I used to think like that until I had some very bad luck hit.

Oh boo hoo.

I met a Japanese lady who 85 and still working every day. She worked 13 hours a day 7 days a week for 53 years straight and never took a vacation. She delivered milk to customers everyday for the vast majority of her life and never took vacation. She wasn't obese. She never ate trash food in her life and kept moving. Even with insane work hours.

You are a product of toxic American culture. It's not entirely your fault, but toxic American culture also produces a bunch of whiners who never want to take responsibility for anything.

Obese people are not happy they are obese. They don’t like being obese. These are miserable. But they don’t want to do anything about it. They are lazy.

So you know all about other people based on what you see of their bodies? And you are "motivating" them with your rants?

You know what's even more toxic than being overweight? Being shamed.

You may be skinny, but you're ugly af.

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Maybe if insurance gave discounts for being a proper BMI that would help motivate people