How do people not take better care of themselves?

[Anonymous]

I wasn't overweight until my disability had a major impact on my life. If any one of the judgmental people on here saw me sitting down you would assume I'm just another lazy fool eating nothing but junk. I don't need to explain or justify myself to an a**hat online, though.

You suck, OP.

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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 go bankrupt for healthcare because our insurance system is criminal. If everyone woke up skinny tomorrow, nothing would change. You'd just have to find a new excuse to put your blame on.

You're not at all concerned with the suffering of others when you're talking about waging war on them. "I'm sorry if you're fat, but if you are, you need to be abused". Right. Because that helps SO many people.

Let's try your theory: You are a disgusting excuse for a human being.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wasn't overweight until my disability had a major impact on my life. If any one of the judgmental people on here saw me sitting down you would assume I'm just another lazy fool eating nothing but junk. I don't need to explain or justify myself to an a**hat online, though.

You suck, OP.

Some people have to hate. They'd be racist/sexist/homophobic if they thought they could get away with it.

They hate fat people because it's a culturally acceptable pathology (for now). The actual science and research shows that the "shame and blame" approach hurts far more than it helps, so anyone using it is telling on themselves.

[Anonymous]

How do people not take care of themselves? Life gets in the way. When my husband was deployed, my kids were in a lot of activities and I worked full time. It was a challenge to work a 40+ workweek, get the kids to where they needed to be, get dinner on the table, exercise, and get enough sleep. Oftentimes, we ate out (because I didn’t have time to cook) and I neglected exercise (because I didn’t have the energy after getting up at 5:30 am and getting home at 9:00 pm). I eventually pulled them out of their activities in order to have a semblance of a better life, but you know… I get criticized for that, too. Can’t win!

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This is the snobbiest, most privileged post I’ve seen. OP and others live in a fancy bubble of smugness.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wasn't overweight until my disability had a major impact on my life. If any one of the judgmental people on here saw me sitting down you would assume I'm just another lazy fool eating nothing but junk. I don't need to explain or justify myself to an a**hat online, though.

You suck, OP.

Probably nobody assumes anything or even thinks about it. We are talking about a population level crisis. The majority of obese people do not have a disability that caused their problems. I can’t wrap my head around how people who don’t have extreme circumstances can accept being so overweight. It’s crazy. It makes you miserable. It doesn’t even take much to do something. Hell, eat at McDonald’s just eat half of what you normally do. You simply do not need that much food.

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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.

Tell me you know nothing about obesity . . .

DP

100 years ago obesity wasn't a thing. Stop making excuses!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is the snobbiest, most privileged post I’ve seen. OP and others live in a fancy bubble of smugness.

Well said. Thank you.

[Anonymous]

I bet OP has an eating disorder and compares its body with other people’s bodies. Sad.

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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.

Tell me you know nothing about obesity . . .

DP

100 years ago obesity wasn't a thing. Stop making excuses!!

Actually, it was. I have family pics from 1890-1940 which prove otherwise.
Back then most of my relatives didn't have thyroid medication, so they just got really large and then died early of stroke.

[Anonymous]

People with obesity tend to have higher rates of childhood trauma than the general population (the ACEs studies are enlightening).

Cultural norms that tolerate and excuse abuse and the lack of adequate mental health treatment both contribute to the obesity epidemic. Rather than shaming people, you can take political action to support trauma survivors, OP. Channeling your energy in a healthy direction may also help you manage your anger.

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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.

Tell me you know nothing about obesity . . .

DP

100 years ago obesity wasn't a thing. Stop making excuses!!

That’s not true. Go look at silent movies or old paintings of nudes.

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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.

Tell me you know nothing about obesity . . .

DP

100 years ago obesity wasn't a thing. Stop making excuses!!

Actually, it was. I have family pics from 1890-1940 which prove otherwise.
Back then most of my relatives didn't have thyroid medication, so they just got really large and then died early of stroke.

Obesity existed. This does not excuse the staggering 40%+ obesity rate in America now. Obesity was rare 100 years ago. But Americans cling to their cars and their food culture and say that being fat is what a “real woman’s” body looks like.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wasn't overweight until my disability had a major impact on my life. If any one of the judgmental people on here saw me sitting down you would assume I'm just another lazy fool eating nothing but junk. I don't need to explain or justify myself to an a**hat online, though.

You suck, OP.

Well, you provided a perfectly reasonable explanation for a valid question. America is desperately unhealthy. It's not crazy to ask why.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People with obesity tend to have higher rates of childhood trauma than the general population (the ACEs studies are enlightening).

Cultural norms that tolerate and excuse abuse and the lack of adequate mental health treatment both contribute to the obesity epidemic. Rather than shaming people, you can take political action to support trauma survivors, OP. Channeling your energy in a healthy direction may also help you manage your anger.

America must have insanely traumatic childhoods.