How do people not take better care of themselves?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was just at Hershey park and it really was concerning. Families weighing thousands of pounds, waddling around or in scooters, mainlining junk.

There should be mass semaglutide injection sites ala the covid vac where you could get your weekly shot and a bag of celery for free. I don’t understand why the government isn’t supporting this. Overweight and obesity leads to hundreds of thousands of premature deaths a year, decreased fertility, unfitness for the military, bullied children, Alzheimer’s, acne, brain fog, etc etc.

Holy trolling fsck!

1) do you go this hard for the other hundred things that cause "hundreds of thousands of premature deaths a year"? or just the fats?
2) decreased fertility? Redhat, much? Nobody owes you fertility
3) Did you serve? Because I'm guessing not
4) Your solution to bullying seems to be "don't be bullyable" and not "don't bully". Charming.
5) Source?
6) Do you have any idea how many skinny people have acne? this isn't a fat-linked phenomenon
7) brain fog is caused by too many calories? I get brain fog with too few

This is one of the stupidest lists I think I've ever seen on this site, and that's saying a LOT.

*1000

[Anonymous]

We do have an obesity problem in our country, there is no doubt about that. But it’s a public health problem with societal roots, not an issue of willpower, sloth or gluttony.

I used to judge people too, OP. I was perpetually 110lbs at 5’3”. Then I had to take a medication (Abilify) that caused me to gain 50lbs in a year. This was while running 5-10 miles five times a week. Then add another 15 from lifestyle and a thyroid problem that was untreated for a long time.

Fast forward to now, on a different medication and levothyroxine for my thyroid (it took about a year to titrate up to the right dose), and I’m almost normal weight again. I’ll probably never be back to the 110 lbs again, but I don’t mind.

I still don’t always have as much time to exercise or cook as heathy as I would like. I work two jobs, am a single parent, and am engaged in my community. I’m quite high functioning, and now I have much more compassion and empathy, which are traits you cannot get by working out and dieting. I’ll take chubby but a good person, and I honesty couldn’t care less what judgmental people like you think.

[Anonymous]

How much processed food do you eat in a week?

Keep track. I bet you’ll be shocked. People just don’t even pay attention to how much food they eat for a box, can, jar, package or any other container. Sure, there are exceptions, but most foods that come packaged are highly processed.

One you try to eliminate them as much as possible, you’ll be much healthier. Like the pp mentioned, the vast majority of Americans get 60-70% of the calories from ultra processed foods every.single.day. That’s crazy. No wonder Americans are such a sick and diseased people.

[Anonymous]

It’s a privilege to have the time to workout. It’s a privilege to eat healthy. Check your privilege.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sometimes things aren’t as they appear, it’s easy to judge and assume that people aren’t taking care of themselves but sometimes medication, illnesses and other things create limitations for people.

+1

[Anonymous]

OP, instead of judging, you could use that energy to help your community. Not everything has the resources or opportunities to make ideal choicea

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:8 hour working day, 2 hour commute, laundry, cooking, cleaning, grocery shopping, doctor / dentist / pediatrician appointments, get kids ready for school / preschool / daycare, drop off / pick up, help with homework, or just if lucky, maybe spend 30 minutes playing, or reading, depending on age, kids bath time, evening routine. Drop dead and rinse and repeat the next day. Add a sick grandparent, a divorce, an abusive or unhelpful or absent partner, a health condition, and basically, there is really zero opportunity for exercise.

I don’t know how you can go about life judging people from your own lens and circumstances, and priorities.

This. Most Americans don’t have the luxury of time or money. OP needs to gain perspective.

Exactly. I don’t have the time for a workout routine. I work 65 hour weeks, and I’m a parent. Even with my hours, I don’t make enough to hire a nanny or a house cleaner. I do it all: work, parent, clean, cook, chauffeur, tutor my kids, etc. There isn’t spare time in the day to have a structured exercise routine. So, in short, I live the life many Americans live.

OP, time is a commodity many of us don’t have.

If you spend 15-30 minutes watching TV every day, you could do sufficient weight training to make a significant difference in your health. While you watch TV.

DP. You have no idea just how privileged you are. I'm not going to waste my time/energy on trying to convince you or the other a55holes just how wrong you are. I'll just note how sad it is that you choose to be so ignorant and judgemental. I pity you.

[Anonymous]

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?

I’m sorry my cane that I use as a result of a childhood accident is so objectionable to you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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?

"the NoVa burbs"

Oh, the privileged tw@ttery!

Hey clown, I walked with a cane at 30, still use it in my 40s, and am obese in part because I was anorexic to appease thoughtless jerks like you in my youth. But you don't care about the reality of other people's lives. You just want to judge strangers based on the story you project on their exterior appearance.

How do people find the time to mind other people's business like this? Get a hobby that isn't fatshaming. Oh, and eat something. You'll be smarter.

That’s not how it works!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah.

I'm so sick and tired of seeing so many obese and nasty looking citizens. Our people are very ugly and unattractive. Every time I go to Asia I never want to go back to the USA anymore because it is so unhealthy. The American people are just a sick population. Go to Asia and see how "thin" they are..I put thin in apostrophes because they aren't really thin at all, but are really jist normal sized humans that Americans used to look like in the 60s and 70s and even 80s. If you travel the world enough, you really get a sense of how awful American food is. I'm not just talking about restaurants, but even the supplies of food at the stores and the quality. All of our food is awful, from our chicken drowned in chlorine, to low quality oranges, to the hormone injected beef, to the god awful tasteless tomatoes covered in pesticides.

The entire lifestyle in America is awful as well. Drive everywhere. Massive portions of food that are really enough for 2.5 meals. Too many carbs, salt, fat, sugars, and preservatives in everything. Try traveling many parts of Asia and you will still see the 88 year old couple talking walks every night after dinner. No need to drive everywhere.. people walk everywhere most of the time. They consume way more seafood, plants, and fresh fruit and veggies, even for breakfast.

America is just a diseased nation with massively obese people. Gen Z is slated to be the fattest generation in history in which 50% of them will not just be overweight but OBESE.

So stay there?

Yup. Definitely planning on it. Already looking in how to buy and own property.

Have fun with your obesity in the US, your terrible food, and Trump, lolololol.

You’ll still be American.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s a privilege to have the time to workout. It’s a privilege to eat healthy. Check your privilege.

OPs message was dumb. But so are a lot of the responses pointing out exceptions and a bunch of BS excuses.

These privileges you mention are 100% within reach in some form for every middle class and upper middle class person in the US, save for some narrow exceptions that don’t explain the phenomenon we are seeing. They just make choices to not prioritize it. Whether that’s conceding all their time to their children, working too much instead of taking a compensation hit, or just being plain lazy and wanting to consume garbage. That’s the truth. It’s just not a priority.

And acting like they are some victim of circumstances out of their control is BS. Just like it’s complete BS to act as if their experience is the same as somebody living in a food desert in anacostia.

[Anonymous]

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?

[Anonymous]

So much contempt for fellow Americans on this thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s a privilege to have the time to workout. It’s a privilege to eat healthy. Check your privilege.

OPs message was dumb. But so are a lot of the responses pointing out exceptions and a bunch of BS excuses.

These privileges you mention are 100% within reach in some form for every middle class and upper middle class person in the US, save for some narrow exceptions that don’t explain the phenomenon we are seeing. They just make choices to not prioritize it. Whether that’s conceding all their time to their children, working too much instead of taking a compensation hit, or just being plain lazy and wanting to consume garbage. That’s the truth. It’s just not a priority.

And acting like they are some victim of circumstances out of their control is BS. Just like it’s complete BS to act as if their experience is the same as somebody living in a food desert in anacostia.

It’s so presumptuous to think you know what others on this thread experience.

I posted above, and I’ve seen the flippant comments: “you’re just lazy” and “it’s all excuses”. I love the one telling us not to work so many hours, like that’s actually a choice for many of us. There are people on this thread who work two jobs (like me).

If you live a life that gives you the opportunity to prioritize fitness, then thank your lucky stars. That’s a luxury.

[Anonymous]

Ive lost 60 pounds on ozempic. I still eat the same foods and exercise the same amount. but the big differences that I eat extraordinarily small portions. It really all just comes down to calories. I don’t eat clean, but if I did eat clean and lose weight, it would be because I ate less calories