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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some of you are both ignorant and mean. Yes, nearly everyone can lose SOME weight by changing what they eat. What people are objecting to is the constant assertion that a) weight loss is "simple," b) it is just a matter of wanting it enough, and/or c) that everyone's experience and body is exactly the same.

Scientists are only just beginning to understand the deeply complex physiological and hormonal interactions behind weight and metabolism. Yes, there certainly are lifestyle choices involved for some people, but if you think the recent global uptake in weight is just a result of a sudden mass loss of willpower affecting millions of people then you are an idiot.[/quote]

I think you're ascribing motives we "meanies" may not have.  I am not trying to be cruel and certainly know how hard it is to lose weight (I've lost and kept off nearly 90 lbs).  Don't think that because something is simple that it's easy.  I certainly don't, as it would be like telling someone all they need to do is spend less than they make and they'll have savings.  The psychological barriers and, potentially, physical barriers are real.  This isn't about willpower, that line of thinking is indeed wrong, but it is about working through your issues to make it possible to make the right choices about food and exercise.  I am, in the end, just worried that by making this overly complicated and saying things like "scientists are only just beginning to understand..." we give people an out, not to avoid losing weight, but to say "see, it isn't that I'm deeply depressed, it's that pesky insulin sensitivity I can't do anything about" without actually verifying that's the case.  We all need to come together and be supportive, but, in my mind, that doesn't mean tell everyone they can be healthy at any size and that weight is impossible to address.[/quote]

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