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[quote=Anonymous]There are a very, very small percentage of people who truly do have medical conditions that cause them to be overweight.  But that number is insanely small.

Most people are overweight because they are lazy.  It hurts to hear it, but it's true.  We have remote control televisions, iphones, internet, delivery of just about any food, people to mow our lawns, microwaves, bread makers, dishwashers, ......I could go on and on.  Really, you could control your entire life without ever leaving the couch.

People were not as overweight 50 years ago because they actually performed physical work.  Walking from the metro to your office is not the same as mowing your lawn or tending to a garden.  My grandparents ate pretty much everything that we consider horrible for you.  Fried chicken, fried okra, fried eggs, fried bacon, ...fried everything! Life revolved around food.  They also worked really hard.  They didn't have to continue working after retirement.  But they did.  They tended their gardens.  They took care of their homes.  They had beautiful lawns.  They volunteered at charities.  They helped take care of their church.  They helped their friends who were sick by taking care of their lawns and cooking their food.

When I was a kid, that trend pretty much continued.  My mother fried everything.  That's how she was raised in the deep south.  We drank Kool-Aid and ate Twinkies all day long during the summer.  School parties were nothing but candy, cakes, and juice.  And I can't think of a single friend who was overweight.  I'm sure there were fat kids, but there weren't many.  Why?  We played outside all day long.  And not on those newer playgrounds that don't allow even the chance of injury.  We played on real playgrounds.  We had the run of the neighborhood.  During the summer, we played outside all day long.  If we complained about being hot, my mother turned on the sprinkler.  We had P.E. in school every single day.  And our P.E. teachers actually made you work.  They weren't concerned about self-esteem issues.  If you didn't pass the P.E. test, there was no reward for "participation".

The same is true for adults.  At work, folks send an email rather than walk the 10 feet or so to actually speak to a colleague.  At home, we can't even be bothered to get off our asses to change the channels on the television.  Our dishes are washed in a machine.  Our clothes are washed and dried in a machine.  Our food is quick and easy to obtain.  We simply do not have to perform very many physical tasks during the day.  Those of us who value our health find ways to stay active.  But it takes effort.  And that goes back to my main point.  People are overweight because they are lazy.  They lack the inner drive necessary to really exercise.  Power walking doesn't count.  Gentle Yoga doesn't count.  Swimming a few laps in the pool doesn't count.  Walking on a treadmill doesn't help.    If you are not uncomfortable while you are exercising, you're wasting your time.  It hurts like hell to run 26.3 miles.  But you push through the pain every single day while training and you give everything you've got (and then a little more) on race day.  The same can be said for any endurance sport.  If you're going to work out, it's going to hurt.  You are going to be exhausted.  You are going to sweat.  You might throw up.  You either want it or you don't.  Half assing your way through a zumba class just doesn't cut it.  There is no magic diet.   You have to work for it.[/quote]

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