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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]McDonald's no longer has a $1 menu.

McDonald's no longer sells salads. [/quote]

And people will still gladly spend more money on this garbage.  You can get a 42oz container or oats for 2.79, 30 servings.

That breaks down to 9 cents per serving.  But people will would rather pay $5 for a sausage eggs and cheese biscuits at the driv thru, whether they are short on money or not.  [/quote]

Because it tastes good and gives people a moment of happiness in their miserable lives. 
I find it so much easier to live a healthy lifestyle when I'm happier. When things are tough, I eat garbage and waste my money. If people weren't so broke and depressed, it would be easier to make better decisions. [/quote]

All of those things, plus sleep. Sleep deprivation to me should be at the top of the list as a major cause of obesity. [/quote]

THIS!

I spent most of my life in the normal weight range for my height. In my 30s I gained weight due to the transition from a more active student lifestyle to sit at a desk for 10-12 hours daily in a chronic high stress legal career.

However it was when I experienced a hard onset of perimenopause following removal of one whole and part of another ovary that I very quickly spiraled into obesity. After years of getting poor advice from physicians, I finally got on HRT about six months ago and the changes in my body are remarkable. I know now that I wasn’t sleeping well at all from the nighttime hot flushes/sweats and so besides coping with the huge drop in estrogen my body had been experiencing very elevated cortisol from chronic lack of restful sleep.

I’ve lost ten pounds already which doesn’t seem much except it happened with zero other lifestyle changes. After a few months of really good sleep and much improved hormone profile, I am now able to exercise more than I could for years when the perimenopausal symptoms and chronic sleep deprivation were kicking my rear. My hunger is also entirely different now that I’m well rested again, so eating healthy foods in reasonable quantities is no longer a battle.

It’s so easy for folks who have different genetics and different life circumstances to point fingers and call the overweight/obese lazy gluttons. It’s a ridiculous assertion when SEVENTY PERCENT of the population is overweight/obese - we are not all lazy undisciplined people. I grew up working class, started working at the age of 12 and was full time by 17 and worked full time as I put myself through 4 university degree programs including a law degree. These are not the actions of a lazy undisciplined person! I didn’t wake up at 40 and suddenly become a lazy person; I woke up at 40 and my body was enduring an onslaught of toxic elevated hormones and because our medical system is subpar it took years for me to get the treatment I needed to rectify that situation and give myself a reasonable chance to get back to a normal weight. Willpower is simply no match for hormones, and never has been. Same reason that half of all pregnancies are unplanned. Human beings are just animals and our hormones control our actions a whole lot more than the self righteous among us would care to admit.

I have tons (pun intended) of empathy for overweight/obese people now that I honestly didn’t have all the years I was trim without thinking about it or working for it. I know who I am and how strong a person I am. But I am not stronger than the effect of hormones on my brain.

Disgusts me to see all the judgmental comments. Some small part of me can’t help but hope such people experience a health issues that teaches them just how not in control of their bodies they actually are when biology comes up against their self righteous notions of willpower.[/quote]

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