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Originally Posted by Pleasurepays
you can't be obese if you aren't consistently eating shitty food (usually in large quantities). you don't become obese on a healthy, well balanced diet. i have zero sympathy for these people because its a personal choice and just because someone opted to destroy themselves, it doesn't have to affect my life. however, if they were saying "please help me get healthy" that would be another story. i would do everything humanly possible to help someone who was truly trying to help themselves.
calories are energy... as is fat. 1 pound of fat is 3500 calories. you can't store energy if you are using what you consume. you can only store it if there is excess and you are taking in more than you are expending.
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sorry to say, but some people really can't help it, no matter how strictly fantastically healthy their diet is, even working out can't always help when there's tumors or Endrocrine-related obesity (Such as Cushing Syndrome). There was a documentary not that long ago following a woman who was healthy, an athlete even, worked out and over a period of less than a year put on over 300 pounds. Even her doctor couldn't figure it out until they looked into her endocrine system, and even then they couldn't regulate it with any degree of accuracy or guarantee. Some people are treated with more success, some go undiagnosed.
I have no sympathy for people who bitch about things they aren't willing to change, like obesity related to bad diet or lack of exercise, but I do for those who can't help it. There is no cut and dried, but the good MAJORITY of obese people CAN do something about it if they wish.