tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post5870816619341413419..comments2024-03-18T03:28:36.581-04:00Comments on Shrink Rap: Fat. So?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-65568172321465549232008-04-24T20:08:00.000-04:002008-04-24T20:08:00.000-04:00Hey, I wasn't going to say a word about eating cho...Hey, I wasn't going to say a word about eating chocolate cake. After all, who do you think ate most of our bloggiversary carrot cake? Or all of that amazing custom-made one pound chocolate slab from last year (thanks again for that, it was amazing).<BR/><BR/>Speaking as someone who is genetically loaded to be overweight, I can tell you that if I didn't exercise scrupulously every week---for the past 25 years---I would most definitely be in the 'over 30 pound excess' range. I still have an impressive appetite for food, and I'm not as good as I should be about watching what I eat, but with regular exercise it's sort of amazing how much I can get away with. It really is crucial to weight loss or control.ClinkShrinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13316134491751195651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-50267990891791192662008-04-24T12:51:00.000-04:002008-04-24T12:51:00.000-04:00I like the idea of absolving heavy people of socie...I like the idea of absolving heavy people of society scrutiny and distain also. I am all for "fat acceptance". Maybe some day there will be "fat rights".<BR/><BR/>It seems that while it's no longer polite to insult people due to their race or sexual orientation, it is still OK to insult and make fun of overweight people. There have been a lot of movies in the last few years in which an obese person is the target of insulting humor. <BR/><BR/>It's still socially acceptable to laugh at the obese.<BR/><BR/>I don't know how many times I have heard people tell me "weight loss is simple - just eat less and exercise more". Anyone who has not been dieting for nearly 40 years has no idea of the challenge.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-76853136415500134052008-04-24T09:04:00.000-04:002008-04-24T09:04:00.000-04:00TP:What Kolata thinks is that people can comforta...TP:<BR/><BR/>What Kolata thinks is that people can comfortably modulate their weight in a roughly 30 pound range: that those with great self-control who work at it live at the bottom of that range, those that eat with abandon live at the top of that range, that it takes work to get either above or below that and it's hard to maintain. I don't know if she's right. <BR/>I think obese people are blamed by our society for their problems and looked upon as lazy and at fault. If they give into urges to eat that chocolate cake (shut up, Clink)...no one asks why one person feels so compelled to eat the cake and another is better able to exhibit self-control, or simply doesn't want the cake, or satiates with half a slice, while another feels compelled to eat the whole cake (or at least a second serving of icing, but we won't go there). <BR/><BR/>I mentioned that I can think of examples that fit outside the realm of what Gina Kolata mentions-- I do know people who've lost/gained more than 30 pounds and maintained it. Some of them had gained a lot of weight first (thereby bouncing over their natural weight), but hey, there's always Jared. <BR/><BR/>I guess I do like the idea of absolving heavy people of society scrutiny and disdain.Dinahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227988351623862689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-19089855457485740752008-04-23T15:53:00.000-04:002008-04-23T15:53:00.000-04:00No matter how they are packaged, I hate books with...No matter how they are packaged, I hate books with the message that weight loss is impossible. I have concluded for myself, however, that it's pretty close to impossible for most people on a long term basis. <BR/><BR/>The longest I maintained 100% of the weight I lost, and stayed at or below goal weight was 3 years (and I was in my 30's). The longest I have gone maintaining a weight loss of 10% of my body weight (but not reaching goal weight) is 8 years (and still holding; in my 50's). <BR/><BR/>I still WANT to believe that one day, again I will reach goal weight and THIS time I will manage to maintain that weight for life. <BR/><BR/>My mother dieted and exercised at an intense rate to be reasonably thin. When she got Alzheimer's she could no longer put out the huge effort and mental control that weight loss and maintenance requires and she gained 50 pounds. <BR/><BR/>I think some of the thin around us ARE weight loss success stories. If permanent weight loss is a fantasy, it's a fantasy I am not willing to give up on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com