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I noticed this video on Youtube about a woman who did not control her eating and became extremely fat. Wouldn't barely being able to walk raise a red flag that a much needed lifestyle change was in order? Severely reducing the calories and obtaining some semblance of exercise? If one of the people like her actually does maintain discipline and lose all the excess fat then good on him or her, [Mod cut]
Personally I can understand how depressed people feel the need to console themselves with food, been there, done that.
But there's a side to overeating - a kind of self-punishment. When we feel bad about ourselves we can overeat to hurt ourselves. Almost like we hate ourselves and inflict a form of gradual suicide.
My earliest struggle was with my overbearing mother who used to force-feed me. I was always small. My mother would guilt me into eating more than I actually needed to get me to grow. Eventually this overeating habit was normal. I gained weight but not height and was about thirty pounds overweight for years. Eventually I decided to stop listening to my mother's voice in my head. I realized I needed to respect my own wishes to eat what was comfortable, about half of what other people eat. I lost weight and had energy and willpower for the first time in my life.
My mother has always been trying to control me through my weight. I'm now fifty-one and she's seventy-six. It's as though she still wants to see me grow up tall and strong by eating more food!
Last edited by Stefani W; 03-16-2013 at 11:09 PM..
I have always wondered the same thing. Gaining 20 -50 pounds is something that happens to a lot of people and I consider it fairly normal but when a person gains 100 pounds or more and continues that path, that is beyond me. I don't understand how that happens , for me if my regular size of pants starts to feel tight that right there is a warning that something is wrong and I put a stop to whatever is causing it immediately but I guess we are all different.
For years, I was always thin. Could eat anything and as much as I cared. Then age caught up with me and suddenly my pants wouldn't fit. I can't eat anything anymore. Life is not fair, now that I have money, I have to quit eating.
I think for one thing these people have to be "enabled" by someone else. I notice they rarely seem to have a job, and yet they have access to all of this food.
Which is more disgusting? The pointlessly prejudicial judging of others for their human weaknesses or exhibiting human weakness?
^^^Agree.
OP, did you even WATCH the video you posted? I don't know how anyone could watch it and then ask the question you asked in the title. I didn't find the woman disgusting -- I found her sad. It's clear that there is more going on than her just having no will power or being "disgusting."
Not sure what the point of starting this thread was ... to have a bunch of people agree that this woman is "disgusting"? to feel high and mighty that WE have will power (or good genes) and will never be like that -- to feel superior, in other words? to make fun of the woman? WHAT?
I don't judge people for their circumstances, but at some point, personal responsibility is an issue. We shake our heads at drug and alcohol addicts, same thing, these people have a "food addiction". They need treatment. There is a clinic in Ohio for morbidly obese people, to help them, I saw a show on it. One guy lost 300 pounds. He was down to 350. Still a big guy, but at least he could walk. He left the clinic, went home, gained his weight back.
One time in Vegas, I was at a casino, eating at the buffet, and saw these obese people, riding their scooters around the buffet, loading their plates. Come on, if you are so obese you cannot walk....maybe being at a buffet is not a good idea. Just saying.
I noticed this video on Youtube about a woman who did not control her eating and became extremely fat. Wouldn't barely being able to walk raise a red flag that a much needed lifestyle change was in order? Severely reducing the calories and obtaining some semblance of exercise? If one of the people like her actually does maintain discipline and lose all the excess fat then good on him or her, but still it boggles the mind how someone could get so fat, massive and hideous in the first place.
My question is how can people allow themselves to become so disgusting judgemental and self righteous?
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