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I always thought a handicap spot was for physically disabled people who can't move around with ease.
I call people out on this from time to time. Not that it does any good. I ask them what their handicap is. I've had people say it's a relatives car and they're running errands for them. I've asked them to move it so someone who actually needs it, can park there. They don't move.
I see it every morning and evening on the subway. Big fat person sitting while frailish and oldish people stand. But we also have the horrible problem here where people think it's okay to give an entire subway seat to a toddler AND have that kid's 200 pound stroller take up room in the subway car that could comfortable fit at least 11-15 people standing :/ (and those toddlers AND Skin Yachts don't even pay a fare!!!!)
I personally have an Auto Immune Liver Disease, Heart Disease and had a stroke on August 18, 2015.
If you would see me out and about which is not often you will never *see* my disability.
There's a rule of thumb in academia: A long explanation to a simple question is often a sign that you don't know what you're talking about. But anyway, I'll try to hit a few points to avoid replying with an essay.
1. No matter how "slow" your metabolism is, you can still undercut it. Your body obviously don't need the energy if it's simply storing it.
not always. some people have issues with metabolic rates slowing down further when they reduce their caloric intake. it doe happen.
and as noted in another post, there are medications that can cause weight gain for various reasons, insulin ins one of them. i know i take it twice per day. and it affects me differently every time i take it. for instance i can have a blood sugar of 250, and take 60 units of insulin at night, and wake up in the morning with a blood sugar of 55. that means i need something pretty much now to bring my sugar up. now i can hear you thinking already, well just use less insulin. and that might be the answer, except that the very next night i can have the same 250 blood sugar, and take the same 60 units, and in the morning have a sugar of 150. same sugar level, same dose, two different results. and by the way, no other changes.
and before you claim i dont know what i am talking about, i have been dealing with diabetes since 2001 when i had an abscess that pushed my sugar to 1200.
going back, to stop a low blood sugar, you need something to raise the blood sugar fairly quickly to prevent problems, and the fastest way is to eat a candy bar but in your world overweight people wouldnt be allowed them now would they? which means that i would probably have to deal with possible unconsciousness, or even death due to low blood sugar in your world.
not always. some people have issues with metabolic rates slowing down further when they reduce their caloric intake. it doe happen.
and as noted in another post, there are medications that can cause weight gain for various reasons, insulin ins one of them. i know i take it twice per day. and it affects me differently every time i take it. for instance i can have a blood sugar of 250, and take 60 units of insulin at night, and wake up in the morning with a blood sugar of 55. that means i need something pretty much now to bring my sugar up. now i can hear you thinking already, well just use less insulin. and that might be the answer, except that the very next night i can have the same 250 blood sugar, and take the same 60 units, and in the morning have a sugar of 150. same sugar level, same dose, two different results. and by the way, no other changes.
and before you claim i dont know what i am talking about, i have been dealing with diabetes since 2001 when i had an abscess that pushed my sugar to 1200.
going back, to stop a low blood sugar, you need something to raise the blood sugar fairly quickly to prevent problems, and the fastest way is to eat a candy bar but in your world overweight people wouldnt be allowed them now would they? which means that i would probably have to deal with possible unconsciousness, or even death due to low blood sugar in your world.
Since some of you guys keep trying to fall back on hypothetical excuses, I'll just leave you with this article.
Short summary of the study: A very overweight guy stopped eating food for a little over year and lost 276 lbs. He basically just lived on energy from his fat.
So yeah, just keep believing it's impossible to lose weight if it makes your situation easier to accept. But just ask yourself this. Where has playing the victim gotten you so far?
I always thought a handicap spot was for physically disabled people who can't move around with ease.
I call people out on this from time to time. Not that it does any good. I ask them what their handicap is. I've had people say it's a relatives car and they're running errands for them. I've asked them to move it so someone who actually needs it, can park there. They don't move.
It's for a person with disabilities and not necessarily physical. To call them out is wrong because you have no idea what the disability is.
Short summary of the study: A very overweight guy stopped eating food for a little over year and lost 276 lbs. He basically just lived on energy from his fat.
So yeah, just keep believing it's impossible to lose weight if it makes your situation easier to accept. But just ask yourself this. Where has playing the victim gotten you so far?
in other words you are so closed minded it isnt worth dealing with you.
This reminds me at something that happens at my work. I work at a large retail store that supplies those electric riding carts for the disabled. 3 out of 4 times, you will see very heavy people on those carts just being too lazy to walk around and shop. It's become a big joke at work how you need to be at least 300 pounds to ride in one of those. Meanwhile, people with real disabilities have to walk because the carts are all being used by overweight people.
HOW do you KNOW th-e overweight person doesn't have a condition you know nothing about??
I believe a culture of rampant obesity is to blame.
If only the man upstairs had made it very clear being fat would earn you a one-way ticket to hell.
Great foresight, god!
Great jugements person! Go to hell for Boeing overweight? How about the statement "do not judge least you be judge!"
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