When people become aware that they are overweight, why don't they do something about it?

Question

Obesity among adults AND chidren in America is now a pandemic. Why don't people do something about it? Why do they blame everyone but themselves? Why do so many take so little care of their bodies? Its just so sad.

Answer 1

lol, gain 20 pounds and then try to lose it shrimpy, then you can answer your own question

Answer 2

I feel some are naturally fat. It is all a matter of control. Being aware does not put the best foot forward as it is up to the next step to move ahead. I am convinced both the mind and body function cohesively and a short circuit creates a loss of control. Eating in excess is a compulsive obsession and if one were to simply "visualize" tiny little fat bugs entering their body that grow into massive populations at places you do not want them then a better control might take place.

Answer 3

When people become judgmental and obligatory, rude and incendiary why don't they just shut up?


"Next time you have a thought, let it pass." Ron White

I have been both in my life, heavy and thin and I was no happier but a lot less healthy at my thinnest which was 5 10 and 129lbs Know why? Because of people like you who judge everything that isn't just like you and devalue and belittle it because it isn't Hitlers golden mean type of standard of perfection. I believe that people like you are doing more harm to children than a little extra weight could EVER do.

No one ever talks about the rehabs and the hospitals that are FULL of 8 to 18 year old girls KILLING themselves to stay so thin you can see their entire skeletal system.

You are a part of the problem... Know that and keep it to yourself okay?

Answer 4

I used to weigh 310. You have to understand that when someone becomes obese there are a lot more factors involved than they just eat too much. Some people choose alcohol, drugs, many choose food. There are complicated emotional issues that are involved. I went to therapy once a week for a year to figure out why I over ate and I still struggle. (I now weigh 150).

Answer 5

Obviously you've never gained any weight nor spoken to anyone who is overweight. The majority of overweight people I know are trying to lose it. There are all kinds of hormonal/metabolic changes that come with weight gain making it a downward spiral. The more you weigh, the easier it is to gain weight, and the harder to lose it. The more you weigh, the harder it is to exercise. I eat much less food than my husband who weighs less than me. I work out 3x a week for over an hour.
Don't ASSume you know what's in someone's mind.

Answer 6

losing weight isn't so simple. for me. i was anorexic for all of 7th grade, i gained weight. but now, i have lost weight... now that i eat a lot... people's bodies are very different... diet and exercise cannot help people. i gain weight when i do that stuff, i haven't cheated on a diet. i just stop it after i can't take it b/c i'm hungry.

so i say, you gain weight and you try to lose it all.

Answer 7

Many Americans have a much bigger problem with the state of their minds than their bodies. Fat doesn't make you believe crazy things.

Answer 8

you are right its lack of a strong will, they just feel that they dont need to loose coz it will be a long time by the time they loose all that burger's fats.

Answer 9

its not that easy...i blame myself for my weight gain...cant blame anyone but myself...and i am trying...but its not easy...ppl struggle with it from day to day.

Answer 10

When people is ugly. why don't people do something about it?