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Its so easy that theres a billion obese people in the world!
It's often easier to become obese though. Which is why there's like 7 billion people who are not obese
I mean, you can’t really count the billions that have trouble getting enough to eat, either.
There is like 2.3 billion who are food insecure, with 828 million of them going hungry.
https://www.who.int/news/item/06-07-2022-un-report--global-hunger-numbers-rose-to-as-many-as-828-million-in-2021
Ironically and unfortunately, there may even be some overlap between the obese and those who are food insecure.
There's hunger and nutrition. I believe that there are many foods that will satiate hunger without providing adequate nutrition.
Not to dismiss the struggles of those who literally don't have enough food, though. I would rather be missing some nutrients than have nothing at all.
Why'd you have weight to lose in the first place if it's not that hard to lose or keep off? What's "tons" mean? 100 pounds or more?
I don’t think it’s very nice to mock someone for gaining weight because you disagree with them saying it’s easy to lose weight.
I gained a lot of weight because I was depressed and suicidal. Cooking is one thing I enjoy, and eating is something I enjoy even more. Because of my mental health difficulties I was stuffing my face, and I gained what I consider to be an unacceptable amount of weight.
I was able to lose all of that rather quickly by just not eating carbohydrates and sugars. There are many names for this, keto, Atkins, low-carb.
It was not my intention to mock, just to push back on what I see as ignorance. "I did it, so everybody can do it" is a pretty ignorant attitude in my eyes. It also comes off as: being fat is a choice for everybody. And that always comes with: it's ok to bully people into weight loss.
I'm sorry you felt uncomfortable with your body at a time when you were already having mental health difficulties and giving yourself comfort in trying times. That sounds rough.
You're right. The equation to lose weight is not hard. Eat less, move more. That's simple, but it's not fucking easy.
Exactly it’s simple like quitting smoking is just don’t smoke anymore. For some people that’s enough but with obesity rates this high and having the relationships they do with plenty of other sociological phenomena we need to stop acting like it’s a moral failure and instead look to find ways that it may have been made harder and ways to make it easier.
100%. Ban fast food advertising and make all junk food have plain packaging warning labels.
You are right in the sense that it is easy to lose weight by altering your diet. But not everyone has the opportunity to change their diet. Perhaps it is because they cannot afford to eat a higher quality of food.
Easy in what way? It's not easy if your body craves food as a substitute for happiness, or sleep, or calm thoughts. Stress is a major factor in weight gain and it's a primal instinct, so it's hard to fight. Especially because if you're overwhelmed by lack of sleep, worry over finances, and have no time, it's hard to shop for and prepare healthful food all the time. And there may not be time for physical exercise either. "It's easy" is a hurtful thing to say when another choice would be, "let me take on some of your burden so you can take care of your health."
That's why the vast majority of people who lose weight either fail or end up regaining the weight in less then a couple years.
Seriously, you have a better chance of quitting heroin than losing significant weight and keeping it off.