Re: Thanx for the negative rep (and over a half year late)
The "carrot" was a general statement regarding a healthy food choice as apposed to an unhealthy one.
First off,
you negative repped me yesterday. So bitch all you want about me resurrecting this thread. You brought it on.
Secondly, you have now made
two incorrect statements on food choices -- let alone tried to relate food choices to weight gain. I can respect thebear's point, but not yours.
Third, I wish you knew me in person. Because even nutritionists are dumbfounded with me. I am part of a long, but ignored and
significant segment of the population that gains weight just eating healthy and in moderation -- including carrots to use your exact example -- cause me to gain weight. Yes, and not so with some types of cookies.
In reality ...
A) I have to eat less than 1,000 calories/day, in no more than 200 calorie meals (so at least 5)
B) I have to avoid carrots, tomatos and various other vegetables, which have sugars, they are worse than fried foods for weight gain
C) I actually have to eat select, "very fatty" foods -- for breakfast -- kick start my body with certain enzymes and acids
D) I have to exercise regularly, ideally several times a day
E) My stomach causes continuous heartburt as a result, unavoidable and not fully treatable.
The reason?
I was a very thin and fit athlete early in my life, while I took little intake. My body was used to a limited diet with heavy exercise. It was "programmed" to horde calories while expending extensive energy. While it would allow me to survive longer in a desert, it is not pleasant.
And now consider these complexities
- My thyroid is a mess and my metabolism won't stabilize, it totally fucked up my hormones
- Doctors consider drugs, but most of them are newer and unproven
- My blood sugar level is under 50 regularly, which means my low carb diet to avoid weight gain causes me to become light-headed and nearly pass out regularly as it's way too low
Throughout the 20th century many studied show that fat kids were not fat as adults over 2/3rds of the time. Some thought this was psychological, but more and more we're finding it's because of health at the terminal adolescent ages of 12-21. And, ironically, it's based on the balance in a child's life.
Those like myself, who were fit as fuck, struggle with a metabolism that can never return to its adolescent state. And it's a fucked up body to have. And I'm not a small portion of the populous that has this issue.
Yes, Mandy is overweight and likely to have serious issues in the future. I think she's has a sweet little topping atop, but pear/spoon shaped women are normally not my style at all. Again, and I will quote from my original post ...
"You really should not correlate food choices with weight. The two rarely have a linear relationship. I know pop-culture suggests otherwise, but this is reality. The only guaranteed way to lose weight is to not eat. Of course, all sorts of health issues can result from that. This is why diets fail for most people, because it's not always about food choices -- or at least what people assume are food choices.
I didn't mind your response until that final statement there. It was one made with great ignorance and the assumption that food choices, namely by taste, have a lot to do with weight gain. I.e., I could make someone very fat and unhealthy with not only and allegedly "unsavory tasting" foods quite easily, but with allegedy "healthy" foods. I honestly wish this pop-culture assumption would die."
Again, I took
no issue with your statement until you reached that last one.
It is made on ignorance and assumption. I deal with assholes like yourself daily -- either towards myself or my wife. People have weight for different reasons, and the "common denominator" is
not caloric intake or food choices.
It varies between people.
I didn't believe it until I became a victim of my own fitness myself. The only way for me to keep my weight off is to walk/run 10 miles/day while taking in less than 1,000 calories/day. Why? It's what my body got used to. I am "overweight" by being 200lbs., but it's a far cry from the weight my body used to be at, "eating healthy." It took almost a decade to figure it out. And I am someone who has been cited in several studies by the AMA, with over 1 million other people.