re: Coming back into the US and noticing all the fats walking around

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You forgot he washed it down with the Big Gulp of Diet Coke, or chose the unsweet tea and loaded it up with the artificial sweetener packets

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I feel like most of this thread has talked about eating unhealthy food/being lazy, but THIS is the main problem with the fatties.

A very small portion of them probably drink >12oz water in a day. A lot of overweight people would see a big difference in their health if they'd simply drink more water and less soft drinks. I'm not saying you can eat fast food 3x/day & you'll be healthy if you drink water, but I think majority of America's overweight problem has to do with what they're drinking vs what they're eating.

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The difference is that those people walk everywhere they go.

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Those people live in the US too you know? Just like many Americans they have largely stationary lifestyles these days but still eat lots of rice everyday. They’re fatter compared to the people living in their home countries but they’re still not nearly as fat as compared to the rest of the country here.

The real difference is they’re still not eating as much food overall. I guarantee you their daily calorie intake is still lower. They don’t eat as much junk or processed foods.

Go to many other countries in the world and you’ll see the portion sizes people eat are much smaller compared to the US.

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“Calories in>>>calories out. It’s that simple.”

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Dr. Robert Lustig in his book METABOLICAL says that’s not true. Anyone still believes that seriously needs to read his book.

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You know what doesn’t sell books?

Telling people they’re fat because they’re making poor decisions and lack self-discipline.

It’s the truth, but it ain’t gonna make you a NYT best-seller

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In the macro, it’s not genetics… it’s our diet more than anything imo

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You can eat basically anything you want if you work out hard enough and you stay physically active enough. It’s the fact that people have an iPhone in their hands 24 hours a day 7 days a week being lazy as shite instead of doing something physical

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My mind goes to the idea that our food system loads everyone with high fructose corn syrup.

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Tell me what you know about high fructose corn syrup that isn't MSM pop science?

Just curious. I am always skeptical of the latest bugaboo in diets (that one isn't really new I guess).

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But also is it laziness? Genetics?

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Our bodies have a simple formula not unlike an engine. The most important part of the equation for weight is is you energy balance. Calories in vs calories out.

Exercise helps maintain that balance but what you eat is much more critical. Exercise also helps ramp up you base metabolism, both short term and long term potentially. Essential, your idle speed increases for a period of time after exercise (short term) and with regular exercise it it is the level you drop to after the short term uptick is higher than before you were regularly exercising (long term).

I think all this COVID BS really did a number on a lot of folks and it is worse now than pre COVID. I know it is for fat old man me. You fit baws need to pray for me to get a little incentive.

The fat kids nowadays is sad. I mean there was always one fat kid in a crowd that just came from a long line of fatties but now like 50% of kids are fricking fat. That’s hard to achieve .

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If a person were to eat a salad, absolutely no way to find a salad for $5. That's a salad without any dressing.

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bullshite. Kroger has $5 pre-made salads; caesar, chef's, southwest, and two or three others. All include a packet of dressing. Same with Publix and other grocerie store deli areas. Often have $5 wraps and club sandwiches too. Eating healthy maybe takes slightly more effort, not money but there is a good reason fat and lazy go together.

I know. It really caught my eye when I hired a personal trainer and started a diet. I am skinny but have a gut that puts me in the dad body category. It actually pissed me off that people let themselves get like that

I think a big problem is that everyone wants the most for the cheapest price. If I can get a triple cheeseburger with large fries and a coke at 5 guys, why pay double for salmon and kale salad, when the burger is more filling and tastes better? I think the majority of American people have that mindset.

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If I can get a triple cheeseburger with large fries and a coke at 5 guys,

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bruh that's like $15

I can go to Rouses and get a teriyaki bowl for 6.99