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there is time, they just want to make excuses (as you have just done) as to why they don't.

the .01% was left for the people who have medical conditions as to why they are overweight.

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and what does any of the excuses you mentioned have to do with eating healthy?

I was talking about exercise. If you know people who live in major metropolitan areas, you would know quite a few of them just don't have time

 

[KIAman]

I think people are not getting the point of the OP, however the way the OP has made his post leads to a lot of misunderstanding.

The OP is addressing MOTIVATION.

He is making a point that humans are inherently lazy and there are all levels of motivation within an individual. Some are blessed with willpower, others not so much.

However, once you get into a rut (like being grossly verweight) people tend to lose motivation to do anything about it. It's worse for those who didn't have a lot in the first place.

His point is don't stress over anything complicated. Do that one thing to get your foot in the door and to realize an accomplishment: walk.

His point of walking isn't to lose weight, it's to have these incremental milestones that allow a person who is in a rut and low motivation to achieve SOMETHING to keep them going. And walking is as easy as it gets.

With an established pattern of walking everday, one feels a series of small victories and they start proving to themselves that losing weight is possible, which gradually leads to higher motivation.

This higher motivation leads to branching out to other beneficial incremental victories like increasing the speed or distance or drinking one less soda during the day or eventually changing to an active lifestyle and working out.

However, none of this would be possible if the small victory of just getting out and walking did not occur.

So to wrap it up, address your motivation. Once you aquire more motivation, it will lead you to tackle even more regarding your path to weightloss.

But the way he wrote the OP, leads people to believe he is address weight loss, which indirectly he is, but in reality he isn't.

 

[smackababy]

I was talking about exercise. If you know people who live in major metropolitan areas, you would know quite a few of them just don't have time

Time for exercise? Everyone has time for exercise. Claiming you don't is complete BS. Unless, you reside in BFE, you are no more than like half an hour away from a gym. And unless you are an indentured servant, you aren't working 18 hours a day every day, forever. You can spend the hour and a half it takes to go to the gym and do a few exercises and go home OR make excuses about why you can't. I get sometimes you get too busy to work out. I've had weeks where I was working 14+ hour days, but I surely wasn't doing that for long. Claiming your life is too busy for the gym though, is just pure laziness. And it doesn't even have to be going to a gym. Take a jog for half an hour.

 

[NoTine42]

The problem with the walking recommendation is you don't loose visible weight

http://health.usnews.com/health-new...want-to-lose-weight-then-run-dont--walk-study

I think walking is still very good for health, and might reduce some internal fat (very good) and increases walking endurance which can help in day-to-day activities, but its a "feel good" exercise instead of a "look good" exercise.

 

[moonbogg]

I think people are not getting the point of the OP, however the way the OP has made his post leads to a lot of misunderstanding.

The OP is addressing MOTIVATION.

He is making a point that humans are inherently lazy and there are all levels of motivation within an individual. Some are blessed with willpower, others not so much.

However, once you get into a rut (like being grossly verweight) people tend to lose motivation to do anything about it. It's worse for those who didn't have a lot in the first place.

His point is don't stress over anything complicated. Do that one thing to get your foot in the door and to realize an accomplishment: walk.

His point of walking isn't to lose weight, it's to have these incremental milestones that allow a person who is in a rut and low motivation to achieve SOMETHING to keep them going. And walking is as easy as it gets.

With an established pattern of walking everday, one feels a series of small victories and they start proving to themselves that losing weight is possible, which gradually leads to higher motivation.

This higher motivation leads to branching out to other beneficial incremental victories like increasing the speed or distance or drinking one less soda during the day or eventually changing to an active lifestyle and working out.

However, none of this would be possible if the small victory of just getting out and walking did not occur.

So to wrap it up, address your motivation. Once you aquire more motivation, it will lead you to tackle even more regarding your path to weightloss.

But the way he wrote the OP, leads people to believe he is address weight loss, which indirectly he is, but in reality he isn't.

You got it. To this day, the greatest challenge I face is putting the running shoes and running shorts on. If I can get that far, the rest comes easy. I started by walking a mile every day, and that established discipline and a routine, and those are the toughest things to do IMO.
However, the act of walking shouldn't be underestimated. Walk briskly for a mile or more and you will feel it big time, especially if any kind of hills are involved at all. (If you are already in shape, then walking is easy for you. This thread is also not for the physically fit)

 

[purbeast0]

I was talking about exercise. If you know people who live in major metropolitan areas, you would know quite a few of them just don't have time

i know plenty of people who live in major metropolitan areas (i live right outside of DC and have friends who live in NYC) and they all have time to exercise.

again, you are just making excuses.

 

[blackdogdeek]

If you have the motivation to try something as simple as walking, shouldn't you have the motivation to make better food choices?

 

[purbeast0]

if living years, possibly decades longer, isn't motivation enough for a fatty to lose some weight and exercise to get healthy, then pretty much all hope is lost.

 

[KIAman]

If you have the motivation to try something as simple as walking, shouldn't you have the motivation to make better food choices?

if living years, possibly decades longer, isn't motivation enough for a fatty to lose some weight and exercise to get healthy, then pretty much all hope is lost.

I totally understand where you guys are coming from. But this situation is close to depression and there isn't an easy "look at it from this perspective" solution. You don't tell a depressed person if they can't look on the bright side, all hope is lost.

Although better food choices seems just as simple as walking , it quickly becomes complicated as you must figure out what is "better" and tons of conflicting info. Where walking is just walking. brainless. Easy.

Just a small step in the right direction could help someone on a path to long term success with weightloss.

 

[moonbogg]

If you have the motivation to try something as simple as walking, shouldn't you have the motivation to make better food choices?

People seem to think that overweight people are stupid and don't know that food plays an important role. They already know that. They also know exercise is important, but they don't address either successfully. Why not?

With all of the complicated workouts and diets being discussed these days, its very easy to get so overwhelmed that you just shut down and give up, because you know you probably won't be doing it right anyway. All of that diet and workout talk coming from that super fit guy you watched on youtube has you discouraged before you ever leave your chair. That's why sometimes its better to keep it simple and just go do it.
If someone has eating habits that are so severe, such as a compulsive eating addiction and they are 300lbs over weight, then they have other things they need to address.
For an average guy like me who stopped moving and got fat, a mile a day did me just fine. After I worked up to running a few miles, I found myself wanting to reduce portion sizes to increase the rate of my weight loss. I wanted less weight because I'd be able to run farther if I weighed less. It happened naturally, but the exercise discipline came first. I've been down many roads to fitness and so far this one has proven the most reliable. No more yo-yoing.

 

[shortylickens]

Why is there is more fatness in the south? Fried food? Worse habits?

Actually, look closer at the map.

the fattest states are also the ones with a higher black population.

Blacks have an obesity problem far worse per capita than any other color. Which helps the argument that health issues are mostly about knowledge or lack of knowledge.

 

[squarecut1]

Actually, look closer at the map.

the fattest states are also the ones with a higher black population.

Blacks have an obesity problem far worse per capita than any other color. Which helps the argument that health issues are mostly about knowledge or lack of knowledge.

Yes you have a valid point there. I was just reading this news article today which touched on the same theme