Obese people.

[2strokebloke]

Originally posted by boingo82

One need not be homeless to be in poverty. I guess I should have said "lower class", as in those who are eligible for welfare. There seems to be more obesity in the 15,000-30,000 income bracket than in the 80,000-100,000 bracket.

But don't you think this just might have something to do with being lazy? (or for that matter, that the 80,000-100,000 bracket is filled with people who are more likely to pay for use of gyms and fitness programs?)

[Prelewd]

I don't know if the poverty and obesity level thing necessarily relate to eachother other than both are caused by excessive laziness. Get off your ass and earn some money/Get off your ass and work out.

Same damn thing.

Being broke makes me frustrated though, and frustration leads to comfort food. I think this is best handled on a case by case basis as there are several possible reasons as to why people are fat and broke.

[boingo82]

Originally posted by Prelewd
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Being broke makes me frustrated though, and frustration leads to comfort food....

Sure, we all do that from time to time...however, there's a difference between people who'll eat a few chips and those who'll eat the whole goddamn bag.

I agree though, I don't think there's one single cause of obesity but rather it's a combination of many factors.

Just a note, Steel mentioned that he CANNOT gain weight no matter what. I know people like this and so do you. So why do we all find it far-fetched when someone CANNOT lose weight?
Of course, I think it's because far too many people use this excuse.

[christianrider]

Don't know of any parents that used to lock up the TV when I was a kid but ours used to mysteriously 'break down' right around the end of school and then, just as mysteriously 'get fixed' right before school started again. Learned later that my dad was pulling one of the tubes out of it so it wouldn't work.

[2strokebloke]

Now I don't know about Steel in particular, but I too could put myself in the same position if I wanted too. Gaining weight is hard for me to do, but not impossible. Although I do eat junkfood all time, I still have practically no body fat (about 7%) and if I accepted some things, such as riding my bike or walking places as facts of life (and I don't consider either as exercise - it's just what I do to get around), I could very well say that it'd be impossible for me to gain weight - just as if I were overweight, and I accepted eating a large meal, then watching TV, then going to bed directly after as facts of life, I very well may have a hard time losing weight.
It's just that everytime somebody who is overweight says that they can't lose weight - and then they try - they do lose weight.
Like my Friends father, everybody in his family is at least a little chubby, and both of his parents were grossly overweight. His Father had a heart attack and then had bypass surgery and had to lose weight. He thought that he couldn't do it, after all everybody in the family was at least a little fat - so maybe they couldn't lose fat? Well he actually tried, and he's no longer a human blimp (though chubby, but at least he's a respectable human being now)
So somebody who actually cannot lose weight, is probably a very very rare person.

[Steel]

Originally posted by Prelewd
I always hear about hotties out in the eastern US.. that true?

Mine's a Boston Babe, born and raised If i can find a good pic. . .

Also, i guess i can't say it would be "impossible" for me to gain weight. If i did absolutley nothing except for eat and not move, maybe, but my body's running so fast that even routine actitivies burn a lot of calories. I kinda hope it never ends though. I like my body, and so does my g/f.