Most horrifying facts about obesity?

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I’m obese and looking for something to really shock me into losing the weight. I know that it’s unhealthy and it can cause stroke and diabetes, but they all feel like distant far off issues and it just feels like it’s far too much work to lose weight with my mobility issues.

Does anyone know any gruesome, horrifying facts about obesity and the effect that it has on the body? We all know that fat = bad but I don’t think it’s discussed in detail nearly enough. It’s far too easy to just bury my head in the sand and convince myself that I’ve got years and years before it happens to me.

@FlowerArranger ”…maybe a spoonful of yoghurt or a few (how many, 2?3?) grapes” … kill me now 😂

sorry but that sounds a bit pro ana to me

… a spoonful of yoghurt 🤨

I had to look up pro ana, but I can assure you I'm not anorexic, @HowDoYouOwnDisorder ..... I just checked my BMI - not something I do very often - and it's 23.5. I still have a few post-Christmas pounds to lose, but I'm not stressing over it.

You laugh at my spoonful of yoghurt and a few grapes. However, this is after dinner. At that point I'm not actually hungry. I'm merely craving for something dessert like. A spoonful of yoghurt and/or a few grapes will usually satisfy that craving.

I think part of the problem of overeating is that we sometimes continue eating when we're already full. Or eat when we are actually thirsty.

That nurse was a dumbass. Of course the lungs recover.
Of course once you reach a point where there’s permanent, irreversible damage, then that’s it. But otherwise they do recover. It’s a medically proven fact.

@Tescoland it gave me as an addict, along with many other people in the group an excuse not to stop, which is all you need when you are addicted to something. I knew it wasn't really true and that she had explained it badly, but it gave me a very shaky reason to stop trying, that time.

There are a lot of people out there who will benefit greatly from the idea that obese people are doomed, unless they have surgery or inject themselves with a new wonder drug. Which is why I wondered about the research supporting such a statement, first question to ask about any research is who funded it ?

A couple of years ago, I read something on Reddit or MN about how obese people have sex.

Somebody replied saying that they have a special piece of wood that their partner uses to hold back the fat. Basically the woman lies down and then the man gets on top but puts the wood under the woman's tummy to hoik it up.

A few people replied saying they did the same. One mentioned that they had a special 'sex broom' for that exact purpose.

'Honey, get the sex broom!'

Imagine.

Who holds up the man's fat @YourVagesty ?

Op. I've put on 10kg since giving birth (about 20kg more compared to my pre pregnancy weight) and am now obese. The last couple of kilos have really made a difference. I can't sit for longer than ten minutes because my backside starts hurting. Today I couldn't bend to change my baby. My feet are so stiff that if there was an emergency in the night it would take me about ten minutes before I could run.

I'm reading this thread with lots of interest hoping it will inspire me to lose weight as well.

I'm about 14 stone (at 5'6). I run and thought I have a considerable belly it's tight and not wobbly. But you only have to put on a tiny little bit more before your joints can't take.it anymore (for me it was about 2kg more that did it). As I've said above, I can't sit down for long anymore. How crazy is that? I can run but not for long because I know it will damage my knees (at least it feels like that). Same with jumping.

Another spoonful of yoghurt eater here! Or a square of chocolate. I love food but it's snacking when I'm not hungry that I have to look out for.

I’m a piece of dark chocolate (or 2) kinda girl. The worst thing I eat day to day is that, or a slice of bread (which is my vice). Everything else is usually one ingredient foods and I cook from scratch.

It took a while and an illness to scare me into action. I was fat, but never thought I was since I was very active and didn't have mobility issues at all. But when I was admitted to hospital I got the wake up call I needed, even though I didn't think I did! I had never weighed myself you see, just relied on my clothes fitting as they always did, but they were very forgiving clothes with a lot of "room to improve" ha ha.

Anyway, it took three months initially to start to shift it, and it continued from there. Just ditching the high carbs was the key I feel. I am now 5.6 and 66 kilos (down from 80 kgs) which is ok for my height. I am 65 and very lucky not to have joint problems or anything like that so I can walk for miles when it is isn't bucketing down and windy as hell.

I am on a "maintenance" journey now. I do intermittent fasting 16 hours fasting (mostly overnight) and 8 hours eating window, but stick to "good" things. It has become routine for me and I don't even think about it anymore. Stopped the snacking at night, you just get out of the habit and develop new ones. I break out when going out for dinner or on holidays, it is not boot camp, but it has worked really well for me.

I really worry about my DH he’s obese and is on two lots of medication for high blood pressure and three lots for type 2 diabetes and he’s only 50.

You're right to worry, but at the end of the day he is an adult who has to live with the consequences of his choices.

Does he have his eyes checked regularly? Kidney function tests?

I hope he took out life assurance while he was still healthy. Sorry to sound morbid, but his lifespan is likely to be considerably shortened.

Not seen in mentioned here yet, but sleep apnea!
If you are on the large side and are tired a lot, then get a sleep study done.
You might end up having to use a CPAP machine to get decent sleep. That is not nice, and limits your life a lot.

www.bbc.co.uk/food/articles/van_tulleken

Here’s the article that everybody should look at and watch the documentary.

The problems are a bit deep rooted. People are so time poor that they don’t have time to cook. Out in the morning, kids to breakfast club, commute, work,commute,pick up the kids from after school club and when they open the door at 6/7 pm last thing they want to do is stand in the kitchen and cook. Easier just to slip something ready made in the oven or microvawe (processed food).

Shit happens in life,people are less resilient so they reach for food for comfort.

All this „be kind” crap and toxic positivity have the influence in life. First doesn’t allow for healthy discussion and second doesn’t allow to be honest (ouch,yes it hurts sometimes). Imagine obese/overweight frind asking you „do you think I’m fat?”. What would you say?

People forgot how/have never been taught how to cook. Ready made meal.

Snacking. Where/when this hellish idea appeared that we need to graze all the time?

Crap food being pushed at every angle,combined with comfy time on the sofa (just eat/netflix evening anyone?)- easily done.

6 apples currently in the supermarket at £1.5.Pack of biscuits 1/3 of that.How is that fair?
Several times I’ve been to the shop when secondary school kids come on their lunch break to buy food.Most of them buy fizzy drink and crisps/donuts and the other crap. Hardly any go for sandwich-seems like healtheir option but I still question the quality of bread available in the shops.

Pounds,kilograms,stones pile up.

Education is the key.The facts are there for those who want to know but the rest is doomed.Fundamental change is needed throughout whole society regarding consumptions and the effects not only on body but also environment and problems associated with it like resources and littering.

Oh and all for low carbing. It cuts out all processed foods and allows for systematic weight loss.
First week or 2 are very difficult if you’re addicted to sugar, Strong willpower is required but the effort is so worth it.

Good luck to anybody willing to change their life and health for better 💐 go for it,you can do it 💪💪💪

Over half the energy from food eaten in the UK is believed to come from ultra-processed products. There are concerns these foods lead people to eat more and put on weight. One in four adults in the UK is estimated to be obese, as well as one in five children aged ten to eleven.

Scary stuff.

Not having the time to cook is often used as an excuse, but I think eat healthily ought to be a priority. I brought up three children and I nearly always cooked from scratch. Prepped the previous evening or just cooked something simple like fish or pasta and vegetables. Whenever possible I cooked enough for two meals and froze half. Lots of stir fries.