Listen I was just surfing the net and stumbled upon this site...then I was board and started reading some posts....Do you guys realize that over 80% of the United States population is way over weight??!! Almost all you guys on here are "HAPPY" with yourselves...is that what you are tellng yourselves so that you can wake up every morning and not have to do anything about your weight?? I am nothing to talk about I am overweight STILL...I have gone from a 24 to a 10 in eight months though. I did that with will power not surgery not starving myself with good ole will power and you all can do it to. Most of you on here are younger teenagers I am 26 years old. It just gets worse...when I was 18 I was wearing 18's by time I hit 25 I was in a 24. It does not get better!! You have to change yourself now. I am not saying that I am perfect cause I did it because we all know that I am not especially me...especially now. I have become so fixed on my weight that I have turned into or started turning into a belimic aneroxic. But that just goes to show that I have flaws as well. Do you know how much better you feel when you weigh less...how much more motivation in life you have. And don't give me excuses that you have been through this or that...because baby I have been through it all. I was sexually abused for years as a child...then as I grew up I was beaten up a family member every day...then I married a physically, mentally and oh cant forget sexually abusive husband.. After six years I finally just got out of that...four months ago...now I am great, working my way up...I just hope my story or my thoughts may be able to help or motivate someone out there. Please do something about this!!! Before its to late.

McDonalds is so gross and horrible for you ever try eating right, and working out. I am heavy but I am not over weight. My bones I think just weigh more because I think I look good. So it is not just how much you weigh it is about being healthy. Size 7 and 135 pounds but know one knows.

PEOPLE ARE NOT ONLY OBESE BECAUSE THEY OVEREAT OR ARE LAZY!!!

I've read like three straight comments with people making suggests to ALL obese people saying to stop eating for comfort, look into this type of diet, etc. etc. etc. But that is not the only freakin reason that people are obese. That 600 pound woman probably did not get that way just because she ate a lot. Most of the time you don't get to be 600 pounds just because you eat a lot.

I eat at McDonald's every day and eat Big Macs for every meal.

They are good.

Yum, I am fat and grease is tasty.

just to say just a little bit of fat(just anough to be nice and soft) on a girls stomache is very hot and feels good to lay your head on or hold on to.
Any way what you all need to do is ditch the low calorie bullshit or low whatever if you eat whole grains, lean meats, fruits and veggies, some dairy and occasional treats like fast food (I personally think a homemade burger tastes better than Mikaey D's) with reguler exercise you will be healthy.
Now what we see on TV and in the magazines is that amazing ripped abs look. Wanna know how to get abs like that? Well you need to work out and them deprive yourself of water. Before bodybuilders go to competition a very large portion of them look extremely normal but then they drain their bodies of water to get "cut" this is extremly unhealthy.

This is just my opinion and somebody might have already said this because I didn't read all of them, but maybe people are obese because they can't or refuse to do something about it. I don't know what its like to be obese because I am only 15, 5'4" and 110 lbs. I'm not trying to be mean or anything like that. As I said this is just my opinion. I'm guessing it's kind of hard to be obese in the world now, with all of the really skinny people on t.v. out there, and maybe they use food as something to help them through the hard times they have. I have to admit that I am kind of obsessed with my weight and i'm not happy about that. Everybody calls me skinny and I hate that. So, I just hope that people won't depend on food to comfort them. I hope you agree to...but you don't have to.

I'm fat and I love it.

When I die of a heart attack at age 23 I'm going with a fat smile on my face.

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So my dumb question is, why is America the most overweight country in the world? Can't you just buy the low fat stuff stuff? Really some of it tasted better.

EW. Low fat food has like half of the flavor for twice the price. Plus all of the diet or light beverages leave aftertastes.

I think diet food is just a cop out. People don't want to exert the willpower to control what they eat, so they continue to eat cake, cookies, pop, yogurt...they just find some that tastes disgusting and has fewer calories. I think it is much better to eat/drink less of normal food/drink. Just my opinion...take it or leave it.

god i can't understand obesity. i can't understand people complaining about it. i've always been in sports and just the pure joy of running...and yeah i do get out of shape and start to pack on the lbs. and its so hard to get back in shape. but dude people are always like, i'm so fat! maybe i'll have surgery or go on a special diet. you know i once saw this thing on a woman who had lymphedema(is that how you spell it?) and she weighed like 600 lbs. she would cry when people would criticize her or laugh at her or ask questions. it took her like twenty minutes to brush her hair. but she got some surgery (i think gastric bypass) and she started losing weight. another person(this was a documentary) was like 212 lbs. and 5'4" or something and she was a wannabe model. she went out and loved life. then this other 17 year old dude named corey wanted gastric bypass surgery and he was big. but he kept eating crappy food. his mom would try so hard to keep the whole family healthy, but he just kept snacking on s**t. i was glad when his insurance company didn't grant him the gastric bypass surgery thing.
basically what i'm saying is go to a like overeaters anonymous group. start writing in a journal. people tend to really eat their feelings when they're sad because they feel empty. DON'T DO IT!!! just talk to someone. anyone. hell talk to me. my email is:skichick39@hotmail.com peace out homies.

This woman who came to test my Dad's oxygen level. My Dad's had a 4 bypass open heart surgery back in August of 2001, cause 4 of his arteries were clogged. Since then he has had trouble and now it has gotten to where if he walk maybe 50 ft. he's out of breath and if he talks for about 5 mins. he's out of breath. So the doctor's right now are seeing if he needs oxygen.

Anyways, the woman that came to our house also show us a chart with foods that you should eat and foods to avoid and stuff like that. Well my Dad ask her about that fat-free stuff food. My Dad also has diabets and so alot of people said to eat the fat-free and sugar-free stuff. Well the woman said that the fat-free stuff alot of times that it's not actually good for you, neither is the frozen dinners (T.V. dinners).
Alot of times with the fat-free and sugar-free stuff they take out stuff that your body needs.

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So my dumb question is, why is America the most overweight country in the world? Can't you just buy the low fat stuff stuff? Really some of it tasted better.

lol. I know, I actually prefer fat-free fig newtons to normal ones. Mmmm.....so yummy. I could seriously eat almost an entire package of those in one sitting.

And, I agree with faerie, alot of it is lack of day-to-day excersise and also that whole get-thin-quick thing. Plus, portionso ver here are ridiculous! French portions are just as tasty, but literally, around a fourth of the size. And, you're normally full by then anyways, so what is up with restaurants and HUUUGE servings?

In sixth grade I was teased terribly because I was fat. then, i stopped eating. I only ate little, just fruit, bread, nuts.... But mostly nothing. I remember the burning agoniy in my stomach- the weighing, the crying, the excersizing... It was a 2 month nightmare that I will never repeat again.
LISTEN TO MY WARNING- NEVER EVER STOP EATING OR BECOME ANOREXIC/BULIMIC. please don't its terrible and cruel.
I then realised what a fool I had been. Two months of torture and only fifteen pounds down! You can actually lose weight alot faster by simply eating healthiyly, eating when your hungry, drinking when you'er thirsty- AND RESPECTING YOUR BODY! Now I am a good 20 pounds heavier... IN ONE YEAR! And I have hardly grown damnit. JUST PLEASE HEED MY WARNING AND RESPECT YOUR BODY AND SENSE OF SELF!!!

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Exactly: just because you may look as though you are obese, or overweight, you may be totally healthy. I love how stupid some people can get if someone else is a pound or so overweight.

It depends where that extra pound is on the body, and is it on a male or a female?

Exactly: just because you may look as though you are obese, or overweight, you may be totally healthy. I love how stupid some people can get if someone else is a pound or so overweight.

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So my dumb question is, why is America the most overweight country in the world? Can't you just buy the low fat stuff stuff? Really some of it tasted better.

Several Americans DO buy low fat spin-offs of their favorite high-carb/calorie meals. But often that doesn't supply them with the sufficient nutrients that they need from vegetables, fruits, etc.

Another huge problem for Americans is their general lack of daily exercise. Plus, fast food is such a patriotic temptation that, when eaten in large quantities, it outweighs the healthier foods they've eaten.

Much like the typically American "get-rich-quick" fantasy, many think that by constantly fasting and eating low-carb/calorie frozen meals they can "get-thin-quick". But really, that just tends to make them more overweight and unhealthier in the long-run.

I hope I've sufficiently answered your question.

I want to ask a stupid question.

I spent last summer in Arizona and pretty much all of the food has one type with the normal fat content and another low fat counterpart. So we bought the low fat stuff and I gotta to say, I ate A LOT last summer. (My favorite thing about the US is the food...Mmm..) But I didn't gain any weight because everything was basically fat free. I didn't exercise, my metabolism is a little fast but really, I ate a lot. It's amazing that I didn't gain weight.

So my dumb question is, why is America the most overweight country in the world? Can't you just buy the low fat stuff stuff? Really some of it tasted better. (Try the Minute Maid lite lemonade, it actually leaves a lemon meringue pie aftertaste. It's incredible stuff!)

So, you're going onto this site filled with people of different levels of development and different body shapes and telling us we're all fatties? What's up with this?

Hey seriously. I'm a size 0. That's right. In skirts at least. Pant I'm a 3/4, because skirts rise much higher than pants, and I just happen to be female.

I'm very happy that I have some hips. My hips will be most useful when I grow up and have babies. I like them. They aren't that big, but they're big enough.

I have some fat, granted. But everyone needs fat. YES EVERYONE. It is unhealthy to go around without any fat on you.

Ah. People should stop complaining and get off their fat butts to excersize. I would be willing to bet you that half the obese people have excuses not to get out and try to become more healthy. But i guess i shouldn't be talking, I haven't had that problem pose in front of me. I was blessed with a high metabolism and i eat as much as an elephant does, yet I don't gain weight. I love my genes.

Just a wake up you can be over weight and still be healthy I am 5'8" I way 170 my BMI is 28, I should be suffering heart issues but that's because I have alot of muscle packed on my frame and muscle ways alot so while I'm over weight I am not over fat. I'm healthy as a horse despite being "over weight"

I heard that 60 percent are obese or morbidly obese, I dunno about just overweight. People really need to do something about it, its hard, but do it anyway! I you are happy and healthy the weight you are, then thats fine, but if your not just do something about it. I used to hate excercising, but then I started bellydancing and I love it. There are so many different things you can do, I am sure everyone can find something they like. And dieting is just will power. People are saying that life expectancy in America might actually go down for the first time ever because of obesity! And more and more women are having trouble with fertility becasue of it. Its definatly not okay.