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Blue_true

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44. So you know what it is like.

Mon Mar 11, 2019, 04:22 PM

Mar 2019

I developed an affinity for salads early on, around 11 or 12. I was regularly ridiculed for liking "rabbit food". It was so hard to find a salad bar, until I went to college, there I found salad bars that were good and discovered that a sandwich could be something other that white bread, greasy meat, cheap cheddar cheese and lots of mayo.

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My 600 lb. Life [View all] Blueplanet Mar 2019 OP

There are a lot of things that can cause weight gain. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2019 #1

There's a show called My 600lb life lunatica Mar 2019 #16

welcome to 21st Century America PupCamo Mar 2019 #31

I don't get your comment lunatica Mar 2019 #39

I took the commment as a remark on the sad state of television "entertainment" in 21st catbyte Mar 2019 #59

that's what I meant PupCamo Mar 2019 #69

Thanks. Welcome to DU lunatica Mar 2019 #72

of course, yes MFM008 Mar 2019 #2

I agree. Blueplanet Mar 2019 #6

Believe me MFM008 Mar 2019 #78

Actually, ... it is Empty Calories that is the addiction. Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2019 #28

I do watch this show from time to time... Shell_Seas Mar 2019 #3

What I always think is this: ginnyinWI Mar 2019 #51

Watch the show a couple of times - Ms. Toad Mar 2019 #57

I have watched it a few times. True Blue American Mar 2019 #64

There's always an enabler. milestogo Mar 2019 #67

I think years of eating it can. These folks didn't get to Raven Mar 2019 #4

I can't watch it malaise Mar 2019 #5

Do a quick tour of the South Malaise. You're see how people get that heavy. Blue_true Mar 2019 #22

Got that right!!! get the red out Mar 2019 #37

So you know what it is like. Blue_true Mar 2019 #44

YES get the red out Mar 2019 #60

Yep. nt Blue_true Mar 2019 #74

Let me tell you something you don't know malaise Mar 2019 #61

One poster mentioned people eating 5+ Whopper or Big Mac type burgers and then Blue_true Mar 2019 #75

It's frightening hearing about all these kids with Type 2 diabetes malaise Mar 2019 #76

With kids. Blue_true Mar 2019 #79

That's the truth re the stresses malaise Mar 2019 #80

71.6% of all Americans are overweight; 39.8% obese janterry Mar 2019 #7

I've seen some episodes on YouTube. Many of the subjects are sexual abuse victims. 50 Shades Of Blue Mar 2019 #8

They all have enablers too. Initech Mar 2019 #12

650+ pound anything sitting naked in a bedroom playing video games all day Blue_true Mar 2019 #24

Agreed! Initech Mar 2019 #33

They must have enablers Sanity Claws Mar 2019 #29

The enablers are usually obese, also. kskiska Mar 2019 #48

Fast food and processed food is actually engineered to be addictive. fierywoman Mar 2019 #9

Yes. Blueplanet Mar 2019 #14

Here's one link. But there are many many articles and books, too. fierywoman Mar 2019 #20

Thanks for the link fierywoman Blueplanet Mar 2019 #82

Yep. nt Blue_true Mar 2019 #25

I watch every episode. Croney Mar 2019 #10

Weighing 700-800 pounds Blueplanet Mar 2019 #15

That's what I've seen, too, but DeminPennswoods Mar 2019 #26

I remember seeing one of the patients during the first season, Christine, I think. She lost so much catbyte Mar 2019 #63

Amazing! Yes, skin removal is important to their well-being. Croney Mar 2019 #65

Mostprocessed foods are engineered to make addictive, with sugars, simple carbs, etc. TheBlackAdder Mar 2019 #11

And the keto hangover! robbob Mar 2019 #18

Do you workout? Blue_true Mar 2019 #36

My exercise regimen is mostly dedicated to stretching/strengthening back and legs... robbob Mar 2019 #70

Sounds like you are doing the right things. Blue_true Mar 2019 #73

You are mistaken about foods being stricty forbidden - Ms. Toad Mar 2019 #58

Yes you're right robbob Mar 2019 #68

For a while - yes. Ms. Toad Mar 2019 #81

You're lucky you don't get keto something else below the belt. Blue_true Mar 2019 #35

Thank you! get the red out Mar 2019 #40

I watch it ocassionally, but it's so sad fleur-de-lisa Mar 2019 #13

It's the type of food, and how much of it they are eating. Aristus Mar 2019 #17

Some of the people manage to do well, but many of them seem to think the surgery Vinca Mar 2019 #19

Discrimination Runningdawg Mar 2019 #21

That's a great point, Dawg. I hadn't thought of that. fleur-de-lisa Mar 2019 #23

Treating anorexics is not easy hack89 Mar 2019 #30

I only know the show in passing Runningdawg Mar 2019 #34

They are sent to a therapist get the red out Mar 2019 #41

For how long? Before or after? Runningdawg Mar 2019 #43

They usually end up at a clinic in Houston kskiska Mar 2019 #49

And there's your discrimination factor. Maru Kitteh Mar 2019 #83

Surgery isn't done on anorexics to help them eat more. Mariana Mar 2019 #86

Never said the surgery is "shaming" them. The trope about "willpower" is. Maru Kitteh Mar 2019 #88

I'm obese phylny Mar 2019 #66

I have always struggled with weight. Contrave finally worked but was $117/mo. Then I talked to Maru Kitteh Mar 2019 #84

Your caring, thoughtful post made me smile phylny Mar 2019 #85

Like programs about hoarders and little people, I find it voyeuristic. Sneederbunk Mar 2019 #27

Same - I don't watch shows that make money off others misery or make light of their situations. Runningdawg Mar 2019 #42

Yes I have watched this show. Really is eye opener. FloridaBlues Mar 2019 #32

The one thing I have noticed is how many more chubby to obese children there are these days. smirkymonkey Mar 2019 #38

When I grew up in the 50s kskiska Mar 2019 #50

Don't let sugar off the hook here. GumboYaYa Mar 2019 #45

It is hard for the enabler - hard to say no. Maybe foods need to be Doodley Mar 2019 #46

How, exactly, would that be done? nt. Mariana Mar 2019 #53

Just needs imagination. Doodley Mar 2019 #62

Whose imagination? Mariana Mar 2019 #87

The enablers. Doodley Mar 2019 #89

An odd business model. Codeine Mar 2019 #54

10,000 calories per day will do that NickB79 Mar 2019 #47

Any calorie-dense food Codeine Mar 2019 #52

Calories consumed calories expended. Ms. Toad Mar 2019 #55

When you consume 30,000 empty calories a day and don't move, it adds up catbyte Mar 2019 #56

I've watched it several times Raine Mar 2019 #71

I have seen it. Different Drummer Mar 2019 #77

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