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Stuart G

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32. I know a whole lot about this subject, AND THERE IS A LIE A STATEMENT IN OP

Mon Jul 3, 2017, 08:27 PM

Jul 2017

...........,"it is impossible to lose weight.....(and keep it off)

No..I did not keep it off for a few months. weeks or a few years. I lost 58 pounds and kept it off for 35 years..and still have that weight off............

How? I changed my attitude toward food as much as possible. In addition, I read everything I could about this subject, attended some meetings of overeating groups, ate differently, tried to eat different foods, eat slower, tried to exercise as much as possible, and so on and on and on and on. It is possible to lose weight and keep it off, but it is very difficult. I still fight it but I threw the scale away in 1982....only get on one at a doctors office...

Weighing close to 220 would have killed me. The weight loss allowed me to live through 7 surgeries of major diseases since 1990 and recover completely. This afternoon, about 3 hours ago, I went for a walk in forest near where I live and walked about a mile and a quarter non stop.

It is possible to lose weight and keep it off, but it is very difficult and requires a change in thought about food and exercise and what we do with time and our lives. I know a lot of people who lost large amounts of weight and kept it off....just like me..so.......get this.....
................. .the sentence..."it is impossible to lose weight"..IS A LIE

......ONE OF THE WORST LIES I HAVE EVER SEEN AT DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUD..EVER......
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also, I will not argue about this...there is nothing to argue..I am proof that statement is a lie. I might add, fat shamming is awful, like the OP says..Fat-Shamming is wrong...I agree completely....and it hurts..and destroys...Nevertheless....it is possible to lose weight and keep it off...not withstanding a couple of research reports ..because I am living proof...., and I know more living proof........

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Why Fat-Shaming Is Wrong. [View all] athena Jul 2017 OP

Just one minor quibble NRaleighLiberal Jul 2017 #1

Seconded, on both counts True Dough Jul 2017 #5

You didn't bother to read the links I posted, did you? athena Jul 2017 #7

I gave them a cursory read True Dough Jul 2017 #15

95% of diets fail within five years. athena Jul 2017 #17

Conventional and fad "diets" are part of the problem True Dough Jul 2017 #20

That study was halted because it showed no reduction in mortality. athena Jul 2017 #22

You're so driven to be right that you're making an enemy out of someone who isn't one True Dough Jul 2017 #27

And just because I believe long-term weight loss is achievable for many individuals True Dough Jul 2017 #29

Agreed. Snackshack Jul 2017 #31

Thank you for this. johnp3907 Jul 2017 #2

Questionable research Loki Liesmith Jul 2017 #3

I'm sorry MFM008 Jul 2017 #4

No one should be shamed into having surgery to change their weight. athena Jul 2017 #6

No one shamed me MFM008 Jul 2017 #8

OK. athena Jul 2017 #12

Thank you MFM008 Jul 2017 #23

I have dengenerative bones... LakeArenal Jul 2017 #9

My weight loss MFM008 Jul 2017 #10

Fat shaming is wrong TBA Jul 2017 #11

We all know that if significantly less calories are consumed, weight will be lost. Doodley Jul 2017 #13

And I Disagree ProfessorGAC Jul 2017 #14

It sounds good in theory NobodyHere Jul 2017 #16

Is smoker shaming wrong? Is ignorance shaming wrong? Binkie The Clown Jul 2017 #18

You should read the links in my OP. athena Jul 2017 #19

Oh Hombre74 Jul 2017 #21

For years and years I tried to quit smoking. They told me it was not a choice it was an addiction. Binkie The Clown Jul 2017 #26

If being overweight were remotely as dangerous as smoking, athena Jul 2017 #36

You will find the papers that tell you what you want to hear. That's what I did as a smoker. n/t Binkie The Clown Jul 2017 #43

I gained 40 pounds in 15 years. no_hypocrisy Jul 2017 #24

"The reality, however, is that it is impossible to lose weight, and that being fat is not unhealthy" Towlie Jul 2017 #25

That's not my previous thread. athena Jul 2017 #30

Sorry, I corrected the error. But you know what else is funny? Towlie Jul 2017 #33

I have not read a single link yet, but intend to Not Ruth Jul 2017 #28

I know a whole lot about this subject, AND THERE IS A LIE A STATEMENT IN OP Stuart G Jul 2017 #32

Good job, Stuart! Towlie Jul 2017 #35

3% - 5% of people are able to keep the weight off. athena Jul 2017 #41

No...it does not take "superhuman effort" to lose weight.. Stuart G Jul 2017 #44

I lost 85 pounds almost ten years ago and have not regained them. cyclonefence Jul 2017 #34

Good for you, but as you say, you didn't actually diet. athena Jul 2017 #38

Diets don't work cyclonefence Jul 2017 #42

Jesus Blue_Warrior Jul 2017 #37

Hygiene shaming ... Is that okay? NurseJackie Jul 2017 #39

Chris Christie uses "unhealthy habits" to justify sending marijuana users to prison. Warren DeMontague Jul 2017 #40

Fat shaming is wrong because it's ineffective TexasBushwhacker Jul 2017 #45