The Most Obese City In America | Asmongold Reacts

[@leecm]

The guy who authored the book deserves respect. He lost his siblings and instead of just being sad he decided to try to make a difference in their honor.

[@MarianaPires-yz1nx]

It's okay to just be sad too. Losing a close one is hard stuff so deal with

[@r.8902]

@@MarianaPires-yz1nx im sure he was sad and it was his sadness that drove him to write the book. positivity usually comes out of negative situations

[@michaelmoran2125]

Ya his strength is that he turned this into something positive.

[@evilparadigm]

​@@r.8902Exactly! Getting cancer made me a better person in the end. I don't recommend it though... XD.

[@buckbardyt]

/salute

[@jjtalas]

As a Mexican living in Mexico, the "finish your whole plate" culture is because most people are poor around here and usually the mother is the one who cooks for the family and she wants the kids to finish the plate. That culture is not made for Tex-Mex huge amounts of food. I have family there and most of them are obese, it's sad.

[@AbdulBido]

I'm from a more african culture.. But i wonder if they ever told you that food leftovers will chase you to hell on judgement day.. Cause I never forget this crap.

[@jjtalas]

@@AbdulBido Thankfully not 😅

[@chrisj2024]

Yeah, parents will give their kids the food they need cause when you are poor and starving, you want the kids to eat. Unfortunately, that has translated to eating plates and plates of high calorie, high fat foods.

[@erikahera]

it's comom on Brazil too.

[@phil1500]

Its the general american problem. Pretty much every culture has a low cost carb that is central to our diets because it always had to be as the most cost effective option. We italians have pasta, my puerto rican wife has rice and beans... now we can afford to have a virtually endless supply of rice and flour. I'm only gate kept on how much pasta I can make by how many eggs I can afford. Portion control hasn't become a staple of cultures as they start to have the ability to afford more, its a hard adjustment. Then you factor in dopamine and addiction cycles and you get stuck. Not to mention the real issue in that obesity is such a far reach to any actual problems it causes. Tell a city of obese people they need to lose weight and you'll struggle to get past the part where they don't care about their weight. The impact on society as a whole isn't exactly obvious

[@tako_ro]

"You're mentally fat" is the funniest call out i've ever heard in a twitch stream. What a wild video this is.

[@HomicidalTh0r]

As someone that's mentally skinny, this makes sense to me. I'm active, I'm not lazy, but I am getting a dad bod (fat). But, if I feel like I should run, I run. If i get winded, I push through it. If I'm hungry but don't have food available, I don't sweat it. My condition is totally in my control. I'm really very depressed and don't see the point in anything though. So i land somewhere in the middle lol

[@Darthsmith10]

I mean it's true. If you stay relatively in shape but you got urges to eat something unhealthy, irreasonable amounts of something or even more than it's enough, then you are mentally fat. And you can either fight it and stay in shape or stray on the path to become fat physically

[@mancuniangamecat8288]

@tako_ro I'm mentally thin but physically fat.

[@Scriptures_K]

@@HomicidalTh0r Hard to be purposeless after flipping open the Bible, despite how much those who haven't read it despise it. Pick one up sometime, read the first five books.

[@NikkoKnight703]

Lmao

[@ThurymmIronhelm]

If someone calls a 'soda' as a 'sodie'... then it's already too late.

[@user-rk3xk3sd2w]

Um spent my entire highschool years there. Not one person ever said sodie. They all said soda. 2013

[@Sam-pr9rr]

Nobody even says soda in Canada, just pop

[@survivorofthecurse717]

Maybe it was just me, but I remember hearing people calling it "sodie pop" back in the late 20th century Might have been the cartoons I watched, but hasn't that been a thing in a different way?

[@HerculesLoyd]

@@Sam-pr9rrMidwest United States its pop also, soda everywhere else.

[@mattsmith4589]

😭😭😂💀😂😂😭😂

[@Skulfekr]

As a grave keeper, this place is a nightmare. Last time I had to bury someone that big, it took 14 of us just to carry the casket to the grave. Normally, it takes 6. I hope I never have another oversized burial.

[@anbelroj]

Same thing in nursing, we have to lift these people everyday with lifts attached to our ceilings, just so they dont collapse on themselves and rot on the bed. Its a pain in the ass, no matter how careful you're trying to be you end up breaking your back somehow, even with the help of the lift and sling.

[@maladyofdeath]

I work in a hospital and when bariatric patients die, most don't fit inside the morgue, so they store them inside a cooler. They empty the cooler contents and put them inside.

[@Garret007]

damn, thanks for sharing :o

[@Devious_Reviews]

@@maladyofdeath Same applies to cruise ships. They all have morgues. If too many people fill up the usual freezer (10 bodies on the largest ships) then they resort to the food freezers. This means taking out mostly desserts and having an impromptu party on deck. Next time anyone here thinks it's a perk of the trip, well... kind of yes and no. That ice cream was brought out because some corpse took its place. Bon appétit.

[@mht5875]

I realize coffins are expensive, I cannot imagine the cost of a supersize coffin

[@ItsameBS]

Was in line at Disney this weekend. I looked around and I say 98% of the people in line with me were fat. Adults, kids, everyone. It motivated me to lose weight as your house tour motivated me to clean my house.

[@Scotteo6]

Amusement parks are wild. Obese people using scooters everywhere.

[@RhinoTTH]

I don't go out much, it's something I'm working on though. As I've been going out more it's dawned on me that 2/3 (generous estimation) people I see are considerably overweight or getting there. Only skinny people I really commonly see are younger

[@thomascompton4418]

@@RhinoTTH if I remember right over 40% of the USA is considered obese or heavier. Keep in mind they are going off the medical definition and obesity looks a lot less "fat" than what people are used to as well, so the problem is even worse as our heavier people vastly go past the point of medical obesity.

[@bootif]

That was wild last time I went! No scooters left to rent, but wheelchairs not touched. Fried food on every corner, nothing green. 😮

[@Selrisitai]

@@RhinoTTH Take up doing yard work if you have a yard.

[@Osterochse]

this is how the rest of the world imagines all of the USA to be like.

[@KindaPinkDiamond]

talking about that...​@@knux5796

[@exginto8053]

It is not?

[@Froggeh92]

Personally attacked huh lmao​@@knux5796

[@BradyMeek04]

Well the rest of the world isn't as bad as America is in terms of obesity, so honestly if shit like this is happening in America right now, then fuck bro we aren't too far away from how they perceive the US.

[@Stevo.100]

@@knux5796 Literally the statistics show this is true. Over 70% of Americans are overweight and over 40% of that is obesity. So do you really wanna get in a debate over who is re tarded here? Because it ain't looking good for you champ.

[@gasimo6885]

I work as a PT in a nursing home and it's incredible the level that some people can get to. We're talking lay in the bed ALL DAY without even rolling or repositioning. Some will call in the nurse to reach for their whatever it is, because the thing is literally just a little out of arms reach. Some of these folks have like chronic pain or whatever but there's a real condition called Learned Helplessness that many have - I think there's just a ton of people out there that either don't know, don't care or simply don't even think about their health. Many of them just simply CHOOSE what he's talking about there at the end of the vid, death. It's like slow suicide with zero action, just existing until their death. Super sad.

[@frankvonfrauner]

They think it's inevitable. If their leg starts to hurt because of their size, they want the pain treated with a pill or a medical device, they refuse physio or weight loss, because that would involve effort. As for people not reaching for things, that's because they're enabled. Full stop. That's not medical care, that's twisting the knife. Of course they have chronic pain, your body isn't designed to be sedentary, your lymphatic system and your digestion don't work properly if you're not moving.

[@cccmmm1234]

I'll bet the Learned Helplessness typically manifests in other ways too. eg. being on welfare and blaming everyone else for their problems.

[@krognak]

Did some digging, as of 10 days ago, Mark is 388lbs, guy's killing it

[@shogun_e1337]

ya love to see it

[@dewwwd3431]

Let’s fucking go mark!

[@sweetsweetkhajoor]

W

[@muesli_snipes]

Sometimes literally, when he sits on it by accident. But great progress in any case.

[@343Films]

W 🔥🔥

[@axel-xan]

"Slowly puts down that cookie while watching" UPDATE: Wow, I didn't expect to start a discussion about cookies lol. Im from Europe so our cookies are bland by US standards :D, also I'm year in journey of losing weight and so far I've lost 23 kg which for my imperial friends is 50.7 lbs. Still need to shred another 50-70 lbs and I will be good. If anyone is wondering how to do it, it's simple: intermittent fasting which basically means that I only eat during an 8 hour window. 16 fasting - 8 hours of eating window. I don't really measure it super carefully, a lot of times I just eat whenever I want, but because of starting with this method, I feel fuller quickly (probably my stomach got smaller). Oh and one more thing, I stopped drinking sugary soda. That's the real killer.

[@Brindlebrother]

"You gonna finish that cookie bro?"

[@thesorrow4664]

😆

[@maagi1]

Finish your plate son.

[@AussieMatttt]

😂😂😂

[@WimiBussard]

A 'murican cookie contains more sugar than an European one. You are basically putting a two cookies worth of calories cookie down. 😊

[@SKizzleAXE]

Its "The most Stunning and Brave Town" - IGN 😂😂

[@hodon5040]

They're truly fighting the good fight. The food fight.

[@DarkAsDeath]

SIGHHHHHhhhhh….already some people in the comment section blaming genetics lmfao

[@thatmemesguy6437]

Yooooooooo Skizzle has been summomoned

[@funnykids572]

So strong an independent

[@SKizzleAXE]

ayyy love ya dudes 😂😂

[@kristianflaate]

At 9:08 - The biggest problem with this increase in obesity, for morgues and funeral homes, has been the fact that the Crematoriums have been catching fire due to the excess body size (and mass of fats) being combusted in these facilities; not constructed for such a violent combustion . . . just sayin' (Google the evidence ;) ) Much love from Norway

[@cccmmm1234]

Burning a lean body is an endothermic reaction and is relatively easy to control. Burning an obese body is a different matter. Once that fat starts going you basically have a grease fire on your hands. Maybe they should use power stations and get some free electricity?

[@Great.Gospel]

This happened to my youngest sister after she got married. 100% mindset of thinking you're already fat so why bother and it just spirals from there.

[@grozone5581]

it doesn't "happen to you". The flu happens to you, an ear infection happens to you, obesity doesn't happen to you... you arrive at obesity through choices not the other way around.

[@JamilaJibril-e8h]

Marriage is good 💯😂😂😂😂 in my home town if you don't get fat he didn't feed you 😭😂

[@NTJedi]

"after she got married"... lots of women no longer care about the body once they chained a man into marriage. The man is either stuck with her or in most cases the man will lose HALF of everything he owns plus losing custody of the kids.

[@BJ52091]

Me, a feeder: “Joke’s on you, I’m into that”

[@yanniknather8867]

wtf kind of mindset is that? It is like going to the hospital with illness and telling the doc don’t bother i’m already dying.

[@achatz8391]

As a small kid growing up in Greece, I was so used to seing obese adults (especially men), that I unironically believed that it is normal for a grown up (basically everyone my parents' age) to be fat. Because it was literally the norm. I also remember being at a classmate's birthday party in second grade, whose both parents were skinny, and I was genuinely surprised by that.

[@ThinkCreativeIy]

Yeah, its insane how normal it is in many places in the world to have a majority fat population. I'm from Houston Texas, so I can generally find more and more obese people the further I go from the inner city, and when it gets into rural towns in Texas, it really feels like a different kind of world where people just refuse to take care of their weight. I see statistically island nations like Tuvalu tend to be the same and it just makes me sad how we don't have enough support for children especially to control their weight before they grow up and have control over their own lives.

[@MrJramirex]

Funny story. My wife was doing some kind of "Greek Mediterranean" diet until one of her co-workers from Greece said her entire family is fat. She stopped that diet right after.

[@dragonsauce358]

@@ThinkCreativeIy it's poverty.

[@telmobrito519]

Tbf "fat" people in europe are in average a lot healthier than in the US, i mean here we have fat 100 years old and fat people with no diabetes whatsoever.

[@AimbotFreak]

​@@dragonsauce358Poverty doesn't make you fat.

[@Fergus-H-MacLeod]

The last time a journalist went to McAllen to investigate the obesity, he was eaten by a mob Horrible tragedy

[@anomalyraven]

😂

[@ext93]

Blob*

[@pyroboy8590]

To shreds you say….

[@thepax2621]

With or without beeing dunked in syrup / sauce first?🙈

[@graphicsgod]

​@@thepax2621Had to be with that Arby's sauce!

[@darkreaper2528]

The mentality of "Finish everything on the plate" is good, but people should only put necessary amount of food on plate for it to be effective.

[@Shiestey]

I agree. Wasting food is terrible… but also putting so much food on your plate that a doctor would advise against eating all of it is arguably just as terrible

[@TrojanRabbit521]

When the Main dish could feed 3-4 people you don’t need to clean your plate. When my parents were still paying of student debt & mortgage they stretched meals and we needed to clean our plate as only a glass of milk before bed. Once they had $ for bigger meals we then had to manage plate size or 2nds.

[@anyexpat]

In my house it was "Finish your Vegetables" and you can leave the rest.

[@MarkOttilige]

Hi from Germany. To be fair, its real easy to gain weight in the US , because the industry there doesnt give the slightest one. I heard from Tourists who visited Germany, that they ate all the food, drank all the beers and boozes and they actually lost weight, so its not only the individuel to blame. Oh and they had to walk most places.

[@NTJedi]

The food approved within the USA is the same government department which approves drugs within the USA. The pharmaceutical companies sends billions of dollars into the FDA for having their drugs approved. The pharmaceutical companies make more money when people are unhealthy. This means the FDA has financial incentives for keeping people unhealthy because their biggest financial source of money is the pharmaceutical companies. The FDA is not held accountable for any bad decisions such as approving chemicals or ingredients within food which are known for causing cancer. The FDA is not held accountable for the growing obesity within the USA.... this means eating healthy requires consistently researching your food. What might be healthy today might be changed by the food company later resulting with an unhealthy ingredients in the future.

[@SF-eo6xf]

it is though, whole foods exist in the US too

[@lunarul]

for many Americans unhealthy food is the only one they can find or afford. so yeah, there's more than just people's self-control to blame if a town has a billion fast-foods and not a single place to get fresh produce at reasonable prices. but then again there are countries with easy access to healthy food that are right up there in the top of the obesity charts. Mexico has much easier access to healthy food than the US. Cheap healthy food is easily available in Italy and it was second for child obesity rates. So there's more to it than how easy or hard it is to gain weight.

[@yo25999]

The whole "I went to x country and ate all the food but lost weight" story. Is just because they were more active and walked more during that vacation.

[@glasslicker2829]

@@yo25999well yes because most places where people live in the US are often quite far from places they need to go to. Therefore, most people use cars, not walk.

[@kevinberg4623]

even the security guards dont walk

[@michaelzoelisch6738]

America is just a lost cause.

[@ce6ej]

That is so ridiculous…. Like get some steps in dude.. do you REALLY need to ride around on that???? 🤦‍♂️

[@infectious_d]

Good to know if i wanna see Paul Blart irl, I just need to go a few cities / counties away 😅.

[@helloenemy]

@@ce6ejikr. I bet you too that that security guard gets sore from riding that all day lmao

[@ce6ej]

@@helloenemy it’s insane man. I used to think that everybody overblows the whole “Americans are fat and lazy” thing, because most people I know are NOT like that, but the more I travel around the US, the more I realize how TRUE the stereotype is 🤦‍♂️

[@John_1920]

28:08 I'm getting emotional just from him putting on a goddamn seatbelt, cause I can just imagine the joy he's feeling and how proud he is of all his work he's put in, how much it means for him. Man, that right there must feel like the best moment he's had in probably years, it may sound like a small insignificant thing, but it's a huge affirmation of his hard work moving towards a better life.

[@ChaosTyrant]

7:19 Lard is in fact better for your overall health than most plant based frying fats like seed oils.

[@TotalDohnut]

Exactly, and it's delicious. People will look down on Lard all while frying everything in seed oils, slathering junk with Margerine right before washing it all down with a diet Coke lol.

[@betteroywoth2445]

​@@TotalDohnutwhen my dad got that knowledge, we are obliged to use lard now 😂

[@ChaosTyrant]

@NeumanSN You basically want fat with as less linoleic acid as possible. I highly recommend you check out the science on that. Tallow is obviously better than lard, since it has only 0.7% linoleic acid in comparison to 2.5%. But lard is still WAY better than plant fats with up to 50%+. The game plan is about nurturing your body. If you have issues with 'more fattening', restructure your diet. I cook with lard, tallow and olive oil, depending on the dish. cheers

[@ChaosTyrant]

@NeumanSN That is awesome to hear, what fats are you consuming then?

[@ravensblade]

@NeumanSN There is no such thing as healthy food if you eat too much or eat only that. If you have balanced diet you don't need to worry just because some stuff have saturated fats, salts, sugars etc. Personally i think many people focus on less important stuff. It's important to eat healthy, but you don't need to micromanage every single mineral and calorie. People over-focus on single thing like sugar content or other random substance and forget about all else. And excuse their bad eating habits because they switched to diet coke. Second, such diets won't last, you can eat like that forever. If you are fat your problem won't be solved with dieting for week, month or even year. You need to change your eating and lifestyle habits Ps. I like lard but i would not eat it everyday.

[@trashboat7961]

"wanna know what i eat for breakfast? Nothing, cause i don't eat breakfast" You have to wake up before midday to eat breakfast.

[@Alex.Holland]

technically everyone eats breakfast, the first meal of the day breaks your fast.

[@trashboat7961]

@@Alex.Holland big brain take, you got me there mate.

[@chrisgreenwood8188]

Literally dude sleeps until 3 pm 😂

[@FargonNemeloc]

​@@Alex.Hollandbeat me to it xD

[@digiorno1142]

@@Alex.HollandNot really. Breakfast is not just your first meal. It’s your meal directly after waking.

[@Krangbot]

I grew up in McAllen, 30+ years. The mobility scooters are available at the Plaza Mall (our only and biggest mall) but hardly anyone uses them. I'm talking like 0.1% of people in the mall are using them, and no one uses them outside of there unless you are actually crippled. It's not the scooters, that's just for lolz in the video. The real problem is fast food EVERYWHERE, it's harder to find any real food. The only options are fast food or Mexican restaurants (which are also loaded with carbs). There are very very very few healthy eating options and when a new one does pop up, it usually doesn't survive and closes down. Another important note is that hardly anyone walks anywhere because it's 90+ degrees F and super humid for 9 months out of the year so it's hot as fuck all the time and if you walk anywhere you arrive wherever you go sweating buckets and smelling like a construction worker that bathed in ass sweat.

[@DrRosalicious]

Also grew up in McAllen and the surrounding area. Everything you said is on point. I may also add that our medical system is focus on diabetes management as opposed to preventative measures to ensure people don’t get to that point.

[@muhammedelikhragy7322]

i think demand on healthy food is not as much as junk food thats why junk food i widely available and cheaper

[@Sangheliosgarcia]

to add on to what was shared on this thread already, this area also has a lot of people who have not the best income , so they are trying to get affordable food and the easiest thing to get is fast food. I live here currently and just moved out on my own , so I know what it's like. I'm also struglling with my weight cause it's so dang hot outside. I think people should drink more water cause a lot of times when you're actually thirsty you might think eating some food will help when you. I think the health system we have here isn't the best either, because they want to make money they don't actually help the population develop to be healtheir and keep their weight down. It's also part of the culture where the more you eat the more love you feel from your family. They didn't show that there's also a good amount of mexican breakfast buffets down here...

[@Smiff33]

The gym has air conditioning

[@jimmyfrench4722]

So, you’re saying the locals reject healthier food alternatives (when one pops up, it doesn’t last)…so choice. It’s hot…I’ve played soccer tourneys where games started between 0800-1800 over 4 days where it never dropped below 100. Just compensate for the fluid loss & walking around 30 mins outside becomes a good means of weight loss at high temps, then shower after for the smell. So people are rejecting healthy activities…choice. The highlighted guy made the choice to be unhealthy, then made the choice to be healthy…both are journeys, one is an easy downhill ride (like mine…not changing eating habits when I was injured…over 40lbs in less than 3 months), the other is a consistent uphill battle which gets tougher the further down the hill you go on the first.

[@Kirisame312]

Bro that food should have a Souls/Elden Ring theme playing when served, they're just as lethal as a boss from one of those games

[@music79075]

Vordt of the Boreal Valley

[@Seriously_Bro.]

Thats fatphobic. Be better

[@music79075]

@Seriously_Bro. People should be afraid of fatness. It's not an irrational fear. You need to be better and not encourage death.

[@feliox3337]

​@@Seriously_Bro.I almost gave you a like because of the massive laugh that you made me do, seriously bruh 😂 edit: Bruh I apologize for not getting the joke right away, I'm giving you my like. 👍 edit2: I mean, I think theres no way you aren't been ironic I gess.

[@I_SuperHiro_I]

LMFAO……The Rift Guardian Has Arrived…..

[@jokie1236]

22:04 I used to be in the same predicament where I just couldn’t bother to care for my teeth. I felt of no one cared for me, why should I care for myself. Teeth decay was so bad there were holes everywhere. After some good things happening in my life, I started staying on top with my dental hygiene. Still need a few visits with the dentist before everything is fixed, but it’s inspiring to know that despite how bad some teeth may be, there is always possibilities for it to get fixed.

[@unacceptablelobster1678]

I have moved all over the USA for my job and I have noticed that the more walkable a city/town is with multiple things to do other than eat and sit around, the less obese the population. Most places full of obese people are either extremely rural or full of sun bleached stroads with fast food places every other massive parking lot, with nothing to do.

[@grozone5581]

a sizeable portion if not the majority of the "obese" population don't get around much/out of their houses so saying you know what places are more or less obese by visiting them is probably not all that accurate.

[@wefgengneon]

if you think deep enough you can trace nearly every problem on this earth back to capitalism

[@charbladex]

@@wefgengneon If they went for socialism no one would have enough food to eat to (survive) ahem, I mean get fat! Clearly, it's capitalism causing people to have an abundance of happiness and choice that's the problem🤣

[@actually5004]

@@wefgengneon EBT is a socialist wealth redistribution program.

[@Pappagar]

​@@wefgengneon i would argue class division is the better term

[@Wutwutjustme]

That security guy wasn't walking either. This whole thing gives me "Idiocracy" vibes. For those that have not seen it: Idiocracy was released in 2006. One of the best documentaries out there. Definitely worth your time watching!

[@ServeMySoul777]

Might as well be considered a documentary at this point 😂

[@overbyte]

Welcome to Costco. I love you

[@MD99.]

Haven't seen security guards walk at malls for like over a decade lol. They are always on some segway or scooter.

[@thek838]

The security guard has a good reason though, idk how big that area is but I would assume it's decently sized so you expect him to walk through all that all day without getting tired and pains? It's not the same as someone who's only there to shop for an hour or two.

[@Kxadd]

For a security guy it's actually reasonable. Imagine having to walk around through the entire mall, day by day. Every muscle in your legs and every joint will hurt quickly. It's healthier for them if they use a segway. Also, the guy did not look like he had a problme with obesity.

[@DebunkedMommy]

This may be a hot take, but I don't think that 1000 calorie plus fast food meals are making people 400 plus pounds. These people are snack monsters. Either throughout the day or at the end of the day, they are crushing party size bags of chips and tubs of ice cream on the couch after dinner. The amount they are crushing at home would actually embarrass them and that's why they do it under the cover of their private residence.

[@NTJedi]

This is true... and it's the reason why obese people use the drive thru at fast food restaurants. You're less likely to see obese people in restaurants because they are ashamed of how they're unable to control their eating habits. Mainstream news media and Hollywood have also begun promoting obesity as normal and something which should be accepted which only made the problem worse in the USA.

[@JitteryJackanape]

As someone who has lost nearly 30 pounds with portion control and healthier snacks. This is 100% accurate. I haven't even started going to the gym yet. I've lost 26 lbs this year. Cutting snacks and drinking sugar free sodas has literally improved my quality of life immensely. I use an energy drink to help me get my day started. I MIGHT have a coke zero every couple days. 1 maybe 2 cheat meals a week.

[@Reasonably.Unreasonable.311]

I lost 50 pounds and still going from 230, 180 now Only from counting calories and i eat whatever dafuq as long as i stay under my calories to stay in deficit and if i went over i do cardio and weightlift And it works! Im not talking nutrition and health quality of the food but for reducing fat, its great During maintenance later when i hit my target is when i will eat well balanced nutrition meals Cheers

[@Reasonably.Unreasonable.311]

​@@JitteryJackanapea can or two of zero sodas everyday is ok, 0 calories and zero sugar is zero calories and zero sugar drinks No evidence of long term harm from diet and zero sodas on people Unless you drink about 5000 cans per day, thats lethal amount of aspartame 😜

[@TheTexasDice]

Drinks are the biggest culprit. These people drink a gallon of coke every day instead of water and that's when it happens. If you cut sugary drinks out of your life entirely, you immediately notice the difference.

[@joshi4912]

I'll have two number 9s, a number 9 large, a number 6 with extra dip, a number 7, two number 45s, one with cheese, and a large soda

[@tinydancer36]

A DIET soda...it makes a huge difference (sarcasm).

[@wash_out]

It’s even worse because it will fuck with your insulin response more.

[@graphicsgod]

🤣🤣🤣👏👏👏 Love that shit from GTA3!

[@Knight_Kin]

Just reading that makes me shutter in horror.

[@superperior]

San andreas but yee ​@@graphicsgod

[@Pupixario]

Bro, when the mall cop rolled in on his own Scooozer I damn near lost it. 5:15

[@t.wassily8727]

He's standing on a Segway

[@Pupixario]

@@t.wassily8727 I see. Is that like its own brand or version of a Scoozer? We don't have these around here sorry.

[@kozmosis3486]

@@Pupixario Its just another way for lazy people to not walk. Its a ridiculous and stupid contraption and is infamous for making people look stupid.

[@ZeroFire442]

Mexican Paul Blart

[@ce6ej]

Unbelievable that a fricking Mall Cop needs a scooter to get around… 🙄. I would refuse it and say “nah, I’ll walk.” Like how hard is it to walk??

[@KaoruGoyle]

in mexico they enforced big badges with warnings on food package. they say "Trans fat". "Excess of sodium", "excess of sugar". This has helped a lot of people (including me) to choose better products in a easy way. Also they enforced to label fake cheese and all fake food as so. like, if cheese is not 100% made from milk it should say "Cheese substitute" . This has helped a lot of people avoid unnatural, overprocessed foods as well.

[@fourth_thought1150]

that’s great and it should be the standard! A lot of times it’s just companies finding loopholes around stuff like this or gov not caring about it

[@christopherbrooks6355]

So instead of informing ursedl with actual knowledge u expect others to do it for u?

[@fourth_thought1150]

@@christopherbrooks6355 good dog! Protect the big corpos will you!

[@pancito8292]

@@christopherbrooks6355 Maybe his goverment actually cares about obesity and diabetes, unlike the American one.

[@basillah7650]

Just don't eat as much and stop getting delivery or going threw drive thru so you got to move your legs to actually lose more than you gain

[@IBradFrazer]

"You know what I eat for breakfast? Nothing, because I don't eat breakfast." No, Asmon. You don't eat breakfast because you're never awake in the mornings.

[@catbert7]

Breakfast ain't just for mornings! 😠 But it is true that in the limit that sleep goes to 100%, weight goes to zero.

[@MangaGamified]

@@catbert7 in the philippines breakfast it is culturally associated to the time of day, not the ancient technical meaning of breakfast like "its always the meal between waking up and working/something". where no one can eat at night cause there's no electricity so they eat as soon as the sun rises cause they can see *💩* now. Cause here, breakfast is usually a specific and not just any kind of meal. Just look up philippine breakfast and you'll see the same picture over and over.

[@Artur-sw8er]

It's the seed oils, sugar and chemicals thats causing the problem. I eat mostly fatty meat, and it's keeping me slim

[@feelsgoodman9737]

Its surprising sumo wrestling hasn't become a major sport in America, so many potential players.

[@huntermad5668]

All that weight is muscle not fat😂

[@aarholodian]

I know this is a joke, but sumoists have beastly muscles underneath the fat, similar to powerlifters, meanwhile the average american is a barrel of lard and not much else

[@xrovyn]

That would require extreme exercise

[@superstd]

errr sumo is full of muscle underneath that fat , meanwhile america probably full of cheetos xD

[@WALTAH2000]

Sumo wrestlers are not that muscular just to address all of the replies above me. The vast majority of their weight is fat.

[@funkyfish1026]

As someone who has been through a lot and seen a lot more. Theres a truth some people have a hard time understanding that is well known in rehab. "Nothing is going to change until you hit rock bottom". Nothing is going to change until you do. Other people helping and all that stuff can and in most cases does help. But it starts from wanting to help yourself. Asmon nailed it when he said people need to hold themselves accountable.

[@Qwinnlan]

I did not expect the former 600 pound lifer to break out into the splits 😭 honest respect. 🙌

[@TonySchiavone6]

i played hockey sometimes a goalie, and took various martial arts, could never do a split. I was in the 140 range then. Still can't do it at 163 and 43 years old.

[@DyingBreed1776]

Hey guy @28:20, I think your name is Mark. I just wanted to say I hope you are still getting it brother! You're motivating many! KEEP FIGHTING!

[@superperior]

I hope so too ✌

[@camgeiger]

Stares at my 4 Oreos and contemplates if what I'm about to do is a bad idea.

[@londonspade5896]

dew it

[@tianachidester1566]

Don't do it 😂

[@philkim8297]

It's just 4 oreos. But yeah, i got to start eating healthier.

[@tianachidester1566]

@@philkim8297 I tried and I got the migraine from hell good luck though... try exercising

[@viktorepifanov7138]

4 Oreos lol, these people eat 4 rows a day, you'll be fine

[@Steponlyone]

What I realized is that a chocolate croissant in the US has 450 cals. In France 250… portions are twice as large for everything generally. Also compared US pastries with the rest of the world: corn syrup and twice the sugar everywhere. That’s insane

[@memitim171]

I just don't get who eats syrup for breakfast...just thinking about it makes me feel slightly ill.

[@NTJedi]

Originally the larger portions was beneficial for the USA because hard working people needed to build muscle and size for daily work or fighting threats. Today the larger portions are extremely unhealthy for two reasons. The first is because most people today do not have daily work which requires lots of strength or fighting threats.... machines/computers/tools have evolved greatly verses 100 years ago. Secondly the FDA should be proactively keeping all food within the USA as healthy... but the FDA is never held accountable thus why there's horribly addictive and fattening food within the USA.

[@Steponlyone]

@@memitim171 it’s just that in the US, corn syrup is used as sweetener (instead of sugar) and they put it everywhere.

[@TizianuMenzukialu]

this is an excuse, or you really believe that hardworking people exist only in usa?@@NTJedi

[@luizmonad777]

they should replace corn syrup with sugar from cane, its still bad, but it would cut the calories in half.

[@rahn45]

It's basically an addiction to sugar and starches. So many people will say they cannot live without having something full of sugar, or their bread/rice/potatoes; and they will have withdrawal symptoms if they don't eat it.

[@TyrianHaze]

@@KiaStout Them putting food in everything isn't a bug, it's a feature.

[@zeosummers3984]

@@KiaStout drinking water is so great because you get to taste the food more. Finishing with a sugary drink, just upset my stomach.

[@ilikeuselessfightsinthecom165]

brainfog, dizziness, sleepiness, bad mood, irration. I hated the withdrawals but it was 100% worth it to get rid of addiction

[@krino45]

i literally JUST stopped drinking tea and coffee with sugar like 4 months ago and lost 10 kilos lol, and it tastes as good too (btw I used to and still drink cola like once every week or more) for most people significant weight loss can just come from stopping drinking sugary drinks

[@dubstepXpower]

You actually adapt. Things naturally taste sweeter when you eat less sugar. Now I eat 93% cocoa chocolate and it tastes nice with a little sweetness whereas if I eat normal chocolate it's so sweet it's sickening and gross.

[@RandomOldPerson]

22:22 Fun fact (kind of). Dental schools will often do free teeth pulling, especially if most or all the teeth have to come out, in these situations. It’s part to provide a service for the indigent but mostly to give the students near graduation hands-on experience. I’ve known a few people who had to do this because of health issues.

[@drakewalker1674]

"addiction isn't a choise but getting rid of it is" i loved it, i haven't been able to explain this to people until now

[@thatdude1435]

Lol addiction is a consequence of several of the same choices in a row. Basic.

[@George-v5c5n]

True but it shouldn't be ruined for the massive percentage of people who can enjoy responsibly just like gambling people getvin over there heads then blame everyone else apart from themselves

[@xxcffff8275]

It is a choice if you're an adult....

[@Lewtable]

@@George-v5c5n I think you can easily make a case of bad faith actors carrying part of the responsibility even if it is up to you to change your habits. Casinos and the like try very, very hard to get people addicted to gambling on purpose. Just saying that it is "your fault for not being responsible or lacking self control" feels very dishonest. Just like how McDonalds and other similar brands advertised themselves to children for decades and use psychology to try and attach their brand to things you love and now unsurprisingly there's a lot of people addicted to their stuff. It's your responsibility to change, but you can definitely pin blame on the brands as well and start a conversation on what actions should be taken against them for the damage they encourage, or at the very 'least if their approach should be legal or not to protect future generations.

[@anniellusion]

Unless born with the addiction cause of the parent, it definitely is a choice lmfao. Insane how people are agreeing with that as if they didn't choose to do the drugs etc in the first place. Just magically appeared in their veins.

[@moonbeam.00.]

There is such a thing as Personal Responsibility. I was raised in a low income Texas family but we were taught portion control and only put what you can eat on your plate. We were also forced to be outside.

[@Because-rt8qs]

You were taught, you were forced. Others obviously weren't.

[@x0gucx]

Honestly the "it's cheap" argument doesn't hold up when you buy multiple items for yourself. If you only bought it cause it was cheap, you'd get one meal then get on with your day.

[@kashh5483]

You were forced.

[@rogerbartlet5720]

Almost every gas station in America also sells a wide variety junk food - along with lottery tickets, tobacco and cannabis products. It's not just fast food restaurants.

[@kathleenking47]

Gas stations used to sell gas, when they did full service Cannibis products?! That could be a reason, we're so fast THC MUNCHIES? Could that partially be our problem? GAS STATIONS only had soda machines..

[@riversrule7]

Gas stations do not sell weed

[@amcadam26]

Yeah, so do gas stations in the UK. But you don't have to buy it.

[@shy404usernotfound]

I literally live in the weed capital of the USA. Humboldt County, California. And I can confidently say that I have no fucking clue what you're talking about. Gas stations in the USA do not sell 'cannabis products'. But sure....OK dude lol 🙄😂

[@Shrednaut.]

". . . Raid: Shadow Legends." Asmon: "I've heard about this game." Absolute gold.

[@ThuleKyy]

I lived one year in the states and gained 50 lbs despite working out more than I ever have in my life. When I came back to Europe, I started working at the McDonald’s and ate there daily. In two months I lost the weight I had gained during my exchange year (without exercising). I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s not only the fast food and accessibility of it in the US but also absence of regulations how the food is being processed.

[@VampiresKitten]

Exactly 💯! Our government/corporations put/allow so much junk in our foods that it is addictive, causes cancers, has barely any nutritional value and just keeps getting more and more expensive. I want to move out of this country so bad. We need so many more regulations. If these greedy corporations can/do serve healthier (and cleaner) options at their facilities in other countries, they can do the same in the United States.. they just choose not to for profit. They say we are the land of the free.. but it's all a lie.. they are just milking us for our money and making us work too much as well as distract/lie to us so we don't notice the hamster wheel & whip. The U.S./American Dream is a lie.

[@MangaGamified]

I think it's the polar opposite of things like chia seeds and maybe keto diet where one of the options are is to trick your stomach if not your system you're full or something, while being low if not very low calorie. Those US food gave you very high calorie while idk why but your body still thinks your hungry.

[@best13999]

Lard itself isn't bad; it's actually better than seed oils. Also, because of the additional nutrients, it also makes you fuller faster. Portioning is everything.

[@thelemur]

please dont eat lard bro

[@joelcastillo5828]

​@@thelemur but lard is the healthiest thing you can cook with.

[@benzo___]

​@@joelcastillo5828it simply isn't, regions with the highest life expectancy: south east asia and the medditerranean none of them use lard, they mainly use olive oil, coconut oil and sesame oil, plant based oils at the end of the day it's always better to diversify the food you eat, strictly using lard and no other source of fat is definitely not good for the probiotics in your body

[@joelcastillo5828]

@@benzo___ What are you saying, them not using lard is the reason those countries have the highest life expectancy? You know who else doesn't use lard? McDonald's, most Americans are still obese. Most people mistakenly assume that vegetable oils are healthy because vegetables are healthy, but these oils are hydrogenated to be stable at room temperature. The body has a hard time processing the structure of these oils which are not possible without human intervention. The human body does however have an easy time processing animal fat which it evolved to do, processing and burning the calories off much easier. While I agree that one should vary their diet, it shouldn't include seed oils. Though no matter what one eats, one should always get enough exercise.

[@yellowblueandgreenlines9484]

​@benzo___ what a terrible statistic to use for that.

[@KGdorah1964]

As a person who is trying to lose weight (I’m 287 and working hard to keep dropping those numbers, but I used to be 299) it’s all about how you choose to live your life. Blaming the corporations isn’t gonna solve anything, it’s not their damn job to babysit you and tell you what is good for you and how you should eat. Be a goddamn adult and put down the cheeseburger with the extra cheese and bacon. Go for a walk, drink some water, just do something other destroying your arteries to the point you can’t feel your damn fingers in the morning.

[@DivineTech]

Keep it up man, keep pushing, don’t get discouraged

[@KGdorah1964]

@@DivineTech I used to always feel sick when I overworked myself, after losing just 10 pounds I stopped feeling like I wanted to sit down and never get back up.

[@DivineTech]

@@KGdorah1964 Hell yeah man, if you keep pushing it you’ll start feeling better and better. It’s really an amazing change. Once you get a wardrobe change that will be a positive feedback loop that will be hard to stop

[@KGdorah1964]

@@DivineTech Yeah plus I work at a fruit packing warehouse so I always get a workout lol.

[@DivineTech]

@@KGdorah1964 that definitely helps! lol

[@bisterkding9249]

14:12 Problem is not about the choice they have, because it's obviously their choice to eat the food, but that the food industry as a whole plays into their addictions. Anecdotally, what was your opinion about gambling? It's still a choice, you know. But it's also an addiction that the casinos knowingly appeal to in order to generate a profit. The same problem exists in this instance, where many of these highly processed foods including those in fast food are chemically engineered to be as addicting as possible. Talk to anybody in the R&D side of the food industry, it goes hard.

[@lembayungjingga5254]

U can cook at home ,, it is healthier and cheaper

[@westisnt]

Hahaha that mall cop on the scooter with the safety vest. That's SO American.

[@Selrisitai]

It must be a southern thing. You don't see that kind of "fanny-pack" nonsense in the south.

[@bigmatthews666]

@@Selrisitaihelp!

[@muesli_snipes]

That caught my attention as well lmao I hope every mall in the US does this. The fact that he wears an helmet is adorable.

[@corrosivetunafish3560]

So we're going to ignore that even security is in a scooter...

[@dorjjodvobatkhuu6457]

😂😂😂😂

[@abdurrazzaqmumin1574]

Literal Paul Blart mall cop

[@gregbrown8881]

Yeah I thought that was wild because the average person can actually outrun one of those. It's like they're banking on any troublemakers to fit the local weight demographic.

[@agunemon]

​@@gregbrown8881good thing the average resident there is a hundred pounds heavier than the normal average person 😂😂

[@techienate]

They have to be on the move for 8 hours straight... they are the most justified in being in a scooter. Get a job where you walk for 8 hours straight, then mock...

[@nickwoo2]

In japan you can buy just as shitty food as in America but they have to walk to the train station to get around. That little bit of exercise saves lives. Car culture and the laws in America restricting grocery stores from being in walking distance to your house is literately killing us.

[@bullettime1116]

The healthier food is also easier and cheaper to access

[@itz_otto]

there arent laws resticting grocery stores from being in walkable distance? lmao there are plenty of cities where you can walk to grocery stores from your house. it just isnt the norm

[@grozone5581]

what's with everyone wanting to scapegoat the problem, no one is at fault besides the individual. You really think because they have a car and convenience options that thye cant get a treadmill or stationary bike or walk around the block a few times a day etc etc etc. it's not industries fault its your fault and yours alone.

[@pridefall3304]

ehhhh it's kinda true. I lived in Tokyo during covid and lived on a diet of almost exclusively mcdonalds and cocoichibanya (Japanese curry) for about 8-10 months. I was completely sedentary during that time and ubered all my meals. I lost weight. In fact I almost became underweight. It was just genetics and the way my body reacted to extreme stress. I'm not saying those things aren't also true. But there are a lot of factors (moving definitely does help tho)

[@foujiz]

​@itz_otto Look into your urban zoning laws man. Your mixed zoning is non-existent.

[@user-ft2md2gd4s]

Man don’t blame the restaurants or bakeries. You can go there once every couple weeks and be healthy the rest of the time. I would respect more the obese people if they just admitted is their own fault.

[@Day_Chap]

Lard is a much healthier cooking option than vegetable based oils. Their problem is the amount of food they are eating. The combination of carbs, sugars and fats is causing obesity. Three meals from McDonalds isn't that much over 3000 calories a day. These people are eating 6000+ calories a day.

[@Otch.o]

how is lard better than Olive oil for example? oO

[@oger_ROG]

I always use my bacon fat for my eggs, the only thing they lack is exercise and watching their macros 😂

[@janterri3539]

There’s no way how can this be true.

[@erastal]

@@Otch.o with your specific example, lard is not better than olive oil. 1 Spoon of lard will have double the amount of saturated fat than that of olive oil. Fat is fat, its necessary to consume it to live, too much of anything will kill you, this is my surface level knowledge, feel free to research more

[@briandstephmoore4910]

@janterri3539 it’s absolutely true. People all over the globe cook with lard and aren’t 250lbs and over. It’s the excess food and excess sitting on your ass

[@chrisgoddard8892]

It's amazing how even the security guy couldn't be bothered to walk.

[@valekofastora1027]

So shoplifters only have to outrun the scooter up a flight of stairs to get away?

[@BasedBill]

I'll never understand how people get this way. It doesn't just happen overnight.

[@River_of_Revenge]

As someone with a recently acquired dad bod- I can tell you it comes from poor time management. Also no as being lazy

[@Kross415]

Just the 1st breakfast of 3k calories is 500 calories over the daily expenditure of a big male, meaning you would get overweight with just that 1 meal. Thats why and how.

[@Superabound2]

Because (((They)) want them to get this way

[@BasedBill]

@@River_of_Revenge I mean, I can understand the "Dad Bod" living in modern society, but some of these people just literally can't even live a regular life due to how large they are. It seems like such a terrible heading to take. Like, if you get to the point where you can barely move, something is wrong.

[@dazzauk8334]

Yeah there's dad bod then there is this.

[@Feugorusa]

18:29 the way that you talked about your mom is how people perceive me and it’s really disheartening for me. 8 years ago I broke both legs … took me 7 years to lose due to a slow metabolism 137 lbs out of what I gained from not walking for 3 years and 5 months. I am still 220. I eat predominantly vegan the only meats that I eat are turkey and tuna. I don’t even eat eggs. I eat rice, but I don’t eat pasta. I fully cut out all beverages with calories and predominantly drink water… I have a stair stepper, a treadmill and weights that I use every day… and I still can’t lose weight. I’ve been doing this for three years. I count my macros. I count my calories. I look at my I look at the sugars. I look at sugars. I look at all of it. I’m an extreme restrictor and I still can’t lose weight. And all of my restrictions are per a dietitian. My workouts per my personal trainer. I spend all this money and make all this effort and I do t gain or lose weight. I’m just stuck. 😢 so I do want to say that for some of us it’s not through complicit laziness or a lack of willpower. It’s just due to some really poor genetics. My doctor told me that I have one of the slowest metabolism she has seen.

[@DimWit000]

it’s not an over active thyroid they have it’s an over active fork.

[@Craig332]

🤣🤣

[@ceu160193]

Usually you lose weight with over active thyroid, not gain it.

[@Azuciea]

its literally the seed oils thats in all the food they eat.

[@cactusdude123]

@@ceu160193 ig you would have an under active thyroid then if you have issues loosing weight?

[@lcd8180]

under active*. if it was over active they would be losing weight.

[@dronicx7974]

The teeth story hit really hard with me because I was in a very similar situation. Due to autism and adhd, I never cared for my teeth, so they turned extremely yellow. It was in high school when I started caring about getting a gf that I noticed how much I had fucked my live at that point to end up with yellow teeth. Thankfully, I started taking care of them a lot more after the realization, but no amount of brushing or toothpaste fixes yellow teeth from years of bad care. It was only after college that I was able to somewhat fix my teeth because I now had the money for it. It's hard to put into words the state it puts you in once you realize you fucked your life and cant fix it. I do have to say that many of these situations, including my teeth situation, is stemmed from parents that don't give a shit. The parents didn't care their child never brushed their teeth or that their child weighed the same as 3 of his classmates combined, so when these children finally grew up and understood their dire situation, it was already too late. If a child grows up obese, chances are, they won't do anything about it because their parents taught them to not care about it, else the child wouldn't have been ovese to begin with. Similarly, they might also not do anything because at that point of realization, the fix for the issue is seemingly too hard to solve at that point, hence no effort is done to fix the situation

[@Dregomz02]

Still better than me I was neglecting my teeth till I was in late 20s I had too many holes and some starting to hurt my head so bad that I was smashing my head against wall, then I had to fill 2 of them with root canal procedure, also one had to be extracted and in 20mins I will have another visit with my dentist. It costed me a small fortune to fix 90% of them only a few of them left. Never neglect your teeth kids.

[@RobertMorgan]

Until you can love you, it won't matter how much anyone else does. That was my revelation. After that I lost 130lbs.

[@gregorycrump1317]

I ruined my teeth. Out of laziness, depression, and just general lack of money. Now i have 2 molars left and im 35. I will never afford implants so im gonna be in dentures in the next few years. I cry about it. Thanks for sharing gold.

[@NTJedi]

If you're 35 then you still have lots of time to earn big money. If I was in your shoes I would switch careers into one of the blue collar trades... welding or plumbing since you have money struggles today. Finding a mentor is extremely important for making sure you take the right steps with a new career.

[@yeti2026]

😢😢

[@GTSN38]

This is really old advice, but it's the best. Quit eating sugar, including carbohydrates because they're basically sugar. The reason your teeth rot is because of bacteria in your mouth and that bacteria needs carbohydrates to survive. I've lost most of my molars as well, and the toothaches I went through were legendary. I don't get toothaches since I stopped eating so much sugar.

[@Jimpanect]

@@NTJedi He also can get it done in a lower income country like Mexico or Turkey. I agree with your post, just wanted to add that it might be more affordable than people imagine. Im an American in Brazil and the dentist seems to be like 1/5th the price or so.

[@SevenCostanza]

​​​@@GTSN38 the reason you have carbohydrate digesting bacteriaa in you're mouth is because humans are supposed to eat carbohydrates. Carbohydrates aren't killing you're teeth or making you obese. Pizza hut , McDonald's and coke are. There's a difference

[@Jaded_Jester]

"Get the fuck out of the bakery if you are counting calories" 🤣🤣🤣 OMG I almost choked on my sandwich! lmao

[@edwena-i7k]

Dude Asmon thank you for sharing your experience with dental health and how neglecting it can result in unforgiving consequences (physical and mental in my case), jus hearing your experience has givin me a much needed nudge into continuing down the path of healing from a very similar situation you once found yourself in. Thank you.

[@hatsuhioki9361]

yo he should have came to Serbia, we got a perfect dental tourism here, and it would prolly coast him all max 10k

[@leoh1191]

That author dude is too cool..thanks for having him in the program

[@zilliq-qz5uw]

1:51 the drone view of macallen looks like a desolate wasteland of concrete, not a single tree in the horizon. No wonder nobody wants to walk there

[@spackseries4400]

A desolate wasteland of parking lots you mean. Nobody wants to walk anywhere because there is nowhere to wal to

[@texasslingleadsomtingwong8751]

Its the same civil engineering and outdoor landscaping , lack of nature here in Jefferson County Texas. And no one walks anywhere, it's depressing to look outside. And obesity is rampant.

[@vinc4886]

Bro ate the food, rented the scooter, all of that. That's some real ass journalism

[@bsdpowa]

My friend visited the US recently and he said that the portions are really big and food tastes really sweet in general. The US have much lower standard for food than the EU and lots of ingredients that are banned here are perfectly legal in America. It's not just calorie count that is higher in the US, it's that toxic chemicals damage your hormones so you can't process food normally. UK and Germany also have a lot of fat people, right there with the US.

[@SaneMillennial]

Yep, I just mentioned the same thing in my comment, but I'm late to the party. We need to ban known bad chemicals which have no place in what we call food.

[@emer07jiffy]

​@SaneMillennial i work in plastic injection and some of the chemicals we clean with are used in food production.... so i see where you come from, i like the larger portion sizes i work 12-15 hours a day and only eat breakfast so i usally get a huge breakfast from burgerking 2 eggnormus breakfast burritos and 2 double crosannwichs... i feel its excessive but i only eat once a day and im very active at work. I dont really get breaks anymore lol

[@bsdpowa]

@@emer07jiffy I'm not judging, your country your rules, I just think it's sad that a society would accept this as something completely normal

[@GengoSenmon]

CICO has been proven scientifically to be less significant than endocrinology. While it is a significant factor, what you said about hormones is more accurate. The food has chemicals and ingredients that mess with hormones like ghrelin, testosterone, estrogen, etc. causing extreme weight gain in some and cancer in others.

[@Selrisitai]

I don't see how the EU, which is pretty bloody fat too, acts so confused about America's obesity.

[@ejjackson2573]

Absolutely the best statement I've heard "nobody else is at fault......." we could apply this across the board in the US, the lack of personal responsibility is disgusting.

[@chrishayes5755]

plenty of people are at fault outside of the individual 1) government including the FDA 2) food companies 3) food lobbyists 4) farmers 5) consumers as a group 6) corrupt sellout scientists cooking studies 7) the list goes on

[@l0ll0able]

Yeah, but it's bullshit. These companies know how to make stuff addictive and making you believe, you're in control, is part of their strategy. Makes you let your guard down. It's up to you, no question, but it's not necessarily your fault.

[@DerNesor]

Imagine you have given up so much you never walk again.... Holy shit

[@atrixtussand2369]

After i researched back in 2012 what Mc Donalds putting in their burgers (the amount of chemicals and flavor enhancers) i did not touch their burgers ever since. I do occasionally get a chocolate Shake from them but that's it. I am not touching that meat. P.S. I am not vegan i do eat meat on regular basis just not the fast food meat.

[@Chittysushi]

13:43 He’s absolutely right, this man eats almost exclusively fast food and he’s a damn twig for crying out loud. Portion control, exercise and willpower to avoid random food cravings is key. Some tricks I would use when you get those “cravings” is make your mouth tired out by chewing bubblegum or eating sunflower seeds because of the low impact and the amount of effort it takes to eat them.

[@TyrianHaze]

A simpler trick to stop the cravings to is to switch to a keto/carnivore diet, and keep carbs to a minimum.

[@madbruv]

​@@whatev2453a single meal is 3.50 eur for a cheeseburger meal, and 6.50 for the fancy burgers in hesburger, Latvia

[@kralexprofill4571]

Damn you can eat 4k calories a day if you want to but you gotta do something on return ffs. Go do heavy workouts every second day and you'll be mostly fine. But that takes self-control and the same control needed will prevent you from eating like this in the first place so it's an endless loop of losing control for those people

[@bankaihampter2802]

Yeah but You need to buy the sunflower, and eat the seads one by one. Buying a big bag of sunflower seads won't help, on the contrary, they have a lot of calories if eaten in bulk

[@ShenobiYT]

"Addiction isn't a choice." "Yeah, but getting rid of it is." Damn.

[@swedishpagan2150]

It sounds smart but it's really not.

[@ShenobiYT]

@@swedishpagan2150 How come is it not smart?

[@jerppazz4525]

Its true which is enough.

[@BzT1012]

the choice only becomes available once the pain to remain the same is greater then the pain of change.

[@GreatRaijin]

​​@ShenobiYT if you had an addiction, you'd know how tough it is to muster the strength to break out of it. Most people make the choice to stop once they have no other choice left

[@CinobiteReacts]

24:53 Not surprised it's $26 when they add stuff like "low order fee", "bag fee", "delivery fee", "service charge" and "tip". The food probably only cost the guy $3.29

[@sked11]

the single thing that saved me from becoming overweight is not finishing the food on my plate. Eat till youre full then stop

[@zaftra]

waste food?

[@herbalyzoltan409]

​@@zaftraPerhabs have smaller portions

[@derekrequiem4359]

I always finish my plate but I'm still skinny af.......

[@zaftra]

@@herbalyzoltan409 I was commenting on the op

[@ivofixzone6410]

8:12 Because high fructose corn syrup (and who knows what else) is used everywhere and people got addicted.

[@PaladinLeeroy42069]

It's in the food. It confuses our body's natural mechanisms for telling us when we are full and when we should be hungry again. Food companies have invested an absurd amount of resources into making people chemically dependent on their food-like products. Saying things like "just stop eating so much bro" and "just exercise more" is technically true, but the actual willpower needed to do that *when you're this far gone* is akin to telling a heroine addict to cut cold turkey.

[@rahn45]

Most people haven't realized that not all calories are the same. 1000 calories worth of meat and fat will leave most people satisfied for hours if not the whole day. 1000 calories worth of sugar and starches? They'll be satiated for 30-60 minutes and then the sugar crash happens.

[@giftedmonster5293]

@@rahn45 It's not even meat but protein. Protein takes longer to digest. So omelettes for example with ham will fill you more than six bags of cookies.

[@BlowitAllUp]

It's the people. Companies react to what their customers want. It's lack of discipline and accountability which is a part of a feminized society.

[@TyrianHaze]

Interestingly, the one thing that is demonized by the government/"associations" is saturated fat, which is the one thing that signals to your brain to stop eating after you eat some.

[@TyrianHaze]

@@rahn45 Exactly. They have been tricked into believing in the calories in calories out flawed logic, and they ignore all of the complex chemical processes taking place inside of our bodies. It's a lot harder to "count calories" when someone's hungry all day than when someone is full after eating some meat.

[@Excessive29654]

I 100% agree, it's not the fast food places fault. I was over 300lbs, last summer I finally decided enough is enough and changed my diet dramatically. I'm now down to 255. I now eat out once every 3-4 weeks instead of 1-2 a week, I eat more chicken and eggs and east less pasta. I snack on fruits or unsalted popcorn instead of chips and cookies. I drink water or tea instead of soda, i still have 2-3 cans per week but better than 1L a day. I was the reason I got to 300+lbs, not mcdonalds, not taco bell it was 100% me. I just got blood work done last week and I am very lucky I don't have diabetes. I also don't have high blood pressure. I am super lucky I started my new diet when I did. I definitely need to exercise more but next week I'll be starting a more physical job where I will be walking quite a bit and be lifting heavy stuff so that will help. I'm sick of hearing there is X amount of fast food places THEY are why we are fat. Nah, we are fat because we were the idiots that chose to eat like garbage.

[@litical3719]

Congrats on the weight loss

[@notjouzu4185]

You got this King

[@dobelEXP]

You drove throught eh drive way and swiped your card.

[@christopherbrooks6355]

Quit calling it a diet that implies u get to quit at some point and u don't get to ever. Lifestyle change

[@zilliq-qz5uw]

Good for you 💪

[@hrabathor]

I mean, I would completely agree with the whole "not babysitting" citizens. But in order for the society to work that way, we would have to make sure people are actually educated. Unless we have well educated population, we can not really afford to drop such regulations ... if we want to live in peaceful sociaty, at least ...

[@ApathyC3]

The US could also federally require calorie amounts to be posted on menu’s and on store bought items. That helps in more way then you’d realize

[@FailBucketFilms]

That's already a thing.

[@theoldelfchannel7913]

like eat selfmade food. It's one of the best way to control yourself:)

[@viperassasin7]

I love that security is on a Segway following them instead of walking

[@tjp4342]

BRUH! The security guy wasn't even walking around the mall rofl

[@Vego_NightOwl]

I grew up in McAllen up until 10yrs ago, I can tots agree. Majority of us are Mexican, diabetes is a common disease for us, we got big families, we gotta make a lot of food to feed everyone and in the end, what is the cheapest option? Also let me say it can be 100+ degrees for days and humidity is right there with you so who's going to be walking? Yeah you can write a kids book to eat better but in reality, if your gm makes barbacoa and your tia brings tamales, are you really going to be the only one eating a side salad? The food specials are cheap (they'll have like 2 Large pizzas/drinks for $19.99, 7.99-12.99 all you can eat buffets, big mac wednesday specials, etc.), the food taste great, but people cannot control their intake. Most of the time, people are overworked and when they get out from working a long shift, it's easier to just stop at lil ceasars for $6.99 large pizza for the fam. Also you might be working two jobs with no health insurace and have a family of 5.

[@bankaihampter2802]

There was a time when I was in a bad place, and locked myself in the house, eating only food delivery. I gained some weight, I got overweight, but not obese. Even thought I was eating McDonald's and other fast foods, I was ordering only once per day, not like that guy ordering twice a day. Every few days I fasted a whole day, I didn't eat anything. You can't be ordering multiple times a day, that's really bad

[@basillah7650]

''ordering once a day'' could have ordered enough food to feed a normal family for a week if you just say order and not how much you actually got each time.

[@jOshxddddd]

Forget the seatbelt, that suspension's gonna need an overhaul 😂

[@Leetshifter]

F250 superduty, it's fine.

[@Sainte305]

The problem is excess and no self-control. And just an aside on the EBT cards, you can easily regulate it. All they need to do is approve what can be purchased and as items are scanned and the card comes out it will only pay for what is approved. It would be stupid simple to fix the abuse and obesity problem, at least among the food stamps purchases. They already have a list of things not approved and if you try to pay with food stamps it won't go through, just expand that list of items. The real issue is no one actually wants to stop it and fix it.

[@klcg.6078]

I live around the area, the biggest problem here is that THERE IS NOTHING TO DO. AND ITS ALWAYS SO HOT OUTSIDE NOBODY WANTS TO BE OUT THERE UNLESS YOU HAVE TO. AND WE LIVE IN A CHEAP AREA OUR GAS IS AROUND 3$ AND EVERYTHING IS CHEAP SO WE DONT GET GOOD BUSINESSES. Its sad here, when people come here to the valley we ask them “why?”

[@akselmani]

There is nothing wrong with the mentality of finishing everything on the dish. Many that are born in low-income families are taught this, and it also reduces food waste significantly. The issue comes when you start putting piles of food on the dish...

[@drawgam2946]

You can have piles of food if its the only dish that day. Also some vegetables really help feeling fuller without eating too much cals.

[@Equal.i]

My family used to give us, as children, full adult servings of food. If we didn't finish it, we had to go to sleep early. One brother worked out all his weight as a teen and one brother is still trying to lose the weight. Healthy habits start young.

[@MrHoneuma]

That is absolutely wrong and is literally something people have be reconditioned to break them of. Eating beyond being full is not something anybody should be doing.

[@TyrianHaze]

@@drawgam2946 Animal fat makes you feel fuller while providing you with actual nutrition.

[@drawgam2946]

@@TyrianHaze If i want nutrition i will eat healthy food.

[@poomonger613]

As someone who lives in the area, he's right. Its a combination of poverty (a majority of people here live below the poverty line), the food (theres a dearth of healthy options and the ones that are here are prohibitively expensive especially for the poor), the culture/lack of education (a very large portion of the population here are immigrants [some legal but most of them illegal] from mexico and other latin american countries where nutrition isnt taught and due to the poverty people were brought up in they would scold a child who didnt finish their plate. I remember getting chastised for not eating everything, something i dont do with my own children now), and, in my opinion, the climate here (6-7 months out of the year its between 95-105+ degrees with 100% humidity and it can be legitimately dangerous to exercise in this weather if not properly prepared and hydrated. We still get people die of heat exhaustion every year. Best way around here to excercise is on or just after dawn or dusk during those months. Gyms are also the obvious choice but remember that due to poverty in the area most people that are in that situation cant afford a monthly gym membership.) However asmon is right, its all about perseverance and self control, something that is lacking in this area. Other thoughts: because the high obesity and diabetic rate here, the market for diabetes and weight loss injections are absolutely huge here especially if they are covered by government assistance and i think there might be a positive change here however slight it may be. Also, im very disappointed the local guy didn't take the host to Taqueria Mary, the guy would've shit his pants and the food and portions they serve there. It's good af butit'lll kill y, lol

[@wamken619]

I agree. I would say it's a combination of culture and self-control. I know that with some Mexican and Filipino households, it can get so bad that the parents/grandparents would bully and guilt-trip their kids who choose not to eat as much or at all. If you don't eat and get fat, to them, it means that you don't love them.

[@cccmmm1234]

Loser choices tend to cluster. ie. a person who makes poor food choices is also more likely to make poor financial choices, poor career choices etc etc.

[@giannicolamatteo8155]

To be fair, a local bakery can't really give an accurate calorie count, the calories can very from batch to batch, so it unfair to expect them to have the calorie count, generally its enough to know that baked goods are heavy af as a rule

[@bigposts6673]

It's absolutely not unfair. If they are unable to standardize their process (which they absolutely can) then they shouldn't be selling. There's no reason why they can't do the math and divide by number of products. Once you have a homogenous mixture (which baking leads to every time) you can just divide. Icing? Or whatever? Divide it into x amount of calorie portions then apply however many to each product. It's not hard, or impossible. Do not believe that a BAKERY can't create a batch of dough and create the same size cookies/doughnuts/pastries then. There's no reason they can't. If they are to be considered professionals then they should be held to an professional standard. Especially if they are producing something for human consumption. Whether the human chooses to look into the value or not is irrelevant, they should be entitled to access to nutrition information.

[@giannicolamatteo8155]

@@bigposts6673 because no matter how good you are, having to calculate how many calories are in each batch will never be precise, standardization happen in larg scale operations, not you local gran style bakery, remember that at the end of the day it up to us to take care of ourselves , if you go into the woods the bushs don't mark what berries are safe to eat, it's up to you to not die of disintary

[@christopherbrooks6355]

Most bread in the u.s. is not bread ita got so much sugar it cake

[@gonzo2495]

"If they are unable to standardize their process" and thats how you kill little mom/pop shops who make their produce by hand and not with a machine. btw. stop making bs up. you sound like a wiseass teenager.

[@cccmmm1234]

The batch to batch variance will be small. 10% is not going to really move the needle. Eating three chocolate buns vs 1 will.

[@WASABIpancakes]

my ears perked up when they said McAllen. i lived there with my family for a couple years during grade school.. it’s crazy to think of how much has changed because i don’t recall seeing a lot of overweight/obese people back then.

[@TyyTheFlyGuy]

Of course its Texas.

[@DarkAsDeath]

Everything’s bigger in Texas 🤠

[@JackedSunBeare]

@@DarkAsDeatham from texas and can confirm EVERYTHING is bigger in texas; for better and ESPECIALLY for worse.

[@Levitiy]

Also, it's virtually Mexico too. Goofy people.

[@strongboy7289]

We had fast food in the 80's and you were hard pressed trying to find an overweight kid let alone an obese one. We ate fast food as a treat not a regular meal and people in general were far more active than they are today. We were out all day riding bikes until the street lights came on not sitting in front of screens.

[@KalidasaOW]

Your groceries were also probably not $300 a week and parents made enough to support you AND the bills AND buy a house. Nowadays, and you can do the math, it is cheaper to actually buy takeout (not doordash and not counting anything delivered. Strictly you picking it up yourself) than it is to routinely buy groceries in 2024. The time you were a kid and the time of todays kids are incomparable.

[@Selrisitai]

@@KalidasaOW I bet you $100 that it's not cheaper to buy fast food, meal for meal, than to cook for yourself. A McDonald's number 1 combo, which is a big mac meal that feeds one, or two small people: $10.19 (about $5.00 per person if feeding two) A giant pot of beans and rice and sausage that feeds 10 people: 2lbs of rice: $1.77 3lbs of sausage: $12 2lbs of red beans: $4 An onion: $1.00 Total Price: $18.77 Price per meal: $1.87 Even if I left out a couple of things, such as the price of salt, butter if you use it in your beans 'n' rice, or other spices, I would need to increase the price of the pot to $50 in order to make it the same price as the McDonald's meal. And no one is getting fat off the value menu, so don't even start with that!

[@Nightstand320]

To be honest i believe smart phones and stuff will be the biggest factor in the fall of humans.

[@TaiwanisMoving]

I agree, but we are lying to ourselves if we think we would have chosen bikes over cell phones and games. Today's kids are no different than we were, they just have more and worse choices.

[@ironhelix306]

​@TaiwanisMoving As part of the generation that grew up before and after the internet. I disagree wholly. I was still very active as a kid and teenager. I played video games starting from NES (before the internet) all the way to PC gaming as teenager. I spent ALOT of time gaming but I still went out and played outside, rode my bike. Played touch football and basketball with friends, etc. I only got fat after i started working in IT in my 20s and I stopped moving around (my fast food intake also increased for a few years). After 15 years I've pulled myself out of a potential nose dive healthwise. I move more, a lot more but nothing triathlon like, min just simple walking 2x a day for 15 minutes each, 20 minute jog in the morning 3-5x a week (5 min warm up walk, 10 min jog, 5 min cooldown walk) and I utilize the desktop sit stand at work and alternate, so im not sitting 8hrs a day. I feel better and lost weight.

[@pauljmorton]

I've also had huge teeth brushing problems my whole life. I might go months or even a couple years without brushing, then I do it for a few days, and then another round. I've always been aware of all the health risks and complications it causes but somehow that has never had the effect it should've had. I've taken a huge risk and it's a bit of a miracle in my mind that I still have all my teeth. However, now I'm going on on my by-far longest streak of brushing my teeth. I haven't missed a day in over a year. I do it twice every day, sometiems thrice if the situation calls for it. I feel incomplete if I'm about to skip. There have been multiple times where I've been, "I can't be arsed this time", but the sense of incompleteness has always won and I've still done it. What got me started on this streak was realizing how bad my breath stank every morning.

[@de-fume]

You go, man. Keep on that streak.

[@Jakensik]

do "Brushing with Manual Toothbrush - Bass Technique"

[@supermaniv1]

Just a reminder that's mostly in Texas, I'm Mexican and we do eat everything but We don't use lard. We instead cooked with olive oil

[@SirGriefALot]

There's nothing wrong with high calorie food, but you need less of it to fuel your body. If you want to eat a 1'200 calorie meal don't eat lunch and you can have a dinnertime feast. But people want to constantly eat all day long so they never burn off any stored fat when they're piling in snacks and drinks with 3 huge meals a day.

[@Craig332]

fr, snacking is a killer

[@PhthaloGreenskin]

If you are in a 500 calorie deficit. You can eat all day and still lose fat.

[@giftedmonster5293]

I mean, imagine how much you'd need to work out to burn off a single McDonalds meal. In ten or so minutes you need to pound that food, it'll take you at least six hours if not more to burn it off. And since it's so filled with crap, it won't even fuel you for it.

[@TyrianHaze]

It's not that they want to eat all day long. It's that they are consuming a high carb diet, which leads to blood glucose dropping constantly, thereby leading to them feeling hungry all day.

[@kralexprofill4571]

That's kind of what I do sometimes as well. A 2k calorie mcdonald's meal is completely fine but not like two times daily

[@astrea555]

Kinda mad that these people feel no shame for scooting around while looking like this

[@Nylon_riot]

As a disabled person, these people really tick me off. I would do anything to be mobile again, to be productive, to be able to hike. And they choose to be this way.

[@DG-kr8pt]

you can be healthy at any size, doctors agree

[@digiorno1142]

@@DG-kr8ptThat’s just straight up not true and no doctor has ever said that. No adult human being over 300 lbs is healthy. Period. Even if they’re like 8 feet tall. Being that tall by itself is unhealthy.

[@sinafey7030]

@@DG-kr8pt thats bullshit xD my doctors 1st and foremost told me to lose weight to solve my spine pain problems xD but i live in EU, wer slightly less fvcked up than murica..atleast for now...and just slightly less

[@jrpgnation6375]

​@digiorno1142 That's not how that work. 😂

[@khatdubell]

"regulating that is too much work" Its not, actually. Every single thing scanned is categorized. Its extremely easy to block certain purchases.

[@theoldelfchannel7913]

It's easy to count everyday calories cause it's all written on products)

[@gregm.stanley8221]

Yeah but if a person wants to live on little debbie's you cant govern that. It's a choice and sugary shit is still food

[@khatdubell]

@@gregm.stanley8221 yeah, not saying we should, just that it’s actually not hard to do.

[@zilliq-qz5uw]

Agreed, regulating it is probably not difficult, when I was working in France my company would give me an equivalent of food stamps as a benefit, and the usage was very regulated. I couldn't buy everything in the menu and the store was very strict about it. I don't know how it was done though

[@blad10]

Imagine how pissed they would be if the government took away there ability to buy junk food with EBT

[@ignassmirinenka1030]

I am from small EU country. I once was in US for short work trip. I remember it was really bizarre to me that there were almost no sidewalks to the shop(If I remember correctly it was Walmart) and that in the shop there were no selection for single person or it seem like that for me. Like the smallest portions of things would be like for 3-4 days(Probably because everything was just family size).

[@ryanbeatbox]

There's sidewalks everywhere, where in the fuck did you go. I'm calling cap here, there's so many sidewalks in that country and every street is at minimum 3-4 lanes. Also, no selections for a single person in Wal-mart? What? lol I'm thinking you went to Sam's Club or something which is a Wal-mart company but with bulk-items of what you normally get at grocery stores.

[@basillah7650]

@@ryanbeatbox If that were true people would not depend on cars so much lol.

[@LabelsAreMeaningless]

It's not lard or fats in general which make people fat. It's the starches, sugars, chemicals and processed junk. Cut out most of those and they'd drop a ton of weight. Hell even if they skip the fries and bun, the burger would be fine. Bakeries are death unless you treat everything in them like a rare treat. Regardless, the government shouldn't be forcing anything on anyone. The change needs to be society and culture based. If people apply enough pressure and companies see a chance for profiting off healthier foods, they'll start selling them more than the junk. It's a matter of incentives, not gov big brother which removes our choices. Not to mention the government guidelines on health are terribly unhealthy. Why do you think so many are unhealthy even those who 'follow the guidelines'. Don't trust anything to the government. Never get the stomach surgery. After that you are consistently malnourished due to the inability to absorb nutrients and most of those people still end up fat in the end, again because their metabolism is destroyed completely.

[@TheTundraTerror]

Yeah, I was going to say the same. As someone who's lost almost 100lbs, it's not the lard.

[@TyrianHaze]

The government shouldn't be forcing anything on anyone, but they sure as fuck shouldn't be lying to people either by telling them to pig out on carbs instead of meat.

[@trashukun3787]

I'm glad this comment is here, it shows things are changing a bit and that's great. A lot of people will be healthier if they're not scared of animal fats and animal protein, and know that carbs + seed oils are the issue for most people. I was one of the people that had to get super sick to find this stuff out. Lost so much weight and got so much healthier with this info. I personally do keto/carnivore but idc what people do anyone else does, just want people to be healthier and have all the facts.

[@xeroprotagonist]

Nah, before the modern era many people ate bread for every meal and had limited amounts of meat, and obesity was extremely rare. People fed on bread-and-water institutional diets in the 19th century that had so little diversity they wound up developing fatal vitamin deficiencies didn't get obese like this. If the problem was carbs then every medieval Japanese peasant who ate 95% of their calories in rice would have been 600 pounds. IMO there's some kind of environmental contaminant that's causing people to put on weight, it's some undiscovered pollutant in the same kind of category as asbestos or leaded gasoline. The epidemiology doesn't really make sense with any other explanation.

[@TyrianHaze]

@@xeroprotagonist Before the modern era those people eating large amounts of carbs were working their assess off and didn't have their liver turning those carbs into fat due to a lack of activity.

[@PinkVitamin]

I actually started exercising during this video, got me scared lmao! No more McDonalds guys!

[@smilaise]

I don't eat McDonald's anymore because I can't afford it

[@rapidretrovenue563]

9:36 her precious "uhhhh.." LMAO she's like "This ain't good for business, but... He's not wrong.."