Obesity Is A Choice

[@threefeetoffun]

I was 307 on June 6th. Today I broke 200 in a good way. 199.2. Being obese is killing people. Choose to live better.

[@fenianfinn]

bro u prolly increased ur lifespan by 10 years you’re a fucking legend

[@threefeetoffun]

@@fenianfinn Thank you. Year later and still below 200. Also no more blood pressure meds. Turns out not being morbidly obese is good for the ol ticker.

[@Theguyshow-ac]

I've been working on myself for 45 days and it took me realizing it's my fault I'm fat and obese. Keep pushing the truth!

[@bocronfield6478]

Been overweight most of my entire life and I absolutely agree. It wasn't until a couple years ago (28) that I finally got it together and feel freaking better than ever. But through that process I realized how much I really neglected fitness and also held myself back by simply choosing to be inactive and unhealthy. I look back and wish I really took it more seriously earlier on.

[@nicoleanagnostou7719]

Don’t worry about the past. Nothing happens before it’s time. How are you doing now?

[@jasonrios3120]

Hope you are living your best life.

[@billyhw99]

So how much weight have you regained now?

[@emilianogranados8938]

I don’t get why you guys don’t have more subscribers. You have the best health content on KZbin.

[@oscarvsantos]

I think it’s because people don’t want to hear the truth..🥴

[@mateosalazar9624]

@@oscarvsantos period.

[@rickmoranis7556]

because theyre fairly boring to listen to.

[@mateosalazar9624]

@@rickmoranis7556 Yes, and that’s why you’re watching and commenting on their videos.

[@DCD4Ever]

Give them time. These guys are a sleeper channel. They'll reach 200K in a few weeks. If the algorithm works in their favor, they should reach one million by year's end.

[@juanarevalomilo]

Wow! You guys hit it on the nail when you brought up the mental health. I started going to the gym to lose weight and look better, but with time I fell in love with the mental health benefits. Appreciate the content. Keep it up!

[@OffBrandCourier]

Goona hurt some feelings with this one. As someone who recently was obese and currently is much healthier I must agree it is a choice. Choose to be better

[@dogsbollocksgenius9480]

Currently 240 aiming for 190, fuck being a fatty anymore

[@IceColdProfessional]

Obese people would call you a traitor.

[@ejakaegypt]

Went from 209-132 Best decision of my life Now to get rid of this loose skin

[@carterfitzgerald1499]

People will rather live in the undesirable circumstances rather than doing the undesirable work.

[@shaniehenderson460]

@@C-Mack I wholeheartedly agree with you!!!

[@carterfitzgerald1499]

@@C-Mack Haha yeah I definitely didn't steal that from someone 😅

[@beccathering7035]

The cards are STACKED HIGH. I legit joined the military to learn how to be healthy. I have run 3 half marathons, lifted and got down to 11% bf. Coming from a family of obese people, the HARDEST PART is changing your eating habits. Growing up my Mom worked really hard to be our sole provider and we primarily ate fast food/processed foods. My sisters are obese & struggle with it. I try to encourage them to walk, eat MORE veggies & really emphasize how much it helps fight depression. Adding more positive habits vs restriction (no bread, etc.) is useful. I STILL STRUGGLE. Processed food is sooooooooooooo easy to overeat. I am trying to learn consistency vs going as hard as possible. Lord Jesus it is a marathon. Even if you f* up, JUST START AGAIN. If I can try, fail, try again....so can you. Do NOT GIVE UP. Honestly, I've had to incorporate the mental aspects as motivation and increased lifts vs my appearance. I also see a therapist and meditate. Also, for any readers who are avid gym goers..FAT SHAMING OR SHAMING ANYONE AT THE GYM IS SILLY. ENCOURAGE PEOPLE. WE'RE IN THIS TOGETHER, ONE ADDITIONAL VEGGIE CONSUMED AT A TIME 🌈

[@nicoleanagnostou7719]

Even if you F up just start again. Great advice. There’s nothing wrong with starting over even if it’s a million times❤

[@zeke5989]

Could not agree more with you guys. Keep speaking the truth, gents!

[@xavierreyes9287]

GO SF WE OWN THE PACKERS BABY🔴🟡

[@AB-lb4zv]

What powerful message. The mental health aspects definitely need to be pushed more ! Crazy thing is exercise can impact mental activity of endorphins and endocannabinoids . Physical activity can also alleviate depression and anxiety . Exercise promotes neurogenesis . 🔑⭐️🔑⭐️ almost produces this euphoric drug like feeling except instead of harming your self and getting possibly addicted you get fit and healthy !

[@dlloydy5356]

Spot on!

[@nicknelly1]

This was BY FAR one of the best talks about this topic I’ve ever heard 🙌🏽🔥💯

[@IceColdProfessional]

Mind Pump is the greatest thing to happen to the internet since Napster.

[@KetoRitas]

This 100% true i lost 89 lbs last yr it was hard to have a sugar addiction and feel so bad all the time it was also hard to change my habits pick your hard I just ran 1.25 miles in the rain and loved it I love me now ill never betray myself and eat the SAD diet again “blessed and unstoppable”

[@MomoSimone22]

Awesome! Sounds like you're doing so well! Keep up the good work! 🏃‍♀️

[@billyhw99]

How much weight have you regained now?

[@anmol1771]

It's not just obesity but mental/emotional health, career, finances, relationships etc. People don't want to face to problems nowadays. They would rather take the comfortable lies. They would rather ignore/deny the problems. But as Ayn Rand said - "You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality."

[@taylormarie5643]

Oh I’m sorry. Did me having a mental illness that makes me want to kms offend you?? 😀

[@anitra_g_fit5601]

🙌🏾🙌🏾 finally someone said it!!! Adam: “OooooOooh” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Smokeyburr420]

Medical exceptions are understandable, the choice to be fat is not.

[@Lucas_0913]

There aren’t any medical exceptions

[@andrehirata241]

Mind Pump = Legends! ... Keeping it Real Always!

[@jacobanderson9262]

Big problem is the food. Foods are actually made to be addictive, and many people are on psych medication, from side effects of food.

[@esthetics4512]

Absolutely

[@jasonampadu]

Personal responsibility needs to be taken for obesity, however we are oversimplifying it when we say it is a choice. Good watch nonetheless, some great points covered.

[@rickmoranis7556]

obesity is a curse, often put upon you by your parents. The fact that I have lost over 50 lbs multiple times and still gained back the weight.... this is a fucking curse. people treat me worse, you feel worse, you;re more tired more frequently, you're more hungry because you're more tired, you eat emotionally and because you're treated worse you have a regular reason to numb the pain with food. You sleep worse and then you're more tired...eat more. it goes on and on and on. I've hated my life....for basically my whole life. The last 18 years of my life: 235, 315, 270, 300, 270, 220, 300, 260, 240, 270, 240, 260, and currently 230.

[@gbrieannful]

I can relate, I’ve also lost weight and gained several times too. That’s the hardest part is keeping the weight off.

[@relpmat]

To be honest, there is more skinny shaming from fat people nowadays. Just because I have a flat stomach people tell me I am self-obsessed and narcissistic just because I like to gym and eat healthily.

[@racpatrice]

Jealousy and insecurity on their part. It's easier to tear someone else down knowing you should be doing what they are doing rather than take responsibility and put in the effort.

[@omrmajeed]

As a former type-II Obese person, I 100% agree.

[@adamlimbach6756]

Yes, Yes, Yes on the mental health piece.

[@JFLOWZ970]

Probably the best conversation I’ve heard on this subject. Good job as always!

[@ethanwetzel7]

Great message that needs to be carried farther. Lots of empathy and understanding on display here. Real friends would want to actually help not feed delusions

[@MaverickSteffen]

For me, it was the shame of being the fat guy in the gym. It wasn’t until I said, “yeah, enjoy looking at these man tits because soon they’ll be muscle again” that I started exercising, and eating better because I didn’t want to shit on the work I was doing in the gym. You just have to knock over that first domino (the HEAVIEST DOMINO) - for me it was shame - that the rest start coming down and you reach your goals.

[@beckee6282]

You don’t need to go to the gym to lose weight. Calories in, calories out is all you need. Working out just makes the process faster because more muscle means more fat burning

[@zergcolonial]

15:42 is golden

[@philippiansfourseven]

It is absolutely a choice because only YOU can control WHAT you eat, HOW you eat and HOW MUCH you eat…

[@billyhw99]

Does an elephant choose to weigh what an elephant weighs, or a mouse what a mouse weighs?

[@funkspinna]

​@@billyhw99There aren't any Lizzo mice or fat mice influencers serving as poor role models and enabling their poor CHOICES.

[@eastcow]

bloody damn good information

[@Theembodimentchannel]

Helpful, thank you

[@livingminimumwage6359]

Spot on, gents. I see it in my family. Huge portions of bad food and copius amounts of soda. It has very little to do with genetics, it's how you're raised and the choices you make. Another thing that doesn't get talked about is that dirty eating and obesity have become a thing of pride in the US. It's cultural. I'm not a Democrat but I remember being very proud of Michelle Obama for pushing exercise and healthier school lunches for our kids. What was the reaction though? "She's hurting our children! She's anti-freedom, anti-american, etc." It was absurd that this woman who clearly saw the problem and tried to use her influence and position to do something about it was attacked for it. If a Republican ran on the same platform, you'd hear the same crap from people on the Left except with other buzzwords. We're in a bad place.

[@MomoSimone22]

Totally agree with Sal. The mental aspect of training is a massive part of why I keep going back to the gym. Also, the fact that these choices come from somewhere and there are underlying issues that need to be addressed with a therapist.

[@arashghanbari5907]

That was a very detailed holistic view and explanation on the topic. Great stuff guys.

[@shahinkarami6626]

True!! I Could not agree more with you guys

[@wrightwoodwork]

Nobody wakes up overnight obese. Its simply a case of years of letting things go over a period of time.

[@tamaracrawford7422]

This right here!!!!! 🎯 I needed all of this today

[@valentinduran6748]

Thank you so much for your videos! Started the year at 425lbs down to 370lbs so far. Videos are truly very educational. As someone who is obese I do not take any offense to this because it's definitely true. Once I and I alone decided to make a change and take control of my own weight it trickled down to more aspects of my life and makes me feel empowered! Thank you again!

[@billyhw99]

@jyotikumar1898 No you don't.

[@dennisjamesnc]

Let's don't forget that it is also a lack of knowledge of HOW to get it done. There is a whole industry of misinformation designed to sell you something and not designed in any way to help you lose weight and keep it off. I think you guys have some very good knowledge on this subject, but not everyone understands what you understand.

[@MindPumpShow]

Facts

[@benyjets23]

Staying obese may be a choice. But becoming obese is not a choice for two reasons: 1.) Humans cannot choose end results; we choose individual behaviors that may lead to an end result. For example you can't wake up one morning a choose to become a docor and the next same day you are medical doctor. Instead you choose the steps that result in becoming a doctor down the road. First choose your college major and your study habits then choose your med school and finally choose your specialization. and 2.) Obese people seldomly choose to over eat with the GOAL to become obese. Most obese people choose their behaviors for the alleviation of mental ditress (depression, loneliness, anger, anxiety etc.) The choice is not to become obese. So saying obesity is a choice is too simplistic. It's more accurate to say that obesity is a by product of choices made for other reasons, that ends up resulting in obesity.

[@funkspinna]

Becoming obese is a choice - choosing to eat what you shouldn't and not exercising.

[@anyamet777]

​@funkspinna Why are you poor ? Poverty is a choice, too ! Why aren't you a millionaire ?

[@DustbinFunkbndr]

Finally taking accountability and control over myself has changed my life. I’ve found exercise that works for me and leaves me feeling great. I’ve gotten my binging under control and have found a diet I can stick to likely for life. My depression is dramatically improved. I’m a better father and partner. Thank you for your kindness and empathy. You’re changing lives.

[@billyhw99]

So how much weight did you gain back now?

[@jamesmusser9417]

Gotta say... as someone that has lost 60+ lb multiple times in my life, I respectfully disagree that it's a choice for everyone. I know a guy that runs 4-6 miles a day (5+ days a week, consistently), has tried every diet under the sun, and is still 60 lb overweight, consistently. He has done everything within his power to lose weight and he can't do it You could make the argument that he's doing weight loss wrong, but then that kind of conflicts with the point that weight loss is something incredibly simple (that everyone inherently knows how to do) and that it's just difficult to actually do it. I don't think I agree with either of those points

[@ciresemaht1271]

Sounds like he is doing way too much cardio and not doing no where near enough proper resistance training.

[@esthetics4512]

It’s impossible to do all that you’ve stated and say he gained weight instead of lost his definitely doing something wrong in leading towards something food related

[@willsonjo679]

Bullshit.

[@misskay6831]

Weight loss is indeed simple just not easy for most people. It's a numbers game. Eat less than what your body requires to maintain your weight. You are not around anybody else 24 hours a day. People lie and secretly eat. Not one person is a super human. Everybody can starve to death. So everybody can lose weight.

[@genreartwithjb5095]

I DO agree that extreme training methods don’t work. Forget running. Walk 5 miles a day or try to and monitor caloric intake. I used a weight loss app and walked 5 miles a day in preparation for hiking the Adirondacks and that helped me lose the weight over 3-4 months

[@alphacause]

Height and skin color are genetically determined. People who went into concentration camps, regardless of their starting weight, if they stayed in long enough, all came back slimmer if not downright emaciated, while their height and skin color remained the same. Why? Its because weight is NOT governed by genetics to any significant degree the way the apologists for the obese, or those who sell the "you are healthy at any size" nonsense would have you believe. If you still proclaim that obesity is something you can't control, because of your genes, you have been deluded by a modern culture that emphasizes feelings over facts.

[@MomoSimone22]

I thought that people tend to have a weight that their body is predisposed to being. And things like epigenetics can determine that too. I'm not talking about obesity though, I don't think anyone's body is predisposed to be obese.

[@alphacause]

@@MomoSimone22 Correct. There maybe a weight that people are predisposed to be, but is usually within a few pounds of what is medically ideal for them. It's not 50 or 100 lbs over their ideal. Furthermore genetically predisposed is not the same as predestined, which is what most fat acceptance people portray the role of genetics as being, so as to absolve people of responsibility.

[@MomoSimone22]

@@alphacause ah okay! Thanks for the explanation!

[@liyev]

everything they say here should be common sense to everybody, but unfortunately, we are living in a massively misinformed society.

[@Dabshanks]

The thing is that being lazy is a sin God gave us life to live not to just sit down and kill ourselves with food there is so many beautiful things in life to experience

[@nicholasmcgrath1521]

People are gonna be mad probably but I think you guys are spot on!!

[@t.o.5623]

4:00 that message is usually told by and to women in most cases. Only obese women can become models and be a part of the fitness and health industry. While being told it's not their fault and it's ok to be obese. It's the body positivity idea but there's no obese men on fitness pages or magazines. Men are more likely to face the reality being told how obese they are, how it's not healthy and being told the truth. They are right, it sells because women on average spend more money than men so the idea is to please the major buyers by telling them it is ok when it is factually more dangerous to the individual.

[@esthetics4512]

Health and fitness industry +obesity🤣 what an oxymoron

[@MoneyTrees91]

It's hard being disciplined, healthy and consistently working out. Its hard being obese. We make a choice and live with it. We just gotta pick. I've been both and life is much better pursuing better health. We need to encourage. Keep up the great content fellas.

[@Aquil84]

I disagree mainly because what is not taken into account is mass manufacturing and the genetic modification of agriculture. Wheat, corn, soy and dairy all highly genetically modified and the staple of foods in the US and notice I didn't even get to the meat industry. If you don't see a correlation with low fat aka high sugar, and usda and overall chemical destruction of food is not taken into account.

[@marcrose3403]

That’s all truth… nobody should be bullied or celebrated for being overweight

[@kaustix852]

People were so thin in the past because it was easy. Now its the reverse.

[@Grimmlocked]

Obesity is painful not being obese is painful You get to choose your pain

[@dominiqueblagojevic9447]

Not being obese is painful? Please explain

[@Grimmlocked]

@@dominiqueblagojevic9447 the pain you experience when you maintain your discipline is not nonzero

[@dominiqueblagojevic9447]

@@Grimmlocked it's not painful to eat healthy. It's painful maybe if you starve yourself. I think you're exaggerating. It's physically painful to be obese and carry so much weight on you're body

[@RevolutionNTty]

This is soooo accurate!

[@emonnahan]

Exactly. And I know obese people don't want to here it cause 2 yrs ago I wouldn't have wanted to hear it. The only thing that worked for me is paying attention to the foods I was eating and getting more active. And 60# ago it was very very difficult to do it. But you learn as you go. Now to me it's easy cause I learned sooooooo much from people at the gym. Just wish more people would go that route instead of believing in a quick fix. It's heartbreaking really.

[@maryssaann]

I started my fitness journey about 15 pounds overweight (being 5’1” there wasn’t a lot of room to carry extra weight) and stayed fit after beginning that journey through my third pregnancy. I couldn’t hold onto discipline until I realized it was my fault for my weight gain and unhealthy lifestyle. It wasn’t because I had kids and didn’t have time like a lot of mothers use as their primary excuses. I won’t discount the time and energy it takes to be a mother, but you are allowed and SHOULD prioritize your health, no matter how small that first step is. I found the means to do it as a single mother for awhile before I met my husband after a divorce too. There are ways to build new habits no matter your lifestyle.

[@kevinruger8819]

Marriage failure is a choice too

[@maryssaann]

@@kevinruger8819 yeah it is, even when your ex husband didn’t even participate in the marriage at all…we were legally married roommates for 18 months. Dragged him and begged him to go to marriage counseling and it didn’t work. Wasn’t going to stay and put my kids through a loveless home. But sure, act like you know anyone’s situation.

[@cbgbstew4072]

@@kevinruger8819 Jerk

[@Letsgo-gx4dl]

True. I have no discipline!… 🥘 🍱 🍲

[@MingoDiMedici]

I haven’t even watched the clip and I can already hear the soy boys and SJWs having a meltdown. Keep up the good work guys.

[@nicksavage3426]

How is it not 100% a choice? Body fat can’t manifest out of thin air.

[@esthetics4512]

👌exactly

[@kamenge]

Boys are trying to not canceled 😅

[@adityan3208]

Most of the time it's a choice but in some cases people can get addicted to food (like adhd for dopamine) or some food disorder.

[@kastlekistler5905]

Who plays the mesa in the back? Thats a 3 grand rig. Nice

[@juliancwilkins]

Jeff Nippard seething

[@genreartwithjb5095]

The other thing that allowed me to lose weight was getting good health insurance. Prior to getting good insurance I didn’t weigh myself bc I wasnt getting yearly physicals bc in this country we have dog@@@@ healthcare. After finally getting good insurance I went to the doc, weighed myself and then course corrected and lost the weight. But a lot of people won’t weight themselves if they don’t have a benchmark they are going for or upcoming doctors visit. They are busy working 8 jobs so they can qualify for their crappy private employer provided health plan that doesn’t allow them to go out of network etc

[@travismester]

Came for the health talk. Stayed for the RAD poster.

[@MindPumpShow]

Lol

[@danmorash6982]

It's sad that such a basic truth is so controversial. Good work speaking the truth.

[@godz1lla947]

We have gone from a majority addicted to Smoking & now it's Food. I wonder what it'll be next?

[@ImpartialOpinions21]

My new favourite channel.

[@tims251]

Wow, very inspiring, great examples and view point on the situation. Feel like I just got therapy…..

[@jeffreybarron2922]

I normally agree with you guys. But big food companies make highly processed foods are cheaper and easier to get and prepare. The fitness is is also a colpret . I've been overweight and obese a majority of my life. Now I'm finally getting a handle on it with your help. You guys give good information but it lacks precise info on nutrition that is a huge part of this. I still love the show but hate when you look down on people

[@kathybowers9085]

Great video.

[@dlloydy5356]

Yes! Absolutely. Great conversation here. Very much needed as a discussion 👏

[@MM-ug5ec]

Big is definitely NOT beautiful!

[@azhaanebrahim4887]

Amazing episode I agree 100% with you guys I trained for the mental benefits exercise I always feel damn good after workout and after a good shower and I like how you guys is talking about the Mental part losing weight all starts in your mind the mind is the most powerful thing on this earth and all starts in the mind thank you keep up the amazing work👍🏼

[@coloradotrader7202]

I think freak shows gave some people with disabilities a way to make a living so a lot of them were thankful. And people like sword swallowers and tattooed people were performers.

[@aro7537]

a lot of people let themselves go because they believe that obesity is genetics, it’s the new norm or just labeling fit people on PED’s and that they can’t do it naturally. Some just give up so easily when it comes to diet and workout because they follow a nonrealistic regimen

[@shadowX316]

imagine the kids growing up today with ipad and iphones.

[@freedomgardener1854]

Subscribed 👏

[@shelbymclaren6490]

Hey mind pump, does anyone play that guitar amp? Cause id sure like to have it....

[@SSchithFoo]

People even ate more back in the day, and what they ate wasn't really "healthy" even by modern standards. Some of the chemicals used back then are banned now in food production. Only real difference is the activity level. This is understandable with the rise of the knowledge worker and more and more physical jobs being replaced by machines. We see the same obesity epidemic taking over countries like India too.

[@shylowcobra]

I'm 6 2. 370+ and I've with weight from asthma steroids. Always been heavy, but this really got me motivated to get out and do more. The lockdowns completely changed my diet for the better, just need to get more active; especially while working at home.

[@Checkered_Demon00]

I’m curious to know y’all’s thoughts on 1000 lb sisters and Tammy Slayton’s continuous weight gain

[@nicholasmcgrath1521]

I'm not familiar with them but that sounds really dangerous. And the sad thing is it's like dealing with someone with an addiction, no matter how badly you wanna help them... It's on them to want it for themselves or they'll never change

[@godz1lla947]

That Doordash shit is real. Such a huge waste of $ based on laziness

[@josephmiller9214]

Agreed

[@johnnasutton7528]

Shout it from the fucking roof top!!! 🎯🎯🎯

[@2010COpall]

Is it fair to say that this has been a pandemic of the obese (and not of the unvaccinated)? It is a shame that it has been so difficult to have open and honest conversations about the #1 risk factor of Covid.

[@Dabshanks]

Yes it's true at my last job people would die with the Rona I'd ask what were his underlying conditions they said he had none and he was only 35 they would talk about how deadly it is but they forgot to mention the guy who passed was like 400 pounds fat af. But he had no underlying conditions fucken bs

[@S__123]

The number 1 risk factor of Covid is age not obesity. This argument is often used as if its a choice between fighting covid with restrictions and vaccinations or fighting obesity. The reality however is that the same health authorities which call for people to be vaccinated and for measures to stop the spread of covid have already been campaigning for decades to reduce obesity. This is at least the case here in the UK. Obesity is an ongoing battle which will continue after covid is gone. The best thing that obese people can do to protect themselves against serious covid symtoms is to get vaccinated while they attempt to get fit and lose weight.

[@billyhw99]

Was the Spanish Flu a pandemic of the young and fit? Can we finally have an open conversation about that?

[@Dabshanks]

I just feel bad for children who's parents feed them unhealthy food cause it's cheap and easy there just kids they don't know any better until there older and fat and addicted to junk food

[@lycanthropenoir9596]

This is so true. The biggest problem with obesity is psychological.

[@kylepajarillo7817]

talking about obesity is a Tabo topic not if you're Greg doucette literally calling it, as what it is.

[@w-james9277]

For some it is but for allot of people it's just not. If you work a full time job on minimum wage, doing long shifts and have a family to care for will you spend your hard earned money on gym memberships and quality whole foods or foods which are much cheeper, last longer, taste better and keeps yourself and you family fed? I know people who would love to lose weight but literally have no time and not enough money to do it. It's very easy to look down from your ivory towers and say "Stop eating that shit! Go workout!" But the actual reality for so many is beyond your comprehension.

[@JAYJAYBEBE]

You can completely control your "calories in", so that is definitely a choice. Your "calories out" though? Not so much. I can burn more calories watching a movie than my buddy who hits the treadmill for an hour because my metabolism is quick etc. If your metabolism is slow enough, then you could practically starve yourself and work out a lot and still struggle to drop the pounds.

[@billyhw99]

Calories in is determined by hunger levels in the brain, over the long term.

[@genreartwithjb5095]

Well you do only have so much control. Any molecular geneticist will tell you that. You don’t control your metabolism or how your endocrine system produces hunger regulating hormones, or quartisol production, unless your cycling or on gear and that is a whole other conversation

[@hibberish7498]

Love you guys. Listening to you guys has just changed my idea of fitness and health

[@C33b3310]

I just want arms like Sal's lmao

[@brettwimberly768]

Your off the mark Sal... we cant attached obesity with mental health and say its a choice. Sorry i disagree with this statement

[@Lucas_0913]

Zero exceptions to the rule

[@pallasathena1555]

It’s ironic that this videos ad was Zoe

[@NocturnalIntuition]

You really didn’t have to spend 21 minutes to explain anything . All you had to say was travel outside of the United States to a country where the culture has big enough balls to still shame fat people rather than glorify it . The people are much thinner and healthier with longer life spans.

[@DragoVids]

My prior obescity is as muhc of a choice just as me losing 80lbs fasting and lifting heavy ass weights was a choice.

[@chrisleonard8435]

Once people have enough information ( being obese )is a choice. Strong genetic signaling make people want to eat and store that fat so they can survive famines. If the shit hits the fan these obese people got calories to live on for awhile.

[@billyhw99]

Why are thin people missing all the thrifty genes?

[@masongreen1371]

Same thing goes for being skinny.

[@H3rm1tSh1t]

no

[@kirbyaugustine761]

After nearly 8 years working in a drug/ rehab facility this is a lot more complex issue than you’re making it out to be. For some obesity as a result of food addiction is not THE problem but a symptom of the problem and therefore not as a simple an argument as stating that being obese is a choice. The argument you’re making is a bit too simplistic for an issue so nuanced.

[@smith9157]

All addictions start with choices.