[lostalex]

My mom was always struggling with her weight, and she was the most hard working person i've ever known. My brother is the skinniest person i've ever known, and he's one of the laziest people i've ever seen.

I don't think being over weight has anything to do with gluttony or laziness. That's just my own personal experience though.

[Pyramid*]

Originally Posted by lostalex

My mom was always struggling with her weight, and she was the most hard working person i've ever known. My brother is the skinniest person i've ever known, and he's one of the laziest people i've ever seen.

I don't think being over weight has anything to do with gluttony or laziness. That's just my own personal experience though.

Absolutely correct. Everycase is different. However, given the extremes between anorexia and obesity - I don't think being 'overweight or really skinny' can be compared to the extremes.

[lostalex]

Okay, well we're getting no where in this conversation, so i agree we don't really have much left to say. I think i've been fairly frank and did my best to educate anyone who wished to listen.

[Pyramid*]

Originally Posted by lostalex

Okay, well we're getting no where in this conversation, so i agree we don't really have much left to say. I think i've been fairly frank and did my best to educate anyone who wished to listen.

It 'sounds' like there may be something in the topic that may (or may not) be hitting nerves or a little unsettling - it happens to us all with different topics and it's sometimes diificult to not get 'too involved' or 'too caught up in the moment' (if that makes sense). I'm sure there will be others who may agree with your points.

[tmi]

Not getting involved in argument but, just a little story a woman had a gastric band in America to stop her bad eating habits, the band worked and she lost weight but then gained another addiction booze. So I think food is addiction to some people, they see it has a crutch like various other addictions, cigarettes, drugs etc. Most peoples bad eating habits stem from emotional or physical problems. The way to go is eat to live not eat to live.

Sort the cause of eating too much solve the overeating and the neccesity of it.

People whom never had a problem with food either not eating or eating will never fully understand, not being patronising just my own opnion.

[Pyramid*]

Originally Posted by tmi

Not getting involved in argument but, just a little story a woman had a gastric band in America to stop her bad eating habits, the band worked and she lost weight but then gained another addiction booze. So I think food is addiction to some people, they see it has a crutch like various other addictions, cigarettes, drugs etc. Most peoples bad eating habits stem from emotional or physical problems. The way to go is eat to live not eat to live.

Definately there may indeed by psychological issues in respect of the overeater. Some are compulsive, some have rare medical conditions stemming from the brain, and some are simply obese through not gving a damn. You're right in the use of the word 'some'.

[InOne]

It's such a sad thing, I've wanted to shake people and tell them they're not fat and look good. But sadly it doesn't work. A lot of people take a "pull your socks up" attitude which is not good. Think it still has massive stigma which hope can go away some day to a degree

[Pyramid*]

Originally Posted by Zippy

I don't think a lot of fat people realise how big they are until they see a picture or video of themselves. Looking in the mirror day to day you don't register the very gradual growth in weight. But you only look at a picture every once in a while so the growth is far more apparent.

Im always grateful Im not prone to piling on weight because I have a very sweet tooth.

I still say it's a cop out. If having to buy bigger clothing, seeing your clothes size go up and having to buy larger sizes isn't an obvious clue .... then I don't know what is.

Originally Posted by InOne

It's such a sad thing, I've wanted to shake people and tell them they're not fat and look good. But sadly it doesn't work. A lot of people take a "pull your socks up" attitude which is not good. Think it still has massive stigma which hope can go away some day to a degree

That's the heartbreaker as far as anorexia is concerned. It more than 'give yourself a shake' ... it is so far mroe deeply rooted than that and it's an incredibly difficult illness to recover from (and maintain recovery from).

[CharlieO]

cetainy not ano
just had maccas and 6 choco croissants lo.

[hannah.]

not all people who suffer from eating disorders are disgustingly skinny. I've never been fully diagnosed because my periods didn't stop and I stayed at a certain BMI.
But anyway, its not something that you can just 'recover from'. It still haunts me and it always will. When you've got so used to thinking in a certain way it's impossible to rewire your brain. I can't eat in front of people unless I really trust them

[lostalex]

Originally Posted by hannah.

not all people who suffer from eating disorders are disgustingly skinny.

That's right. The vast majority of people with eating disorders are average or over weight. In the eating disorder community, it is only a small minority of people that are actually dangerously under weight.