Overweight - Answering Your Critics

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Overweight - Answering Your Critics

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There are those that walk amongst us who have followed all the

advice, diligently dieted and exercised with genuine effort for

long periods of time, yet still fail to lose their excess weight.

Even more heartbreaking for those of us who genuinely struggle

with obesity are the accusations of sloth and laziness from those

thin people who eat junk all day long and show no physical sign

of their own gluttony.

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Overweight - Answering Your Critics

Copyright © 2008 Trevor

Diet Words

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There are those that walk amongst us who have followed all the

advice, diligently dieted and exercised with genuine effort

for long periods of time, yet still fail to lose their excess

weight.

Even more heartbreaking for those of us who genuinely struggle

with obesity are the accusations of sloth and laziness from

those thin people who eat junk all day long and show no physical

sign of their own gluttony. " Why can't you just be like

everyone

else? " , they demand. " It must be all your own fault. "

" After all, " they say in derisory voice, " Losing weight is

easy.

Just eat less and exercise more. If you don't lose weight, you

are just weak willed. "

Every person who has never had a real problem thinks they

know all the easy answers. All those underlying unwarranted

generalisations we face from others just about every day of

our lives is a little recognised yet very real and severe form

of discrimination, based on the same types of wrong thinking

as prejudice against race, skin color, creed, gender, and

other well recognised forms of hatred.

In fact, life experience has taught me that the less a person

*actually* knows about obesity and weight loss, the more they

*think* they know.

I spent time a few years ago under the care of some of the

most distinguished and knowledgable internationally renowned

Professors researching weight loss and obesity from the

University of Sydney and the Royal Prince Albert Hospital's

Obesity Clinic in Sydney, Australia. I will always remember

what Professor Ian Caterson told me one day:

" The more we learn about obesity, the more we realise

how little we really understand and how much more

there is to discover. "

Would any of those permanently thin critics care to explain a

man with whom I shared many physiotherapy and hydrotherapy

sessions during my time on the program at the Obesity Clinic?

He was normal down the left side of his body, though obese

down the right side of his body only.

Next time someone verbally berates you for carrying excess body

weight and tries to tell you how easy it is to be lean & trim,

try asking them what they would recommend to that man that some

of the top obesity researchers in the world don't yet know.

Then, while your critic is looking dumbfounded and fumbling for

some feeble explanation, hit them with a few more questions,

such as:

1. - Why do large birth weight babies have a dramatically

higher rate of obesity than normal birth weight babies?

2. - And, given the above, just what control do you think I've

got over my birth weight?

3. - Do you know what your metabolic rate is? If not, why do

you presume to think you know mine?

4. - Do you think everyone has identical norepinephrine levels?

Oh, you don't even know what norepinephrine is, huh?

5. - Why do some people gain weight during stressful times

while other people lose weight, irrespective of their

eating patterns?

6. - How do you expect an overweight person to even be capable

of greater physical activity than a normal weight person?

7. - Name me five minerals (not vitamins) that are vital for

hormonal function, and explain which of these hormones

has a different effect on brain signals related to

appetite and metabolism.

8. - Tell me what you know about Insulin Resistance Syndrome,

what causes it, what its symptoms are, and how to treat it.

9. - What has the least nutrient value to the human body - (a)

100 calories of pure fat, ( 100 calories of pure protein,

or © 100 calories of pure carbohydrate? (By the way -

Your critic will probably answer Fat. The correct answer

is C. The human body actually requires fats and proteins

for various metabolic and physiological functions. Pure

carbohydrate has no known unique use in the human body as

the body can convert either fats or proteins as required

into blood glucose, as it does with carbohydrate.)

10. - Some of the most successful business people, scientists,

philosophers and artists in the course of human history

have struggled with obesity. Why do you think such

successful and influential people who have changed the

course of the world as we know it today are " weak

willed " ?

When you see the jaw of your critic drop to the floor, as they

turn pale and look like they've been hit by a runaway train,

when their silence shows that their ignorance and prejudice

has been thoroughly exposed, just calmly walk away.

At this point, both of you now know that, even though you may

be carrying excessive body weight, it is your critic who has

the bigger problem.

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Trevor is a Masters qualified researcher cum electronic

publisher with over twenty years personal experience in the

battle against obesity. Objective information and the pros and

cons of many types of weight loss therapies is found at his

" Weight Loss, Dieting & Obesity " site: http://www.DietWords.com