It amazes me how sensitive women get when weight, eating, food, etc. is mentioned. I hardly ever see men do that. I wonder why.
Cause men don't care. Even in our society, overweight men aren't given the looks and stares that women are. You never hear a woman say, "I would date him, but he needs to lose ten pounds."
However, I have heard men say, "Since we got married 18 years and 4 kids ago, she's gained 48 pounds and she's a fat lazy pig!"
They say this when they themselves have went from a size 32 to 46.
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Cause men don't care. Even in our society, overweight men aren't given the looks and stares that women are. You never hear a woman say, "I would date him, but he needs to lose ten pounds."
However, I have heard men say, "Since we got married 18 years and 4 kids ago, she's gained 48 pounds and she's a fat lazy pig!"
They say this when they themselves have went from a size 32 to 46.
Someday they will find out it is more than about food. There a lot of different dynamics going on.
Metabolism, genetics, how our bodies process, and respond to food.(in cases of diabetics, hypoglycemics.)
I was reading this info the other day:
World Health Orginazation, Consultation on Obesity reported:
"Obesity is a chronic disease, prevalent in both developed and developing countries, and affecting children as well as adults. Indeed it is so common that it is replacing the more traditional public health concerns, including undernutrition and infectious diseases, as one of the most significant contributors to ill health."
The WHO publishes the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-9-CM), which lists Obesity and Other Hyperalimentation as an Endocrine, Nutritional,Metabolic and Immunity Disease. The ICD-9-CM is recommended for use in all clinical settings, and is required for reporting diagnoses and diseases to all U.S. Public Health Service and Health Care Financing Administration programs. The World Health Organization recently included the Metabolic Syndrome in ICD-10 (#277). Obesity is a component of the Metabolic Syndrome
When I was a young girl I lost a large amount of weight by starving myself. I was anorexic and bulimic for many years. ( I can not believe I am telling this) When I was overcoming this battle, I never could eat more than one meal a day without gaining my weight back. I ruined my metabolism.
When I became pregnant I started to eat (I wanted a child more than anything) All the weight came back on. Over the course of my life my weight has yo yoed.
There are different things that cause lung cancer, ex ,smoking, mining, asbestose etc..... Same way with weight, different reasons cause the same result.
I think gluttony is when you overeat to the point of stuffing your self.
I have seen thin gluttons. In my opinion everyone who is overweight is not a glutton. Everyone who drinks is not an alcoholic.
Gluttony: one who eats to excess. one eager of anything to excess.
Once again Moderation is all things....
And what is excess to one may not be to another, even though both look the same amount overweight.
When I was very overweight, I ate less than most of my thin friends.
Great info, Jill.
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Cause men don't care. Even in our society, overweight men aren't given the looks and stares that women are. You never hear a woman say, "I would date him, but he needs to lose ten pounds."
However, I have heard men say, "Since we got married 18 years and 4 kids ago, she's gained 48 pounds and she's a fat lazy pig!"
They say this when they themselves have went from a size 32 to 46.
So true! A friend called me the other day and was telling me her husband was criticizing her weight gain. I'm like, "Oh really, and his excuse is......?"
There are very few people in the world who eat until they are miserable. They also have mental issues that effect how they view food and until those issues are addressed, no amount of preaching in the world will help them change.
Did you know that your tummy doesn't know it's full until about 20 minutes after the food has hit it?
That means that by the time you feel full, you have already eaten more than you should have.
And you are pregnant. This isn't a good time for you to talk about food....LOL!
Maybe our views on gluttony are just different.
And I agree I am tired of wanting to eat everything in sight and not being able to!!!
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