overweight

BillJones

DomRavioli wrote: »

BillJones - My mum is a size 22. She can bench press me, runs most days, and is that size because of a thyroid problem - she cannot lose or gain weight due to this.

Utter rot. If she took in 1,00 calories per day, and went out for long walks, she'd of course lose weight.

Or do you think that her thyroid is working as some kind of fusion generator, creating energy out of the hydrogen in her water intake?

As to her propensity to violence if people say things that she doesn't like, I can only suggest counselling.

To be honest, it sounds more like she's abusing steroids than that she's a thyroid problem....

terra_ferma

tomtontom wrote: »

As a former fatty I would disagree. I have lots of health problems that I could (and did) use to explain or excuse my size. But when it came down to losing weight, the fact was I was eating more calories than my body needed. Cut down on the lard, get some exercise (starting off gently) and hey presto, my BMI has reduced from over 36 to 25. There really is no excuse for being that large, and I should know, I'd used every excuse in the book.

You cannot use your experience to explain the reasons why other people gain weight. Everybody's physical and medical health is different, and what has worked for you may not necessarily work for other people. It would be rather arrogant of me to say, for example, that as I stopped smoking just using just willpower anyone else should be able to do it, and if they don't and have to use patches, or NHS clinics etc, they are just using excuses. We are all different.

terra_ferma

BillJones wrote: »

Utter rot. If she took in 1,00 calories per day, and went out for long walks, she'd of course lose weight.

Or do you think that her thyroid is working as some kind of fusion generator, creating energy out of the hydrogen in her water intake?

As to her propensity to violence if people say things that she doesn't like, I can only suggest counselling.

To be honest, it sounds more like she's abusing steroids than that she's a thyroid problem....

tomtontom wrote: »

Thyroid problems make it difficult to lose weight, not impossible. The same with medication, it can increase your appetite, affect your metabolism, but still does not stop you losing weight if you really want to.

And yes, they are two of the excuses I used!

Oh I see, so now we have several qualified health practitioners who are giving medical advice on this board...;)

terra_ferma

DomRavioli wrote: »

Being "fat" doesn't mean unhealthy - my mum has no other health issues apart from the thyroid disorder, and is very healthy for a nearly 60 year old, far healthier than the stick thin people of her own age who cannot walk for more than 10 minutes without sitting down.

There is plenty of research to back this up, although it doesn't get much publicity because it doesn't make good headlines.

Poppie68

Some people really do struggle with their weight while suffering from an underactive thyroid...i know a few that find it hard to lose any weight..and i know one or two that have succesfully lost weight while suffering the same...one of them is my daughter, she is 21 and on the highest dose of thyroxine but has managed to looe enough weight to get her down from a size 14 to a 10..

Poppie68

terra_ferma wrote: »

There is plenty of research to back this up, although it doesn't get much publicity because it doesn't make good headlines.

I agree...i have read a couple of articles related to reasearch that backs that up as well as reasearch on being slim/skinny eating healthy food and excersing doesn't neccessary mean healthy either!

Johnnytwostep

As others have said tell her to lay off the pies and stop expecting her employer and the tax payer to make accommodations for her.

Poppie68

Johnnytwostep wrote: »

As others have said tell her to lay off the pies and stop expecting her employer and the tax payer to make accommodations for her.

How do you know her weight issues are not down to illness? And if she is a nurse i'm sure the tax payers have had their share of blood, sweat and tears off her while she has been saving a few lives....what do you and your perfect body do that makes you worth what you are paid?

justjohn

Overweight people do not all have an illness.(however many dream up many excuses)
I am a little over-weight its not due to pies or an illness. I like sugar and sweet things. I would not class my self as obese, however I am over my recommended weight.


Bunters are bunters due to food intake / energy use. Weight can be controlled via diet and exercise.

Johnnytwostep

Poppie68 wrote: »

How do you know her weight issues are not down to illness? And if she is a nurse i'm sure the tax payers have had their share of blood, sweat and tears off her while she has been saving a few lives....what do you and your perfect body do that makes you worth what you are paid?

More likely down to pies.
IF she is a nurse tax payers have had their share of help in exchange for wages, she didn't do whatever she does out of the goodness of her heart.