Why Women Lose Weight—or Don’t

I have nothing against over weight. I just don't want to be married to , nor am I attracted to anyone overweight.. I have spent my whole life battling my weight abd at 58 i am the same size and wieght i was in high school at 17. 165lbs 59' and 32 waist. Walking is free and bike riding and Swimming are relatively cheap. eating normal sized meals is a challenge but possible. American women and men shape up, because marriage is now at the outsourcing stage. foreigners are a better deal than Domestic people. I married a chines lady , not just for looks but also for values and culture. She is not skinny but not fat. And she is a wonderful companion, mainly because she is not self absorbed.

I have been overweight my whole adult life. I have tried everything, including gastric bypass to lose weight. I lost 84 pounds and stopped, so I am still very overweight. However, I have come to accept the fact that I may never reach my goal of 150 lbs. and, thought I still would like to lose about 30 more lbs. I will be happy where I am if that doesn't hapen.

It seems to me that the obesity problem has been mostly brought on by our modern lifestyle and the attendant constant abuse of our bodies. Look at the human body and think about it: Evolution has produced for us bodies that are obviously intended to walk, run, leap, twist, crouch and jump. In a natural environment, our days would be largely spent running from predators, hunting and running after game, gathering food, and migrating (on foot) to different locales in search of food as necessitated by the change of seasons. But today, life for many if not most of us in America consists of spending our days working in sedentary jobs where we sit all day and never challenge our bodies to perform, much less even break a sweat. No doubt the problem is made worse by sitting in traffic day after day in the ever-lengthening commutes to and from work that many of us are faced with. Yet in a natural environment, we would largely spend our days running from predators, hunting and running after game, and migrating (on foot) to new locales as dictated by seasonal changes. And what about the food we need to nourish and sustain our bodies so that they can perform properly? In a natural environment, all of our food would be real food, organic , much of it eaten raw. But the horrific diet of the average American today consists largely of processed foods stripped of their nutrients, grown on mineral-depleted soils, laden with pesticide residues, laced with non-food additives that are never found in nature, and meat from sickly animals that have been raised in total confinement and force-fed unnatural diets and additives. Our bodies are wonderfully resilient and adaptive, but faced with all of this abuse, day in and day out, is it any wonder that our bodies degenerate into imbalance, toxicity, disease...and yes, obesity?

I wish that the BMI system would be subdivided into various bodytypes - I am a martial artist and look about 40 pounds lighter than I actually am. However, at 175 pounds and 5'9", the BMI tells me that I am overweight and soon to be obese if I gain any additional muscle weight. Granted, I know the error of the system, but it's a jab at my vanity to be categorized by health agencies as overweight. (I was an overweight adolescent and worked hard to gain back my health.) Do you think they'll ever modify the BMI to include an "Athlete's BMI"?

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU PUT TOO MUCH WATER ON A PLANT? IT DIES. BUT IF YOU USE WATER IN MODERATION IT GROWS BEAUTIFUL. ANY HUMAN BODY OR MIND THAT IS NOT IN EQUILIBRIUM WILL CAUSE DISEASE AT THE LONG TERM. ANY EXCESS WILL LEAD TO DEATH. WAKE UP AND ASK TO YOUR SELF WHAT IS RIGHT OR WRONG INSTEAD OF LISTENING TO CORRUPT SCIENTISTS PAID BY BIG CORPORATION THAT SUPPORT THEIR HORMONES JUNK GARBAGE FOOD, FICTITUOS DIETS AND CHEMICALS.

I think it is a shame that the media encourages the negativity in how we view people. Just look at what they did to Jennifer Love Hewitt. To say she was fat is offensive. I was at a birthday party and saw a 3 year old child say he did not want to play with another child because the other child was too fat - that other child was NOT fat. That is a totally messed up attitude that is obviously learned at home!!!! I said something to the parent that was there. They could not believe that their child would do something like that. I told the parent this kid said it to me and the mom still acted like she could not believe it but would talk to her son.

For me personally yes I am over weight and would love to not be. However, I was not always. Years ago I was in a bad car wreck that left me paralyzed with an injured back. I had surgery and had to learn to walk again. However, I will never walk normally again and I for sure will never run. So, yes I do have weight on me - I am not obese but I can empathize with people who are obese.

We need to try a a society to help the horriblly obese people instead of shunning them. We do not know what that person's past has held which may have led to them being so over weight. I have read in the past that when you see men who are obese that they typically were molested as children. That's so horribly sad. So, if you think of that when you see obese men out there then they are on some level being victimized twice with the way shun and make fun of them.

Our society needs to change how the media portrays the ideal fantasy person. I read a story of where a famous model only ate 8 grapes a day and that was it while she was at the heighth of her modeling career. That is not healthy nor normal. But, it's what we are pushing as the ideal image. That really needs to change.

Ultimately the changing and teaching of people to react better starts at home. We need to stop teaching kids to shun other kids that they see as overweight and to treat everyone as emotional equals.

think at times it???s easier to accept weight gain for some women. Vanity keeps some women locked into the perception that they must maintain a certain weight to be accepted, advance or endure they're own self esteem. Men now have become more accepting I believe to big girls knowing that in our society today processed fast foods and value-added products have become the norm and its hard to eat right keeping weight in check. Families on the go have little time to cook right. My X husband wouldn't get off the couch and cook a descent meal if it fell in his lap when I was late. He now suffers from heart problems. The valves to his heart were 90% blocked. Living in the fast lane cost a price and believe me, eating right is a time consuming process. I think some women who are heavy believe they don't have the time and sacrifice quality meals for time consuming projects. Me, I eat right when it???s right for me. Working late, eat wrong, Sundays, eat right. For health purposes we should all be a good weight. Remember, stress is the extra pressure put on anything and it does take a toll on the bodies we live in. My mother was grossly over weight dying from CHF complicated by Diabetes. Our self esteem I believe today does not suffer as much as in past years from being over weight, but believe me, 250 is not the new 155. When your 50, your 50, it???s not the new 40. As women struggle to identify themselves they always deal with societal problems and what others say. The most enduring thought should be, am I healthy and do I love my life. Life is good no matter where you are as long as you???re healthy.

First of all, it's about time someone mentioned, even if only in passing and with no specifics, that underweight has it's own set of health problems. And it's good to see that someone is leaning toward the inner journey of loving one's self rather than forcing the outer journey of having to fit a certain look. Let's remember that the "obesity" standard is just a number made up by people who don't care one way or the other as long as they can sell you something, and fluctuates with the next "medical" epiphany. Interesting, too, that, in spite of the seemingly less obsessive dieting tone of this article, the "sponsored links" on this site page are ALL about dieting. Not a one is about loving yourself enough to let your natural instincts rule. The stress of self-hatred is far more dangerous than any stress from being "overweight." If we could judge less and love more, we would all be healthier and happier. Thanks.

We were all born with free will. We make our choices. If people of extreme size choose to be candidates for an early grave. Leave them be.

We were all born with free will. We make our choices. If people of extreme size choose to be candidates for an early grave. Leave them be.

First of all, it's about time someone mentioned, even if only in passing and with no specifics, that underweight has it's own set of health problems. And it's good to see that someone is leaning toward the inner journey of loving one's self rather than forcing the outer journey of having to fit a certain look. Let's remember that the "obesity" standard is just a number made up by people who don't care one way or the other as long as they can sell you something, and fluctuates with the next "medical" epiphany. Interesting, too, that, in spite of the seemingly less obsessive dieting tone of this article, the "sponsored links" on this site page are ALL about dieting. Not a one is about loving yourself enough to let your natural instincts rule. The stress of self-hatred is far more dangerous than any stress from being "overweight." If we could judge less and love more, we would all be healthier and happier. Thanks.

Health and weight are personal choices. But the intersection between personal freedoms and national interest intersect in the taxpayers' pocketbook. In 2004 ,taxpayers paid 1/2 of the $75 billion dollars in obesity related health care costs. The financial impact of just diabetes type 2- which is not autoimmune like type1- is staggering. The rub is that for most type 2 patients, unlike type 1, the disease could be prevented or its chronic effects minimized, by exercise and maintaining a healthy weight. How much are you willing to pay for someone else's right to be overweight?

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU PUT TOO MUCH WATER ON A PLANT? IT DIES. BUT IF YOU USE WATER IN MODERATION IT GROWS BEAUTIFUL. ANY HUMAN BODY OR MIND THAT IS NOT IN EQUILIBRIUM WILL CAUSE DISEASE AT THE LONG TERM. ANY EXCESS WILL CAUSE DESEASE. WAKE UP AND ASK TO YOUR SELF WHAT IS RIGHT OR WRONG INSTEAD OF LISTENING TO CORRUPT SCIENTIST PAID BY BIG CORPORATION THAT SUPPORT THEIR HORMONES JUNK GARBAGE FOOD AND CHEMICALS

We were all born with free will. We make our choices. If people of extreme size choose to be candidates for an early grave. Leave them be.