Discussion I finally understand obese people.

[thereisnoneed]

I have been having some episodes where i feel too depressed and Anhedoniac and start to binge eat or get the urge to binge eat, no wonder many are fat, food is one of life's most accessable pleasures (if one is lucky enough) you could just eat, eat, and, eat and keep enjoying the feeling of dopamine your brain gives you for little to no effort.

 

[NearlyIrrelevantCake]

Food was my first addiction. It just tastes so good, that's an extra on top of the baseline dopamine. Have to eat things that taste great--potatoes, cheese, hot dogs, burgers, bread, peanut butter, pop... I crave the flavors and just lose all sense sometimes. I'll eat for hours, cramming things into my face because it tastes so good. If I stop eating, the taste goes away, so I have to keep eating. A never-ending cycle.

Funnily, I thought I was much, much fatter than I am until recently. I thought I was about 350lbs, maybe even more. I got weighed at the hospital before an MRI last month and found out I'm only 200lbs. I still have a BMI of 34, in the obese category. But it's a relief that I'm not any bigger.

 

[wham311]

Yea shits crazy. I was in perfect condition for the last decade and I lost my job and got off test and lost all my muscle, which missed the hobbies goodbye.

Now all I have to do all day is eat. Crazy bad shape now. Unrecognizable

 

[Dejected 55]

I don't know what is not to understand. You get fat when you eat more than your body needs to run itself for the day. Some people do have conditions or chemical imbalances that make this more likely than others... but at the end of the day, that's it. It isn't quite rocket science.

I gain weight when I don't try not to... I lose weight when I pay attention and care. But at the end of the day, I find I've been treated pretty much the same (which is that I'm ignored and unloved) either way... so I figure why struggle and deprive myself of foods I like or exercise myself exhausted when I don't care and it gains me nothing in terms of quality of life.

 

[SchizoGymnast]

I'm experiencing nausea and food aversion and I'm still fat. I'm getting scammed here.

 

[StupidCat]

I love food and sometimes eat a lot but then my tummy hurts so much that I have to stop. And after stopping the feeling of bloating doesn't go away unless I fast for a whole day.
I wish I could eat forever.

 

[Praestat_Mori]

Obesity depends on genetics imo.

We can control our weight through the food we eat up to a certain point including how much sports we do (aka how much calories we burn on average per day and how much calories with intake each day).

I do 0 sports and eat quite well - but more healthy foods rather than fast food stuff - I'm far from being obese.

 

[bankai]

I'm experiencing nausea and food aversion and I'm still fat. I'm getting scammed here.

I think you're exaggerating.maybe a bit chubby but fat?

I thought you did gymnastics.

How are you balancing on beams and stuff if you're fat?

 

[SchizoGymnast]

I think you're exaggerating.maybe a bit chubby but fat?

I thought you did gymnastics.

How are you balancing on beams and stuff if you're fat?

I'm 313, but reasonably muscular and I've been told by literally everyone that I "carry it well." I'm a bit of an anomaly in the (low level) gymnastics world.

I would love to lose some weight and upgrade my skills but my cortisol and my antipsychotics are not having it. I haven't given up though.
I'm also tall for a gymnast.

 

[bankai]

I haven't given up though.

 

[SchizoGymnast]

Before I die, I want to do a Ma dismount on bars. Nowhere close to that, but fuck it, shoot for the stars.