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If you do nothing else today, give the video by BackReaction (Sabine Hossenfelder) a watch.
Why care? You may think that cancer is bad, or Russia vs Ukraine will kill you in a World War, or some other disaster scenario. In fact, obesity is far more likely to kill anybody reading this article, through direct or indirect causes. As Sabine suggests, direct and indirect results from an overly obese population is far worse.
As a fat person, I am qualified to say the following: Fat acceptance is the most disgusting thing I could imagine. Let me qualify this: Fat people deserve to be happy, they deserve to have fitting clothes, to be represented, to be accommodated, to have healthcare, etc. Where my problem lays is where it is promoted and glorified, you are not healthy at any weight.
Given that GP/NHS access these days is incredibly hard to find (despite being paid for…), I would like to add some information I have learned over time:
One thing I get commonly asked is “How do I motivate myself to do it?”. The answer is different for everybody, but for me it is quite simple.
For me, obesity is somewhat related to a depression cycle. I get fat, get depressed about the fact I am fat, eat to make myself feel better about it, get fatter.
This is a loop of self-destruction. For me the break-through is always to convert a negative destruction loop into a positive one. If I am going to kill myself with some activity, better it be diet and exercise. I convert extreme eating to extreme healthy actions.
Another question I get asked is “How do I start?”. Start now. There will always be an excuse not to start. Some part of you must simply say “Fuck it, now is the time. This moment is the time, no other moment will do.”.
You may also ask “How do I hold myself accountable?”. For me, I say that cheat days are unacceptable. I may have a bad meal, but it will be because there was no other choice. I do not give myself an easy way out.
As I regularly tell people these days, pick a realistic goal. A realistic goal may be something like 0.5 stone loss per month (for an obese person).
Bare in mind, the first month weight loss will be really easy, so don’t set your expectation of progress based just on this. In those first weeks you will loose an exceptional amount due to water weight.
Some people struggle to switch to healthy food. I always do this in a few stages:
Generally I suggest the select from the following (keto bias):
There are a very rare few processed items you could also try:
For more information, checkout other blogs on keto foods. Just be careful following some of them recipes out there, they can cheat to make it look better than it actually is.
The best exercise you can do as an obese person is walking (low impact cardio) and weights (short-time, high energy).
As somebody who is obese you are already carrying around a large amount of weight, so normal low-effort cardio exercises are exceptionally good for you. You can expect to use more than double the energy to do the same exercise as somebody at a normal weight.
As a result of being fat, you will have created large muscles to carry and manipulate this weight. Simply activating these muscles uses an enormous amount of energy, so lifting weights is a very good exercise.
In terms of routine, consider the following (this was mine a while back):
If at any time your body is telling you something is wrong, listen to it. Dial back the amount or intensity of exercise and slowly bring it back up.
I hope you found this interesting. Please contact me if you found this useful.
Stay well, stay health folks!