Atkins diet

[Joan]

Originally posted by Bushbaby
Stop stuffing your face? Excuse me! Follow a thin person for a few days? So you mean to say, having a big portion of lasagne for lunch, then off to the pub for chicken pasta with a white wine sauce and three pints of cider and a fag, snacking the rest of the time on the chocolates and chips in the office, and then going swimming twice a week as exercise is ok (based on a 'thin' colleague of mine) but eating responsibly (as some of us 'fat' people do) is not? So, to lose weight, I need to indulge, smoke and drink, and to stay fat I need to do as I have done, eat my healthy meals?

I am sorry Joan, you have wondered why people jumped down your throat on these issues - here is why - you have a completely callous understanding for the multitude of reasons why people are overweight. Overeating is only one of the reasons, and does not apply to everyone.

Come visit us, see how my thin sister lives - crisps, chocolates, pastas, etc, vs how I live, trying to follow a balanced diet, minimal snacking and quite a bit of exercise through weight training, walking and swimming, and then draw your conclusions from that.

Bushbaby.............Overeating just one of the factors?
How many other factors except for the

very rare endocrine disorder(s) cause obesity?
I do not have a callous understanding of this issue bushbaby....
I did not say people jumped down my throat, I said some became quite annoyed....If input does not equal output of energy????