tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17782301.post946643387012300894..comments2007-10-30T13:07:35.184ZMatt Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08062352280843955046noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17782301.post-73820587276823071402007-10-30T13:07:00.000Z2007-10-30T13:07:00.000Z2007-10-30T13:07:00.000Z

It says something about a society when eating a pie becomes a genuinely subversive act.

The Tin Drummerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08357811679771159469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17782301.post-7215401077049506542007-10-24T07:12:00.000+01:002007-10-24T07:12:00.000+01:002007-10-24T07:12:00.000+01:00

What business is it of the State's whether people are fat or not? When I was growing up families and individuals were expected to take responsibility themselves for their lifestyles, without government nannies wagging reproving fingers or snoopers prying into their private affairs. Even during WW2, when the government issued some general advice about healthy living, conserving scarce resources,

anticanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18135207107619114891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17782301.post-52808101222175114032007-10-22T12:46:00.000+01:002007-10-22T12:46:00.000+01:002007-10-22T12:46:00.000+01:00

Holy cow-on-a-bap, if it were only so easy! Eat less, exercise more, weigh less. Unfortunately, that is not always the case - genetics do play a role, but then there are also medical conditions which make that maxim moot, not to mention prescription drugs (like prednisone or birth control) that up your weight no matter what you do. Trust me, I work out 3-4 times a weeks, do at least 7 flights of

Squirrel Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01890543627568947017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17782301.post-19006247765971420102007-10-20T20:22:00.000+01:002007-10-20T20:22:00.000+01:002007-10-20T20:22:00.000+01:00

Being "under tall" myself I know that the paunch I carry is down to me. I'm a lazy so and so who eats too much crap (still an easy thing to do as a vegetarian, believe me). There may be an underlying cause in my DNA but as Thunderdragon rightly puts it our genetic make up may make obesity more likely rather than inevitable.

jams o donnellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17782301.post-11719053841628134662007-10-19T23:57:00.000+01:002007-10-19T23:57:00.000+01:002007-10-19T23:57:00.000+01:00

I don't think that genetics play no role at all but, when it comes down to it, people make their own choices. They soon realise that they have to eat less or exercise more than others to keep in good shape - but they are still to blame for it. They know their body and make the choice to eat too much or the stuff stuff and not exercise enough for what they eat.And this is indeed obesity that we

ThunderDragonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09022244110521962876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17782301.post-65567593853809913242007-10-19T20:47:00.000+01:002007-10-19T20:47:00.000+01:002007-10-19T20:47:00.000+01:00

Yea, things are different as age sets in. I've only just hit 30, but I've already had to curb my eating habits and start attending a gym regularly for the first time. That said, these fitness puritans are a bunch of humorless folk. I mean why go to such extents to prolong one's life when one's life is devoid of the finer things? Relax. Have a pint and a meat pie. Sure, it might shave a few runs

Rev. Dr. Incitatushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08099138083845953108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17782301.post-37268810741795532742007-10-19T19:12:00.000+01:002007-10-19T19:12:00.000+01:002007-10-19T19:12:00.000+01:00

Yes, well I was like you until I was 50. I could eat like a horse and never gain a pound. Oh how that changed and it's been a struggle ever since. Sometimes I'm winning sometimes not. Don't take that healthy body for granted. One day it might turn on you.

jmbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13563252743976699923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17782301.post-9795090663232473032007-10-19T18:17:00.000+01:002007-10-19T18:17:00.000+01:002007-10-19T18:17:00.000+01:00

I agree that it may have partly to do with genetics, but I now believe it also has a lot to do with how much you use your brain. I, myself, have been on what someone else called a "thinking diet," and lost 10 pounds in 6 weeks without even trying. I don't know... it's a thought.

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