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Originally Posted by Pudding
Not all but nearly all.
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I referred to "binge eating" which a feature of bulimia, and is not simply eating rather ore than you need in terms of the calories you burn; just as regularly drinking more than is ghood for you is not neessarily "binge drinking". It is compulsive overeating in which people consume huge amounts of food while feeling out of control and powerless to stop, can typically last around two hours. I was distinguishing this from those who just eat more than they burn, and over time it accumulates, resulting in severe overweight. Binge eating involves eating even when you are full, feel uncomfortable but still continue eating. I was severely overweight, but have never binge eaten, though clearly I was taking in more calories than I burned. We may allow this to continue over many years, the weight slowly accumulating.
You refer to "'low metabolism' or some other pitiful reason" .. well it's not an excuse but it is a contributory factor. We do have different metabolic rates, and these tend to slow down as we get older, hence it becomes more of challenge to lose and maintain weight loss. When obesity is treated in hospital they determine the individual's basal metabolic rate, and construct their calorie allowance based on that. It does differ .. not an excuse, but it is one factor which is real. Imo part of losing and maintaining weight loss is to work out what your calorie consumption in the average day is, and accept that you may be able to consume less calories than some others; it may not seem fair, but it's reality. "Bones" only play a part in terms of one's height; if you're 6' you are likely to burn more calories than if you're 5' .. similarly a larger set framed person will burn slightly more than a small-framed one .. but I agree that there are no fat skeletons
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I'm slightly overweight because I eat too much and don't do enough exercise, that's a mental disorder on my part because I feel the need to be in the 'clean plate club' I know what needs to be done but don't do it.
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We'll need to agree to disagree on that in terms of it being a "mental disorder". It's arguably not particularly healthy and lazy in terms of exercising control, but of itself doesn't imo mean you have a mental disorder .. and like Suzie I think that to determine all those who lack the self-control and discipline to face up to their own weight issues and accept the limit on their daily calorie consumption have a certifiable medical condition is unwise. And not principally because overweight people would "use any excuse they could find not to work and sponge off the taxpayers", but because it tends to remove responsibility from the individual in an area that is really about the choice one makes, and the willpower one can exercise if one chooses.
Caryl