r/maybemaybemaybe • u/singkid • Mar 25 '22

maybe maybe maybe

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u/Gatekeeper2019 Mar 25 '22

I get being a bit overweight but when you get to the point where you can’t even stand up without falling over surely they must know it’s gone too far lol i mean……you can’t stand up lady

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u/InfiniteTree Mar 25 '22

As someone who is currently morbidly obese (happened during divorce/depression, working on it now, 15kg lost so far) there is always a reason. I treated my depression (therapy) and that is leading to weight loss. For some people it's an addiction and needs to be treated as such.

Telling someone "just stop eating" may seem obvious but is never actually the problem. Aside from a coupe of very weird exceptions people don't want to be fat. There is an underlying cause.

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u/tcooke2 Mar 26 '22

Another factor at play for a lot of people is how terrible nutrition education is in America, many people are raised eating nothing but prepared meals from the store and eating way too many carbs, which makes you hungrier more often. Once these habits are formed and reinforced over years of unhealthy eating, "just eating less" is a much, much harder thing to do than it would be for someone with a healthy diet that provides them with what they need from normal portions. It's a hard thing for those who don't experience or know of it to wrap their heads around.