I have been using CBD before my workouts and i have lost around 10lb in just 14 days. Which is huge for me.

Hell, I wrote this several years ago. The ABC's Of Obesity In America [ruthlessreviews.com]

Fat chance that I'll read an article so long! Sorry , I couldn't resist…?

Love the article.

I stopped eating sugar about 3 years ago. The first year I dropped nearly 50 pounds. Then I started a high stress job and mucho overtime. I put 10 pounds back on by stress eating (chocolate) and almost no exercise. I kicked the sugar again about 6 months ago, and now have left the high stress job. I am now exercising regularly, and have added intermittent fasting. We will see what happens. Even if I don't loose weight, I want to be stronger. I want to be able to hold the grand children without my back screaming. I want to be able to get up off the floor with some semblance of grace.

People need to take responsibility for their own body condition. whatever you think of doctors, doctors are not there for every life decision a person makes. Doctors are just trained to treat disease and If I have one that is where I go . Wellness is a different area .

You have to have a diet and exercise combo and eat 4 to 5 small meals a day to speed up metabolism. Too bad I don't do that any longer. It kept the body furnace burning. Today I workout less and still eat the same or more. You must eat less as you get older. I think I just hit 260 so eating the same doesn't work. I was best around 200 lbs.

The foods you eat are important in this, but I know fat people who eat barely enough to keep a bird alive and they are still fat people.

Thank you for sharing this article. It says so much about how I've felt about my size. I felt for many years undeserving of love and respect because of this. Took me a long time to feel good about my body regardless of what it looked like. Ironically that's the ONLY way to actually start treating myself with care -- wanting to eat better and exercise, not to be skinny as much as being healthy. My weight went down only because of this -- even so, I know I'll always be curvy, and I'm very proud of the body I have. It put me through the ringer when I had Hodgkin's, with my weight going down and up like crazy, but it woke me up to the reality that that was one of the least of my problems... We need more articles like this. The shame aimed at fat people needs to stop.

Good article, A few observations:

-Thorough treatment of the discrimination, meanness and self-loathing that accompanies being fat. It is awful.

-How superficial and ignorant most approaches are. "Eat less and exercise more" doesn't work. Saying it does is like being a theist. It doesn't. Get over it.

-Far too little emphasis on the importance of which foods one eats. This is key, and it works.

In my experience recognizing I am an N of 1, weight loss is simple-deceptively so. It is also really, really hard. Once you internalize the habits and maintain some discipline, it can be done. I've kept my excess weight off for 20+ years and weigh what I did in high school. I am not superman, just a guy.

I am a medical provider and I am obese.
While I can relate to the article, I can also say with 200% confidence that obesity is one of the most dangerous conditions that exists for the human body. While some people do remain healthy they eventually sucome to numerous health issues. I don’t promote thinness over fatness to my patients but staying obese is not an option. It’s deadly.

A very fascinating article.