of course it boils down to will power. Once you know you are genetically predisposed to something, its will power that determines what you do with it.
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Yikes - a diet article.... So that must only affect women then. Obese women this, women that, size zero women this.... blah blah blah. Becuase men just dont care do they? They dont give a fuck what they look like.
Sorry to go off on a tangent guys and girls but lazy journalism like this boils my piss. Diet and body issues affect people, including those with a y chromosone not just women.
Fuck, society and the media drive me CRAZY at times.
Anyway - Im not buying this - there's less pleasure in certain peoples brains so they eat more. Surely the more pleasure you derive from something, the more you want to do it? Thats just human nature. If a certain demographic of people didnt derive any pleasure from eating, Id assume they'd be slimmer?
The general gist of this piece is that - the fatter you are, the less pleasure you derive from eating? What a crock of shit.
Well lets ask a group of anorexic girls if they derive pleasure from eating, as according to this article, they enjoy food the most...
There is a decreased level of dopamine in the brain in obese individuals??? Well maybe, just maybe, and I know this might be a pioneering statement, they have built up a tolerence to the pleasures of food, and need more to compensate? Give an alcoholic a few beers and his/her brain wont register its pleasurable effects. Give a drug addict a few grams of coke - wont touch them. They've built up a tolerence, so they need more and more.
Its like training and sports is it not? when you first start working out you get a fabulous dopamine hit after a work out and feel incredible.... then after years and years of training the effects are diminished and you need longer and more intense workouts to get that "high"...
if you can enjoy eating a bunch of trashy food, you can teach yourself to eat healthy food. I dunno bout you but i crave steak, potatoes, and fish more than i do fast food(which upsets my stomach.)
Life is about will power, the ultimate test. Man, woman or child. If you are failing in the food will power dept. is it a far stretch of the imagination that you are failing in one or two others as well?
This is a very deep subject that could go in many directions, most not healthy conversation. I find it very interesting that some people just cant not do something. Just one of life's little mysteries that intrigue me.
To me it is very simple, don't eat that cookie, no matter how loud it is calling my name. So when people eat the cookie when every fiber of there being is telling them not to, I am flabbergasted, but very curious why it was so easy for me, and not for them. Not passing judgment, just not something that I fully understand.
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as mentioned above these people have built up a tolerance for eating junk food that's why their dopamine reaction to food are less than normal. I love eating junk food, i can probably eat a whole box of twinkies and still not be satisfied, does this mean i have soemthing wrong with my dopamine levels and I should be obese. why can't people just eat healthy and restrain themselves from gorging on junk. Doesn't everyone love eating junk food? I believe most people can learn how to eat healthy and stick to it. So now what they're gonna come out with another pill for people to take to cure obesity, god forbid people get off the couch and exercise.
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It depends on your dedication.... If you want something bad enough, you will do it.....
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if you can enjoy eating a bunch of trashy food, you can teach yourself to eat healthy food. I dunno bout you but i crave steak, potatoes, and fish more than i do fast food(which upsets my stomach.)
Im the same way. I crave chicken, beef, eggs, rice, oats, etc all the time. Shit that i eat day in and day out. I love it.
Fast food? Heh. If every fast food chain fell off the face of the earth, i wouldnt give a shit.
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Without pain, without sacrifice, we would have nothing. You decide your own level of involvement.
Very passionate debate here fellas... Quick question though, is "will power" exactly the same for everyone? Is it equally easy or hard for everyone to apply it, equally? In other words, do some people just have to want it more than others cuz of factors beyond their control, that is, genetics (ex. Taq1A1 allele)?
In my opinion rep - theres no such thing as "will power" - You just either want something and you're willing to do ANYTHING it takes to achieve your dreams and your goals, or you dont want it enough so you bitch out. Simple as that. Survival of the psychologically fittest.
Pyschologically fit and strong = Physically fit and strong. Humans have been aware of this for thousands of years - just look at the spartan training of 400BC - To create mentally tough, fearless warriors. You can train as much as you like - if youre mentally weak - you're going to lose the fight.
And if you're mentally strong - You're not going to be overweight. If you were weak, then you aquire mental toughness (Which is totally achievable) You'll do whats necessary to loose the lard and get in shape.
Eating 3 big macs because "you just had to" and then following it up with a tub of ben and jerrys because you had a "craving" when you're trying to get in shape means you either dont give a shit about your diet and fitness, or you have the mental age of a 6 year old.
In my opinion rep - theres no such thing as "will power" - You just either want something and you're willing to do ANYTHING it takes to achieve your dreams and your goals, or you dont want it enough so you bitch out. Simple as that. Survival of the psychologically fittest.
Pyschologically fit and strong = Physically fit and strong. Humans have been aware of this for thousands of years - just look at the spartan training of 400BC - To create mentally tough, fearless warriors. You can train as much as you like - if youre mentally weak - you're going to lose the fight.
And if you're mentally strong - You're not going to be overweight. If you were weak, then you aquire mental toughness (Which is totally achievable) You'll do whats necessary to loose the lard and get in shape.
Eating 3 big macs because "you just had to" and then following it up with a tub of ben and jerrys because you had a "craving" when you're trying to get in shape means you either dont give a shit about your diet and fitness, or you have the mental age of a 6 year old.
I hear ya brother and I absolutely agree with ya. At the end of the day, you are accountable to no man but yourself. If you want something bad enough, you gotta grab hold and hang on until the end.
I was just trying to point out that, according to the scientists in that article, the issue of wanting something or resisting something--it ain't a level playing field. Some have to want something even more (like losing weight) than another cuz of genetics. Now I ain't saying that genetics should be used an excuse--just that for some, resisting that piece of cake is harder than it is for others. Just like saying cuz your 5'10", it'll be harder to slam dunk than if you were 6'10"...
i bet i love eating more then most 500lb people. I eat like a fuckin house, and I enjoy it. Just because I make myself eat clean, and have discipline doesn't mean i'm not addicted, I can just control it.
People don't eat a ton of big mac's because they "had to" like Vman says, they do it because they have always done it, or because they don't give a shit.
people that care enough to be a champion don't spare any expense. and for me, that expense is food. I'd love to be eating a whole plate of jelly donuts right now, but i'm not. because i want my body to look good more then i want that food. it's all about what you REALLY want, you just have to accept that.
and if you can't accept it, you're lying to yourself - and so is that shitty journalist.
i bet i love eating more then most 500lb people. I eat like a fuckin house, and I enjoy it. Just because I make myself eat clean, and have discipline doesn't mean i'm not addicted, I can just control it.
People don't eat a ton of big mac's because they "had to" like Vman says, they do it because they have always done it, or because they don't give a shit.
people that care enough to be a champion don't spare any expense. and for me, that expense is food. I'd love to be eating a whole plate of jelly donuts right now, but i'm not. because i want my body to look good more then i want that food. it's all about what you REALLY want, you just have to accept that.
and if you can't accept it, you're lying to yourself - and so is that shitty journalist.
Ya shouldn't take issue with the journalist, brother... Debate the "science" that was presented by the journalist. The science and the researchers say that certain individuals may have a "genetic disposition" to gain weight--that a gene (which we can't control) influences the decisions some people make.
i feel like som people just dont understnd either. They see that there is no fat in somethign and assume its fine, "skittles are a fat free food, must not be too bad for me." People dont know that sugar makes them fat and gives them diabetets and heart disease, not necessarily good old animal fat.
Other people just dont care, not everyone lives like us and not everyone cares about what we think is important. Regardless of how idiotic is, not thinking health is importnat, some people would rather eat a whole pizza, or drink everynight, or smoke 2 packs a day because thats what makes them happy and gives them pleasure.
Will power doesnt make a difference if you dont care about not doing something.
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i feel like som people just dont understnd either. They see that there is no fat in somethign and assume its fine, "skittles are a fat free food, must not be too bad for me." People dont know that sugar makes them fat and gives them diabetets and heart disease, not necessarily good old animal fat.
Other people just dont care, not everyone lives like us and not everyone cares about what we think is important. Regardless of how idiotic is, not thinking health is importnat, some people would rather eat a whole pizza, or drink everynight, or smoke 2 packs a day because thats what makes them happy and gives them pleasure.
Will power doesnt make a difference if you dont care about not doing something.
Could that be a combo of willful ignorance and companies taking advantage of labeling?
Could that be a combo of willful ignorance and companies taking advantage of labeling?
thats exactly what it is, look at the chips a hoy 100 calorie packs. yes its 100 calories, but 100 empty shit calories as opposed to eating an apple or a protein shake . Companies love people who are into fad diets and not reading things.
"The truth is that there is nothing noble in being superior to somebody else. The only real nobility is in being superior to your former self."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson