"ipse dixit" wrote in message
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On Tue, 11 May 2004 16:06:21 GMT, "Rubystars"
wrote:

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You shouldn't laugh at them! There are reasons why a 300 lb person might
not
eat much but still maintain or even gain weight.

They could have metabolic problems that cause them to gain even if they
eat
like a normal person. Some people have a genetic disposition toward being
fat that's hard to get past. Also some people don't have any natural
mechanisms to help them know what a portion size looks like, so they have
to
actually learn it before they can control their intake.

One of my over-eating problems is that it takes me longer
than most to "feel" full-up. I can wolf down three large
meals before I'm ready to leave the table while others just
pick and poke at their plate like sparrows. Also, I like the
taste of food, so why hasn't someone invented something
to spray on my tongue to reduce my taste-appetites?

I understand what you mean.

Besides, a lot of people who are big do cut down their intake of food a
lot
in order to try to be healthier, and it doesn't always work. The people I
see buying low calorie food, fat free food, etc. are usually fat people.
I
went through a phase where I was trying that "Stop the Insanity" diet
where
you can eat a normal amount of food but everything had to be lower than
20%
of calories from fat. I wasn't eating a lot but I didn't lose much weight
at
all.

Try packing up the fags. Since quitting at the beginning of
April I've gained a full stone. Oh heck!

That happens to a lot of people who quit, because the replace one habit with
the other supposedly. I've also heard that smoking can help people to be
thin (maybe it just keeps the mouth busy) but the other bad effects like
stained teeth, etc. wouldn't be worth it to me, especially after seeing my
grandmother suffering from emphysema after a lifetime of smoking Marlboros.

I don't know how she breathed at all, to tell the truth. She had symptoms
even in clear air, and she smoked so much in her tiny apartment that when I
went in there, I felt like *my* lungs were full of pea soup. I got sick
afterward too..

-Rubystars