"wendy" wrote in message
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Rachael Reynolds wrote:

But broadly speaking, we are all the same - at each end there are
extremes - supreme atheletes at one end and at the other there are the
people with a major lack of dopamine receptors or whatever, but the vast
vast bulk of us are averagely in the middle.

There's no such thing as being in the middle genetically. You are unique.
50% or more of obesity is said to be related to genetics. Whatever your
genetics are what you have to fight. If you keep thinking you are just a
total failure because you think it is all psychological then you aren't
understanding the enemy.

When you say 'obesity is said to be related to genetics', what does it mean?
Is it the tendency to overeat? the bigger apetite? the taste for high
calorie food?
or do obese people really have a slower metabolism? or better absorption?

Not sure about this rat thing anyway - they didn't have to think about
whether they want to gain, lose or maintain weight. The psychological
thing is too important to be ignored.

That's not what is ignored. That's all people talk about.

It's a combination of both. Weight gain/loss is physiological but
psychological factors affect what you eat. If you're dying for a BigMac it's
more likely to be because of advertising you've seen than for genetical
reasons. Your digestive system plays a part too, not everybody can have
several fast food meals in a row without feeling sick, yet I've read stories
of obese people who would stop at different places on their way home, have a
meal at each one of them & still have room for ice cream. It may be their
mind that makes them eat like that but their bodies accept it, who is to
blame, body or mind?