Fat Shamed by the Apple Watch

[jonnysods]

He would be poor if he actually took time to read them b/c he'd be out of a job. Feel bad for the intern who has to sift through them.

Totally, I wonder what the protocol is for handling them and forwarding them on. I bet Tim would be pretty mad if you sent him too many. Maybe he doesn't even answer them at all and the intern handles that too.

 

[throAU]

edit:
probably NWS due to language, but he makes valid points.

At the end of the day,

energy in > energy out = fat

 

[Torq]

This post is a great example of the ignorant hate an persecution I face on a daily basis. This is unfounded rumors and pop science BS.

I'm going to go ahead and answer your condescending question. Addiction runs hard in my family, and while most of my family members are addicted to booze or cigarettes I am addicted to food. Look it up. It's a medical condition.

This is a bunch of crap. If you read the studies diet and exercise are actually next to useless. Genetics play a large part in everyone's body makeup including mine. I've tried exercising and cutting back on the food but it just doesn't do no good.

So which is it?

Genetics?

That you're a food-addict that can't help yourself from over-eating?

Or that a reduction in intake and sustaining an exercise program doesn't help?

Or are you a clinical food addict that ALSO has a genetic condition that prevents your body from producing the hormone that triggers the release of energy from fat cells?

If you already know that diet and exercise don't work, why on Earth would you want an Apple Watch for fitness tracking? Seems like a waste if it isn't going to help you anyway ... or at the very least a pointless complaint.

All the serious science on this stuff won't deny there are addiction issues and that some people are more prone to storing excess calories than excreting them. However, and it's a BIG "however", it is physically impossible to consume less calories than you burn (even just by sitting still) and not lose weight.

Your body will either begin to burn fat (and muscle) and your weight will drop or, your genes are faulty and your body won't release the energy in your fat cells (based on research published in the Lancet and by the AMA, this is rather less than 1% of the population) and you'll eventually be unable to maintain consciousness and would eventually die.

If you're one of that less-than-one-percent then that's one thing, but it still doesn't entitle you to drive up everyone else's costs for products by having to have manufacturers accommodate EVERYONE in every product.

Do you have the same beef with clothes manufacturers that charge more for their products because they're in special larger sizes?

That food companies charge more for larger quantities of food?

Bottom line ...

Addictions can be beaten. It's hard, but it can be done. While the cravings may never abate, people beat addiction every day.

Easier solution ... buy a different product. No company is required to make their offerings exactly what everyone would like them to be.

 

[\-V-/]

This post is a great example of the ignorant hate an persecution I face on a daily basis. This is unfounded rumors and pop science BS.

Hate and persecution? What you did is like saying you have cancer when you don't. Claiming you have a genetic predisposition for fatness and have no control when in reality you are just addicted to food is deplorable and nobody should take pity on you. Addiction sucks, but addiction is not something you can't control. Many people overcome addiction. It's about wanting to change. It's about prioritizing what's important. It's about finding that intrinsic burning desire inside yourself to better your life. This is coming from a person who's been through addiction myself. Making excuses will never allow you to amount to anything. And MANY people with food "addiction" have overcome it. The term "fat shaming" is so overused in today's culture and is thrown around as a way to validate one's own excuses. You absolutely have the power to change your life. You've just chosen the path of least resistance. Anything worth having you have to work for. It's not going to be handed to you. Nobody said it was easy, but don't take other people's disorders and use them as your own as a failed attempt to validate your own lack of willpower. It is never again to lie like that. Own up to your problems.

 

[maflynn]

[MOD NOTE]
I think this thread is past due for closing.