Of all of the people I know who struggle with either gaining or losing weight I only know 2 people who found changing their diet actually affected their weight
As much as I agree with the rest of what you said, I’m literally an example of how diet can affect your weight. I had a terrible childhood growing up and was >250# all through high school because I ate shit food and drank a ton of soda. When I went to college I couldn’t afford that shit and actually had to change my diet and I dropped 70-80# within a year, and my now mother in law discreetly asked my wife if I was OK because here parents were seriously concerned for my health.
There is definitely a middle ground here where there are a lot of extenuating circumstances that lead to obesity, but there’s also a ton of terrible food packed with empty calories that are specifically formulated to keep you addicted to the dopamine hits, and its superficially cheaper to eat shit food than to buy whole foods and make real food. Especially if you have no equipment/spices or no knowledge of what to do.
Oh I absolutely agree that there’s so much absolute trash packed with far more sugar and other overabundant calories than should even be allowed in processed foods. Like it’s genuinely incredible how much sugar is in everyday items to the point that I look at the nutrition label on literally everything because holy crap why is one slice of bread 10% of my daily sugar budget?!
The reason my comments focused so hard on health problems affecting weight is that most people who have pretty bad diets have some idea that their diet isn’t good, and most people who don’t excercise know that they probably would be healthier if they did. But those who do engage in fat shaming whether intentionally or not usually do so because they don’t realize how many health conditions basically disconnect ones bodyweight from their lifestyle (and that some of those conditions generally take years of doctors appointments to actually diagnose, in part paradoxically due to fat shaming doctors)
Oh and in my small friend group and family, I’ve had 6 with whom we’ve discussed their struggles with weight or their weight loss journeys and of them only 2 saw real impact by diet improvement
As much as I agree with the rest of what you said, I’m literally an example of how diet can affect your weight. I had a terrible childhood growing up and was >250# all through high school because I ate shit food and drank a ton of soda. When I went to college I couldn’t afford that shit and actually had to change my diet and I dropped 70-80# within a year, and my now mother in law discreetly asked my wife if I was OK because here parents were seriously concerned for my health.
There is definitely a middle ground here where there are a lot of extenuating circumstances that lead to obesity, but there’s also a ton of terrible food packed with empty calories that are specifically formulated to keep you addicted to the dopamine hits, and its superficially cheaper to eat shit food than to buy whole foods and make real food. Especially if you have no equipment/spices or no knowledge of what to do.
Oh I absolutely agree that there’s so much absolute trash packed with far more sugar and other overabundant calories than should even be allowed in processed foods. Like it’s genuinely incredible how much sugar is in everyday items to the point that I look at the nutrition label on literally everything because holy crap why is one slice of bread 10% of my daily sugar budget?!
The reason my comments focused so hard on health problems affecting weight is that most people who have pretty bad diets have some idea that their diet isn’t good, and most people who don’t excercise know that they probably would be healthier if they did. But those who do engage in fat shaming whether intentionally or not usually do so because they don’t realize how many health conditions basically disconnect ones bodyweight from their lifestyle (and that some of those conditions generally take years of doctors appointments to actually diagnose, in part paradoxically due to fat shaming doctors)
Oh and in my small friend group and family, I’ve had 6 with whom we’ve discussed their struggles with weight or their weight loss journeys and of them only 2 saw real impact by diet improvement