Cindy <cindyduel@attb.net> wrote in message news:<%jxXb.36815$jk2.81237@attbi_s53>...
> John W. wrote:
> 
> >  Want to
> > lose weight? Exercise. 
> 
> I had thought so for a long time, but there seems to be something more 
> than that.  There are some people who are not able to reduce their 
> weight no matter how much exercise they do.
> 
Guarantee those people aren't exercising properly and guarantee they
aren't following sensible eating habits. How many times have you seen
someone eating a diet because it's 'healthy' and then piling on
croutons, bacon bits, dressing, etc.? The excuse I really like is the
knee injury that obese people use to avoid exercise. If that's the
case, treat the knee injury and exercise, or stop eating so many
calories. Basic science. If you consume less calories than you use you
will lose weight. Most people just get frustrated because they don't
lose weight fast enough.
> 
> > On the most basic level it's about calories in
> > and calories burned. Good eating habits are essential, but IMHO the
> > first thing most people need to do is learn how to exercise; we
> > Americans are too sedentary (sp). Take the steps, park further away
> > from the door... tons of things people can do everyday to become more
> > active. Then work on diet.
> 
> 
> What if their metabolism is messed up and can not burn calories 
> properly?  Hypothyrodism, Cushing's syndrome, diabetes mellitus, Graves' 
> disease, what do those diseases have in common?  It's obesity, and they 
> are all endocrine diseases.  Oh, wait, I should add acromegaly too -- a 
> disease from too much growth hormone secreted after puberty.

But that's a different issue, and these can be treated medically. I
don't think most obese people fit into this mold.

John W.