04-15-2009, 09:14 PM
Good for them. If you're so fat that you have to raise the armrest and take up some of my seat, you should have to buy two tickets for two seats. Or pay for half of mine.
Losing weight isn't easy. Staying fit isn't easy. Yet some who bristle at the simple "eat less" advice nevertheless underestimate the work I put into staying in shape. It's a choice I make every day.
Yes, I ate some Rolos after lunch. I also spent an hour at the gym this morning. If I hadn't gone to the gym, I wouldn't have had the Rolos. Or the bread & butter with my Lean Cuisine, for that matter. If I stop going to the gym, but continue eating crap, I'll gain weight. That would be a choice, not some biological default. Most fit adults work at it.
The way I see it, you can't maintain your weight, not precisely. You're either gaining weight, or losing it. If you eat right, do 2 or 3 hours of cardio per week, and 1 or 2 hours of weight training, you'll lose a whopping 2 or 3 pounds a month. People try it for a month or two, get discouraged, and give up. But in a year, would you rather be 10 pounds heavier or 20 pounds lighter? You really do get to choose -- and whichever way you go, it is your choice. Whichever way you've been going, that was your choice.
The argument over carbs vs fats is a red herring. If you want to lose weight, you will. If you want to be fat, you will.
Losing weight isn't easy. Staying fit isn't easy. Yet some who bristle at the simple "eat less" advice nevertheless underestimate the work I put into staying in shape. It's a choice I make every day.
Yes, I ate some Rolos after lunch. I also spent an hour at the gym this morning. If I hadn't gone to the gym, I wouldn't have had the Rolos. Or the bread & butter with my Lean Cuisine, for that matter. If I stop going to the gym, but continue eating crap, I'll gain weight. That would be a choice, not some biological default. Most fit adults work at it.
The way I see it, you can't maintain your weight, not precisely. You're either gaining weight, or losing it. If you eat right, do 2 or 3 hours of cardio per week, and 1 or 2 hours of weight training, you'll lose a whopping 2 or 3 pounds a month. People try it for a month or two, get discouraged, and give up. But in a year, would you rather be 10 pounds heavier or 20 pounds lighter? You really do get to choose -- and whichever way you go, it is your choice. Whichever way you've been going, that was your choice.
The argument over carbs vs fats is a red herring. If you want to lose weight, you will. If you want to be fat, you will.