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Originally Posted by nonsubmissivewife
I completely agree with everything you are saying here. In essence, it not really not hard to eat healthy and exercise, and yes, for most people there are emotional issues involved in overeating. But...I do feel like you are minimizing the process of recognizing the problem and fixing it. It is hard because most overweight people deal with a deep-seated self-loathing that is not easy to shake. It's really not as easy as just recognizing that "Hey, I eat alot because my mom didn't hug me enough...screw that bitch. I'll just go buy some granola and go to the gym until I'm skinny and healthy again."
Most of them CAN'T stand to be that unhealthy.
I'm definitely not here to argue...as a person who has struggled with this though, I just want to say that basically what you are saying is true...it's just not quite as simple to handle as you are thinking it should be, if that makes sense.
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No it makes perfect sense. And of course I know that any real deep-seated issue would take years to really address and start to heal. I've been there, just dealt with stuff in other ways than overeating (incidentally I usually deal with stress by running myself until I throw up).
I'm really only talking about the people who don't realize that there's something bigger going on than just really liking cake and burgers. I mean I know people who try every diet under the sun, get all pissed off when it doesnt work, and concentrate only on the food, and dont even RECOGNIZE that there's something deeper going on.
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