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January 2, 2008, 5:01 pm PST
 Quote From: shmigelz I beleive a big reason alot of people are fat and overweight is because they have nothing to do all day. Either they are simply lazy and don't work or they choose not to work. So when people are bored they look for things to do, so why not eat for something to do?? It's true it happens! People eat because they are bored! because they have nothing to do....
Jill get a JOB? why not WORK? Get some structure in your day? find something to do so you can't think about food all the time, or just so you dont eat JUST for something to do! If your bored, don't have a job, don't have a job, you will simply eat to kill some time..
Jill is overweight because its the easy thing to do. Food doesn't say NO, food doesn't label you!!!!!
Jill is in a BIIIIIIIIG (no pun intended) hole.... She loves to eat, she eats just for something to do, she eats the absolute worst foods, I'll promise you she is depressed, lonely, sad, etc, etc. Im sure FOOD makes JILL happy, FOOD satisfies JILL even if only for a brief few moments.....
Jill is addicted to food for a wide variety of reasons. (She's bored, she does not work, so eating is doing something, food makes her less depressed, etc I could go on and on and on.) the signs are clear and visible.......
Jill needs MAJOR help, and thats assuming she even really wants to lose the 200+ pounds she added in what was it?? 1 YEAR!
Some people on here might say Im being hard on Jill but the reality is, and we can all see, shes harder on herself then any of us can ever be.. I don't know why she's laughing while shes up on stage. This is not a joke. Infact the only joke her, and Jill knows this, is the jokes the people who see her out in public make at her and Im sure does not like them....
But then again HOW can someone gain 200+ pounds in 1 year?? WOW! I mean that is a massive amount of weight for a woman to gain, let alone a man.....
It's a nice theory, that people who are overweight have nothing to do all day, but that would be wrong for a lot of people. Matter of fact, most of the overweight people I know are BUSY all day. So busy, they do not have time to sit an enjoy a meal, and forget they even HAD lunch, so they grab something else, or are getting something at a fast food joint while running from their job to pick up little Becky to take her to soccer then grabbing Johnny from school and dropping him at home then running back to their job to finish the last two hours of their day. This is men AND women. They cannot be using their lunch hours for excercise or lunch, since they are running household errands or getting their kids to or from somewhere. Single parent and two income households don't always have a lot of extra time. And yeah, food doesn't tell you it's your own fault your fat, it doesn't look down at you because you shop at Wal-Mart instead of Saks Fifth Avenue, it doesn't say "just stop eating" as if it were that simple, because it isn't. Is it a drug of choice? You bet! But guess what? You don't get the option of just quitting EATING, like with other addictions. The best you can do is cut out chocolate cake for the REST OF YOUR LIFE. Or potato chips, or whatever other foods you are addicted to, but you still have to eat SOMETHING. What happens to an addict when you give them the item they are addicted to? They need more and more the the addictive item. Everyday, a food addict STILL HAS TO EAT and not fall off the wagon. Anyone out there who is not fat and loves to run or play tennis or has any other habitual thing they do that they love, how would you like it if you were told YOU COULD NEVER DO THAT THING AGAIN because you are destroying your joints (or some other reason)? Would that make you happy? Would you say, "I'm going to stop doing something I LOVE and it's going to be so easy! I'll just change my whole life around and I won't be crabby or anything!" Once you get yourself in a habit, whatever it is, it ain't easy changing it. You don't just pick up a set of knitting needles and say "I'll just knit instead of eat." (works sometimes, though) Anyone who says "Just do something else, or just stop eating, or just go excercise." just doesn't have a clue what it is like to be addicted to something that is considered bad for you. (If you're addicted to something socially acceptable, no one will say anything) So that is my two cents, as a person who has been on both sides of the fat/thin fence. Excercise is what works for me, but when I'm stressed and there is no time for a walk, I still find myself looking for the chips. It never goes away. |
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January 3, 2008, 4:42 am PST
Quote From: shmigelz I beleive a big reason alot of people are fat and overweight is because they have nothing to do all day. Either they are simply lazy and don't work or they choose not to work. So when people are bored they look for things to do, so why not eat for something to do?? It's true it happens! People eat because they are bored! because they have nothing to do....
Jill get a JOB? why not WORK? Get some structure in your day? find something to do so you can't think about food all the time, or just so you dont eat JUST for something to do! If your bored, don't have a job, don't have a job, you will simply eat to kill some time..
Jill is overweight because its the easy thing to do. Food doesn't say NO, food doesn't label you!!!!!
Jill is in a BIIIIIIIIG (no pun intended) hole.... She loves to eat, she eats just for something to do, she eats the absolute worst foods, I'll promise you she is depressed, lonely, sad, etc, etc. Im sure FOOD makes JILL happy, FOOD satisfies JILL even if only for a brief few moments.....
Jill is addicted to food for a wide variety of reasons. (She's bored, she does not work, so eating is doing something, food makes her less depressed, etc I could go on and on and on.) the signs are clear and visible.......
Jill needs MAJOR help, and thats assuming she even really wants to lose the 200+ pounds she added in what was it?? 1 YEAR!
Some people on here might say Im being hard on Jill but the reality is, and we can all see, shes harder on herself then any of us can ever be.. I don't know why she's laughing while shes up on stage. This is not a joke. Infact the only joke her, and Jill knows this, is the jokes the people who see her out in public make at her and Im sure does not like them....
But then again HOW can someone gain 200+ pounds in 1 year?? WOW! I mean that is a massive amount of weight for a woman to gain, let alone a man.....
schmigelz, Jill's weight problem is not a matter of working vs. not working. First of all, I have done both; I have worked and stayed at home and have not seen a significant difference in my own weight based on that factor. As a matter of fact, there are plenty of chances for unhealthy eating in a working environment including birthday cakes for co-workers, vending machines, holiday candy and cookies that people bring in, and of course, the opportunity on lunch hour to go to.....McDonalds!!!.....if one chooses to do so. Then many people will opt for those hurried, less healthy meals at the end of the day that are a function of being too tired to cook. Or a trip out for fast food f (McDonalds again??) for the same reason. Granted, one can make better, healthier choices for meals, but this can be done whether one is working or not.
Whatver is going on with Jill is deeply internalized, and she needs to deal with it rather than use food as a medication for pain. I believe it goes alot deeper than boredom, and she is not doing it just because she lacks something else to do (ie. working). I agree with you that she eats to feel better, and that it is just a short, temporary fix which happens to have very unhealthy results. She needs to uncover whatever it is that is causing her pain. The nasty comments from people when she is out in public is compounding the situation, making her feel even worse. ( where do people come off thinking they have the right to laugh at someone else's appearance anyway?? Shame on them!)
I hope she will take the help she has been offered. If she is not working she should put the time to good use (ie. walks, gym, preparing healthy meals) I wish her the best. |
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