Quote From: csawolmMy father is a doctor and nutritionist and he did a study in the UK over a two year period that shows that people burn calories in a remarkably narrow range.
The SLOWEST metabolism he discovered belonged to an older woman: she required only 967 calories per day to maintain her weight. This was an incredible anonmaly. People, he found, can be predisposed to being chubby-ish or thin but anything above and beyond that was a behavioral problem. Even still, when the woman was eating 1100 calories per day and walking once a day, she began to maintain weight over the remaining one and a half year period.
There are a very small number of people (less than 5% of the population )who have very serious genetic problems or diseases that cause them to be overweight, but the vast majority DO NOT. Very thin people are eating too few calories and/or over exersizing. The reverse is also true,
The body is a remarkable machine. For those of you who eat reasonably well and exercize, do you notice how you tend to stay aorund the same weight year after year? To gain five pounds in a year, you would only have to have an excess of 47 calories per day, and yet, somehow, the body works itself out so taht at the end of the year, you are the same weight,
Why is this not happening in Europe to the same degree? In Asia?
Why are there so very very very few obese people in say, Africa, if there is, as people claim, numerous genetic factors involved that cause one to be morbidly obese?
This is a myth, There are few overweight people walking around, for instance, Nairobi, becuase food is not in such absurd abundance.
There are no real excuses. people who are 4,5,6 times the weight they should be are not eating properly nor exercizing enough.
I'm not "condemning you" or being insensitive. It is likely that there are emotional problems involved, but blaming it on genetics and giving up is simply foolish.
And I think he'd love to study me. I'm about 80 lbs over weight. I eat one meal a day, no dessert, no soda, no snacking and fast food maybe once a month. I eat mostly meat and no I don't gorge myself when I do eat my one meal. I drink coffee {mostly} and water. I do tend to eat too much if we go out but we don't eat out but once every 30 - 45 days and I usually don't eat the following day because I'm not hungry. My one meal a day is supper eaten around 6 PM and I exercise daily. I am on thyroid, high blood pressure, and allergy meds daily. My eating habits change during the holidays. I do a lot of baking, cooking and candy making and I "sample" my work...a lot! Surprisingly I loose around 20 lbs by the time Christmas is over but gain it back by summer. My doctor says my body is in "starvation mode" because of my low cal intake. Now what the heck does that mean?
(Original Air Date: 04/27/06) Morbid obesity changes the dynamic of two entire families … and tears them apart. DeeDee weighs over 700 pounds and hasn't left her house in more than a year. She has become a burden to her friends and family by constantly demanding their help and company. Is DeeDee ready to get real and make a change, or will she continue to blame her weight gain on other circumstances? Also, her children explain why they resent their mother and feel hostage to her demands. Then, MaLynn is only 14 years old, but she already weighs 419 pounds, and her obesity is causing problems in school. Her mother, Shari, admits she can't say no to her daughter when it comes to food. Dr. Phil shows MaLynn how she can easily lose 86 pounds, and he gets this mother-daughter team to work together to save their relationship and their lives. Talk about the show here.
