Why don't people just stop being fat? - I keep hearing about fad diets and all these programs but no one seems to try just not being fat

[PaleTay]

I have to pretend someone drinking soda and eating McDonalds for every meal just has bad genetics. I had a co-worker join some diet program, and instead of calories and macros they have points to try to trick people into counting calories.

 

[Skitarii]

Because the chubby-cheeked feeder won't let them

 

[3MMA]

Stupid body positivity trend.

Get fit, do work, walk, lift, box, especially if a sedentary person w/ a propensity for chub. Ignore body positivity movement. Yes, love yourself, no, fat isn’t sexy, never will be, no matter how many SJW’s claim it’s true.

 

[Shidoen]

From experience, it weighs you down.

 

[Idiot Doom Spiral]

Because it’s apparently easier to brainwash society at large to accept your morbid obesity as a ‘beauty standard’ than it is to haul the fat ass on to a treadmill.

Plus, with all those tasty victim points on offer, where exactly is the motivation to jettison the excess?

 

[UncleFezziesPantsPuppet]

It would require them to do something.

 

[NaggotFigger]

Because of the encouragement of body positivity. Worst case are morbidly obese Americans and other people.

 

[Mariposa Electrique]

99% are just lazy. Only a small percentage suffer from Adult Growth Hormone Deficiency.

 

[Magicicada_septendecula]

Losing weight is not impossible, but for most people in the west, it's an uphill battle. Hardly anyone works a kind of job that requires getting up from an office chair more than a few times a day, but you're often stuck at that job for 1/3 of your day (probably half of your waking time). Unless you're cooking for yourself (a skill no longer passed on by parents and rarely taught in home ec classes) and controlling every ingredient, there is something fattening, inflammatory, or downright poisonous entering your diet. There's a ton of conflicting information and what works for one person may not work for another. The hardest part for most people is it requires less time and money and more thought and planning to lose weight. People want an easy solution because thinking hurts.
That said, I've done it, so it can be done. I take an hour each Sunday to prep my meals for the week, so I have breakfast ready immediately on waking up, lunch packed and ready to go, and dinner just needs to be thrown in a pot for heating. I have a gym membership (<$10 monthly, the one thing I'd be happy to pay more for to filter out the riff raff who don't re-rack weights, bang equipment, and talk loudly) and make use of it at least 3x a week. Saturday is kind of a sabbath to eat pizza and drink beer while not doing much more than going for a walk in the park.

 

[draggs]

From experience, it weighs you down.

And all your weight
It falls on me
It brings me down
It brings me down

*sick guitar riff*