Another obese young man has died.
By marguicha
@marguicha (216369)
Chile
May 5, 2024 1:17pm CST
I just read that an obese young man in Great Britain had died today. He was 34 years old and over 600 pounds.
Lately, I see shows online once in a while about obese people in the US who go tthrough surgery and diets. At the begining of the show it says that less than 5 percent can overcome their problems.
And the question for me is what is the root of all this. Junk fook is mostly the cause as it is easy to order. But is not even very inexpensive.
If I only ate the food I would not have money to reach the end of the month. As you know I live alone. If I buy a whole chicken and roast it, I can eat several days (doing a little work though).
I´m sure that I can eat like a princess with half the money I´d spend on buying the same unhealthy food every day.
Several years ago, I went to Miami and stayed in the house of Dixie´s eldest daughter who was then working there. She picked me up at the airport, took me to her apartment and told me that in the oven she had breaded chicken that she had bought at the supermarket. She told me how to turn on the oven and left to go to work.
After some time I started to feel hungry. So I turned on the oven and waited. After a while I opened the oven door to watch the chicken. Much to my disgust, the chicken was in a pool of oil. OMG!!! I took it out, placed it in several paper napkins and took off all the bread. I then got more napkins to "dry" the rest of the oil so that I coul eat it. And ate a bit. I left the rest in the oven to give Marcela a lecture on good eating. She was then a bit overweighed and worried about it.
While I was at her home I cooked while she worked. I even had time to go to the beach. I had asked Marcela what were her favorite dishes ahd she answered that she could not eat some of them because they were too expensive. I told her that it depended on the amount she ate.
I cooked, fried and baked salmon (her favorite) and served it with one potato and lots of salads. She did not have to eat a whole salmon.
We never ate out junk food while I was there. And we even had enough money to buy a bottle of wine once in a while
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@marguicha (216369)
• Chile
5 May
Not when she was in the US. She worked a lot so she had to buy her food.
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@vandana7 (99110)
• India
6 May
marguicha made me check my weight and BMI. And I was so happy that I am just overweight...lower end of the band at that.. so I ate a nice large cake piece...moral of the story, don't be too happy about anything. You will reverse the condition that made you happy in the first place. LOL.
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@marguicha (216369)
• Chile
6 May
@vandana7 Years ago, we only had cakes for birthdays. Too much sugar doesn´t help us.
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@celticeagle (159936)
• Boise, Idaho
5 May
I think that there must be a lot of personal issues that cause this to happen. Once a person gets that heavy it is very hard, if not impossible, to get to a normal weight again. It is sad. Salmon is my favorite too. I bake it in the oven wrappen in foil with bourbon sauce on it. It comes out delicious.
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@celticeagle (159936)
• Boise, Idaho
5 May
@marguicha .......If you know the tricks to cooking fish then you are set Many over cook it and it is dry and tasteless.
I think a lot of the problem is that they live sedentary lives. Along with that and consuming a lot a person can gain a lot of weight. I think they must think about food before survival. It is sad.
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@marguicha (216369)
• Chile
6 May
@celticeagle I have never eaten so much even for a day at a party. My stomach does not hold that amount of food, not even when I was young.
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@celticeagle (159936)
• Boise, Idaho
6 May
@marguicha .......People who weigh so much consume a lot of food.
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@wolfgirl569 (96423)
• Marion, Ohio
5 May
Its always cheaper to cook at home and healthier
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@marguicha (216369)
• Chile
6 May
@wolfgirl569 We used to do that when the daughters were little and my husband was alive. We would go for pizza or chicken out then on Sundays. Now I can´t afford it.
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@marguicha (216369)
• Chile
5 May
Absolutly. I check once in a while, just for fun, how much do they charge for a pizza or a burger and I can buy groceries for the whole week with that money.
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@wolfgirl569 (96423)
• Marion, Ohio
5 May
@marguicha Our local pizza place isn't too bad. We order once a week
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@marguicha (216369)
• Chile
6 May
She had money to buy better food and not so unhealthy. But there was none there. In some places there is not a place where you can buy food with no sugar. In my country, normal bread has no sugar at all and it is easy to fry a thin steak , or make some scrambled eggs for an easy meal that is healthy.
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@just4him (308637)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
6 May
@vandana7 I agree, it's not always because of the food people eat. Though I think most of the time it is. I've been in shopping lines where people are so huge they need to use mobile scooters to get around the store then watch what they put on the conveyor belt, all junk food.
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@marguicha (216369)
• Chile
6 May
It is very difficult to lose weight after a certain moment.
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@kobesbuddy (75082)
• East Tawas, Michigan
5 May
That is a terrible addiction, eating junk food every day of his life:( His mother didn't instill in him good eating habits!
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@marguicha (216369)
• Chile
7 May
@kobesbuddy I think that should be stopped before it is an addiction. I started to smoke during my teen years (when every movie star smoked at the movies) and it took me ages to quit.
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@kobesbuddy (75082)
• East Tawas, Michigan
6 May
@marguicha Yes, overeating is a very bad addiction, to food!
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@koopharper (7523)
• Canada
5 May
It isn't easy to eat right sometimes. I'm lucky I have a wife at home who does her best to make sure we all eat right.
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@marguicha (216369)
• Chile
5 May
In my house I have eaten well since I was a child. So I learned by eating what my mom placed in my plate.
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@koopharper (7523)
• Canada
5 May
@marguicha My mom was very particular about what we ate. She made sure I could cook as well.
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@marguicha (216369)
• Chile
6 May
@koopharper At my house we ate very well when I was little. But we did not overeat. And desserts were fruits, not cakes
@psanasangma (6098)
• India
6 May
It's very sad !!
I think home made are more healthier than outside, readymade food and if we can have home grown and freshly one it's bonus
Junk food are good for taste but not for long run if we concern for our health I guess
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@marguicha (216369)
• Chile
6 May
When I went to the US with my husband the last time he had diabetes. But we could not find anything there thatdid not have sugar. We had lots of problems eating healthly there. Every salad dressing had lots of sugar. And the waitresses did not understand that we wanted our salad with no dresssing.
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@marguicha (216369)
• Chile
6 May
@psanasangma Where she lived, it was difficult to buy healthy food.
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@psanasangma (6098)
• India
6 May
@marguicha Hope she understood after you explained it to her.
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@marguicha (216369)
• Chile
5 May
Not while she lived there. She worked too much and bought her food. And I have noticed that in the US it is very expensive to buy healthy prepared food.
@LeaPea2417 (36580)
• Toccoa, Georgia
5 May
It is very sad. If he had only eaten right and exercized by going to a gym, he would probably still be alive.
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@marguicha (216369)
• Chile
5 May
In my generation we did not go to the gym. We just played out. And our mothers cooked well.
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@sallypup (58332)
• Centralia, Washington
5 May
I applaud your efforts. Fat and sugar are addictive. Overeating is also addictive. The big companies are making lots of money as they continue to help the food addicts. You're right. Serving sizes and staying away from processed food is a huge key to health.
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@marguicha (216369)
• Chile
5 May
The thing is that food addicts started not being food addicts. I think that lazy parents are the cause of chubby children who later on become obese.
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@JESSY3236 (19057)
• United States
7 May
I can't watch those kind of shows. I do feel bad that they are overweight. I am trying to eat better, but it is hard to break cycles.
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@marguicha (216369)
• Chile
8 May
I was raised on good and healthy food. So I never had a terrible weight problem.
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@LindaOHio (158582)
• United States
6 May
I am very overweight and do not eat junk food for the most part. I am very sedentary due to my spinal issues; so it is extremely hard to lose any weight. I feel sorry for those 600 pound people and wonder if they have mental challenges that make them eat so much. Have a good week.
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@marguicha (216369)
• Chile
6 May
I hope that you can lose Some weight. I know how difficult it is for people who lead sedentary lives due to health reasons. In my house, I just don´t buy Coca Cola or the like. And I don´t add sugar to tea or coffee. That means a lot.
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