You really have no idea. Really.
Watching your mother is not the same as living it. And it doesn't sound like your mother had any kind of eating disorder. ie. Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa or Compulsive Overeating.
Curious...did you ever tell your mother she was fat because she was lazy?
Article from USAToday:
Obesity has long been blamed on weak willpower, overeating, genetics and lack of exercise. Now scientists increasingly are seeing signs that suggest there may be an additional contributor: food addiction.
Monday night and again today, dozens of the nation's leading researchers in obesity, nutrition and addiction planned to discuss whether food has addictive properties for some people. They're gathering in New Haven, Conn., at a meeting sponsored by Yale University's Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity.
"We believe that there is sufficient science to suggest there is something to this, so we are bringing the leading authorities together to decide whether food addiction is real and what the underlying psychology and biology might be," says Kelly Brownell, director of the Rudd Center.
"It's surprising that our field has overlooked this concept for so long," he says. "
Society blames obesity only on the people who have it and has been close-minded to other explanations."
(People like you, it seems)
Support for the idea of food addiction comes from animal and human studies, including brain imaging research on humans, says Mark Gold, chief of addiction medicine at the McKnight Brain Institute at the University of Florida, who is a co-chair for the meeting.
I think the excuses people make about why they can't lose weight are ridiculous. Overweight people don't lose weight because they don't want to.
This is one of the most asinine things I have ever ready. Especially that last sentence. How many overweight people out there do you think wake up everyday and love their image?
Some more info for you to ponder:
Addiction
During binges compulsive overeaters consume as much as 5,000 calories and up to 60,000 calories per day, which results as an addictive "high" not unlike those experienced through drug usage, and a release from psychological stress. In bulimics, this high may be intensified by the act of purging. Some researchers have speculated there is an abnormality of endorphin metabolism in the brain of binge eaters that triggers the addictive process. This is inline with other theories of addiction that attribute it not to avoidance of withdrawal symptoms, but to a primary problem in the reward centers of the brain. Further, research has shown that those with eating disorders most often crave high carbohydrate “comfort foods” and use these during binges. The ingestion of these foods causes release of the neurotransmitter, serotonin. This could be another sign of neurobiological factors contributing to the addictive process. Abstinence from addictive food and food eating processes causes withdrawal symptoms in those with eating disorders. There may be higher levels of depression and anxiety due to the decreased levels of serotonin in the individual.[2]
There are complexities with the biology of compulsive eating that separate it from a pure substance abuse analogy. Food is a complex mixture of chemicals that can affect the body in multiple ways, which is magnified stomach-brain communication. In some ways, it may be much more difficult for compulsive overeaters to recover than addicts. There is an anecdotal saying among Overeaters Anonymous members that "when you are addicted to drugs you put the tiger in the cage to recover; when you are addicted to food you put the tiger in the cage, but take it out three times a day for a walk."[2]
The physical explanation of compulsive overeating may be attributed to an overeaters' increased tendency to secrete insulin at the sight and smell of food, though medical evidence supporting this is controversial.[3]
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compulsive_overeating#cite_note-WEINER1998-2
How about excuses. Instead of eating an entire bag of chips, buy baked lays and have a small bowl. I think the excuses people make about why they can't lose weight are ridiculous. Overweight people don't lose weight because they don't want to. They make excuses and then they have people support their excuses with, "oh it's OK you can't help yourself". YOU CAN help yourself. It's going to suck and it's going to be hard but when you see the pounds disappear you'll become even more motivated to keep going. This is why I like, "The Biggest Loser" because Jillian Michael's calls people out on their inability to push themselves.
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But I didn't lose weight because I dieted (which had never worked in the past), but because of an unexpected side effect of a medication. I still ate and eat the same amount I always did and weigh considerably less.
.I was doing the samething.But twilight wonn't listen!!!
