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John Galt (dont/care)'s avatar

Some people are born with a tendency to be heavy. But genetics loads the gun, lifestyle pulls the trigger. I was obese, now I am not. That’s saying something in our obesigenic society. You are right - low carb and keto are the way. Add time restriction and the tendency to store energy is easily overcome. Also, many people who don’t get fat DO get very sick. Chronic energy imbalance is almost always deadly.

The real issue here is self-mastery. If you cannot conquer yourself, you are in no position to oversee others.

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Here's the thing: as much as I agree with this regarding Fatty Two by Fours, and don't believe in The Gay Gene because there is no evidence to support it...

I do believe some people are born to be fat.

And the reason is because I know families where one kid strongly resembles the fat parent and is also fat, and the other resembles the skinny parent and is skinny.

How generally this applies I have no idea nor any Genetic Proof.

But since bother kids had the same general upbringing and ate at the same table it's pretty clear bad dietary habits don't answer for everything.

And despite the weird claims made in reply the first time I mentioned my 400 pound Freight Train Friend, he is actually an archetype who for decades started his day eating breakfast at the "Round Table" with his hard working gargantuan buddies.

And whether any more freaks want to write insane rants in response or not, the reality is that any one of them could work you ( Joe " skinny" Public) to death just lihe the freight train that beat John Henry.

And they really are a substantial ( no pun intended) segment of Fat People.

One of the smaller 2x4s I know, for example, at 6'3 and 300, earns his living working for a concrete company as a subcontractor. He and his ginormous partner are the guys that load concrete stairs on the truck and deliver them and install them for the homeowner.

I promise none of you skinny dudes could begin to hold up your end.

And to be clear, I personally weigh less than when I graduated High School, have a 32 inch waist and am precisely 5'11 3/4" tall.

Also, I didn't finish telling about my best friend. After building a huge home for his family and working out at the Y Center for ten years and getting as slender as me proportionally, he decided he was very uncomfortable as a skinny person and did not like being skinny and deliberately went back to being fat.

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