Purpose

Obesity is a major concern, perhaps one of the THE most important concerns of modern society, yet little is being done to combat it. In society today it is inevitable, more and more of daily life, manual labour, is taken over by machines, more of our time is spent sat at a computer, in cars etc.

Fraudsters have set up multi-million dollar businesses, selling slimming pills, claiming to "speed up metabolism". Medical professionals claim they do no such thing. I myself being "thin", i have sat by and watched helplessly. Not being insensitive, I truly wish to help, and this is a good a place as any for collaborative research.

Goals

• Provide a place for innovative ideas and theories to be put down, into the Research and Development of a new way / new technology to actually "get thin quick".
  
  
• Find and display documented proof that/which current weight loss medications etc. are simply "scams".
  
  
• To understand the inner workings of how the body works in relation to obesity.
  
  
• To uncover the answers to any sub-questions, for example why sometimes a thin person can eat large amounts and stay thin, and yet a large person may eat next to nothing and stay overweight.
  

A Final note

It should be noted that scientists determined that sometimes certain people can become overweight much much easier than others, through no fault of theirown, but by their low metabolism. Also it is thought that the quality of the general populations metabolism is reducing, thus it is far easier to gain weight and much harder to lose it.

I have the utmost respect for anyone who is overweight, there is nothing wrong with you, i hope you understand that, I merely wish to find a way, to give the OPTION of you living a healthier, happier life.

Initial Member invites

Soficrow, XU, BattleofBatoche, Hellmutt, djohnsto77

[edit on 24-11-2005 by Shadow88]

Interesting to say the least. And thanks for the input

While of course this is a separate medical condition which you say plays a large part in obesity, for informative purposes (anyone who would like to know) does it mention if there is a cure, obviously the fibroblasts are part of the human system, so removing the bodies ability to produce them i would think would be a non-issue, or at least research into finding one? What causes the infection? Thankfully we are now able to use stem cells to research cures for many diseases.

And may you please post links. Thanks!

[edit on 24-11-2005 by Shadow88]

I've been overweight for most of my life (but not morbidly obese).

The only diet that ever worked for me is the low carb diet (Atkins, etc.)

I lost almost 50 lbs. in a matter of months and felt very good and satisfied the entire time.

I did change jobs and my lifestyle kind of changed and I fell back into eating the carbs. You don't know how good a french fry looks when you haven't had one for months...

But it did take a long time for me to regain my weight -- several years.

So from personal experience, I would recommend that diet to anyone who wants to lose weight. It's simple, you don't need to buy any special food from some diet plan company, nor do you have to take any magic (and expensive) pills.

Just eat meat, eggs, cheese, salads (without any croutons or carb-rich dressings), and take a multivitamin pill just to be sure you're getting all the vitamins you need.



[edit on 11/30/2006 by djohnsto77]

I am currently under the "morbidly obese catagory," and I have always been struggling with my weight. I have been in and out of diets, losing and gaining like there is no tomorow. I have found it more mental than anything.

Yes, our bodies have slot to do with it, But it is mainly in our minds. I find it harder to resist large portions. I was raised with the "food = love" mindset. And that has damned me to the size I am at today.

I am currently dieting and have lost twenty pounds. No if some of you out there have never dieted, that is four sacks of potatoes. I am not on any strict regiments, but more telling myself that I don't need certain things."I don't need a super sized fry." It has really helped. But it is also hard to tell yourself that, or resist. It was like when I gave up smoking.

There is just a certain feel that I need to be chewing on something. One of the makor reasons I am my size is when I was younger, when I got home from school, I would eat. Not out of hunger, but out of boredom, yes thats right, BOREDOM. when there was nothing else to do , and there was no one there to talk to, I would make myself two bags of popcorn, pour extra butter on them and shovel handfulls into my mouth. It is kind of distgusting when I think about it.

But food was my "hug" it was conforting, it was kind. But what I didn't realize, was that I was falling down the rabbit hole of obesiety. But I do not blame the corperations for my weight. I had the choice to eat mammoth portions at McDonalds. But I do think that the companies are using that for their advantage (Arby's Big Montana). But I had my choice to eat there, so it is not their fault. But stating my big idea again, I believe that weight gain\loss is more depentant on the brain, not the gut.
Hope this helps,
Ford Farmer