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Were you born to be obese?
Webmd.com ^ | 08/01/13 | Kathleen Doheny

Posted on 08/08/2013 9:04:43 PM PDT by Pining_4_TX

"From previous studies, it is estimated that 40% to 70% of a person's BMI is inherited," Batterham says, but it's complex and not as simple as just giving a percent.

Overall, the role of any single gene [in obesity] is not big, Qi says. However, if all the obesity-related genes are considered, “the effect would be sizable."

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Science
KEYWORDS: bmi; genetics; health; obesity
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To: Pining_4_TX

If I was, I’ve overcome my genetic programming.


61 posted on 08/09/2013 3:44:37 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Ask me about the Weiner Wager. Support Free Republic!)
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To: Pining_4_TX

A basic understanding of statistics tells you that a range of 40-70% is grant money speak for ‘we have no freaking idea.’


62 posted on 08/09/2013 5:38:06 AM PDT by rwilson99 (Please tell me how the words "shall not perish and have everlasting life" would NOT apply to Mary.)
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To: GOP Poet
The rest are obese, gray, and just plain old and look their age and older.

Here is where you are misguided. It is true those overweight fat siblings of yours have the ability to lose weight and get back into shape. The can eat normally and with moderate exercise achieve that goal.

The genetic endomorphs cannot do that unless they train like Olympic athletes and eat like Bergen-Belsen inmates FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES.

63 posted on 08/09/2013 5:46:48 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: VoiceOfBruck

800m run then 4 sets of 10 deadlifts, 10 push-ups, followed by a 400m run. I was the slowest in the Box at 16 minutes but then I only started 4 weeks ago.

I know obese. I was from the age of 4 through my 49th birthday (Jan 2013). Even when I was in the military I was overweight and had to bust my butt to get down low enough to pass the bi-annual weigh-in. This last January I decided it was long enough and started on Ideal Protein. After 6 months of 950 calories a day I had lost 58 pounds and am currently at the lowest weight I have been since 3rd grade. Was it genetics? Doubtful. I think it’s more likely the High Fructose Corn Syrup, GMO corn, and wheat that I’ve eaten daily since I was 4. It doesn’t matter because now I’ve figured out how to beat it and plan to continue to do so.

I’ve always hated exercise because of my weight and lack of “rush” that others get from it. I started CrossFit a month ago and am actually enjoying it so hopefully will stick with it. I have to scale the workouts down a bit due to the MS but otherwise am rocking.


64 posted on 08/09/2013 6:24:12 AM PDT by Mac n Jac (www.vetsfightingms.org)
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To: Pining_4_TX

i am 5’5, 114lbs... not skinny, but curvy and toned... very small frame... two years ago i was 130 lbs... that might sound like a lot of weight, but on my small frame, it shows... i started exercising, eating clean with occasional cheats, and eating smaller portions... my 4 sisters are roly polys... they eat crap, and do not work out and drink a lot of soda... when they do, from time to time, eat better and exercise, they lose a few pounds... if you are looking at families of parents with their kids, of course they are going to look similar.. they eat the same stuff, have the same habits...


65 posted on 08/09/2013 7:21:10 AM PDT by latina4dubya (when i have money i buy books... if i have anything left, i buy 6-inch heels and a bottle of wine...)
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To: Mac n Jac

AWESOME!!! Thank you for posting. Your ROCK! :-D


66 posted on 08/09/2013 7:30:28 AM PDT by GOP Poet
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To: Age of Reason

Excellent. Good for you. I love how you keep finding new solutions for yourself. I did this over the years and it has paid off. Sometimes it is an accumulation of solutions we figure out over time. Congratulations and excellent work.


67 posted on 08/09/2013 7:34:30 AM PDT by GOP Poet
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To: mylife

Then have discipline and eat less


68 posted on 08/09/2013 9:24:27 AM PDT by wardaddy (the next Dark Ages are coming as Western Civilization crumbles with nary a whimper)
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To: wardaddy

I do.
I do not have a weight problem.


69 posted on 08/09/2013 9:27:44 AM PDT by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
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To: Pining_4_TX
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You should look up the 1st law of thermodynamics.

70 posted on 08/09/2013 9:35:15 AM PDT by Mase (Save me from the people who would save me from myself!)
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To: mylife; wardaddy
Carbs cause fatness.

Michael Phelps eaats 12,000 calories a day, mostly carbs, when he's in training. Have you ever seen how fat that guy is?

Yeah, it's the carbs......

71 posted on 08/09/2013 9:42:16 AM PDT by Mase (Save me from the people who would save me from myself!)
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To: Mase

He is burning that stuff off in fast bursts.
He is carb loading and burning it off.
Phelps is using every muscle in his body.

I used to do it.
It makes you feel like ****.
You spike and burn out fast if you don’t have protein.


72 posted on 08/09/2013 10:07:29 AM PDT by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
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To: Pining_4_TX
Very thin people tend to have certain characteristics. Fat people tend to have certain physical characteristics (beyond their weight, I mean).

True. Thin people (not all but a majority) tend to eat better foods and exercise more than fat ones. Look at who's jogging and riding bikes in your town. It's not the fat people. Look at what's on the plates of the thins and fats when you go to a restaurant. Look who goes to the all you can eat places.

I will concede there are a minority of people whose body is messed up chemically or their metabolism is off and they can't help it. That's not today's obesity epidemic. It's bad eating and sedentary lifestyles.

And yes, I used to be fat about 13 years and 50 pounds ago, because I had bad eating habits and didn't exercise.

73 posted on 08/09/2013 10:29:47 AM PDT by Lizavetta
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To: mylife

Like so many have already said, carbs don’t make you fat. Consuming more energy than you burn will. Same as it ever was.


74 posted on 08/09/2013 10:42:31 AM PDT by Mase (Save me from the people who would save me from myself!)
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To: Lizavetta

If you look at people’s body types, one can see that some people are thin by nature and some fat by nature. The thin ones have as much difficulty putting on weight as the fat ones do losing weight.

I am happy for your success - if you are happy! :-)

Just because this topic interests me, do you mind if I ask how you lost the weight and what you do to maintain it? Do you know how many calories you consume on a daily basis? How about exercise? You are, of course, in the minority. Most people cannot maintain weight loss for any significant amount of time.


75 posted on 08/09/2013 11:26:14 AM PDT by Pining_4_TX (All those who were appointed to eternal life believed. Acts 13:48)
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To: itsahoot; mylife
Live on Kraft mac and fake cheese, and you will gain weight.

Ramen noodles are even cheaper.

Both true, but have you ever taken a gander at what fills the shopping carts of those who (a) appear to occupy the lower economic strata, and (b) are almost invariably overweight? It ain't Kraft mac and cheese or Ramen noodles. It's all kinds of prefab frozen food, ice cream, random hi-carb, high-HFCS junk, and never fresh produce.

The obesity epidemic is no mystery to me!

76 posted on 08/09/2013 3:01:55 PM PDT by VoiceOfBruck (Hello NSA monitors!)
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To: Mac n Jac

Congrats on getting into crossfit & getting on top of your weight issues. I’ve been doing crossfit for a little under 4 years. I just turned 50 & can usually keep up with the guys in their 20s & 30s, but my knees have told me to ease up on the heavy lifting.


77 posted on 08/09/2013 3:07:05 PM PDT by VoiceOfBruck (Hello NSA monitors!)
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To: Pining_4_TX
I've never bothered with calorie counting and to be honest stress and worry which leads to very little eating for me is what did it for me, then later on I added a lot of walking.

We'll have to agree to disagree on that people cannot maintain weight loss for long. Of course they can. They just won't because will power and consistency is difficult and a constant struggle. If they kept up the same eating and exercise habits as they did to lose, they will keep it off. I ain't saying it's easy but it's certainly doable.

78 posted on 08/12/2013 9:23:01 AM PDT by Lizavetta
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To: Age of Reason
I've been 160 lbs for the past two years. Started lifting weights in my 60s, and I hope to gain some weight--but weight from muscle only.

Since I've turned 50, I'm finding it virtually impossible to add muscle. I can build strength, but not mass. Figured it was testosterone related. I also find I am sore all the time anymore from working out and generally have one nagging strain of some kind. It's hell getting old!

79 posted on 08/12/2013 9:37:48 AM PDT by IamConservative (The soul of my lifes journey is Liberty!)
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To: Lizavetta

I didn’t mean to say tha nobody maintains weight loss. There is the National Weight Control Registry that keeps track of many who do.

However, it has been shown that many people start re-gaining the weight they have lost even while still dieting. Their bodies compensate for the decreased intake and become more “thrifty”. It is a defense left over from when people endured frequent famines. Our bodies have their own ideas about what we ought to weigh. Low or high.

Freegards,
Pining


80 posted on 08/12/2013 10:05:54 AM PDT by Pining_4_TX (All those who were appointed to eternal life believed. Acts 13:48)
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