Observations.

"BTW don’t get me started on tats. But the current trend of having tats all over the skin seems purely a western thing. In Asia, the use of tats usually signifies ties to an organised crime gang. But here, well, it is just ugly and I’m sure many people will regret being a trendy tat person."

And the bulky people will be the first to die due to issues when they are confronted with the need to work to survive, and by work I mean hard physical work, digging, ploughing etc.

And what about those woke women who are sporting facial hair ? True, u used to see the occasional lady with some, but that would have been hormonal changes of life, now they are all over the place, and its undoutably through testosterone injections. Don't they realize they look so bad ? A bearded bloke looks OK.





The closer the collapse of an empire, the crazier its laws.

These days just about everybody has ink,  if you don't you are the exception.  Society is crumbling so fast. Yip have turned full circle now back to hard times..

As I have previously posted:
Hard times create strong men, strong men create easy times, easy times create weak men, weak men create difficult times.

Obesity is a massive problem in society. It costs everyone tax dollars and impacts on the space of others. It's not always a choice but the majority of the time in my opinion, it is. I always leave room for people who struggle like those with Hashimotos disease, or a physical injury that makes exercise extremely difficult or nigh on impossible. How does the saying go? "There but for the grace of god go I"? I'm not Christian but I think that's a wise thing to keep in mind.
I work out and eat healthy for the most part so that I'm able to do the things that I do to remain in good condition for as long as I possibly can, because I want to be healthy and happy. Someone else's obesity frustrates me on a personal level only when they try to make it a me problem. You want two seats on a plane? Pay for two. You're angry that you were asked to sit in a specific area at the medical centre because the seats aren't strong enough to hold you? Can't help you, but the floor is pretty strong.

I'm annoyed with paying extra taxes for their healthcare only as much as I'm annoyed about paying extra for cigarette smokers, or alcoholics. They have issues that they need to deal with and that sucks but I don't particularly enjoy that I have to pay more money because of their issues. I'm not going to cry about it though.


But you know what you can do if my tattoos upset you?

Look away.

I was curious so a did a Michael Googl-ay... The cost of overweight and obesity in Australia



"Conclusion: The total annual direct cost of overweight and obesity in Australia in 2005 was $21 billion, substantially higher than previous estimates. There is financial incentive at both individual and societal levels for overweight and obese people to lose weight and/or reduce WC."



I guess $600m is a drop in the ocean in comparison but it's still money that we shouldn't have to spend. For both situations that's a LOT of cash to splash on what ultimately is a lifestyle disease. Like I said, there are some situations in which overweight and obesity are very difficult to deal with and I can sympathise for those people. It's a very small proportion of the population that fit into that category though. Even with physical disability there's a lot that you can do because the reality is that weight loss starts in the kitchen. Not the gym. The gym helps, but it's bloody hard to out-run a bad diet.

I also found this report which gives some horrifying stats;

Adults

Based on the latest available data, of adults aged 18 and over (ABS 2018e):



Two in 3 (67%) are living with overweight or obesity. This is approximately 12.5 million adults.

36% are living with overweight but not obesity.

31% are living with obesity.

12% are living with severe obesity, which is defined in this report as having a BMI of 35 or more.

For all measures of overweight and obesity, men had higher rates than women did:



75% of men and 60% of women are living with overweight or obesity.

42% of men and 30% of women are living with overweight but not obesity.

33% of men and 30% of women are living with obesity.

That's some pretty scary stats. I guess it does tell us how many are likely to survive in a mass crisis though. Overweight and obese people will survive a lack of food longer, but if they have to run to get it? Maybe not so much!

This has been studied where the obese only had access to water, not food. The result was that a tiny few did come out the other end ok, and a lot skinnier. Most died of organ failure long before their body ran out of fat reserves. 

The inability to run or to fight would be debilitating and they'd quickly become a victim. Obese people can't farm either unless it involves machinery (which will no longer be functional), so other than sitting on top of a pile of canned food and hoping it all blows over before anyone finds them, I'm not sure what their survival strategy would be.

My dietician told me this week that I've dropped from the obese bracket down to just the overweight bracket.
I eat healthy now and do a decent amount of exercise each week, mostly daily and have dropped 54kg in the last 6mths, so doing my part

That is a big achievement. You should be very proud of yourself for that.

I’ve got a personal theory on this.   I think it might be related to the high amount of hormonal steroids that gets put into our foods now - ie caged chickens etc.  people eat a constant diet of these meats and it may affect their own bodies.  And this may also be related to the early onset of puberty we are now seeing in 8-10 year olds (whereas decades ago puberty usually started around the 12 year mark).

this is just a personal theory though and I haven’t done any reading, research or analysis to either prove or disprove it.  But if anyone wants to give me some research funding that covers me for the next year or so then I’ll gladly further explore this theory.

Killin' it! You've increased your lifespan immeasurably just with the weightloss alone. Going to the gym and building some muscle will just help you do it better