Should fat people take responsibility for their weight?

[tractor]

I read somewhere the other day that our stomachs are ten times bigger than they need to be being a leftover from when we would feast on a wilderbeast once a week rather than eating regular meals several times a day as we do now. So I blame God.

[scooterscot]

Doing what?

I'm lucky if I burn 500 calories running an hour on the treadmill.

[minestrone]

I wouldn't trust any of these calorie counters on gym equipment.

8 mile run in an hour will burn 900 - 1000 calories for most men.

[scooterscot]

I wouldn't trust any of these calorie counters on gym equipment.

8 mile run in an hour will burn 900 - 1000 calories for most men.

13kmph?

I'd be wreck after 10 minutes of that. Sailing around 10-11kmph for an hour is my absolute limit, unless I want to truly knacker my knees. If you can run 5km in 23 minutes I salute you. That's professional running and then some. Curious what age are you?

[minestrone]

I'm over 40.

I would like to think I could still break 20 mins for a 5k if I got to race weight.

[Zero Liability]

Couch potato lifestyles could kill the welfare state, landmark report warns - Telegraph

If they aren't then the rest of us will be.

Other than people with uncommon genetic conditions, yes they ought to be.

[NotAllThere]

Since I started doing exercise regularly - weights, walking and swimming - my weight hasn't reduced. But I look a lot thinner. I can't resist the temptation to eat chocolate. Fortunately, I can resist the temptation to buy it.

[BrilloPad]

10 mile run will take that off.

You'd never manage to run as far as 10 miles would you?

[d000hg]

I have not been running for 8 weeks and have put on a stone.

It has been absolutely brilliant. Eating and drinking like Henry 8th.

Annoyingly, before I started doing exercise and being healthy, I was putting on something like 1 pound a month (based on knowing what I weighed 2 years previously) despite eating loads of junk, drinking, and barely leaving the house.

Now I have lost a stone and a bit and eat probably half the calories I did before, and exercise most days, I find that reverting to my old lifestyle for a week can put on 5lb! How is that possible - I thought the "body going into starvation mode" theory was bunk!

[BrilloPad]

Annoyingly, before I started doing exercise and being healthy, I was putting on something like 1 pound a month (based on knowing what I weighed 2 years previously) despite eating loads of junk, drinking, and barely leaving the house.

Now I have lost a stone and a bit and eat probably half the calories I did before, and exercise most days, I find that reverting to my old lifestyle for a week can put on 5lb! How is that possible - I thought the "body going into starvation mode" theory was bunk!

A pint of water weighs a pound.

cojak's weight doubles when she goes on the blob.....