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  • Obesity can be caught like a cold

    Obesity can be caught as easily as the common cold, say scientists - Telegraph
    Atkins didn't say 'Calories don't count',
    he said, 'Don't count calories.'
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    Male 6 ft 3in 60 years old. Married 28 years.
    Began Atkins March 04 at 260lb, reduced to 203lb by April 07 and maintained.
    Blood Pressure Mar 04 147/94 . Jun 04 121/74 . Dec 04 119/72 . Jan 06 126/71 . Dec 07 110/70
    Atkins makes exercise mandatory - I took up cycling - see last pics at 203lb.


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  • #2
    Re: Obesity can be caught like a cold

    Oh whatever next

    I am fat because A) I ate(past tense) too much of the wrong food and B) I didn't get enough exercise.

    Virus schmirus

    Ciao xx




    F 49/5' 8"/start 14/01/09/SW 273

    Mini Goal 1, 250 Llbs Met march 18th 09
    Mini Goal 2, 230 Llbs
    Mini Goal 3, 215 Llbs
    Mini Goal 4, 200 Llbs
    Mini Goal 5, 175 Llbs
    Main Goal, 154 Llbs

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    • #3
      Re: Obesity can be caught like a cold

      I saw that and read that too.Came about from chickens.......
      On bbc 2 there was a very interesting 60min documentary...Horizon -Why are thin people thin?Lucky people......
      Talking about fat cells and that they never go away...It seems to explain from my early child hood of a chubby 7 year old that's where the curse all started for me.Manage to loose but slowly gain again.
      It's worth a watch to all.
      Parouz X





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      SW 143lbs > 64.9 kg
      mini goal 126lbs > 57.2 kg
      mini goal 112lbs > 50.8 kg
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      • #4
        Re: Obesity can be caught like a cold

        This is the link to the Horizon program if anyone is interested.
        In this they interview the doctor about the theory of catching obesity.

        BBC iPlayer - Horizon: Why Are Thin People Not Fat?
        Parouz X





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        AGE 42 , F

        HEIGHT 4'10 > 148CM weigh in>13/01> 131.6lbs/59.7kg

        SW 143lbs > 64.9 kg
        mini goal 126lbs > 57.2 kg
        mini goal 112lbs > 50.8 kg
        GOAL 46 KG


        Doing the ABS Challenge
        Doing the fit ball Challenge.

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        • #5
          Re: Obesity can be caught like a cold

          Oh no quick run from the fat people we can catch what THEY have!! (more prejudice)

          I watched that programme & it answered NOTHING, it is just theories and if you look at the ACTUAL findings that were hidden way down deep in the programe they stated that 1 3rd of obese people of the 1000 they tested -I am not very good at maths or percentages( hey it must be because I am fat ) - considering the population of the UK is approx 64,000,000 -MAY have this so called virus, that still means that statistically there are more people that are fat, because like me, in the past they ate too much & didn't get enough exercise. I have no-one to blame except myself, not a virus, it's not nurture or nature, it is purely ME putting more energy into my mouth than I get rid of. Oh and of course our DNA is SO Close to chickens isn't it!

          Ciao xx









          F 49/5' 8"/start 14/01/09/SW 273

          Mini Goal 1, 250 Llbs Met march 18th 09
          Mini Goal 2, 230 Llbs
          Mini Goal 3, 215 Llbs
          Mini Goal 4, 200 Llbs
          Mini Goal 5, 175 Llbs
          Main Goal, 154 Llbs

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          • #6
            Re: Obesity can be caught like a cold

            My belief is that when you are around other people, you may pick up on their internal responses to food and begin to respond the same way they do. Kind of a peer, or "herd" mentality.

            So instead of fat being contagious, fat attitudes and responses to food and eating are passed on.

            IMO.
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            Female, age 60, 5'5", small frame

            My food journal





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