they try to implicate everything in making people fat. I am skinny and have been all my life.
People need to exercise more and eat less.
that used to be my thinking as well. i was such a skinny little thing. my mother, my sister had such weight problems, they loved their snacks, had such sweet tooths. and i was smug in my diet and exercise and not putting on an ounce.
then i hit my mid 30's, the hormones changed, the insulin resistance that runs in my family becoming more and more severe. i fight really hard to not gain more than i have, but now, i am definitely heavier than i should be, and its all in my middle, where it shouldn't be. i walk every day, eat a really good diet devoid of almost all unhealthy complex carbs these days, but the lbs barely budge.
and yet, i remember in my late 20s when i got married, moved in with hubby, gained a few pounds because i was eating more, decided to lose the pounds, simply went on the no chip, no french fry diet, and lost all the weight in 2-3 months, without hardly trying. those were the days...........
so, while we'd like to think that "overweight" is the fault of the person, not eating right or exercising enough, that would be easy, to just blame it on something so simple. but i'm finding through my own experiences that unfortunately, in many cases, its not that simple.
