Ohiochick
06-22-2003, 10:19 PM
I was wondering and I have posted this on another board too. Do you think that a person can stay slim if their whole family is full of heavy people? I Am just wondering what you think.
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monarch
06-22-2003, 11:11 PM
Yes, I think it's possible. I'm sure it takes a lot of willpower and strength to watch what you're eating, but I think it's very possible. I have a cousin who was heavy in high school and both parents as well as her brother & sister were heavy, but she decided she didn't want to continue and now is normal size and has been for many years.
tiger lily 1304
06-23-2003, 01:13 AM
I hope it's possible!! I'm hoping to personally prove it is...several generations of my family are overweight!! ahhhh!
But, I have a good friend who has the same issue, whole family is very overweight...she went on a (not-so-healthy) diet about 4 years ago and looks good still today (and got over the borderline eating disorder that she had too which is even better).
Here's hoping!
But, I have a good friend who has the same issue, whole family is very overweight...she went on a (not-so-healthy) diet about 4 years ago and looks good still today (and got over the borderline eating disorder that she had too which is even better).
Here's hoping!
truthseeker
06-23-2003, 01:12 PM
Bad news folks. My brothers and sisters were all obesed from children in grade school, through highschool, and adult life. On the other hand, I was always thin. I am a person who always worked out, still do. I am the baby of the family. The children of my brother's and sister's are obesed too.
When I turned around 44, I start picking up weight, and by the time I was 50, I was obesed too.
I knew, it was Genetics. I knew it. I work in medicine. We inherit all diseases and everything else: height, etc.
I am not as big as them, but since i was so small for so long, when people see me from my old hometown as well as my brothers and sisters they are surprised, like: How did you gain weight?
This weight came on me even though I was in the Martial Arts, working out 4 days a week, walking 3/4 miles three or four days a week. I also, play vollyball and swim. I always was a person who ate correctly: baked chicken, fish, vegetables.
Now, I eat raw nuts, fruit and vegetables, baked salmon, water. On occasion i may eat normal, but not much.
People blame you for weight gain or any other disease you get..Believe me folks, it is genetics. I have read study after study that supports this.
When I turned around 44, I start picking up weight, and by the time I was 50, I was obesed too.
I knew, it was Genetics. I knew it. I work in medicine. We inherit all diseases and everything else: height, etc.
I am not as big as them, but since i was so small for so long, when people see me from my old hometown as well as my brothers and sisters they are surprised, like: How did you gain weight?
This weight came on me even though I was in the Martial Arts, working out 4 days a week, walking 3/4 miles three or four days a week. I also, play vollyball and swim. I always was a person who ate correctly: baked chicken, fish, vegetables.
Now, I eat raw nuts, fruit and vegetables, baked salmon, water. On occasion i may eat normal, but not much.
People blame you for weight gain or any other disease you get..Believe me folks, it is genetics. I have read study after study that supports this.
Callie50
06-23-2003, 01:25 PM
Wow, that is so depressing, but I think it's true. All of my sisters could make 2 of me when I was a teen. I was 5 feet 7 inches and a really skinny 120 pounds. I used to try to eat extra meals to put on weight. Now that I've had children and I'm in my 30s I gain weight easily and am having a hard time getting it off. I can't believe I'm obese...just like my mother, my aunts and my sisters.
But I do think that with a lot of hard work and willpower I should be able to take it off. But my days of living on cheeseburgers, cookies and potato chips are over.
But I do think that with a lot of hard work and willpower I should be able to take it off. But my days of living on cheeseburgers, cookies and potato chips are over.
BlueAngel
06-23-2003, 01:44 PM
I think genetics plays a big part in your weight, but just because you got the "fat genes" doesn't mean you have no control over your weight. I know so many people who say, "I'll always be overweight. It's hereditary," and they stop trying to watch what they eat and exercise right. That kind of mindset is more dangerous than those genes could ever be.
Most of my family is overweight, and I know that means I have to work much harder at reaching and maintaining my ideal weight than someone who's family is thinner. I will never have perfect thighs or a perfectly flat stomach. I have my mother's shape, and that will never change no matter how much I exercise or diet. But that does not mean I am destined to be unhealthy my entire life.
I take my genetics as a challenge. I know I have to work hard to not end up looking like my mother someday, and I know the increased health risks of being overweight. So I'm making the decision to go that extra mile to protect my health. Yes, it is frustrating to know that I will never look like a Victoria's Secret model, but I CAN look MY best and reach my potential health level.
Nature does have a very strong influence on what we become, but nurture is very strong also. Be realistic and acknowledge your genetic tendencies, but try your hardest to make the best of what you've got.
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"The future is no place to place your better days."
Dave Matthews
Most of my family is overweight, and I know that means I have to work much harder at reaching and maintaining my ideal weight than someone who's family is thinner. I will never have perfect thighs or a perfectly flat stomach. I have my mother's shape, and that will never change no matter how much I exercise or diet. But that does not mean I am destined to be unhealthy my entire life.
I take my genetics as a challenge. I know I have to work hard to not end up looking like my mother someday, and I know the increased health risks of being overweight. So I'm making the decision to go that extra mile to protect my health. Yes, it is frustrating to know that I will never look like a Victoria's Secret model, but I CAN look MY best and reach my potential health level.
Nature does have a very strong influence on what we become, but nurture is very strong also. Be realistic and acknowledge your genetic tendencies, but try your hardest to make the best of what you've got.
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"The future is no place to place your better days."
Dave Matthews
Ohiochick
06-23-2003, 02:42 PM
As a teen I was one of the thinner ones in my family @ 145 ...5'7 .
I shot up to 275 in 3 years! My own family was in shock to see me at christmases.
I don't intend on ever being super thin as a wafer.
My whole intentions are to lose enough weight to where I am happy with my self.
Admittedly that will be tough with such a low self body tolerence. I have to love my self the way I am has I am in this process of losing weight.
But the genes make me supseptable to CURVES.....WaVeS...and DENTS in places that are amazing and embarassing.
Thanks for your input................
I shot up to 275 in 3 years! My own family was in shock to see me at christmases.
I don't intend on ever being super thin as a wafer.
My whole intentions are to lose enough weight to where I am happy with my self.
Admittedly that will be tough with such a low self body tolerence. I have to love my self the way I am has I am in this process of losing weight.
But the genes make me supseptable to CURVES.....WaVeS...and DENTS in places that are amazing and embarassing.
Thanks for your input................