With all due respect, you are one data point out of seven billion. Just because some people are able to lose weight doesn't mean everyone even *can* lose weight.
My point is that even if you adapt your behaviour to your metabolism, your metabolism can adapt itself to compensate. There are genes producing enzymes for fat storage which are activated in some people once they lose weight and become not fat. That's a reason some people find losing weight so difficult, and it's a biological reason beyond their control.
Here's the main problem I see with what you're saying. With your first point you're championing the power of the individual to make their own decisions about their weight, saying that "people can choose not to be fat". But in your second point you're saying that one person's choice in being fat somehow makes other people become fat too, so you're saying other people *don't* have a choice about whether they're fat or not (if people truly have a choice about being fat, why would other people's weight cause them to become fat?). So those are two completely contradictory points.
Is it normal I'm tired of "fat pride?"
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With all due respect, you are one data point out of seven billion. Just because some people are able to lose weight doesn't mean everyone even *can* lose weight.
My point is that even if you adapt your behaviour to your metabolism, your metabolism can adapt itself to compensate. There are genes producing enzymes for fat storage which are activated in some people once they lose weight and become not fat. That's a reason some people find losing weight so difficult, and it's a biological reason beyond their control.
Here's the main problem I see with what you're saying. With your first point you're championing the power of the individual to make their own decisions about their weight, saying that "people can choose not to be fat". But in your second point you're saying that one person's choice in being fat somehow makes other people become fat too, so you're saying other people *don't* have a choice about whether they're fat or not (if people truly have a choice about being fat, why would other people's weight cause them to become fat?). So those are two completely contradictory points.