So the UK’s eating more than it realises – here’s how we could get thin | Michael Hallsworth | Opinion | The Guardian
[–] Carsandsarcasm 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I could have told you that. I don't see what part of this is so hard. At absolute, absolute worst, they would have to use an app or notepad to record their calories. Is that really what we are defining as hard now? That is of course remembering that the option of not tracking calories and just reducing portion sizes exists. You would think we were asking for a kidney. This is no harder than remembering when and where your latest reality TV shitshow is airing so you know when you flop your fat arse in front of the idiot box, and they don't seem to struggle with that.
[–] GrammarStalinist 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
This is full of gold.
There is good evidence that under-reporting rates are much higher for obese people. The main reason for this seems to be that obese people simply consume more food, and thus have more to remember.
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People who want to lose weight are around 10 percentage points more likely to under-report their eating – regardless of whether they are overweight or not. This may be driven partly by self-deception or “wishful thinking”.
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The final potential cause is an increase in snacking and eating out over recent decades [....] This trend means it is more difficult for us to keep track of what we eat, not least because we have to remember more eating events.
Next: "Is water wet? The results of a new study may surprise you!"
Thin privilege is the ability to remember your "eating events".
[–] zxcvbnm981 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Well, you wouldn't have a ton to "remember" if you just track food before you eat it.. And don't have snacks if they're so difficult to remember? For me it would be pretty awesome if I suddenly found out I've been underestimating by 50% because I've been maintaining for several months and I'd be amazed that my body was burning that many calories. Sounds devastating as a dieter if you were honestly trying to lose weight. The people who aren't trying kinda deserve to be failing at it,
[–] DorothyMantooth 0 points 8 points 8 points (+8|-0) ago
There was an excellent British TV show called "Secret Eaters" that demonstrated this perfectly: all these obeasts and fatties claiming they ate "only about 1300 calories a day, mostly salads," but when the secret cameras were on them they found most of them were eating closer to 4000.
Episodes are on YouTube. I used to watch it with my girls, to prove to them that "But I barely eat and I'm still fat" was and is a total LIE. Now anytime they hear someone claim that they look at me and smile knowingly, like, "yeah, sure, only salads and a plain chicken breast for dinner, uh-huh, I totally believe you."
[–] jeffjeff [S] 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
It's hilarious isn't it. Especially when they show the planets what they eat in one week, tables full of cakes and beige deep fried beetus. I think the best one I saw was when one 'contestant' claimed to eat 800 calories on a 'cheat day' but usually much less. The genuine calculations were well into the thousands.
[–] DorothyMantooth 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
It was one of my favorite shows! That table just groaning with all that nasty food, and the stunned looks on their faces when they get caught lying like rugs about what they really ate vs. what they wrote in their food diaries. "This week, you ate the sugar equivalent of seven hundred donuts."
I start giggling as soon as they start with their "It must be something genetic because I only eat salads and maybe a bite of fruit, and I exercise allll the time," and I laugh harder and harder as we watch them waddle out of Starbeetus with enormous plastic tubs of whipped cream, watch them scarf down an entire huge 1kg Cadbury bar at their desk before lunch, watch them bake a huge potato and then slather it with an entire can of beans, coleslaw, 300g of cheese, and light sour cream (because, you know, they're healthy) so it looks like vomit on a plate and then slurp all that down for lunch...oh, good times. Or their "salads" that are basically lettuce drowned in salad cream with a bunch of cheese thrown on for good measure. Then it's more chocolate, some crisps as an afternoon snack because "{They've] been good today," and off to the gym--sometimes--for ten minutes of lumbering on a treadmill. Then an enormous dinner with like a serving bowl full of cheese-and-goop-covered pasta, six Mrs. Kiplings or an entire Tesco cheesecake or some profiteroles or all of the above, and a whole bottle of wine... And then the host asks, "How many calories do you think you had today?" and the answer is always, "Oh, about 1200." Lol.
I especially love the little bell that rings with every drink/serving/bite. Like the guy who ate something like twenty roast potatoes at a Sunday carvery in addition to all the other crap he ate. I think his daily average was some astronomical amount like 5600.
I don't remember the 800 calorie cheat day person, I need to find that one! There's a bunch of them on YouTube. I've started rewatching them lately, because that shit never gets old. I wonder if we should post a link for one? They're excellent shitlord entertainment.
[–] Bulbee ago
When i hear "trying to lose weight", fps always comes to mind. Perpetually saying they're going to "work on it".