Why? I’ve been heavy. I’ve been light. Burn more calories than you consume and you lose weight. I don’t think it’s fair others should need to pay more for my healthcare if I choose to use my American freedom to be heavy?
That’s not what OP said, they said the government should pay people to lose weight. As if getting a $100 check in the mail each month would change people’s behavior. It just lacks any real understanding of why people are overweight to begin with.
A $100 check is not going to get someone to choose Broccoli over Ice Cream...
for example I have for force myself to eat vegetables, cant stand them, no matter how they are prepared, I have a heightened sensitivity to bitter things. It is not a cost issue that prevents me (and many others I know) from eating "healtly" things, it is fact that to us they taste like crap
and yes I know "how to prepare them", I am actually a pretty decent cook, and tried every preparation method known to man, just my taste buds reject veggies, especially cooked veggies, Salads greens, Spinach, Green Peppers, Tomato's, Cabbages, etc are tolerable and make up the bulk of my vegetable intake
I did what you are doing for years and finally switched to a low-carb diet instead. It works much better for me. I still eat 200g spinach and 150g broccoli a day to get the vitamins I need. It tastes excellent when fried in butter with lots of spices and eggs/meat. I instantly lost 7kg and 9cm around my waist eating the same amount of calories. And my blood results are “superb” according to my doctor. I recommend the “low carb down under” YouTube channel for the science talks.
You're projecting an implementation onto an idea. It seems bad faith. The ability, or physical and emotional investment to lose weight isn't exactly insignificant, so you're right to emphasize that - projecting ignorance and malice on the idea rather than criticizing it's merits isn't helping though? $100 check contingent on nothing does seem like it could go wrong as well as being subjectively offensive, but you are the one who suggested that right? What would work best I wonder. I was lucky in the sense that my life's circumstances forced me to lose all my spare weight.
I certainly wasn't trying to, just giving you my impression of your intentions. Are you trying to impune and argue, or is that just me? What ideas are you suggesting besides the $100?
It’s more complicated than that. If you don’t keep your insulin low then you literally can’t loose fat no matter how little calories you eat. The body will simply down regulate your energy expenditure to match your calorie intake if it can’t access your body fat. So you will be colder, have less energy, be more tired etc.
