Again, and again, and again, and again...

Guess what?!?!?!?!

http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/health/americas-5-fattest-and-getting-fatter-states-282773

Yup, obesity is getting worse in the states (and around the world... judging by the rising number of fat asses i see).
This time, i want your explanation. why is it that gym's are making bigger profits from more gym memberships, more books about weightloss are being sold than ever, and the supplement industry are doubling in their profit margins, yet people are still getting fatter and fatter?

write your opinion in the comment box, and i'll write mine (again) here...

I will make it organized this time (epic failed attempt to try to explain this in an easy way)... so here it goes

1) Convenient food choices (TV dinners, fast food, snacks and shit) have less volume and more calories (i picked up a "lozain" sandwich from the store last thursday in the morning for a quick bite, and saw that it had 300 calories of fat and carbs)

2) People are lazy. and let's face it, playing Rock band or shit like that for 3 hours straight is a lot more fun than going to the gym for 30 minutes. So, we say "I don't have time to workout" and try to convince ourselves that it's true.

3) Lying to ourselves. all this "i'm proud of my body" and "there's nothing wrong with being fat" is one of the main causes of the rise in obesity. you keep lying to yourself and try to believe that. then, 200 lbs later, you look at your reflection in the mirror and start crying and say "i'm fat and ugly". Yes, fat and ugliness are directly proportional. Try to convince yourself otherwise and you will end up like everyone else. 200 lbs overweight needing atleast 2 years of hard work to look normal. And this shit alone will break your will power to even START dieting or exercising

4) Believing that supplements and "super" supplements are harmful. sure they are, but that big mac you eat every goddamn day isn't, right? If an obese person switched from 3 junk meals per day, to 3 myoplex or met-rx meal replacements per day and took some fish oil, he will lose a shit ton of weight, and will be much healthier in every aspect of life. taking those meal replacements (although i think they are crap) are much better than eating your "healthy" home cooked meal, or eating at a restaurant. And guess what? it would cost less.

5) Convincing yourself that muscles are ugly. This is like trying to convince yourself that people don't care about money, looks, cars, houses, clothes... etc. Only poor people say "money is the root of all evil" and only out of shape people say "muscles are ugly"

6) Being in a hurry when you have all the time in the world. You know, yesterday i was watching "my name is Earl" and he was telling another convict in prison, who spent 20 years there, that if he would've worked with the warden and got some good behaviour certificates, he would've been out in 10 years. so the guy says "what the hell? work for him for 10 years just to get out early? who the hell has that kind of time?" it's exactly like fat people. spending 4 hours a day doing nothing productive AT ALL, wanting to get "skinny" and you tell them that if they actually used 3 hours per week out of the 40+ hours of free time they had during the week just to exercise, they'd say "who the hell has that kind of time?!"

AND MOST IMPORTANTLY!!!
7) NO SELF CONTROL WHAT SO EVER!!!!