New Rule: Fat Acceptance | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)
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Wow, he is so right. I went to the Cardiologist December 2019 and weighed in at 374lbs. He looked at me and said, "how many 400lb 55 year olds do you know". I said none. He said, "that's because not many exist". The comment hit me right between the eyes. The previous month my family Physician diagnosed me with diabetes. I changed everything. I ate mostly green foods like lettuce, cucumbers, avocados, spinach etc. I eat meat occasionally when I really crave it but I never eat sweets or dessert. Today I am 195lbs without a trace of diabetes. Nothing tastes as good as being healthy feels.
That’s really all it takes. Congrats on turning it around. I never got really overweight but about 5 years ago I started eating mostly veg, lost 30 or so pounds, weigh about 7 pounds more than I did in college, and the only exercise I get is walking the dog, taking the stairs, and playing disc golf.
Well done! I watched a video some years back in which a 40-something man was told by his doctor to buy a coffin, because he would need it within five years. Sometimes you just need to be scared enough to take action.
@@thebr0wnhornet Thank you.
@@adriawinfield7913 Thank you.
Like a boss! Good job, mate.
As someone who has been trying to lose 70 pounds in order to join the military for last 4 years, this is certainly an under-discussed topic, and I’m sure as hel not going back to 300 pounds. I was unhealthy when I was trying to starve myself thin, and not working out with just my bodyweight. Thank you Bill for talking about this.
By the way, only 24 pounds to go, and loving every single step.
If you’re real, I’m happy for you. My dad has been 450 lbs my whole life. He wants to lose weight. He can’t. It’s 100% a mental challenge
Keep going, homie! I dropped 50 lbs, but that was _after_ I was in the military. Avoid alcohol while you're enlisted; that's what made me gain all the weight.
Congrats, my friend. I gained 20 while in hospital for 2 months. Room service wouldn't stop me from ice cream...they tried but I'm tricky! Mot tricky enough to lose those 20.
Good for you. It’s hard to lose 10 pounds even. Good luck and stay on the path.
@@zakbagans2661 I’m about as real as can be. And there is no real advice that I could give, only he can fully commit to the journey that is weight loss, but I would recommend “Can’t Hurt Me” by David Goggins. I picked it up last week, and it has been a huge shift in my perspective.
I am obese man, and I approve this message.
I’m obese as well. I’m currently about 40-45 pounds heavier than I should be. I’ve been busting my butt over the last 3 plus months through better food choices and amping up my exercise level. I’m down 25 pounds and feel so much better.
I encourage you to commit to your health. You can do this.
@@aeromedical6750 I've lost close to 30 pounds and still feel like shit. Still have a ways to go.
@@aeromedical6750 Well done. You seldom hear anyone say, 'I'm down to a normal healthy weight and I feel worse than I did when I was 40lb heavier'. I wonder why.
@@christopherwheeler688 - EXACTLY!!! This whole “fat acceptance/body positivity” crusade is a toxic message to our current obesity epidemic. I’m sorry, but if you are obese, you should not be accepting that as a way of life and then demand that society conform to your unhealthy lifestyle. I am all about treating others with dignity and respect. I would never go out of my way to fat shame anyone. However when these fat activist crusaders try to pawn off “You can be healthy at any size” and then demand that I celebrate their fatness, I have to draw the line. I will continue to call “bullshit” when they spread this moronic message.
I’m just gonna throw this in here ,I understand you all. Year2022 last week of January , I stopped going to work and had to take leave of absence , a very long one . I was diagnosed almost every month with horrifying diseases, heart disease , interstitial lung disease, Graves’ disease, high blood pressure, etc, and I think in October I became a full blown diabetic type 2 with osteoarthritis and had to get injections in my knee just so I can walk without a cane. In January 2022 ,I was 126 lbs 5’4 woman with a very active life. By September I was 160lbs.with no job. When I got diagnosed with diabetes is when I started to really get worried and took control. I ask my endocrinologist to give me time to work on my diabetes and she agreed to my request . This January just a few weeks ago i reversed my diabetic diagnosis and hyperthyroidism ( graves disease). How you ask? Since November of 2022 I started intermittent fasting . I only drink pure water for 16 to 17 hours then eat real food for 7 hours . But I choose food that are actually beneficial and sensible, a good balance of meat , veggies, fish , and fruits. Once a week I would eat like normal. I go to the gym 4/5 x a week for a couple of hours , I am now 143 lbs . The 20 more lbs I need to lose is so much easier to achieve now and my goal is to totally get my blood sugar level to non diabetic stage and to hopefully stop the progression of OA. I am at 6.2 aic which is prediabetic level. I also am working on fixing my lung problems tho doctors said it’s irreversible, I will still try. Unfortunately after a year I have to let go of my job but that I am also working on fixing .. I’ll just make a job for myself. Intermittent fasting , real discipline, enormous amount of hard work, and a lot of optimism got me to where I’m at now . I just want you all to know anything is really possible. You’ve all overcame the most difficult part already..now I wish you all well and good luck.
"Blood on your hands, full stop". "Asking your doctor not to weigh you is like asking your dentist not to look in your mouth." This is all so absurd! You nailed it Bill Maher!
The dental thing really got me. Arguing obesity is fine and a natural body type is like saying cavities are natural and shouldn't be combated-- with a teeny tiny percentage of medical exceptions, both are the direct result of bad lifestyle choices and lack of willpower.
People whos ansesters were exposed to pesticides are at higher risk for obesity. Stop eating inorganic until after you reproduce
I'm a nurse and tried to warn people that the patients on vents in my icu almost all had one thing in common... Obesity. I got slammed in comment sections and a reddit post got down voted into oblivion. Even doctors who were quick to shame anyone who didn't get vaccinated would not dare tell people that obesity was a huge risk factor for severe illness or death from COVID .
I can only imagine
You think the obese people didn't know that already? C'mon. I'm willing to bet that you've informed zero people they were obese who didn't already know it and zero who didn't already know it's hurting their health. How young do you have to be to not know? 7? 6? I realize it's your job and personally would not fault a doctor or nurse for telling me that. (Thank you for your service). Thanks to our dysfunctional health care system I was uninsured for 13 years before the ACA and got all my care in Thailand. Those doctors could be absolutely blunt calling out excess weight. I always lost weight over there because of eating less-UNhealthy foods that at least weren't as bad as here, and getting a lot more everyday exercise just getting around for work. Yet all we get in the U.S. is blame-the-individual because of our cultural bent. After 60+ trips over there for business, I'll probably retire to Thailand. It could add years to my life.
Thats y, not i, not my wife not my Herbalife friends got that shot.
Not the 1sr, the 3rd, or the 5th . 4 Modiable Risk Factors. 1 No Smoking
2 Healthy BMi, low body Fat. 3 NUTRITION !
u r wat u eat .
4 Exercise.
There was so much misinformation and crazy conspiracy theorists all over the media. So I think they just didn´t want to feed them more? So a comment like that, might make people not getting vaccinated, if they think only "fat" people die... of course being obese makes everything worse, but I think most people already know that. And you don´t change people´s weight with a comment, but you can change the amount of people getting vaccinated.
@@myfriendgoo2816 the OP's point isn't that the individuals don't realize their obesity; it's that many doctors and keyboard warriors on Reddit are so ready to die on the hill that we should all ignore the fact that over 70% of covid d3aths were overweight people, while simultaneously blaming unvaxxed people. You can't have it both ways.
As someone that went from 340 to 173 pounds at 6'1" and have kept it off for 10 years so far I can tell everyone it was the best thing I have ever done. No gastric bypass I just kept my mouth shut,
you are an inspiration!
That takes willpower. Congratulations.
That is amazing! Congratulations man.
I have low glacymia I have to eat it’s not that simple STOP JUDGING ME
@@againstthepods4316 you dont have to eat the whole pizza tho
My father was a fat 90-year-old (made it to 93). He was a sugar addict who got away with overweight and obesity for 70 years, but in his 80s he had hypertension, diabetes, macular degeneration (then, it meant blindness for sure), and Alzheimer's (brought on by blindness and diabetes). His quality of life was terrible during his last decade. It's not just how long you live. It's quality of life, and if you're fat you WILL suffer for it. Contemplating his fate made me lose and keep off 40 pounds. It can and must be done.
That's some good genetics then if he made it that far by being fat. He must have at least ate his greens 🤣
OMG there's always One Smart Alec.
@@wombat5252 He loved GHW Bush because he shared a revulsion against broccoli. And any other veg that wasn't drowned in some kind of sauce or glaze. Our 1950s meals were meat and potatoes, with occasional corn and carrots (and, of course, Wonder Bread, a.k.a. cardboard). He THOUGHT he was eating something healthy when he had fruit cocktail with sweet sauce poured on it. I had to do aversion therapy on myself in adulthood to get into eating veg, and am still not great at it. He was also quite a walker (2 mi. a day into his 80s) and extremely smart (tested I.Q. of 200 in high school), so he had some cognitive reserve and never did get any cardiovascular problems except hypertension. But nothing is worse than Alzheimers (now often called Diabetes 3 because it's an insulin-metabolizing problem) coupled with blindness.
Statistically, he was an outlier. You’ll find outliers in virtually any sample size you can pick.
@@realnaturephile But he WAS an obese 90-year-old. They do exist.
Perfect timing. I'm 75 and just returned home after working out!! No pride, just joy.
I struggled with it most of my adult life. But I finally got mad at myself at 44 yo and decided that my kids & wife would SEE me instead of hearing stories about how fit I used to be when I was young. I'm now down 85 lbs. from my heaviest weight of 287 and I feel like a teenager again. EVERY SINGLE ASPECT OF MY LIFE HAS IMPROVED AS A RESULT.
My only regret is that I wasted 20 years being fat.
great job!
@@markfrost2707 (and great job to you too for saying great job) c:
I hear you brother, same here, keep up the good work.
My story is almost identical except I was 35 and 255lbs... In one year's time with enough determination... I'm now 180lbs and have more energy than I've ever had.
@@Wilde_Wolfe Awesome... good for you man. Happy for you.
Completely agree. As a mother of two young kids it is a constant battle to fight off everyone trying to give them shitty foods. It takes effort to make homemade meals every night (that they often don’t appreciate) after working all day. Thank goodness my husband is on board because I have so many parents say who cares all the time.
Rocking it Mom 👍🇨🇦
Your kids will thank you in the years to come 👍
My wife and I are right there with you. I just retired from the military, now I'm a stay at home dad, and my effort filled meals are frequently ruined by well-meaning family treating my kids to toxic crap. We live in the deep south, where obesity is the norm, so we are fighting up hill for sure. Best of luck to y'all!
Everyone complains about 'fat shaming.' No, you should be ashamed that you're not trying to do something about it. We say health care is a right, right? Well, so is taking care of ourselves. You would be surprised how our health care system gets better.
While you're at it, using appropriate language is also part of good parenting.
“You can make believe you’re fighting some great social Justice battle for besieged minorities; but you’re really doing is enabling addicts.” That is one of the most true and haunting statements from this video.
'you're not a freedom fighter because you want to keep eating donuts'
@@carriegraham6385 You can be a freedom fighter with an addiction.
💯💯💯💯
I mean, and also obese people are barely minorities in America, since now closing in on half, or 42% of US adults are obese, and a further 30% are overweight, meaning just 28% or about 1 in 4, are a normal AKA healthy weight.
@@CorenaG nobody today is a freedom fighter, the last freedom fights were black people from the 50’s 60’s. What we have today is, whatever the fuck you all are, I call you jokes
Thank you Bill, thank you for putting this out there! "Woke" culture is about not taking responsibility for anything, even their own lack of self care and unhealthy habits.
I am 85years old and work two hours out every day 1 hour swimming and 1 hour walking!Some days I am so tired I can barely fix my breakfast but a little rest and Iam back feeling so d am good Iam back the next day doing 2 hours again of exercise@
I don’t use the term woke and I think it has become a catch-all for whatever some people don’t like. It’s lazy to use a word you never define. Taking responsibility for yourself has nothing to do with politics. Nothing. I repeat, nothing. It’s a sign of maturity and reason, and those two characteristics are notable by their absence throughout America.
...except using the "correct" pronouns.
"You not a freedom fighter if you want to keep eating donuts."
😂 Spot on, Bill!
Oh wow. Have you seen some of our police of late? Couldn't outrun a ground sloth.
@@LesterMoore Have you seen some of these people who think they're state militia? They don't have to.
And so people are clear, Bill isn't talking about having "the perfect beach bod". He's talking about actual health. You don't know how serious this issue is until you hear a doctor tell you "you'll be lucky to reach 35 if you don't get this in order".
I also find it wild that people will debate healthcare in America, but not bring up our biggest cost. That is preventable diseases that are almost exclusively caused by our unhealthy habits.
absolutely!
This.
When the doctor tells them that, they sue the doctor for ‘intentional infliction of emotional distress’.
He points out people should have a flat stomach lol
A flat stomach isn't a function of health.
@@ancalyme He didn’t say that. It was a Tshirt. He said ‘you do you’.
“Have you ever seen a fat 90 year old?” With one question Bill has brought reality to the debate.
More people need to say this on big platforms. It is completely unacceptable to have fat acceptance. It's like I'm living in the twilight zone.
If you’re anti science just say that
@@haileyquinnzel what?
@@yzwme586 this does not need to be said on big platforms, bc fat shaming makes the issue worse
@@haileyquinnzel If it's not said on big platforms then nothing is done about it and it gets worse. It needs to be addressed for people to realize that this fat acceptance is BS. There's nothing good about being obese.
@@yzwme586 science says otherwise.
This is the Bill Maher America really needs. Great segment, and glad to see you back at your best.
@MP In general, I’ve found Americans to be poor critical thinkers (I’m American), evidenced by our extreme politics/black-and-white cognitive distortions. Anyhow, I’ve found foreigners (I’ve traveled loads) to be more intelligent overall and I think it’s conditioned (not genetic). Good news is our brains are plastic.
Yeah, i feel the same. I thought we had lost him there for a while but he has bounced back. Common sense and truth always prevail.
he and Bill Burr tell it like it is!
Yea, I've enjoyed being able to watch Bill Maher again now that he's not being too emotionally attached to politics and partisan. For years he devolved into a liberal left wing nutcase and wasn't even funny anymore. Now he's funny again and more grounded.
Agreed
Mad respect for saying what no other tv host would dare to say.
The rugged-individual culture in the U.S. and the bent toward blaming the individual and making things about willpower (strongly rooted in Puritanical and Calvinist roots) hasn't changed at all, even for atheists like Bill. There are more fat people now, which is why it seems so "daring," but I have a hard time remembering anything BUT 100% blame-the-individual. It's what we've always done and still do as a country. It's been such a long running failure in this instance that I can only conclude Bill would rather be "right" by doubling down on it than solve the problem. The only thing that's changed is a little less bullying and open shaming. They're still thinking the same thoughts but not verbalizing as often. That's IT.
@@myfriendgoo2816, will power matters. A lazy society is an unproductive society and eventually a failed society. This rule is true whether you're atheist or religious. Reality doesn't care about religious beliefs.
Joe Rogan has been saying this for years
Eh fat shaming has been a fetish with Bill for a long time, he makes comments about it in almost every episode..gets old.
@@zoobrizz 🙄
I'm waiting for the day we reach "bad teeth" positivity, because I really don't want to brush my teeth anymore
I think they have that in Europe
@@bm.6349 no we are just not obsessed with white teeth. Our dentists are fine. But to be fair this continent still smokes quite a lot compared to you guys
Yes we arent obsessed with fake white teeth as Americans... we find that tacky and fake and unnatural looking
My late wife let herself go. She used to say, "if you loved me, you'd love me the way I am." Except I didn't marry her the way she was, and as she continued to let herself go it literally affected our marriage. She used to be offended that her doctor's chart said "morbidly obese." She thought that was a slur! She was so out of touch with her weight problem that one day she was surfing the internet and unironically and with no concern whatsoever said, "Oh look, I weigh the same as a baby elephant!" Eventually, her obesity caused complications for her immune system, letting benign viruses in her system just waiting for their chance to shine come out from behind the curtain and kill her. All because nobody dare express to her their concerns. So yes, we need to stop the nonsense. But sadly, we're still in this culture where everyone thinks they have a right not to be offended, so that's not likely to happen anytime soon. And more people are going to die before it gets better.
I’m sorry for your loss.
Sadly, yours was not an isolated case. Life is so busy for so many people that exercising, since it is a “voluntary” (it really isn’t but let’s just continue on) it becomes a very low priority.
Also, for the vast majority of people, humans follow the path of least resistance. Exercise is hard and takes effort, so that is a natural disincentive for most people to do it on a regular basis.
People are also good at rationalization: yes, they know they are overweight or higher but so are a lot of other people. And look, I have two teenagers at home, I work part time and I am the spouse that is saddled with 90% of the housework so that’s why our house looks pretty unkept most of the time.
When I worked I got up a little early on a workdays and exercised for 25 - 30 minutes. Even a little exercise like that plus practicing portion control helped me stay is pretty good shape.
I’m sorry, but being excessively heavy is just not good for your health and longevity.
When I was child in the 60s an overweight kid was rare. A few years ago I was showing a friend's 7 year old my grade nine class picture and he asked me if there was a special class for fat kids because there were no fat kids in the picture.
Overly processed food and fast food (all for our convenience) and the portion sizes in restaurants in the US (one meal can feed two people) are a big part of the problem.
its not for convenience its to get us addicted, and it worked.
Yes and it's crazy the medical establishment isn't on top of it and on every front news story. This shows me that Big Food is too powerful, they give too much $$ to politicians as well as Big Pharma. Big Food is Kellogs, Kraft, Cola, Frito-Lays... if you follow the $$ to the top its only a few companies making our food.
Meals in the US in restaurants are definitely enough for two people. I admit I don't have a huge appetite but quite frequently, when my fiance and I go out, we share a meal. And it's usually more than enough for the two of us. And he's a good size athletic man.
in the 60s most families had a mother who controlled what their children ate. When women entered the work force children began to get fat on fast food, and treats. Traditional family meals were around a table at set times of the day- children today don't often eat at the table and often don't stop snacking.
Same here - most kids my age were slim. But we also walked or rode bikes to school and ran around outside when we weren't in school. We ate too much candy and chips and such, but we were also very active.
He is right. It takes willpower and work to lose weight. It isn’t just about the way you look. It’s about health.
It doesn't take willpower!!! It takes eliminating all processed food and eating only organic (if affordable) produce and eating only grass-fed meat products (is affordable). You will be amazed how quickly you begin to feel better. Look into fasting. It's amazing! I lost 100 lbs. with little effort when I cut out processed poisonous food products!
@@singerrb4984 very true but calorie intake trumps all regarding weight, but organic food is important for health
Our willpower is drained by the demand of the rat race. it has only gotten faster, and we buy in with every penny we churn
@@singerrb4984 thank you, if only more of us discovered this!!!
how dare you
Great Video!! Helped me have this conversation with my teenagers.... they thought "Body Positivity" was the same as self confidence and respect. I corrected them. They are smarter because of it. Thank you!
Thank you, Bill! This needed to be said and I hope those who are regularly letting themselves go will finally see the light and pay attention to their health. They only have one body and it is precious, so it shouldn't be neglected and treated like garbage.
Had I not changed my ways 50 years ago. I would not be posting I would be dead
Bill I lost 175 lbs because of your comment about being part of the Healthcare system problem. Thank you for your cruel yet truthful inspiration! I will be at your show Sept 11th in kansas city. I'd love to show you what a little truth can do for someone. 175lbs in 1 year and all I did was change what and how much I eat and get up off my ass and exercise. Look forward to seeing your show. Hope you can see me.
"At some point acceptance becomes enabling." One of the most profound truths I've ever heard. And applicable to so many of today's hot button issues.
Sometimes he takes the enabling thing a little to far, like in religulous he said just by saying a private prayer you’re enabling death around the world caused by religion
@@ma2566 100 percent agree with you on that one. My faith is important to me. Bill is atheist sadly. But as far as all the identity disphoria going on these days I think he is correct on the accepting/enabling comparison.
Actually how fat somebody is or what they do with their own body is none of your business. You can try to spin some complex made up reasons why it is your business but actually it is none of your business.
@@JJJJ-dc3np *Three things* : 1) Others bodies being our business had ZERO to do with Bill's monologue. He even said the words "you do you". The point of the monologue is the NARRATIVE in 2022, related to obesity. The far left has taken positivity to an extreme - to where it's essentially taboo at this point in history to judge, insult, discuss, or even suggest a national change, related to the obese - or else it is "hate" or "bigoted" against (the worst lie) "those who cannot help it". So yes, the degradation of societal norms and expectations/responsibilities that keep peoples improving/healthy/successful... you know, GOOD things... is everybody's business. If not, the whole of society around us crumbles in yet another way, as we head toward the dystopia as depicted in the "WALL-E" movie.
2) We recently went through 1-2 years of total shutdown (depending on where you live) due to a pandemic. The rationale behind ceasing most commerce, and everybody staying home, was based on the core reasoning that we were curbing/minimizing the number of deaths. FOR ME that meant 1.5 years with near-zero income, as my business (and it's employees) were stuck home. I LOST SIX FIGURES during that period. PS: I am a fit healthy strong-immune-system person who never got vaccinated, and still haven't had covid (to my knowledge) to date. All my employees, triple & quad vaxed, have had covid 2-3 times, so far. WHY DOES ALL THIS MATTER? Who were we staying home for? Who were we protecting? Mainly two groups - the elderly, and the vulnerable. Guess who made up 70%-80% (depending on area) of covid deaths in America? The obese. Essentially, I was stuck home and gave away $125,000 into the ether, essentially in "solidarity" for these people. Not me. THEM. So they had some kind of 'better safety' of potentially living. I have no choice but to think, that in a perfect world of zero obesity - those 70-80% would have survived, with their immune systems strong/stronger. In turn, had the death toll been 80% less than it was, the outcomes would have ended lockdowns in only a few months. Because deaths would have been rooted essentially to the weak elderly (who didn't want any lockdowns, risk & time were more valuable than fear, and valued normal life in their final years). SO YES - A COUNTRY WITH OBESITY LEVELS LIKE WE HAVE, ** IS INDEED ** MY BUSINESS. The obese *directly* cost me six figures, as I was quite happy to fend for myself in the risk of normal life, alongside the normal & healthy, and not stopped working.
3) For bodies age 18 and under, THEY are INDEED my/our business... as parents... and we have the duty/responsibility to at least deliver a healthy human to age 18, with the best nourishment and habits we can provide... then it's up to them to carry the torch or f^ck it all up. It's their adulthood. But it's our kids, until that point. Raising good adults is where health & diet & exercise lessons can be taught early. So yes, they ARE our business. What they do with their body IS our responsibility - at the very least as their parents - but societally (schools, physical education, sports programs, role models) we all need to promote this again. Sure, after 18 they are on their own. But today in 2022 - I haven't seen a health PSA ad on television, UA-cam, or streaming service in 15+ years. Like section (1) above - the narrative has been turned on it's head today. Nobody dares promote healthy messaging for youth, for fear of backlash, stressing out youth, "marginalizing" people, etc etc etc. All the typical crybaby rhetoric against ANYTHING normative, hierarchical, targeted, or goal-oriented. What we see in 2022 is what "anything goes" extremism looks like. Remove any & all goalposts, and this is what we get. Complex chaos. Directionless youth.
So are these "spun complex made-up reasons" ??? I guess to a social deconstructionist , absolutely. 2022 is deconstructionist candyland right now. *WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE THE PROBLEMS WE DO*
@@abandoned-mines-novascotia 1. Yes those are your complex made up reasons.
2.I too was never vaccinated and never got covid. I am 68 and healthy. I also lost over $100K. The lockdown was not done to protect those at risk as you suggest though. In fact focusing on those at risk probably would have saved lives. Instead the entire society was punished.
3. so your complex made up reasons are just that...you were not punished due to people who were obese, you and I were punished due to incompetence and governmental control. In fact government interaction increased deaths
4. so as I say you just demonstrated the complex made up reasons I predicted.
5. lets get back to my basic value - what others do with their own bodies is none of your business. You might think it is because government interferes and you assign your harm to say, fat people, or whatever, but in fact it is incompetence elsewhere that makes you think people conducting their own lives freely in some way harms you
6. but people using their bodies as they wish does not harm you. look elsewhere for the explanation of your harm.
Again, LOOK ELSEWHERE for the explanation of your harm. A person riding a motorcycle without a helmet does not harm you. Obese people do not harm you. A heroin addict does not harm you. The harm comes from elsewhere.
I hope you see my point.
Outstanding! I have been struggling with weight loss for awhile now. I will not excuse myself with the lie that I look great as I am. I will continue to struggle and fight; I will conquer, be healthy, and fit.
“There are no victims, only volunteers.” - Robert Anthony
Tell that to somebody who was raped.
I hope you are not including young children in this.
“You’re not a freedom fighter because you want to keep eating donuts” sums up how crazy the social media culture has gone in the last few years. Brilliant.
When we got to the point that more people were dying of obesity than starvation in America, there was no turning back.
@@EMAN00619 excellent point
Imagine body shaming someone for losing weight and becoming healthy. Crazy stuff.
America legalized weed to win World War II. It's on film at an official government website: catalog.archives.gov/id/1682
The 1942 USDA film *Hemp for Victory* was made just five years after "Marihuana" was outlawed, and then banned from public broadcasts to this day so that all of US society would accept the war on drugs and the Fascist police state. We pay billions of dollars in taxes each year to arm cops like soldiers to beat and kill Americans over the same Cannabis Sativa plant that was used to defend this country through every war from the Revolution to World War II.
Nothing on social media compares to the craziness that is US Federal Cannabis prohibition.
But Bill she said she did. She said she owed men a flat stomach
I am a long term care nurse. Residents who are 90, 95 or even 100 are not overweight. And if they are they have dementia.
I also found that getting Covid 1.0 before the vaccines and losing my sense of taste and smell for nearly a year can do wonders for weight loss. Not recommended, though.
This Country has become the land of making excuses.
I am so glad my mom got after me a a teenager because I was getting chubby! They took me to the doctor & put me on a diet! Also a a young man and a gay man I didn’t want to be fat! I got weights & worked out watched what I eat! I am now 72 years old and can still wear a shirt I wore in College! I feel I look better than some young men half my age! But yes I still have to work at it!!!😊
One of the few good things about the pandemic lockdowns is that I got myself into fitness after 15 years of unhealthiness and being way overweight. Dropped 15kgs and counting, and couldn't be happier and healthier. At no point in the last 15 years, I had tried to pretend being overweight should be accepted. Having no will power to get some control, and been there, is not something that should be accepted.
Good for you! Now comes the hard part: keeping it off. If you can say after 5 years you've maintained it, you'll be ahead of 95% of people.
Bloody good on you. Here is hoping that you can maintain that throughout. I myself am counting 22kgs down, and just another 3 more to hit my target.
Hope you got vaxed too. Covid variants are going to kill a lot more. No, it's not my business but neither is my or anyone's weight.
@Gay Benny 22 kilograms
Congrats! Most people would tell you it was the other way around. That's awesome you were able to zone-in and take care of a goal you had for yourself when we were almost caged into our homes. That takes great discipline :)
As a boomer, I can say that growing up there weren't fast food restaurants, three on every block, and while there was junk food, it didn't take up a complete aisle in the grocery store. Technology didn't keep us attached to a screen 20 hours a day and kids were actually sent outside to play and told NOT TO BE HOME until supper; so we played. Convenience has morphed into dependence, entertainment to sloth. We are eating our way to a bad end.
@Therese McNally You can eat home cooked food, go outside and not sit looking at screens all day today. Those are personal choices despite most people doing the opposite.
Stress has alot to do with it
@@nickcox1408 as well as boredom.
I agree with most of what you say although the food was just as crappy but not in the same volumes. All my morning cereals were complete crap and most of what we ate at school was close to crap. We did not have online and that is the biggest difference.
@Therese McNally oh yeah it was. Sugar has been added along with corn syrup to most everything since the 70's ... I know cuz that's when I got addicted to it.
We've had this conversation with our daughter, who isn't fat by the way but has friends who are. When my wife and I were kids, we are 60 now, there were very few fat kids at school. I can think of one from my year but I believe she had a disorder of some sort - by which I don't mean she couldn't stop eating! Parents didn't feed us crap, in the UK the only take-away was the local chippy. We were always out playing and our parents didn't worry that they didn't know where we were. Now uber eats will bring you anything you want and people go shopping in sweat pants because normal clothes won't fit. Don't expect me to believe you're happy with your weight when you can't bend over to tie your shoe laces
I was in Italy for two weeks, in June 2022. I didn't see morbidly obese people on the street in any of the smaller cities we visited. It was rare that I saw someone that would be considered chubby or chunky (10% or less of the people we saw). When we did see a morbidly obese person in the major cities, 99% of them were from America or the UK. When I go anywhere, here in Texas, the rate at which I see significantly obese or morbidly obese people is greater than 50%. The difference was immediately evident and remarkable.
I don't believe in body shaming, but being realistic is important. One does not have to be aggressive or cruel when discussing the topic of weight or imperfections, but one should not lie or condone. Just as Bill said, people who say they're body positive or, "I don't body shame," actually mean that they're making excuses; for themselves or someone else. The behavior is textbook enabling.
Coastal Italy for example is among the areas with the highest life expectancy. You need not wonder why.
Agreed, but the body shaming implies your being mean, if they're bit doing it to hurt your feelings, & are trying to help help, that bit shaming, not with weight, but another issue, I had a woman tell me something with a problem I have that Sunkist nobody ever had, one of the few was my mom, but she would just be mean to me, this women has actually told me a few times & I think it may have helped
@@Shvabicu the whole dieting thing, the wing info from 50 years ago telling is bit too easy fat, I forget the guys name, but a large point overlooked was the Mediterranean diet, they use a ton of oil alone, & there are fast Greeks & Portuguese, but it's an "acceptable" amount.
I had the same experience in Paris - the majority of the Parisians I saw were slender and fit looking.
The ones who weren’t were mostly American tourists.
What was interesting was even though we ate in restaurants for the 8 days we were in Paris I lost 5 pounds and my wife lost 7 pounds. Some of that was from all the walking we did but I have heard that the French don’t allow the chemicals in the diets of the cattle and chickens that are used in the United States to fatten them up faster but also fattens up the Americans who eat beef and chicken.
I am disgusted by all the obese and morbidly obese people I see every day (I live in So Cal). If the French and Italians can do it so can we Americans.
That's right. The highest areas with up to 12% obese people are the southern regions of Italy. They are also poorer than the north and center. But the big issue in the south I think it's related to food. Southern food is much richer in fats and carbohydrates, and they also tend to deep fry much more than in the north. However yes, when you walk around you don't see many obese people. You can see overweight people, of course.
It's good to see Bill focusing on non-partisan issues that really everyone should be focusing on. I am a conservative and continue to watch Bill just for new viewpoints on common issues. But lately, a lot of the things he brings up have been spot-on and I think everyone should dig deep and get behind. When we lose people like him who are using their platforms to raise awareness on non-partisan issues, then who else is out there to do it?
There was a TED talk from a man in the army back in 2012 and he was an early whistleblower to how obesity is becoming a National Security issue and the recruitment pool is getting hard to pull from. FYI, the fitness test just to get in the army is super easy. Like you can be basic levels of fitness and still pull it off so the fact that kids between the ages of 18 and 24 are struggling should scare a lot of people.
Parents, this starts at you. Get the kids up and take them to the park or for a walk. Get them active and give them the desire to be active.
It's like Wall-E in real life.
We appear to be losing the concept of good old common sense and addressing glaring problems. He is doing good work.
I wish there was more discussion on both sides of bi-partisan issues, but media isn’t going to do that unless there’s a political advantage.
As a conservative I have been noticing lately that Bill has been seeing things with a lot more common sense.
I thought of Wall-E the moment he started talking about it. Truth on all points!
I agree with you 99%. But I have to point out that even though exercise and getting out of the house is always good health advice, the main target if you want to keep a healthy weight is to watch your diet.
So I have an interesting perspective here- 4 years ago, I was 20 years old and 350 pounds. I was developing SERIOUS health issues all related to weight.
I am now 180 pounds and 24 years old. I exercise 2-4 times a day and still follow a strict and regimented diet.
I NEVER got pushback for eating the WORST foods you could imagine, but I am accused of being awful for refusing to eat ice cream or fried food (I only cheat by drinking alcohol, otherwise it’s been 2+ years since I had anything bad to eat)
It’s weird, it feels backwards.
That's really crappy and unsupportive of them. Whoever is doing that may not have your best interest in mind. If you're 24, maybe that's why - young friends. But I'd hope people who really cared about you would understand the dangers of 350 pounds and how important it is that you maintain. Good for you for the weight loss!
accused by who?
My two roommates are overweight with various health issues. One for example eats more calories for his daily breakfast than I do in two days. For reference I work outdoors and am very active. He works a job that is very sedentary. Both roommates get on my case for not eating certain things when they offer, make fun of my very basic diet. My landlord, who lives in the house, is overweight, on about two dozen medications and has various health issue including diabetes, high blood pressure etc. He eats an entire large box of cookies every single night while camped out on the couch for hours watching reality shows. I hear him come downstairs at 3am, to eat and go back to bed. he can barely breathe just walking across the house.
Good for you! That's one hell of a transformation.
Ditch those weirdos accusing you of being awful. Misery loves company and by fixing yourself, they take it as a criticism about them. Oh well. Not your job to fix them but if they make you feel bad, find new friends. Over 8 billion people on the planet - lots of opportunities to find new friends who support you.
You were quite gutsy Bill, discussing Fat people. I remember being the heaviest I had ever been in my life when I was pregnant, I couldn't imagine carrying around that much weight on a daily basis forever.
Hey, as a smoker I am sick of all of this.
Hey, Drivers put more toxins into the air while we pay for your highways with out cig taxes.
Grrrr
I was damn near 350 at one point. I’m now down to 210. I feel fantastic. The struggle is still there but I’ll never stop fighting it. Life has become better since I’ve dropped the weight.
Thanks Bill, as a physician I'm so frustrated when my patients complain of joint pain or fatigue and just want medication. Some are so oblivious that being 50 pounds over weight is the problem. I really appreciate this segment. Keep speaking truth to power.
My spine doc told me that every 1 lb. of body weight contributes about 4 lbs. of force on the spine. I imagined hearing audible creeking and cracking of my withering spine at that moment.
There's always the "as a physician" comment from??? "Keep speaking the truth". Let's reminisce about the "vaccine" and lockdowns from the med community. What Bill had to say was great common sense. Something we have strayed from.
My physician advised me to eat five servings of vegetables and work up a sweat twice a day. Simple advice and it worked. I thanked him at my last checkup.
@@carterseanjohn approximately 90% of cancer is primarily linked to dietary choices. Another fact people don’t want to face.
Joe Rogan has been saying this for years
As someone who has been obese for a majority of my life, the issue is that the average person doesn't know what a healthy amount of food is. I had to go to a dietician to understand just exactly how much I was over eating, and how my eating habits were affecting my metabolism. I've lost 20 pounds of fat over the last month just by eating 2000 calories or less every day. People don't realize that the average serving at a restaurant is between 1000-2000 calories for 1 meal, and realistically, most don't want to know. Healthy eating should be taught in schools from a very early age, and parents need to be educated on it in a way that doesn't alienate them.
to be honest anyone of reasonable IQ understands that if you are eating a couple of pieces of fruit for breakfast and a salad without a gallon of processed dressing for dinner you're going to lose weight.
Congrats and keep it going! Yes it's true that a single cookie is like 150+ calories, so 10-12 cookies is all the food you would need *for an entire 24 hours*!
Try Keto! Watch UA-cam movie called “The Magic Bullet”. Watch videos by Dr Eric Berg and Dr Ken Berry
Instead of focusing on how much you eat, I suggest considering the type of food you eat. Here is a video which describes a study which produced results similar to stomach bypass surgery, while allowing the participants to eat as much as they wanted of the whole plant foods. ua-cam.com/video/YrsBpPHbHlg/v-deo.html Link in the description.
Actually, healthy eating and nutrition used to be taught in schools! It's called Home Economics. And don't tell me no, I was a home ec teacher!
Hey Mr.Bill,As a former "FATTIE" who at one time tipped the scales at an astonishing 350 pounds and now by the grace of GOD and some much needed self determination and a lot of humiliation I now weigh 190 pounds and I feel great but it definitely was not easy by any means at all...Yes I was laughed at behind my back and it sure as damn HELL did not feel great but sometimes we all need a turning point in our lives that will "WAKE US UP" and change our lives for the better and mine was a massive stroke I suffered back in 2013 which pretty much nearly killed me which goes back to my earlier reference on obesity...God bless everyone out there who is struggling with a weight problem and you have my total support 🙏🙏🙏
I sincerely believe that most of our problems including gluttony, along with the general attitude of people stems from have things too good for too long. We've let ourselves go because we have just about everything we want. There is little adversity in our lives, no depression, no world war. I believe that human nature thrives on adversity when there is none, we create our own.
Don't worry, two more years of Biden and everything will suck just as much as you need it to for adversity and depression to make triumphant returns!
Then 2008 should have spawned the best time since long. That was pretty depressing economically.
@@anton5138 How old are you? If you are relatively young, you really have not seen bad times. 2008 was bad but not really bad. Things have gotten much better in my lifetime. In the clip Bill Maher shows a summertime outdoor concert from 1960s where many people are topless and slim. He implies that they were more food conscious. No, the reason is because they didn’t have as much food as we have. Now, everyone can eat as much as they want. And they do, and they get fat. I remember how shopping carts looked when I was a kid, and now I look at the shopping carts in Costco. They have five times as much food in comparison with the old days.
@@bobbrown8155 I think a big part of the problem is people eating out so often. Most restaurant fare is high fat and not all that nutritious. When I was a kid in the 50s, we very seldom went out to eat. Obesity was uncommon in those days.
@@bobbrown8155 Then I'm certainly not as old as you are 😄.
But I was more commenting on 'no adversity in our lives' in the response of Joseph Kovalcik. At this moment food is still in plentiful and payable supply indeed.
I did graduate in 2008 and it was impossible to start a life then. No jobs, no income, no housing (still very difficult). I could live with my parentes and here in The Netherlands a 'werkstage' was populair. An internship after finishing tradeschool or college so you could get 'work experience' to increase your changes of getting a job. You basically worked for free and didn't get anything in return. The market price for labour was simply 0,0 for a few years. That time was maybe nice if you had a job but certainly not if you had to get started. After a few years that got better and I got an actual job. Juist in time before the 'eurocrisis' hit. That definitely was a lost decade.
Now that is not a world war or something like the great depression but the statement that there is 'little adversity in our lives' that I was responding too is a little bit to easily said for my taste. That was more my point.
But more on topic, let's see if there is adversity ahead on the food front. There is a war between the largest exporters of grain. Our present government in The Netherlands has orderd about 50% of cattle farmers to go out of business, is working on harvest restrictions for crop farmers and the EU demands an additional 10% of all farmland to be 'given to nature' and wants to impose 'farming without fertilizer' as tried in Sri Lanka. The Eurocommisoner Frans Timmers, who is pushing this agenda, has gained a lot of weight since a few years. As if he knows what is comming.......................
As a Canadians visiting our family down South, we were shocked at 1. the amount of food placed on plates at any restaurant, 2. at the marked difference in people's waistline in a matter of months between trips. Hey we are NOT perfect ourselves, and generally we follow American trends - this trend is scary.
Yes. My husband and I (from Canada) love the Desert areas in the States but the first time we went I learned pretty quickly to order the child portion meals. The amount of food is almost obscene. No wonder so manypeople are fat.
at least you guys have a universal health care and the Americans do not but they act like they have one
One of the first things my wife and I noticed when we moved down here (USA) from Canada was the large portion size at restaurants. We actually laughed out loud at one meal at how big the portions were. We used to say "God bless America!" with a smile.
My two Canadian friends are both obese 🤡☝️
Americans have a higher percentage of meat and dairy in their diet than almost any other country. One more reason to switch to a plant based diet. "CONCLUSIONS
The 5-unit BMI difference between vegans and nonvegetarians indicates a substantial potential of vegetarianism to protect against obesity. Increased conformity to vegetarian diets protected against risk of type 2 diabetes after lifestyle characteristics and BMI were taken into account. Pesco- and semi-vegetarian diets afforded intermediate protection."
Mean BMI was lowest in vegans (23.6 kg/m2) and incrementally higher in lacto-ovo vegetarians (25.7 kg/m2), pesco-vegetarians (26.3 kg/m2), semi-vegetarians (27.3 kg/m2), and nonvegetarians (28.8 kg/m2). Prevalence of type 2 diabetes increased from 2.9% in vegans to 7.6% in nonvegetarians; the prevalence was intermediate in participants consuming lacto-ovo (3.2%), pesco (4.8%), or semi-vegetarian (6.1%) diets. After adjustment for age, sex, ethnicity, education, income, physical activity, television watching, sleep habits, alcohol use, and BMI, vegans (OR 0.51 [95% CI 0.40-0.66]), lacto-ovo vegetarians (0.54 [0.49-0.60]), pesco-vegetarians (0.70 [0.61-0.80]), and semi-vegetarians (0.76 [0.65-0.90]) had a lower risk of type 2 diabetes than nonvegetarians."- Study found on PubMed, NIH.
Title, etc. follow-"Diabetes Care. 2009 May; 32(5): 791-796.
doi: 10.2337/dc08-1886
PMCID: PMC2671114
PMID: 19351712
Type of Vegetarian Diet, Body Weight, and Prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes
Serena Tonstad, MD, PHD, 1 Terry Butler, DRPH, 2 Ru Yan, MSC, 3 and Gary E. Fraser, MD, PHD 4
And calling those who don't want to date fat people fatphobic is just beyond me. 🤦🏻♂️
Don't you know? Everything you're not enthusiastic about is a "phobia" these days.
Yep I choose to date fit women. I find them attractive. I just saw a video where if you don't date trans people, somehow you're 'transphobic'. These words don't mean anything anymore although arguably they never did.
Stopping the sale of Banned food that other countries have banned and taking out all the Chemicals in foods would be a good place to start. All Americans should be protesting and yelling for this.
Your slants are always well thought out…you are not only informative but cut out all of the “fluff “and laced with humour so as everyone can see your viewpoint as necessary…what an incredible balance. That is why I love you so much 🎉❤😂 keep it up
My mother died when I was young from being overweight. No one is doing anyone any favors by hiding or shying away from the consequences of weight. We should never shame anyone for being overweight, we should always seek to understand why, and do what we can, when we can, to help. I wish everyday I was able to know her as an adult, but unfortunately I never will. I don't blame her, and I understand the causes, which has become one of the many life lessons she gave me in her limited time. For that I am forever grateful, and hope that we can all learn from what science has been able to teach us on this incredibly important topic.
Sorry for your loss. This is the point of all of this. Society should not enable society to make even worse choices and force feed false informtation to 'make them feel better'. Give them facts and let them choose. Your mom was the same person fat or thin, she would have just had a chance to be that person for a longer amount of time, which is what I got from what you said. That's the point we should be making here. This isn't an aesthetic, judgmental thimg.
Sorry for your loss. That is good that you are aware of this and doing your own small part in changing attitudes to encourage healthier lifestyles.
Well said David. People also need to remember that everyone has a different set of circumstances. I was gifted with "can't get fat" genetics. I eat literally whatever I want and if I just don't work out at all, I end up looking like a skeleton with a light layer of padding. My wife on the other hand, is in a constant fight, counting calories and exercising furiously. This isn't an easy issue to discuss because we're not all starting at the same place.
I grew up in a family where the women got fat and the men died young. My dad, rail thin, smoked and drank. He died when I was 8 years old. Big chest buster. He was 48. My fat mom died at 79. I think the problem here isn't so much fat as we've reduced our mortality with anti-smoking and better vehicle safety. We are living longer, but we are less useful because we are more sick than ever.
@@PacificSword You might get checked your thyroid checked out.
Thank you Bill. Probably the only person in media that can get away with speaking this truth.
Since Bourdain got bumped off.
he and Bill Burr
Why is that, anyway?
And Dave Chappelle...He say what I am thinking with many issues!
Joe Rogan.
Facts. People need to take accountability. Of their health.
Speak for yourself 🤓 🖕
The drawstring pants isn't a sign of fat celebration, it's a sign of the death of fashion and, ultimately, effort.
As a fat person myself I am not proud of my weight, in fact it is my greatest shame and I am constantly enraged by it. I have been trying to lose weight for a long time and it keeps rebounding back. Losing weight and successfully keeping it off is probably the hardest thing you can do because your own body fights you the entire way. Weight loss is by itself is a full time job and is way more mental than physical. You have to have a clear and non-stressed mind to lose weight because stress actually keeps weight on your body.
This body positivity movement needs to stop NOW. No one should be proud of being overweight, in the long-term it's going to make your ass very dead. Adele needs to be celebrated like she just won the Grammy for Album of the Year. Rebel Wilson should be celebrated for losing weight like she just won the Oscar for Best Actress. Losing weight is way harder to do then win an Academy Award or a Grammy (just ask Michael Moore or Lizzo).
There are several issues as to why so many people in the U.S are overweight and obese and one of the reasons is GREED. It's actually very profitable for many large corporations to keep Americans fat and sick. It helps keep food producers, health insurance & and Big Pharma very profitable. It's a dark a vicious cycle, food companies make food addictive which makes people fat and unhealthy which keeps the healthcare industry profitable and then those people die from obesity related issues and keep the casket and funeral business profitable.
Another problem with the obesity crisis in the U.S is that it is also a class problem. In the old days, being obese was rare and a sign of wealth and power. Today, we have the opposite problem, the wealthier people in the U.S can keep their weight off because they have more time to exercise, don't have as much stress about everyday problems and can use their wealth to purchase healthier and higher quality food. Poorer and middle-class Americans tend to work long hours and many of them in sedentary jobs that burn no calories. Poor Americans also tend to live in food deserts where there are not many grocery stores in the area with affordable nutritious foods like fruits and vegetables.
If you want to help people to actually be body positive tell people who are overweight that they need to lose weight as their life depends on it because it does. Left unchecked obesity will become type 2 diabetes, cancer and eventually death. To learn more about obesity please go to www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/adult.html.
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@@CKBrooke thanks
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Sometimes it's not about pushing the plate away but medical issues.. no one should be shamed about their body... stupidity is a pandemic... geezus fucking christ
@@shannawilliams9172 What Bill is calling acceptance and celebration is really just fewer people openly shaming fat people or taking it upon themselves to point out to the person they're fat (as if ANY fat person didn't know already). The thinner people are thinking the same thoughts but just not verbalizing as often.
As a person who struggles with alcohol, I can absolutely say that my extra pounds are due to that. Do I want people to "affirm" me in my bad life decisions? Absolutely not.
Good for you. You'll get there. Keep at it.
When we have a problem and we ignore the problem, we have two problems.
You will get over it!
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Hope you've got some family it friends to help you get through, unless they're the ones that pushes you there. But that there's somebody, who will help you get over it in time. You at least know what the issue is, that's step 1
Buddy Good comment.I had a give up the booze or die verdict and took it seriously.This was because of the non health side effects-lost jobs, academic failure , lost relationship etc.
My point is that addiction is not ok even if you believe you are physically healthy.
It is like jumping off a sky scraper and saying''so far so good" when you are in mid-air.
You are an obese alcoholic? Most German alcoholics are nearly as unhealthy-slim, as our heroin-addicts tend to be. 🤔
You compare 1969 to today, and I think the big change is accessibility to healthy options, and of course lifestyle (lots of idleness, driving, etc). I've always struggled with weight. I'm a woman, at my heaviest I was 283, and about 7 years ago I got as low as 130. I can't begin to describe how amazing it was to hear my doctor say I was a healthy weight for my height. It was a huge challenge and commitment, but I'm glad I know I can do it. 3-4 years ago I started to gain some of it back due to many life issues (family, losing my job, etc). The pandemic then was the nail on the coffin. I'm at 220 currently and have been stable at this weight for sometime. Certainly no 283, but I definitely don't feel good about being obese again. Recently I've moved to Japan and have noticed how healthier, low calories foods are much more accessible. Even when going to 7-11, I can get all sorts of delicious, fresh, seafood meals, a variety of healthy salads, low-calorie packs of pickled veggies. There are no hotdogs or texmex tacos or other high calorie foods aside from fried chicken available by the register. And even then, the fried chicken, although not healthy, is pretty small. There also isn't a wall of candies below the register like there is in the states. Furthermore, when I go to the grocery store, vegetables are VERY cheap. And I also need to walk everywhere as almost no one here has a car. It's a very pedestrian friendly country. I agree 100% that obesity is a problem, and as much as I appreciate body-positivity for giving me confidence in my body, whether thin or fat, it's never made being fat okay in my mind. Not because I think I'm ugly (my husband finds me sexy either way), but because I know it's unhealthy, and I want to feel good physically.
You weigh more than an nfl running back.
130 IS TOO LOW
@@bz1008NFL = WWE
Thank you Bill!! It is so bad that when I try to teach healthy eating habits to my daughter, like we don't need dessert every night because a) it isn't healthy and b) learning to tell outselves, "no", is, I am accused of fat shaming.
who the fuck has dessert every day???
Exactly!
@@niklasdahlgren7641 obese people
My in-laws. Granted, they're not American (nor obese), but my MIL is concerned about hubby's weight but still overfeeds. She doesn't see the error and how she's contributing, unfortunately... @@niklasdahlgren7641
Coming from the US (and also not being obese) has always made people shove food down my throat. I grew up without dessert, EVER, so she was always pressuring me to eat more, have ice cream after every meal, etc. Said it's "nice", but I just didn't like it as much. 🤷🏾♀
@niklasdahlgren7641 I do, BUT it is small & I build it into a macro set I follow. Basically, it is 1 small cookie or a 70 or 90 cal fiber one treat at the end of the day, which I have planned for within the day. It's just enough to satisfy the sweet tooth without over indulging.
I don't always agree with you, Bill, but you've got this one spot on. Bravo.
It was nice to read this comment. Too few people listen/watch/read opinions they don't already agree with. Bill often challenges my beliefs, sometimes to the degree I need to read up on a topic (from a trustworthy source of information). Sometimes its obvious he's just biased, or uninformed. Other times, I find it was me. I like Biden due to his tolerance and curiosity of others. Seek first to understand. Truly what the world needs.
Love how Bill keeps pounding on this subject. Also prefer this approach of not too much shaming but pounding on the facts
@@hunterwinslow558 boo hoo
Fact: If you weight over 300 pounds it will be dangerous to incinerate you after you croak of a stroke or heart disease. Not saying anything here, just stating a fact. No shaming intended.
Another fact: hippos look better than humans in clothes for people who weight over 400 pounds. Just an observation.
@@hunterwinslow558 I’ve seen bits where Bill really is shaming people that are fat and particularly those that are obese. This bit was not that. At no point did he complain about or belittle fat people.
What he did do was call out and shame people that enable severely unhealthy lifestyles.
I’m not as extreme as some people on this issue. I have no issue with a magazine having a large woman (never seems to be a man) on the cover or in their ads. What I do have a problem with is people pretending it’s fine to be obese and acting as if there aren’t serious health consequences.
As to causes of this increase in cases of obesity, anyone from outside the US can tell you the portions served in restaurants, particularly fast food chains, are insane. The constant offering of junk food and processed snacks everywhere, including in schools and the constant commercials for it are the other great contributors.
@@hunterwinslow558 People should replace eating with exercise. Unleash your stress and anger through weightlifting, pushups, punching bags, hot yoga, etc.
I work in a hospital based inpatient rehabilitation unit for adults & geriatrics for over two decades.
It is true!
I rarely treat an obsese patient who is in their late 80's & 90s!
Lucky them
Even in the gym, I have noticed a change from the past. If you go to the weight room, you find people who do like a few reps of curls, and then they spend the next 10 minutes watching their cell phone. Then they do a few more reps, and then repeat the cell phone rest period. After about half an hour they leave thinking they did 30 minutes worth of lifting.
This never was the case in the past. How did this change?
My pet peeve is folks just sitting at a weight machine without actually using it while others are waiting.
@@SkiCounselercry more
I’m a 5‘9“, 32 year-old male, weigh 250 pounds (most of it largely concentrated in my waist and thighs,) fully acknowledge it’s because of my terrible eating habits and yet, I’m with Bill on this one. Barring medical conditions like hypothyroidism which, yes, causes substantial weight gain that’s hard to control (from my limited understanding of a condition I don’t have, anyway,) I agree it’s time for things to change. Of course we shouldn’t make fun of people for being overweight, but we also shouldn’t continue to ignore the very real health risks that come with it.
I genuinely want to lose weight and get in shape; first thing I can think of is to start taking daily walks and working on eating better. it won’t happen overnight, and I know that, but it’s time to work towards it!
Best of luck on your health journey! I lost 70 lbs. during the pandemic. I started with walking and adding fruits and vegetables and cutting soda, so I think you have a great plan! You got this! 🍀
Yes, do some basic exericses too for three times a week, i.e. push ups, squats, etc. Modify when you need to. You got this!!
Hypothyroidism is completely treatable with bioequivalent hormone. It's weird how often this is cited as a legitimate cause of obesity.
6'0, 244, and I have 27 more spins of the earth than you. You sound so much like my 32-year-old self. I don't want to discourage you in any way but would just point out that you must be prepared to make any changes permanent and that you also can't feel deprived or your chances of success drop. Our culture is VERY much a blame-the-individual one, but through more than 60 trips to southeast Asia for business and weight losses EVERY time without trying, I've come to appreciate just how much the deck is stacked against you in the U.S. because just about every item on a grocery shelf will be problematic in some way and all the car dependence means that people must do exercise in ADDITION to other things rather than in the course of them. I plan to retire to Thailand because it could add years to my life.
The thing with hypothyroidism too is that it is stupidly simple to diagnose and treat. It is at the very bottom of my priority list when I am treating patients. Levothyroxine once a day and blood tests to adjust the dose and then once yearly once an appropriate dose has been established. You don’t have hypothyroidism and become 400 pounds. You’ll get sick and end up in the hospital and be diagnosed long before it gets to that point.
The bitter, jealous swipes at Adele when she lost weight (and looked absolutely amazing) utterly blew my mind. What the hell?! And whenever someone posted "Well done, you look fabulous", there was always an insistent, aggressive response of "And she looked fabulous before she lost the weight too". No she didn't. She was always lovely looking, but she was obese. Imagine being so pitifully insecure.
It shows the kind of people that were drawn to Adele in the first place. It wasn’t so much about her talent, but that she had made them comfortable with their own obesity and in a sense, they felt she took that away from them. It’s part of why Adele doesn’t have the hits that she used to and why Lizzo has essentially taken her place on the song charts.
@@RocStarr913 yep. She wanted to be healthier, she also has children to think about, so she improved her health. Now she won't struggle to climb steps or a short hill, she won't experience stabbing pains in her knees when getting out of bed or walking down the stairs, she won't have obesity-related sleep apnoea, she won't have scary sugar crashes, she'll find clothes shopping easier, she'll have more energy. The only downside is in the heads of people who won't commit to weight loss (which I know is hard, but so is being very overweight).
That's the consequences of the "representation matters crowd". They live through celebrities and fictional characters to the point where any drastic change is seen asa threat to who they are personally.
@@RocStarr913 What about Chrissy Metz? She looked like a walking refrigerator.
Adele's fellow Brit blue-eyed soul singer, Alf Moyet, did the same thing, lost a lot of weight and made herself healthier. Most of us fans supported her, but that was over 20 years ago. Nowadays, she'd probably get slammed for it.
Body positivity started out being about loving yourself despite your imperfections. We don’t all look like supermodels. Maybe your short or have wide hips, hip dips or big feet, things that no amount of diet or exercise can change. Now it’s been overtaken by morbidly obese people trying to convince us that A) they are healthy and B) they are happy being morbidly obese. I recently got a blood clot in my lungs that the bloody doctors took months to diagnose. During that time I put on quite a few kilos because I couldn’t exercise and I was eating my feelings. Even after the blood clot was gone I felt like absolute crap because of the weight I put on. I’m on my way to loosing most of it now and the difference even 10kgs make is crazy. You can’t convince me that these people are genuinely happen with getting short of breathe easily, pain in muscles and joints, getting sick constantly because of lowered immune system, type 2 diabetes (and all the complications that go with that kettle of worms), cardiovascular disease and the list could go on. It’s a delusion to try and make themselves feel better and well wishers are feeding into this delusion instead of being honest. The truth is that yes, as a human being no matter what you deserve love and respect but being healthy at any weight is a lie that could kill you.
... maybe you're* short / that these people are genuinely happy*
I mean, Maher, you are awesome! How much should you be loving America and its people to talk the truth this way. God bless you
I work as a substitute teacher and noticed that a working class school had a huge tolerance for chips and candy and a lot of weight issues. I wrote on the board "You Are What You Eat." Later, the principal there told me that a child didn't like the way I spoke to the kids about making healthy choices. It was shocking because I am a mother who would not allow my children access to treats that frequently as those 4th graders who marched out daily with family sized bags of chips; whereas the more affluent neighborhoods had much less obesity and kids eating fruits and vegetables at recess.
I can’t find the study, someone did one on childrens sizes comparing poor to rich schools in California.
The poor schools children had a lot more weight. But surprising they were also a lot taller.
This is so strange to me since chips and candy are way more expensive than things like apples, celery, carrots, in season fruits, etc. I honestly don't understand why there is a big argument stating that junk food is more cheap. I find the opposite is true. But maybe it's the area I live in? Anyone have any thoughts on this so I can understand where that argument comes from? No judgment, just trying educate myself.
Most healthy/natural food is cheap except meat, unless you go organic, (still cheaper than health problems though). It's requires more prep, planning and cooking because it lacks preservatives. People point at organic and say it's too expensive as an excuse, but non organic natural is still way better than processed it just takes effort/planning.
Was this in LAUSD? I taught there for many years and witnessed what you described.
@@itsybitsybear same! My comment was going to be that as a low-income earner, I can't AFFORD to eat unhealthfully. 😂 When I do find myself in an emotional slump and go, Screw it, and buy whatever processed junk I want from the grocery store and whatever fast food meals I want, my credit card bill is scary and awful. 😂
When I was a kid growing up in Australia 1980's, we had only one Fat kid in the entire school (Funnily his mother was from the USA). The Sports teachers forced him to play rugby, he hated it at first but he went on to represent the state a few years later and even played for the Jr. National team for 2 games as a reserve... He also lost the weight (Fat).
Kids are not a part of the equation, they are victims of their parent's trauma... and on and on for all of us. It is what we do as functioning adults. Sadly, more and more there are fewer and fewer "grownups". Life can be too easy.
Good that they turned it into something constructive. Most U.S. kids just get shamed and bullied. The fact that this is affecting kids and even animals (yes, animals) argues strongly that it's more than just a matter of individual willpower and something's going on with the food itself.
My mother and I are Australian, and I spent part of my childhood in Perth. My mother was naturally very thin, like the rest of her family, until she moved to America. Then she stopped working, stopped driving, didn't make many friends, and she started stuffing her face as a means of comfort. She's been a Type 2 diabetic for 35 years. And she's one of the few Australians I know who are obese.
There was 1 overweight lady in the next village to the one I grew up in but she had thyroid problem. Im 72 and I never saw any fat people at the schools I attended from 5 to 15 or at college or at work.
@@myfriendgoo2816 it’s willpower. Don’t eat sh!t foods don’t get fat. Period.
My mom is about to be a fat 90 year old. It's not really a problem in her maternal family members. It's more about how active are. She ended up being less active and ended up in a wheelchair, but I don't know what else caused that. At least she hasn't broken her hip yet or anything like that. Now it's severe dementia, and at least it keeps her from wandering around like that.
I was overweight for a while. I made modest changes to my diet around portion control and started to exercise more. I lost a bunch of weight and I can now go for an hour on the elliptical machine. I feel both mentally and physically better. Yes, there are issues that poor people who live in food deserts often don't have access to healthy food. That is a problem that needs to be solved. But Bill is right. Maybe if we change the language around how we talk about this issue would help solve the problem. Instead of calling it "fat shaming" call it "health encouragement."
A can of corn is still $0.89 and found at any local grocery store. Families can be on a limited budget and still eat healthy. Could it be slightly less convenient, yes, but its still a choice people make each day.
I'm from Italy and for a while I kind of believed this widely spread story, that poor people can't afford healthy food in the us for whatever reason. Giving it a second thought, i find it extremely unlikely. You have all kind of climate, and winter vegetables would come frome the same kind of greenhouses... The prices can't be so different. If anything, some food might be a bit more expensive because it's less eaten, therefore economy of scale can't fully kick in? I can't believe this would make broccoli unaffordable :)
Or it's just a false belief? Maybe raised from the confusion between healthy and "organic"? (which has no real biological meaning and it hasn't been proven to be healthier than standard food btw)
If the fat -poor correlation is true, might also be that people with poorer self discipline would do worse both in studies/work and at taking care of themselves, everything else being equal. But I'm speculating and I don't even know if the correlation is true (though I'd bet it is).
Keep it up!!! Great work!!!
@@nefaristo Conversely, the "bad food" that they supposedly CAN afford turns out to be the most expensive choice most of the time. Especially the "fast" kind, which they eat by the ton.
One more reason to switch to a plant based diet. "CONCLUSIONS
The 5-unit BMI difference between vegans and nonvegetarians indicates a substantial potential of vegetarianism to protect against obesity. Increased conformity to vegetarian diets protected against risk of type 2 diabetes after lifestyle characteristics and BMI were taken into account. Pesco- and semi-vegetarian diets afforded intermediate protection."
Mean BMI was lowest in vegans (23.6 kg/m2) and incrementally higher in lacto-ovo vegetarians (25.7 kg/m2), pesco-vegetarians (26.3 kg/m2), semi-vegetarians (27.3 kg/m2), and nonvegetarians (28.8 kg/m2). Prevalence of type 2 diabetes increased from 2.9% in vegans to 7.6% in nonvegetarians; the prevalence was intermediate in participants consuming lacto-ovo (3.2%), pesco (4.8%), or semi-vegetarian (6.1%) diets. After adjustment for age, sex, ethnicity, education, income, physical activity, television watching, sleep habits, alcohol use, and BMI, vegans (OR 0.51 [95% CI 0.40-0.66]), lacto-ovo vegetarians (0.54 [0.49-0.60]), pesco-vegetarians (0.70 [0.61-0.80]), and semi-vegetarians (0.76 [0.65-0.90]) had a lower risk of type 2 diabetes than nonvegetarians."- Study found on PubMed, NIH.
Title, etc. follow-"Diabetes Care. 2009 May; 32(5): 791-796.
doi: 10.2337/dc08-1886
PMCID: PMC2671114
PMID: 19351712
Type of Vegetarian Diet, Body Weight, and Prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes
Serena Tonstad, MD, PHD, 1 Terry Butler, DRPH, 2 Ru Yan, MSC, 3 and Gary E. Fraser, MD, PHD 4
I'm in healthcare, and I 100% endorse this segment.
"I don't owe no man a flat stomach"
Ok. You don't. But no man owes it to you to see you as attractive either.
I'm a veteran in my 60's and everytime I go to the VA I'm amazed, may be even shocked at the amount of obesity among veterans. Not to mention the hypertension and diabetes.
Gawd bless Murica 🤓 🖕
"You're not a freedom fighter because you want to keep eating donuts." Oh man that line is hilariously true. Losing weight is a matter of exercising for 45 minutes continuously each day, drinking mostly water and saving the sugary crap as an occasional treat instead of a daily routine. Some overweight people will say stuff like "that doesn't work for me" ... give me a f'ing break.
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People can be overweight for a variety of reasons including ones which make it incredibly hard for them to lose weight. Most of us, myself included, can drop the pounds as long as we have the willpower but many are not so fortunate.
@@guymontag2948 people are overweight because they eat too much. Full stop. It’s a simple math equation. How many fat people were there in 1900?
@@bcon2608 Sorry but that's just not always true. I was fat and it was because I ate too much and I could fix it by eating less but some people eat less and all they do is throttle down their metabolism and maybe even gain weight by eating less. It's pretty messed up. Just because something applies to you doesn't mean it's the same for everyone else.
Exactly, eating healthy and spending even a little bit of time exercising goes a long way. I mean if you really want to eat something sweet, eat a goddamn orange
I’m watching this while on a stair climber at the gym. My Thanksgiving pants phase was 10 weeks of studying for the bar exam. I was at my desk studying every moment I had and not eating well. But I got it done, passed, and then had to break the bad habits. Honestly it wasn’t easy, but taking things one day at a time helped. Thankfully I feel significantly less anxious and depressed now. Working out is worth it!
Congratulations!!!
Welcome to a noble profession.
it's pretty common sense if you're not moving, stop eating
It so is. I have lived an almost entirely sedentary lifestyle for at least the last 10yrs and recently started keto over a month ago, started going to the gym 5-6x/week and have lost 30lbs in just over 1 month. I'm omw to the best shape of my life and I have more energy, sleep less and just feel better overall. If I, a daily pot-smoking, former 18yr cigarette-smoking, former 10yr opiate addict, who sat on his ass doing nothing for 10+yrs can completely do a 180, then I believe anyone without serious mental conditions who isn't, like, grossly obese can do it as well. I really just followed Shia LaBoeuf's advice lol ("JUST DO IT!!!!!!!!!"), I forced myself to make a decision and somehow it worked. And I really am one of the laziest and most undisciplined people I've ever known lol. Just felt like oversharing lmao 🤷🏼♂
@@jamesw657 This inspired me so much. I will start exercising tomorrow! Ty :)
Telling people the hard truth has somehow become Maher's currency every day. And a tough one it is!
Through his precise jokes hopefully, all will step back into that long forgotten room called "Common Sense"
"Have you ever seen a fat 90 years old...?"
Cold blooded...and true...
You have no idea how scary this really is. I’ve been taking people to the operating room two days a week for 22 years. Bariatric surgery. I’m pretty clear on what solve this problem and I’m glad Bill had the courage to speak frankly about it.
When my mother had bariatric surgery about 20 years ago, she had to jump thru hoops, see counselors & nutritionists before ever being approved. Now you can staple your stomach & cut your tits off on a whim.
In ten years we're gonna see some crazy fallout from all this enabling.
A coworker of mine plans to undergo weight loss surgery and she isn't sure which procedure is best for her. I suggested that if she is afraid of surgical knives she could undergo the gastric balloon procedure. By definition; the gastric balloon procedure is where a silicone balloon is inserted into the stomach endoscopically (through the mouth) and inflated. The tube is removed and the balloon is left in place. This balloon creates a feeling of fullness which means you eat less. It's perfect for people who are scared of undergoing gastric bypass surgery, gastric sleeve surgery, or the gastric band procedure.
@Bear Spicer Not eating is hard because people are busy? This is EXACTLY the kind of excuse is Bill is talking about. People have zero accountability these days. ZERO.
@Bear Spicer LOL, yeah, I'm ignorant. Cool. The fact is, eating less calories than you burn each day is easy if you try. Eating less or eating low-calorie alternatives is not another "thing to do" in a busy life, it's literally a slight adjustment.
A person who really wants to could lose 100 pounds in about 2 or 3 years. Most people who should lose that amount, though, don't ACTUALLY want to lose weight, they want to keep indulging in junk food and never want to exercise, ever. That's the truth. People have soooo many excuses and they're plain BS. If you eat fewer calories than you burn on a routine basis you WILL lose weight, this is plain fact.
@@jj1825 I'll take your word for it and believe you; but recognize you are a very small minority. The vast majority of obese people do not have any such condition stopping them from losing weight. And please stop with the dramatics: eating 200-300 fewer calories than you burn on a daily basis will not "kill" anyone. And it's ironic to talk that way when obesity is one of the leading "killers" in the US (everything from diabetes to heart disease to immune deficiencies). I'd be a lot more worried about getting "killed" like that than from undereating.
When I visit the United States I have to adjust the way that I order food at restaurants. Back at home I can get a main, a side and an entree (what the US calls appetiser) and it's reasonable. In the US, any single one of those is usually more than I eat at any meal of the day and I typically order a main and go halves with my partner.
Don't forget here in America, there are the Free Refills at most restaurants. I know in Europe, that most restaurants do not offer this option.
Thank you Bill, I hope people are listening ❤❤
You don't have to like it, that's fine, but you know he's right
Bill is right of course - but there is another factor that is wildly different between present day and 1969. The amount of sugars / carbs in our food has increased by an order of magnitude. A 'normal' American diet is hundreds of grams of carbs and sugars daily which will inevitably lead to insulin insensitivity, diabetes, and likely obesity. American diets were widly different 50 years ago, and the obsession with high fructose corn syrup has been devastating.
While this is true, it is also true that access to natural sugars has increased. You can find healthier options easier than ever before such as raspberries blueberries bananas and vegetables available year-round. This is all about making the right choices, and recognizing that we have to limit ourselves because every American, even those in the poorest areas, have an abundance of calories available to them. As Bill mocked USA today for claiming science hasn’t figured it out- yah right- its always been calories in-calories out.
Agreed. While it doesn't take away personal responsibility and healthy food is accessible in some places, not everywhere in America, the food we eat today is not the same as the food we ate 70 years ago. To ignore that fact is irresponsible. A lot of factors contribute to the growing American waistline, not equally but they also shouldn't be discounted. Some food additives, besides sugar, have been said to interrupt the bodies normal processes. The US allows crap that is banned in Europe into our food chain, crap food, fruits and veggies and meat. There are a lot of contributing factors.
High fructose corn syrup is just sugar, our bodies don't know the difference as it's all processed the same. Any nutritionist who actually has a degree will tell you that.
I agree. I avoid foods with excess added sugar. On the other hand, eating fruit as part of a whole food plant based diet is compatible with an ideal BMI and gives other benefits. Not juices, btw. Whole fruit! Here is a video which describes a study which produced results similar to stomach bypass surgery, while allowing the participants to eat as much as they wanted of the whole plant foods. ua-cam.com/video/YrsBpPHbHlg/v-deo.html Link in the description.
While this is true anyone can be responsible and look into their diets and learn to burn off what you eat. It’s that simple
The fact that high fructose corn syrup is the main ingredient of almost everything you get at the grocery store now doesn't help.
Well my grandmother is nearly 80 and marginally obese. But she already suffer with quite a fair bit more of medical issue comparing with my other three grandparents who are not. It is possible, but you suffer a bit for it, unnecessarily.
Your faces during your monologues are priceless Bill….don’t ever change
Change is the only constant
Bravo! I have a relative who has bought into the "body positive" movement. We had an argument about the health impacts of obesity. She will no longer talk to me. I have another relative who is showing signs of severe diabetes. She won't go to a doctor because she says doctors only want to talk about her weight.
It's her funeral. You tried.
You can’t help people who don’t want to be helped.
@Bear Spicer This! Jim Fixx, the father of aerobic exercise, vis-a-vis jogging, by all accounts a healthy, fit human, dropped dead of a heart attack--WHILE jogging.
@Bear Spicer the fat peron will still meet that end far sooner. The dosage makes the poison.
Easy solution: Let these morons die, and ignore them as they do. Their children will know why it happened and won't repeat it it with their own kids.
Same could have been said during covid, and the world would be a much better place moving forward right now.
Coming from someone recovering from morbid obesity, addiction to food (in my opinion) is one of the hardest addictions to kick. Food now a days is engineered to make you crave it. I feel like I’m in a constant battle to eat crappy. And it’s not a stretch to get my fix. Every corner has what is calling to me. Additionally the foods I crave are super high in calories. For so long my idea of a true serving size has been skewed. However in my road to recovery, I’m learning how to eat in moderation as well as being happy with what a true serving size is versus the super size version that I’ve adapted myself to.
Addiction to food is considered one of the hardest addictions to quit because you need to eat to survive and often the foods available and a reasonable cost, if you're in the US, always have added sugar. Even canned veggies have added sugar. What really needs to change is the way companies manufacture foods so that it's possible for someone to buy healthy foods at a fair price.
Exactly. It's legal to spend billions marketing poison food and people act like we should know better. Our parents never warned us that corporations were out to kill us.
Hang in there!!!
Well said - I will add, and many people who move from abroad, or visit the US can confirm - they put so much sugar in everything here, it's crazy. When I first came to US everything tasted sweet to me, including thigs that are not supposed to be sweet in any scenario. I really believe this adds to the problem and difficulty to lose weight, along with all the things you listed. I even think that sugar might be that ingredient that "makes you crave it'.
@@jhb139 Ha! I just said the same thing, and then saw you already commented on the sugar.
Bill, that's not blood on their hands, it's barbecue sauce . . .
“The contemporary climate is therapeutic, not religious. People today hunger not for personal salvation, let alone for the restoration of an earlier golden age, but for the feeling, the momentary illusion, of personal well-being, health, and psychic security.”
― Christopher Lasch, The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in an Age of Diminishing Expectations
I know bill wont read these comments, but im happy to say im down 50lbs since March 2020, w/ an add on of 7lbs of muscle. I guess the pandemic had the opposite effect for me, but if i can inspire others to do so, it would be my honor. Thank you bill. Long time fan.
I lost about 20 pounds because of Covid. Though that came from getting Covid 1.0 before the vaccines and losing my sense of taste and smell for about 9 months. That can do wonders for weight.
I'm not Bill Maher, but I read your comment. I just wanted to tell you that you're awesome.
Good job!
My dad had a success story like this too, I'm inspired by people who took the pandemic as an opportunity to make change happen
Congratulations! I dropped 75 lbs. From 240 to 165. Started by walking and transitioned to running. Started around 2020.
“Have you ever seen a fat 90 year old”?
That hit me🤦🏾♂️
I've been saying those exact words for years!
"Have you ever seen a fat 90 year old?" seemed like such an obvious thing but I had the same reaction as the audience..."Oh fuck, I have NEVER seen a fat 90 year old."
As nurse, I learned two things you don't want to be as you approach old age.
A smoker or obese.
What about an alcoholic ? :D
Absolutely right. There's a middle ground between "body shaming" and obesity celebration.
You are correct, not right to attack people personally for their weight, but we should not be putting overweight models on the covers of magazines or having pop culture tell people it's OK.
Repent to Jesus Christ “‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.””
Revelation 21:4 NIV
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Ya but that's what's happening with the rainbows- it's one thing to advocate something as normaI, it's another to force glorification. Groups become protected that can't recieve any criticism about anything
@@powerboatguy2308 Have to disagree there. Why shouldn't all people be on magazine covers?
@@ReverendMaryEMicari1 unless its a health magazine highlighting the dangers of obesity , then why would we celebrate them.
I think Bill is merely talking about how society goes overboard at the risk of hurting someone's feelings and throws logic out the window.
Emotions taking priority over logic? Yep, that’s modern American society for you.
It's the same thing with this Transgender Saga that we're currently going through too. Science and logic are surely missed.
What Bill is calling acceptance and celebration is really just less bullying and shaming openly. The fat people are not seen as heroes, not getting laid, and there has been no change whatsoever in the societal approach except for people being less likely to verbalize what they're still thinking. It's a small step, not a sea change.
Logic, science, reality, sanity AND health.
@@lennonacid uh yeah no its not. there is a subset of society - the right wing christians - that would literally execute the trans and gay community if they could, so dont even remotely compare the two. they only use the bible, not emotions OR logic OR science OR reality. these people have been in existence for a long long time, but the nitwits on the right dont seem to get that. so i find your term kind of ignorant and ridiculous
Thank you bill for calling this dangerous and stupid trend from my generation the millennials as well as some people from gen z. No one should celebrate someone who is at risk for serious health problems like stroke, diabetes, hypertension, and heart attack among other worrying risks.
It's more generation Z than millenials, actually
Plus, what it costs all of us. Oh, wait. Millennials and GenZ would have to think of someone besides themselves and that ain't going to happen.
@@johnny_roots I don't even know what the cutoff is. and I've heard "Gen A" too (after Z)... like apparently every 5-10 years is a new generation now? lmao
@@davedavid427 gen A? Never heard of that lol. The most used/official cutoffs are: millenials were born between 1981-1996 (so ppl between 26-41 yrs old) and Gen z between 1997-2012 (ppl between 10-25 yrs old).
If you cared you wouldn’t shame people
The problem is so many people in the world are deathly allergic to taking responsibility. You are responsible for what goes in your mouth if what goes in it has side effects you are unhappy with then CHANGE!!!. Life is just a series of choices. Good ones and bad ones.
Many years ago, in the late 1990’s, Bill Maher spoke on an episode about High Fructose Corn Syrup. I did a bit of research then, and stopped eating anything with HFCS. I changed very little else, and now am healthier than I was then, and I weigh less too. Lots of experts have been saying sugar is sugar, and that HFCS is just the same but it really isn’t. Thanks, Bill.
You've got more sense than most people posting here for not seeing it ONLY as a matter of individual willpower. Bill needs to get Dr. Robert Lustig back on to set him straight. There is some personal responsibility needed here (not denying that), but this 100% blame-the-individual approach has been a long running failure we keep doubling down on.
If you look at labels, they now have to include added sugar. It can be insane how much is in processed foods but your right, they can't tell me high fructose corn syrup isn't worse
Hfcs is banned in my country
@@myfriendgoo2816 yeah but people can make the choice not to eat the massively poisonous food that is available. Even in food deserts. Hell, just being vegan is like 90% of the way there.
The food industry INTENTIONALLY markets addictive processed foods, low in nutrients. Obesity is a form of MALNUTRITION, driven by a profit-oriented capitalist market. Even the government lies about what constitutes a healthy diet with its "researched" recommendations. (Why do bread, cereals and pasta have to be "enriched"? Why do we have to have so much dairy product-- and why are "healthy" dairy substitutes full of chemically bonding "gums" that mess up digestion?) Mental illness/depressive disorders are largely a function of starved brains that do not get the necessary nutrients. Vaginal births give exposure to healthy microorganisms to colonize throughout the body, and breastreeding establishes 100% perfect nutrition-- but the cesarean endemic and moms forced back to work disrupts the foundations of health. Add overdependence on antibiotics to the toxic food market and you can see why chronic obesity is a foregone consequence. It's not primarily about willpower. Americans in poverty especially have less access to an affordable non-toxic diet. There are other countries that prohibit sale of food with junk added, but the USA promotes it. Unhealthy people drive the profit-oriented medical industry.
Everyone has their demons and addictions. The first step in getting better is acknowledging that you have a problem. No one is perfect but we all should try our best. If you fail once that's ok, if you fail twice or more that's ok too. What matters is that we never stop trying. The light at the long road tunnel is there and it feels so damn good once you finally start seeing it. When I was close to accomplishing my goal the euphoric state was unbelievably satisfying. Far more than all the most delicious foods I ever ate combined. Immediate gratification is not worth it. That later but better one is far better.
I also thought I was far gone. I used to get massive adrenaline rushes tremors and body shakes when I was about to indulge in my addiction. But I fixed it, even after failing so many times, I fixed it. Let's try to stay positive and never stop trying.
If you're always failing and NEVER improve, that would make you a failure with an endless list of excuses. Try harder. Just like Bill M. states - it actually takes effort to change.
I went from 254lb down to 210, and I'm still trying.
It's the mental barrier that requires the most work.
The exercise is just a better use of time than sitting around.
"No one is perfect but we all should try our best. If you fail once that's ok, if you fail twice or more that's ok too. What matters is that we never stop trying."
Amen, Lets apply that, always try to be doing our best, about everything in our country and lives as well.
yet, the libs love to call Trump Fat, when he isn't that obese compare to average Americans.
People believe it's their right to never be uncomfortable now.
50 years ago, big food companies did not use high fructose corn syrup to make all of their products. If they needed to add sweeteners, it was natural sugar, not HFCS. There is a huge difference in how the body reacts to the two. And there is a huge difference in price between the two sweeteners, which is why they use the corn syrup, and can sell products cheaper, making it easier for consumers to buy things that are already made, in boxes and frozen, to save time, since the average family now has 2 working parents to make enough to survive.
In the end, it is a vicious cycle, and Bill is right, the fix is simple, but not easy.
I left UK for Nigeria nearly 25 years ago. Every so often, I catch something I wouldn't in The UK (malaria, cholera, typhoid) and lose weight fast. The first time I dropped below 160 lb (what I weighed aged 12) I heard for the first time the body's emergency SOS 'Eat Sugar!' I'd never heard it before. It was a real eye-opener.
I'm now 63, 5' 11", 200 lb and most people seem to think I'm pretty trim for my age. But I know I'm carrying about 40lb more than nature intended. Better to make hunger your friend.
Dang Bill, you earned some respect with that straight forward, no bologna segment. Funny and true to yourself as always.