Questions and no answers. Obesity

It probably makes my blog a little confusing, that sometimes I write from a health professional's (or at least soon to be) point of view and sometimes I leave all that out and think as a private person. This post is going to be written from my own thoughts.

As my new semester is all about obesity, I have thought about it a lot lately. It puzzles my why some people are obese and some aren't. Basically, overweight only occurs when you eat more calories than you spend. But why some do and some doesn't?

I believe all people wan't to be slim. It's in human nature to want to feel comfortable and as good as possible.  And I don't believe that it is very practical, nice or easy to be overweight or obese. But then again, it's not very rear to see a completely fat person eating something that one just can't consider healthy. Is it then, that they have just given up? They have probably tried losing weight at least once. I mean, I would, if I'd be so big that it disturbs my everyday life and makes me uncomfortable. Maybe they failed and got disappointed. Lost belief in themselves and just gave up. Maybe they managed to lose weight, but then gained it back....
And then, is it so that they feel socially stigmatized, are sad and disappointed in themselves and just in general, lack positive emotions in their lives; and (it might sound cruel) the only good thing in their lives is food so they just eat?

Several studies have shown that if food is not very tasty (not bad, but just okay), people of normal weight tend to eat way more than people who are obese. And obese people only eat more, if the food tastes good for them. That's usually foods high in fat, salt and sugar.
So if the only good thing in life is food and they only like unhealthy high calorie foods, everything just gets worse and worse.

That's how far my thoughts have gone this far and I think that's my best guess.

But how do people become obese? Yeah yeah, they eat more than they need. But some people don't and some do. Is it obesity, then, a psychological problem and got to do with mental health? Well..to say obesity is a mental problem, seems at least a little strange, doesn't it?

I think it has to do with society and the same thing I described before with obese people, happen with (especially) girls who are normal weight. As being skinny is basically "the thing to be", even people who are not fat, get into the circle where they try to lose weight, fail and eventually give up. 

Still, society is the same for many people but there are only some that get obese and the others doesn't..

Therefore I have no answers to my questions.
But it makes me smarter to know what I don't know, right? :). 

So I just continue with my student life and try to find out as much as I can. 

However, it is not easy for most of the normal weight people, to stay like that. It requires some thinking, planning and regulating. As the only thing in what I've PR-d lately is my body weight, I have to think a little more too. And I think, I've thought of a real cool way to stay okay :). Me and my mum are going to do this thing where during one week, we write down everything we eat, and then on Sunday we'll switch the menus, so during the second week I eat everything she ate and vice versa. In that way, I hope, we're safe, as I would never starve or overfeed my mum and hopefully neither would she do that to me.
I think it'll be fun and easy, I'll let you know :). And if you find someone who has the same goal as you, you can try it out :).

Have fun :)

Making chocolate cakes and world class memories (21.08.2012)

It’s wrong to write in English. Oh it is so wrong.  First of all I have to say there’s no place like Estonia. And no other nation so normal.  Though during different times I’ve thought differently, I am oh so sure, that it’s the best place to be.
Of course it’s largely due to my bestest best social surroundings here. I’d be so sad to sit here on that boat and leave, but I cant. Instead im all charged with all good emotions and just feel. Good. (that doesn’t mean that I didn’t cry like a baby about leaving)
It took some time and solving some problems..or just letting them go, for me to really start liking coming back home (guess that’s what you get when you kind of escape), but Im all good now and haven’t felt better in a long time.
I love Estonia and I like good people. J.

I don’t know. What else to write. But. Time to leave all that here and go back to back to real life, school, work and Denmark.
I don’t mind. Im happy.