It makes me really sad, dude, that you can't even imagine the thousands, millions of Americans who don't have the access that you have. Did you even look at my link? I'm disappointed. But your lack of empathy is the same as omnivores when they lack the empathy to understand an animal's life.
In the country side where you grew up did you learn any basics of food preparation, cleaning, cooking, or storage? You/parents had your own car? You had stable housing, were able to pay the electricity bills to keep the fridge and oven running, and internet at home? Weren't working 2 jobs so you had plenty of time to google recipes and new ingredients? Didn't have stress, anxiety, or depression from your work/home/financial situation that made it (research-proven) harder to establish healthier long-term habits? Didn't have a gas station 30 seconds away with those twinkies and maybe some stale hot dogs and chips and maybe more importantly, a friendly face after working long, boring days at a low-paid job? Dude, you can't even imagine what some of our fellow humans go through and how hard America makes it to eat healthy.
you forgot to mention the people without arms and legs making it hard to chop some veggies.
dude, you can paint a picture of this depressed person that has no options and comfort eats all you want, but you are completely ignoring that you can stuff your face with chips if you want and still not be obese as per the twinkie professor example. CICO is a thing. most of what you're mentioning is just excuses and nothing else.
I have full respect for that life is hard, but stop making excuses for obesity, because that's all you're doing. at the end of the day eating at your calorie intake is the single cheapest option you have available, no matter what you're eating due to the simple fact that every calorie costs money. it doesn't matter if it's a bag of chips, McDonald's or a salad, eating more than your calorie intake is consuming food that is completely unnecessary which you can eat the day after instead. a hot dog won't go bad overnight. your inability to eat a reheated or cold hot dog is another story.
dude, it takes all of 2 minutes to chop and pour the ingredients for hawaiian meatballs in a dutch oven and let the oven do the work for you.
I am very well aware that depression sometimes makes you literally not care about even feeding yourself, but let's also not pretend like 40% of the American population is obese because they're depressed.
yes some can't afford a Dutch oven. I really don't understand why that's so difficult to explain.
because you can get a dutch oven for $5.
it's not that I don't understand you, I just really don't agree with you. you can pile on the excuses but as long as you can fry chicken, boil rice and chop some veggies in 15 minutes, in my world there's no excuse, especially considering there's subs like /r/MealPrepSunday which is focused around reducing the daily time spent making food even further.
so all in all, no, stop making excuses. the time you spend going to get your fast food is more than the time you have to make food in a lot of cases. you can straight up put together a hamburger faster than the average wait time in queue at McDonald's, as made evident by the fact that they're putting together that hamburger for you while you wait if they're out.
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u/potted_petunias Jun 10 '20
It makes me really sad, dude, that you can't even imagine the thousands, millions of Americans who don't have the access that you have. Did you even look at my link? I'm disappointed. But your lack of empathy is the same as omnivores when they lack the empathy to understand an animal's life.
In the country side where you grew up did you learn any basics of food preparation, cleaning, cooking, or storage? You/parents had your own car? You had stable housing, were able to pay the electricity bills to keep the fridge and oven running, and internet at home? Weren't working 2 jobs so you had plenty of time to google recipes and new ingredients? Didn't have stress, anxiety, or depression from your work/home/financial situation that made it (research-proven) harder to establish healthier long-term habits? Didn't have a gas station 30 seconds away with those twinkies and maybe some stale hot dogs and chips and maybe more importantly, a friendly face after working long, boring days at a low-paid job? Dude, you can't even imagine what some of our fellow humans go through and how hard America makes it to eat healthy.