Re:"YAY! It's not my fault! I KNEW it!" (Score 1)

Yes, yes I have been. Last August, I weighed nearly 280 pounds. My waist line was approaching 46 inches, and I was sick of it. I then decided to start eating "better." I cut out high calorie, high junk foods, and by January I had dropped to 260. I decided that wasn't enough, and in February began making myself be more active. Not "ZOMG, Run 3 miles a day!" active, but simple, working more exercise into my life (parking at the far en d of the parking lot, walking to the library instead of driving, riding my bike 2 miles to work, hitting the gym 2x a week, playing softball) I now weigh 215, fit comfortably into 38 waist pants, and am quite happy with myself. So yes, I can say that (the majority of) people who are fat, choose to be fat. The choice *not* to do something about it is as much of a choice as the choice *to* do something about it. The fact that it's far easier to simply choose not to do something doesn't absolve people from their own responsibility.