Recently we’ve been doing some considerable thinking about weight, diet, weight gains and weight losses.
Having gone through dieting since October with Yo, during the summer Matt enjoys the aesthetics of a low body fat percentage – minus the constant feeling of being drained and depleted. Not the best feeling, but certainly the best looking, one that most people equate to bodybuilders and their general ‘look’.
Yo after commencing the bulking stage following the UKBFF North West Championships and having to adjust the mentality to being and feeling bulky and fatter, hunger remained a constant for a good while. No amount of food seemed to remove that. However, for the past two months we had a digestive problems that appear to have been brought under control.
It got us thinking…
When appetite was none existent for those two months or so, constant bloating and general malaise made us feel quite bad, Yo lost about 6-7kg and we thought we reverted our progress.
The aspect that has got us thinking about was – what if one experiences the other end of the spectrum? What if one cannot control their appetite? Does this actually happen?
We got reading and to our surprise we’ve found that recent studies suggest it may not be simply the environment one is in, or grew up in. It may not just be nurture – it may be genetics, and genetics is something we cannot control.
Studies going back to University of Exeter, UK suggest it may be as much as 70% genetics controlling ones weight gain. Of course you may control the food going into your mouth but if one is genetically built to have a greater appetite, in our opinion it is a much harder issue to control – after all, being hungry is one of the most uncomfortable situations to have – it is where many dieters fail simply because it becomes too much to control.
So next time you feel like thinking or saying something to someone holding extra weight – is it their fault? Maybe not.
Perhaps instead of poking fingers, calling names, you could educate them in foods that suppress their hunger levels or make them feel more satisfied than others – after all, a typical donut has somewhere between 300-500 calories. Possibly more if it has filling etc. For chicken breast, that’s eight or nine ounces to get you to 300 calories. Eight ounces of chicken breast will keep you feeling more full and satisfied and energized far, far longer than a 300 calorie donut!
What are your thoughts?
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