Persuasive Essay On Dieting Makes People Fat

I am clinically considered overweight/obese. Not by a considerable amount, mind you. Just enough where it labels who I am as a person. People wonder why others become obese. It isn’t some goal people have. It is not by accident either. People have life style choices. And that is what they are. Choices. You can choose what you are, how you look, how you dress. Your body is a canvas and it is up to you to paint it how you please. I can choose to go to the gym and eat healthy. Has anyone asked why anyone who is obese why they don’t go to the free gyms on campus or work out in public places? It is because of the ridicule that they have to face. They are ashamed that they let their bodies get like this and they become afraid to ask for help. Afraid that they will be judged and treated poorly for how they look. People in this time have made a bad habit of judging people just based on how they look. Whether its facial features, how they dress, or even their skin tone, people are judgmental. They think just because someone looks different it means its okay to treat that person different. If you strip away the clothes, and everything under them, what do you have? A skeleton. Everyone has one. That’s all we are, and that’s all it boils down …show more content…
Now we all do it and instead of it having a positive effect on some for “negative reinforcement” to help them realize that their life choices are wrong, it causes the exact opposite. More and more people have been becoming obese and instead of taking blame and trying to better themselves, they blame genetics. Its not genetics fault t all. Its their fault. Its my fault. We have places in our brains that tell us that fat is good, that we need it. It can almost become addicting, comforting. We make the choice to bring that extra spoonful of ice-cream to our faces. That’s our choice. Its all about portion sizes. Limit what you take in. Stop blaming