Wonderful post, way back there Kristine. I share your outrage. But also acknowledge my own responsibility.

I also agree that our society's sedentary nature is to blame. I have always been sedentary and hated gym in school. I know that's part of the reason I got so fat.

I've discovered I can eat a LOT more without gaining when I am active (re: the skinny people myth). So I finally am off the couch and enjoying being active. LC really has changed my life.

I want more people to understand what they are doing to themselves. I have to grit my teeth when my girlfriend looks at me with pity because I'm "depriving" myself. She thinks I'm becoming obsessed. Meanwhile she refuses to consider that HER eating habits are the one that are screwy. She is a major sugar addict and refuses to see that it MIGHT even possibly be the cause of some of her health complaints.