on a recent trip to the US we had a&w rootbeer floats, mostly because of nostalgia. with the free rootbeer refill it was a total of 32oz (a liter) of soda and the equivalent of one and a half scoops of soft serve ice cream. i wanted to vomit afterwards. but after returning from the US, I have not had any more than 16oz (500ml) of soda in over 11 months. sadly the nostalgia was too much for one of my travel companions and he kept drinking floats and milkshakes, and now he has diabetes.

That’s two things.

People in Europe do not understand that you can cut off some of the food and take it home and eat it later.

@@annemclaughlin4917People in America dont understand that Europeans are still healthier because of their diets.

frankbauerful 😂

Congratulations. Wonderful.

Great good for you.

Nice! I dropped from 225 to 150 and it was the best decision of my life.

I am down 60lbs. I still have another 50 to go, but it's a work in progress. I actually am using Weight Watchers. As far as I can tell everyone still calls it that.

nice how you do it? fasting? or surgery?

@@MariyaMubashir it's the truth. We can think whatever we want but at some point our health will catch up with us and we will feel the effects if we don't take care. Biology is biology and ideology doesn't dictate high blood pressure effects.

@@MariyaMubashir well that means you hate the truth then. Being fat is not healthy.

@@MariyaMubashir that's what he implied by "that's in the eye of the beholder"

@@MariyaMubashir Did you watch the video? Beauty and health are not the same thing.

@@MariyaMubashir I never said that wasn't true and neither did the video. That was the whole message of the video. We need more people to think like Bill. The fit-shamers and body able-ists are a daft bunch. Telling people that it is healthy to be fat is just mad.

Congrads👍

LMAO

Congrats. Keep up those healthy habits!

A video can't make you healthy dumbass

Help mel the advice in said video can fuckwit 🖕🏼

Maybe, but Europeans still smoke like chimneys. Disgusting.

Been to Europe food ain't that great...and to echo other post, Euros chain smoke like nobody's business.

​@@alphacentauri8083 Well Americans smoke like an erupting volcano.

The problem is sugar and vegetable oils, and few if any countries regulate those.

....and men wearing Capri pants, ABBA, and those teeth! All of it deleterious to ones health.

You are awesome!

Proud of you.

CONGRATS DUDE!!!

@@Jake-ps3kj And out comes the hardcore narcissist looking for his supply.

How'd u do it . EXACTLY how, taking notes !!

Just watch out. The yogurt often has a lot of added sugar. A lot of foods that should be healthy are not. It's best to eat as few processed foods as possible.

How is your lifestyle going today?

@@rachelrollins9506 Well my job requires me to walk around 20,000 steps per day 5 days a week. I limit myself to one soda a day, and the candy bars were replaced by fresh fruit and protein bars a long time ago. When I wrote that comment I was around 245 lbs and I'm only 5'10". I'm around 195 now, so I've lost approximately 50 lbs. The real challenge is staying limber because arthritis is a major problem for me. All in all doing much better with my lifestyle, thanks for the interest.

@@n0tk0sherglad you are doing better

It’s very hard. I eat a lot of fruit it helps with the cravings. I manage my chocolate craving by having 1 Gheridelli square every 3-4 days. I have donuts once a year on national donut day. I have one waffle every year. I have a muffin once a week and it’s always pistachio. I drink 1-2 cokes a week. I have chips with guacamole every 2 weeks. But I eat cold cereal almost daily which I need to switch back to oatmeal. I make a fruit smoothie with about 1 serving of vanilla yogurt a cup of fruit and a half cup of milk or water daily. It’s usually strawberries 🍓 and blueberries 🫐 or bananas 🍌 mango 🥭 and passion fruit or cherry -blackberry. These are almost always frozen fruits and fresh. I eat about 16oz of the smoothie. I have developed enormous control. It took about 2 years.

Good luck to you sir! :)

Keep going, you've got this!

Updates?? Hope you're doing well!

@@ericxpenner Thank you. Up to 40lbs now. Slow and steady.

Good luck on your journey, if you haven't come across Dr. Berg's youtube channel I would highly recommend his wisdom. Best of luck!

Funny. As a cook, you have a huge say on what makes it into the menu. That includes portion sizes that are delivered. It's getting to be the average menu item costs 15 dollars, and offers 3 times the amount of calories necessary for a meal that's supposed to be 1/3 of a 2,000 calorie a day diet. Maybe reduce the cost of a restaurant meal by half, reduce the portion size by half, and do the world a favor? Or would that cut into your profits too much?

If I was the head chef then that would be the case, as a line cook I just prep and make the food as the head chef and general manager want it and I do agree with you and on some things profit margins could be made better with smaller portions but the sad thing is you have to be competitive with major chains and people spend big money on big portions of stuff and you cut portions to small people will stop coming to your restaurant to get bigger portions and thinking they got a better deal for their money

Julian Klappenbach yeah it’s always annoying how giant the portions are on orders

As a cook I don't have say what goes on the menu, but if I owned any kind of restaurant I would never have a buffet. Buffet's and fast food are killing us. Not to mention most sit down places who fry and deep fry 90% or more of what they offer. Wish we could ban buffet's altogether.

I have bartended and served for many years and I agree. It is weird to me that on a friday night people will get a table and order nachos and chicken tenders for dinner. Psst.. those are on the menu as a bar snack to be shared, not your dinner on a friday night when you go out. Order off the page that has meals on it, the one that also contains the names of vegetables lol.

Love Dr. Robert Lustig. I learned so much from his lectures.

Then doctors would make much, much, less.

Bill is an Anti-Vaxxer.

@@Lone432345 no he’s not

Facts also don’t change people’s feelings, either.

@@Lone432345 anti-flu vaccine, yeah, but not like Covid and shit

@@Lone432345 No, he isn't. If he was, he wouldn't have got the Covid vax in the first place.

They go hand in hand, don't they?

I would expand that to say the life expectancy of the addicted: drugs, cigarettes, junk food, vaping...... (believe it or not, companies are legally putting in much higher levels of nicotine into these vaping products than are in cigarettes....)

@jjjmail If that's the case (I have my doubts) then Americans are pretty damn good at hiding their intelligence.

Gary Pickford sad but quite true

@@o.b.7217 Thank you. I didn't get it either

True. I am so glad that Bill has brought this PC issue up!!!!! My mother ultimately died because she was so overweight for so many years. I agree with everything Bill has said here. Thank you Bill Maher! I am tired of many, many things tied to our healthcare issues in the States, but avoidable illnesses caused by our gluttony and lack of self-control drive health care costs up. Hey America, how about we eat normal portions and drastically limit the cookies, ice cream, candy bars, chips, cheese, sugar drinks, etc.?

@@toddapplegate I'll give you (and Bill) what you're saying. But I want to note that every food company out there is stacking the deck. They add sugar because they want to keep people addicted. It doesn't take long before your body is working against you and making you crave things you shouldn't eat. It's not exactly easy to beat the cravings. I know people on prescription drugs to stop the cravings, but it seems like a circle: they add the addictive contents, people eat them, they become addicted, they pay another group for a pill to get passed the first addiction. This issue isn't one dimensional. In order to change, you have to change everything.

i believe high fructose syrup and all of it's different names (corn syrup solids, etc) are actually BANNED in europe...

Corn, Wheat and soy has the glucose effect, which can cause high blood sugar spikes and allergens due to the quick breakdown in our digestive systems. We are so use to the sugar(processed) that we are killing ourselves for a quick meal. However, the cost of eating healthy or just a nutrition change can be done on a budget; yes it is possible. My wife started keto (a high fat, very low carb, no sugar diet) a year ago her weight was over 300.lbs she lost 80.lbs in that time period without exercise and her blood sugar decreased considerably low(hypertension stage 2) As a result, her allergies are under control, nose bleeds have stopped, and energy levels have increased, all in all started going to the gym, which in my opinion is a healthy lifestyle change for the better with little to no Doctor visits or medications. So, do some research for the better and get fit; you can do it.

@@americanmonster4983 thank you for your reply.. although i must say i have read recent "reports/studies" that suggest KETO diets ate NOT good for anyone long term, that they are at bast a short time fix and even for that they are not for everyone? what to believe?...

Grizzly Bears find Fat humans look much better than thin humans. The evidence is in the fact that when they are chasing campers they always pick the fat one to have sex with before eating him.

how is such a trite and obvious statement the smartest thing you've ever heard?

@@edithputhy4948 I don’t know, idk what I was really thinking when I wrote that lmfao

@@jcolesbiggestfann It's still a true statement. Most of these Healthy At Any Weight people don't grasp reality that well. You seem to though.

@@thirdcoastfirebird yeah, agreed. I think it’s more common sense then smart. It’s just refreshing to hear someone that isn’t denying science.

Great job, hope it's going well. :)

We're at you side man!

Good for you, hope to see you better, it is going to be really difficult but it will be worth it

Good luck!

It’s been a year after you posted… did you do it?

Yeah being a fatass is no good, i hate rude fats

Popeyes. Duh

The left have resolved all world problems already so now they are telling us not to eat at chick filet.

Who cares all chicken is feed soy and modern soy is full of estrogen. You want to eat chicken? Build a coop and learn to raise them, fresh organic eggs in the mix and fertilizer for the garden. I realize not everyone can do this.

Chick Filet I'm sure. Popeyes is disgusting.

That is actually happening. Here I am feeling fat just eating a yogurt.

People on My 600 .lb. Life make this guy look malnourished!

Look at the youtube documentary on obesity in Houston. He's a THINNER guy there.

I know. When I saw the circus fat people, it took me a bit to realize that in those days, that was huge. Imagine the shock if morbid obesity was a sideshow attraction.

That was disturbing to realize how glutinous and lazy humans have become. It takes 3 of the "fattest man" circus attractions to equal 1 Lizzo.

So true even in 60s there was the huge fat guy everyone knew now its every other person in most places.

Nah, I was at this first a week ago. Came back to see how triggered PC people got.

yeah I did. Watching this now I solely agree with Bill. James for purposes of his message bundled at least 30% of Bill's good points into "Bill has his heart in the right place". Bill is raw and walking on the edge, and it sells!

Hammad Ali James is always desperate for attention. I’m getting sick of his shtick

James Corden was spot on.

Bill has always found fat jokes and fart jokes hilarious. Small minds and bigots love fat suits and weak jokes. Bill needs to follow his own advice, and check the science, instead of simply flapping his wind-hole, or he is going to continue to look as ignorant and uninformed as the flat-earthers and evangelicals he lives to hate. Being a Trump-hating blowhard bully who "just knows the answer" makes you a lot more like the ignorant blowhards with tiki torches and who "don't trust the government beaurocracy with 1/5 of the economy" than the ones with REAL solutions, like Bernie and Liz.

Here in Portugal I'm always astonished at how fat American tourists are. Not to disparage or anything but my father is well in the fat category by Portuguese standards and he looks incredibly thin when compared

Yes, we do, also thanks to fact that it doesn't cost a fortune to do so and there are allotted lanes so you don't risk being offed by a SUV. Bu we get sick too, and when we do, if poor, we don't have to decide between death and bankruptcy. That also plays a role...

BUT BUT BUT....S O C I A L I S M!!!!

mastersleib Hey DUMBASS, it’s corrupt corporations that sell us a lot of unhealthy processed crap & guess what? These corporate rich owners are REPUNKLICUNTS...every stinking one of them❗️

mastersleib It’s the RETHUGLIKKKONS SUPPORT THE ASSHOLES SELLING POISON TO THE PPL & ENRICH THEMSELVES BY SELLING OUT AMERICA ‼️💯

jliu2003 James said that Bill had some very good points but the execution of it was wrong

Must have eaten them up!

Yeah, if James wasn't actually fat I would have maybe given him more credit. He clearly was just insulted and painted Bill's point differently.

Probably the bits he wasn't responding to.

Yeah, he was making excuses.

LOL I thought about Chris Christie as soon as I seen dude from the old school circus. That's EXACTLY who I thought about 😂

Big oof

And Killer Mike.

@@Pugetwitch that was kind of the point though... Chris Christie is actually bigger than that circus guy.

Chris Christie ate a lot of cookies, that why he looks like miss piggy.

Don't really need baconaise either.

And no one needs to add ranch to everything, but they do.

@@joshuarodriguezbanks6435 Well lets not be silly

Don't tell us. Tell the huge corn business!!

Big sugar lobbyists threw fats under the bus and low-fat diets became a big thing. Since fat carries a lot of the flavor it's generally replaced with sugar. American food is so garbage because whoever has the most money makes the rules.

it triggered her?? didn't the gym have a safe-space?

At least the administration came to their senses and realized their mistake. Some institutions would double-down on their decision.

If someone is triggered...should just grown up. Couple of hard slaps a day can help.

It's okay guys it's Canada. What did you expect?

That's often just people seeing how much influence they have. I'm sure they get a sense of pride and satisfaction when they are able to impose change, however small and insignificant.

Keep walking, you may inspire other people to do that also. (Act like your having so much fun while they sit in line waiting to pick up their kids, lol)

This is a good point and obviously I support the idea of people driving less (especially when my bus gets stuck in traffic as soon as another school year begins), but here are things to consider: 1) if you're obese this is not even nearly enough exercise 2) when you are heavy, walking becomes very strenuous and puts your back and joints at risk. The latter is the main reason why fat people are recommended swimming and why pool aerobic exists - to take that weight off and help you move. So - by all means, get more active, but do it in a way that will not put you in bed.

Good stuff. The best part of that is not the exercise of the walk itself, but the fact you are setting a good and healthy example to your son. Children tend to copy their parents throughout their life.

Honestly... Nearly all my weight gain started when I stopped walking. As a kid I waked EVERYWHERE. My mom nor my friends mom's never chauffeured us anywhere. You want to go to carnival, it's 3 towns over - walk, I'm not taking you. And that what we used to do. A big gang of kids walking three towns over to go to a church carnival. It kept me slim in my youth and I ate JUNK FOOD like you wouldn't believe it. The minute my friends and I started driving we ALL started gaining weight. Every last one of us. I'm trying to walk more. To move more and I already notice a difference.

Good for you. There's so more time to interact with your child if you walk with your child to/from school and it's healthier for both of you.

Diet is a problem, but the lack of exercise is a killer.

Yeah, but most people know about the industry problem. Yet taking OWN responsibility is still lacking being adressed. Bill's segment was urgently needed.

I agree, but those corn and soy subsidies also support factory farmed beef and dairy production. The government encourages bad diets by promoting cheese etc.

Everyone needs to suck up to Iowa farmers so we don't hear anything about that.

He'd probably get sued. The sugar and food lobby is very powerful and have draconian control over what you say about that kind of stuff as a public figure.

Yep. “I’m pregnant” “A bee stung me” “My thyroid” “My ancestors’ people lived off the rich coastal clam beds for thousands of years and it’s in my d.n.a.”

@John Nycto I was in Ireland thinking of ordering beef when I asked the sever if their beef was grass-fed. Her response was’ “Well isn’t that what cows eat?” Not in the States.

Jeff Jeffries The diet in schools that she influenced is crap. Mostly carbs.

That was an initiative Michelle Obama pushed . . . and Widdle Donnie Lard Butt cancelled.

@@kftc1980 I don't remember that her program had the force of law. School districts make their own decisions and budget is king. So they buy crap to save money. I wonder who pockets the difference 🤔❓

This isnt political. Its cultural

But isn't this fat acceptance and body positivity movement a leftist thing? ;)

I went from 270 to 184, and my hair dresser said my hair was dying.

That really depends on your body type, build, and activity levels. An arbitrary number like that will never be an indicator of whether you're healthy... and the only time it really tells you that you're unhealthy is when the number is so undeniably out of natural range that you don't need to know the number to see the problem. 150 might be high for the runt of the litter who capped out at 5'6", 225 might be dangerously unhealthy for a heavy, active build on someone who's 6'4". I don't know you, or your family, so I can't make comments on your situation, but I can say that it's generally ignorant to dismiss ideas based solely on some random numbers that need a lot of context to actually bring any significant meaning to the discussion.

Congrats👍

My guess is that people close to you are simply biased against change in any direction, not necessarily against losing weight in particular. But, I've never met your family, so I may be wrong.

@JimboParadox I see you misunderstood entirely. I'll be more clear this time. Weight and body fat content are not the same thing, and often have no correlation. The factors that contribute to a person's weight are so numerous and varied that using their weight alone to judge a person's health is entirely irrational. Just to illustrate what I mean... compare a person who does nothing in their life except eat, sleep, and basic officework to a person of identical build who runs marathons for fun and works in a field of intense manual labor. The latter is going to weigh more almost every time, and the former will likely appear to weigh more to the ignorant eye. To reiterate my point... weight is a number that means absolutely nothing unless given extensive context. It says absolutely nothing about a person's lifestyle or health on its own, outside of fringe cases where their weight is so far beyond human norms that it's impossible for it to be healthy.

Right there with ya! Well, Im okay being fat honesty, but good on ya! I learned to love and accept who I am, through fat shaming lmao.

@@dudepool7530 So you’re okay with being unhealthy?

Right my dad passed away too at 61 he was about 400 lbs he used to cry about his weight and I used to tell him don't listen to mean people now I feel awful I was so worried about him getting covid but he died from a heart attack

You can’t change another person, only inspire and encourage.

I agree, you don't know if it would have made a difference but it may have, but now that you know that now you have the chance to help someone else who would appreciate the encouragement and may strive to change.

Bill is telling us to say no to excess food. That’s hardly an act of endurance. It’s just a lack of indulgence.

@@MrTkzepeda tell someone with an eating disorder that it's not an endurance test. 🙄

@@MrTkzepeda I agree with Bill tho because you shouldn't over eat. Just until satisfied. And exercise is important.

i find it ironic in a country that is 60% religious where one of the main sins to avoid is gluttony and yet half the country is morbidly obese or overweight to the danger.

Mckenzie .Latham you seem like a dangerous thinker, shame on you! Lol

Liberal buffoons lying? Naaaah

Ya, shaming an addict usually gets positive results. I'm not saying we don't have a weight problem in The US, but Maher is being an asshole on this one.

I didn't claim that obesity isn't a problem. I said this is a shitty method of addressing it.

he sure did, and he missed the comedy part about it mainly, the clip he showed wasnt edited fairly either. Bill also says we shouldnt taunt anyone. this is the most on the edge of uncool Maher has ever been in my eyes, but it needs to be said. its actually surprising more "not-with-my-taxes" republicans aren't bitching about medicare paying for poor diet resultant medical bills than they are.

While I agree that Bill Maher usually talks like an ashole, and goes too far for comedy purpose, he is also usually right. I get he is harsh, I get this is far more complicated issue, but americans do have a problem. A BIG problem. We have similar problem here in Europe. There are more fat people and fat kids that EVER before, but, man, what we call "fat " here, is almost a minor problem compared to what we see on tv or internet on the streets in USA. Not in movies ofcourse, but on TV. It is scary. It looks like almost everyone has weight problems. What both James and Bill failed to mention is the poverty in USA and the whole idea of companies making money no matter the consequences. From what I hear and read, there are areas where people can't find normal food. Or can't afford any. And while there are very poor countries in Europe, like mine, we rarely have this food problem. It's a vastly different culture here from what we see in USA or even Western Europe. And it does include food and health. Kids here learn about food and health at home first, than sinse kindergarden and the whole time during school. You almost can't find anyone here, male or female who can't cook on some basic level. It feels like Americans have problems with general knowledge and are very sensitive to any critisism. So they scream to the sky when someone is saying something harsh to them, but don't react when they are lied with sweet words. Interesting. Your medication costs huge amounts of money, normal food is insanely expensive, and there is sugar in everything, there are things in the food, that Europe considers poison, kids have diabetes, thousands of peope die every month from obesity, but let's not allow people like Bill Maher to hurt someones feelings. I don't know...

Actually...not exactly. Severe obesity is a problem. Being overweight depends on the diet that you have, the amount of exercise that you do and a variety of other parameters. Where did you get your M.D. or Ph.D. from? Because you certainly don't know much about science.

He had an argument with the comedian Monique, a few years back. Bill basically said that being overweight is generally unhealthy (the most duh statement ever) and Monique pushed back with a ridiculous response. She said that is a "white thing" no joke. I think she meant as far as women and attraction because she's an overweight black woman and some black men are attracted to big women when many (not all, of course) white men prefer skinny and fit women.

Almost everyday in the entire world, people with "proportioned body" were died first than fat peoples due to various factors, not just body shape. AND THAT'S SCIENCE!

@@RuthmarieHicks Where did you get your graduate degree in health sciences? Science states rather unequivocally that being fat isn't good for you. Not sure how you missed that.

@@leszaleonardo6688 Y'know those people who live to a 100+ years and they say what their secret to life is? Not one of them says being overweight/fat.

Congrats!

Yeah but that's self criticism. Fat shaming others is just destructive criticism which can lead to low self esteem and a poor mental state. But I agree, being overweight is unhealthy

It isnt harsh people nowadays are just ❄️

But yeah congrats i was overweight too and i have lost lots of weight but still over the weight for my average height

@CraigAndNem maybe, maybe not. But people usually gain confidence once they get fit. But if you're gonna fat shame those people are gonna have low self esteem perhaps for their whole life. It isn't good for their mental health, period.

Outrage/Cancel culture doing what it does.

yes, 40000 deaths dont count, but the hurt feelings of that fat idiot counts.

@@Floxxoror fat people should laugh more, it burns calories

yes. it was insensitive. im not "cancelling" him or whatever, but fat people have to deal with bullying and discrimination all the time. and being fat might not be there fault; genetics and epigenetics both play a big roll, and healthy foods are a lot more expensive which makes it harder for low-income households to have a well-balanced diet. fat-shaming causes parents to worry about their babies' weights and starve them because of it. it causes pre-teen girls to starve themselves and develop eating disorders such as anorexia. health care professionals don't take fat people's symptoms seriously because of their weight, which causes people to literally die because of it. so yeah, what he said was offensive and ignorant and it was an uneducated response. he's rubbed me the wrong way numerous times, but nothing like this before. advocating for people to bully people more is wrong, period.

Uh, huh.... VS. "Poor diet is the leading cause of mortality in the United States."

I never got that. I mean, I get looks can fade as we age, and the connection we make with our partner should keep us together, but we should also try to stay healthy for each other. I have always thought when meeting a partner that looks are worth half, and who they are as a person is the other half. If you think they are a great person who is nice, funny, smart, shared interests, but you just don't find them attractive, they would make a great friend but not a partner. If they are physically attractive but you don't care for them as a person, they would be a great 1 night stand. I think it would be shallow to pick someone who looks better than someone you are already attracted to but have more in common with, simply because they look better. But I think expecting someone to make love to someone they are in no means attracted to disrespects a persons personal choices. It is also just chemistry between people. It would be like expecting a gay dude to sleep with a woman because gender shouldn't matter.

Awesome work. Congratulations!

Oh if only that were true

Veganism Kills let me guess, you never graduated college.

Huh. I just keep skinny by not eating a lot of calories. Doesn't really matter what I eat, just that I don't eat a lot. Don't even have to think about it.

Speak for yourself 🤓 🖕

Namegoeshere Orhere it’s because our food in the US is terribly innutritious, thanks to “high tech” agriculture. Everyone who eats conventional food has terrible nutritional deficiencies and our bodies are starving despite overeating. I hate that the finger gets pointed at the people eating the food or serving the food rather than the people running corporations selling farmers on how to raise food and selling them chemicals. Look into recent research regarding the germs that live in your gut. Industrial agriculture has done studies to prove their chemicals and genetically engineered plants don’t harm animals or people, but they have done zero research on how it affects the germs we depend on to digest our food-and that is why we are really getting sick. We can eat all day and never be satisfied if we physically cannot get the nutrition our body needs from our food. All of the things they connect to obesity connect to malnutrition too-obesity isn’t the cause, it’s a symptom. Overeating isn’t a cause, it’s a symptom. The way our food is raised (especially staple crops like wheat, corn, and soy, and all the animals we feed those crops to) is the cause. Mainland Europeans don’t eat so much different from Americans...but they don’t eat as much and they aren’t as sick because they haven’t adopted so much of the industrial agriculture.

I remember the first time I went to New York City, as a 16-year-old, and ordered the same Wendy's combo meal I would get periodically back at home in Calgary. I thought they had given me the wrong order at first - the "medium" fries and "medium" pop that came with the burger seemed to be almost saddlebag and trough-sized, respectively. The food portions on that trip was pretty mind-blowing... ordering a slice of pizza for $2 and getting like 1/6 of this XXL pie. The first time I went back to the US after turning 21, I learned that the liquor sales were basically the same! A 60oz jug of vodka for $9 at the pharmacy seemed totally insane to me, as someone used to having to go to the BCL (closed on Sundays!) where a 26 of Smirnoff cost 28 bucks.

Lie!!

The average American meal should really be 2-3 meals.

There was a b-movie called 'Idiocracy' that came out in 2006 - that's where USA is now.

@@spud2go that was actually a documentary.

Korey Green yep. So true. The earth will be hot and full of trash and plastic. It’s depressing that the earth will die someday

Exactly!

@@spud2go Still waiting for the Gatorade irrigation.

Check your Vitamin D. Another big cause of overweight

Best time to work out and fast

No all, who speak everything, say something.

The problem is that what he has in his mind is ridiculous and harmful... You shouldnt' be afraid to speak your mind, but sometimes your own prejudices just don't matter, and are harmful, so.. actually THINKING before your speak is a vital thing to do.. He doesn't, he just makes up his mind and then speaks, which is not the same as thinking. Blessed be the one with nothing to say who refrains from using words to prove that fact.

No. He's advocating for bullying. Calling out the problem would be calling out the problem on the CORPORATE level.

@@lauraschleifer4721 I disagree. People are ultimately responsible for their own choices and what they eat. Your not fat because hostess decided to cut the price of twinkies

@@lauraschleifer4721 Both are important. Personnal responsability is at least 50% of the problem. That's why the "healthy at any size" movement is lethal, removing people's ability to self critic.

There's also something people don't want to admit. Coddling feelings hasn't been any more effective than bullying. It's just as useless

@@steffenberr6760 No, but combine the drop in price of shit food with the high price of healthy food and with low income and kablamo, you have a world where people can only afford shit to survive. Which makes them unhealthy, which means they need to seek more medical help, which in America is stupidly expensive, etc etc.

This is a valid point.

Yeah! I'll make sure I'll yell that to my kids next time I beat the crap out of them for being fat!

hipsabad American corporations will produce and sell whatever the people want. Not the other way around. McDonald’s started to sell salads, why? Because a lot of people don’t want a 3,000 calorie hamburger all of the time and they started to market to other segments of the population.

The state has to regulate it

It can be regulated more, but corporations will find excuses to make THE PRODUCT more addictive. Not bullying but a sensible amount o shame. Why aren’t we all using unicycles while crossdressing? Shame maybe?

Absolutely. Try finding foods that have no sugar or starch in them which aren't just fresh vegetables. No seriously, try and find them, I have a family member who has diabetes (he's actually very thin, 150lbs) and getting food that is inexpensive because we're poor AND without sugar/starch feels impossible without getting a culinary degree or driving miles just for fresh fruits & vegetables.

Typical rich person solution to the problem: "stop doing it." Problem is, a lot of Americans are over worked and under paid. We often have to work over 40 hours a week just to afford the basics. Healthy foods that are ready to eat are expensive, and a lot people don't have the time to cook from scratch. For too many of us, McDonald's is the most affordable source of "food" that works with our inhuman working conditions.

Actually, it is the fact that healthcare for the masses has gone the way of the dinosaurs! If healthcare was more prevalent & didn't damn most of the country along with poverty, there wouldn't be as many unhealthy people. So few have access to doctors, esp good doctors along with affordable programs to help people return to good health, that this is the natural outcome. Lack of affordable healthcare and a livable income has a great deal to do with the failing health of Americans. Used to be that when a person went to work, they automatically had excellent health insurance. That has not been the case in a very long time. Few employers even OFFER health insurance anymore let alone good health insurance! And then there is the corporate greed that won't allow healthy alternatives, especially affordable healthy alternatives!

@@sammi-joreviews1135 Nope. You people eat way too much. I am a relatively fat person, I definitely can finish my entire days fill with the gigantic burgers that you eat.

I have to wholeheartedly disagree. I live in the UK and on a two week visit to America, I had a very difficult time finding healthy foods that weren't packed with sugar. EVEN THE BREAD HAD SUGAR. Americans are set up to fail. And particularly because I was staying in New York, it was very difficult to find a grocery store with fresh vegetables that wasn't 20 minutes away by public transport or bus, considering that not all places have a Wholefoods. This is really not the case in most cities in the UK. Even the smallest of Tesco's (which is a big supermarket chain in the UK) will have a decent selection of fruits, veg and grains to make a proper meal. Fresh fruits and vegetables are pretty accessible in the UK. Packaged foods like bread and oatmeal aren't packed with sugar, and it is just a lot easier to eat healthier. Even though I am pretty health conscious, I know if I'd stayed longer in the US, I'd be gaining weight because healthy food is just not accessible. I really don't blame Americans at all!

@@ayandas874 Well, then you really know more than I do because I can't recall the last time I had a burger from McDonald's or any other fast food restaurant. Though, back in May I did share a Wendy's salad with my husband & our (adult) youngest daughter. I did add extra cherry tomatoes & green peppers from my garden, so it seems that you have larger portions than the 3 of us combined. Additionally, you do a disservice to yourself by attempting to lump all Americans into one category when that simply is not the case.

@@linaskittles97 Thank you so much for saying what you did! In the area where I live there is no such thing as public transit. It simply doesn't exist. And just for clarity, I LOVE WHOLEFOODs as a store; however, there is no way on earth I'd be able to afford to shop there on a regular basis. The Wholefoods closest to me, which is almost 2hrs away from where I live (and I'm legally blind even though I do I still retain some light perception, not much but I do have some), resides in one of the most wealthiest of cities in a nearby 100mi radius. The prices on everything there reflects it too. In as much as I love mochi ice cream, I can't buy more than 1 or 2 at a time when I'd prefer to buy maybe 6 to freeze for special occasions. And I absolutely adore Castelvetrano olives w/feta but again, you can't find them anywhere other than Wholefoods & they are so outrageously priced that I tend to buy only the smallest in a container w/bits of feta & a little olive oil drizzled over them. My husband & I enjoy a couple olives each while walking along the strip area & listening to local musicians who are usually set up on weekends. The few times a year we go, we place a cooler in the backseat of the car in case we can bring something home. I make our salad dressings & oils, which go perfectly with fresh baked bread. The only olives that can be found locally are so heavily soaked in brine that no amount of rinsing, soaking, & resoaking will make them edible in anything shy of a martini... and even so, the local olives available aren't even decent enough to grace the glass of a martini. Furthermore, the only way to get a decent martini using gin & vermouth is to make it at home or go almost an hour from where we live then pay a premium to get it. Personally, I don't want apples, caramel, or chocolate sauce in my martini. Call me old-fashioned, prudish, or a purist. I don't get one often so when I do, I'd surely take quality over quantity any day. The other olives available here are out of a can only with these, you end up tasting more metal than olive. It's tough to get fresh quality Bosc Pears, which I love poached. My husband shocked me last year when he came home with a bag of Japanese pears last year! They're often mistaken for apples since they don't have the teardrop pear shape; they're also thicker around the middle than traditional apples found here. The only reason he knew what they were when he saw them was bc I lived just outside DC when we began dating some 30yrs ago. My late dad & I used to frequent Chinatown & fresh farmer markets. It's difficult to find anywhere that serves authentic Japanese, Chinese, Thai, Greek, Indian, Italian, etc... cuisine. It's a chore to find anywhere that doesn't over-bread, over-sugar, not to mention deep fry food here. This & the sheer cost of eating out is why I opt to cook at home. Don't get me wrong though, it's been nice having our family & raising our children here. Crime rates are low to nonexistent & the taxes on our home is very low compared to many friends I have from other parts of the country. In fact, I've had all the windows open this past week since it finally cooled off. Despite my making a conscious effort to lock the doors when my husband's not home & overnight, I'm not really afraid of leaving the windows open & the doors unlocked when home alone. It is that kind of neighborhood & that kind of city that we live in along with great schools from elementary through middle, high school, & colleges. But, the major downside, which is the same problem all over the USA and that is the lack of & overly exorbitant cost of fresh foods, even those grown locally. The cost is merely out of reach for most here, including what remains of the middle & working class.

But he is fat shaming in this Clip.

@@MsBuchnerd He isn't suggesting bullying. He's suggesting that instead of this body positive bs agenda, we acknowledge that obesity is in FACT unhealthy and address it. Stop the coddling as it is to our collective detriment. Just as we highlight the health effects of smoking/alcoholism. Us liberals eat ourselves to prove our self-righteousness. This woke, group-think, outrage mentality has got to stop.

@@KazzProx But that's it, nobody is denying that being obese (and I'm not talking about like 10lbs overweight, but obese) is unhealthy. Of course it is. Yes, there are crazy overweight people out there, who claim to be happy with their weight and that they are healthy etc. Honestly, I don't buy it, but whatever. Fat shaming never stopped. Fat people are discriminated whereever they go. People point fingers at them, kids are bullied at school... When you are fat, it's the first and sometimes the only thing, people see in you. He's saying that we shamed people out of smoking, but smokers have never been shamed in the way overweight people have and obviously it's not working. If he's not suggesting bullying, then what exactly is he suggesting by "shaming"? If you wanna lose weight, you have to start loving yourself as a person, which is really hard, if people have been shaming you all your f****** life.

What if you're poor and uneducated. Then you're skewed because the food industry knows that fats and sugar are addicting. Hence, politicans and the health industry knows this too. Keep Americans unhealthy is big business. Follow the money. Sad state of affairs.

Education? Do you think fat people don't know what causes that. They eat what they like and it's nobody else's business.

So true

You probably haven't learned what's seasonal and cheap in the US yet. I work in a grocery store and I highly doubt any first world country has cheaper food than the US.

miss ano 40p for broccoli? £1 for lettuce? £2 for blueberries? For all stores? Yes please

@@cordeliadrew1782 Lots of times you can get blueberries for $1.50-$2.50 a pint, on a related note my brother lived in the UK for a while and said the strawberries there are much much better, in US they're kinda a cheap crappy utility berry.

Way to go, David - changing your eating habits is REALLY hard.

I cut out sugar entirely, all grain-based foods (with OCCASIONAL exception of a sandwich or burger on 100% whole wheat bread/buns, or whole wheat spaghetti.) Went from 240+ to 161-165 within a year. My doctors say I am at my ideal weight and praise my dietary choices. Pants from 38 waist to 32, shirts from XXL to M. I haven't weighed 165 since high school. Read Gary Taubes' books and articles!

Refined sugar is one of the world's worst inventions.

@@sornord What are some of your go-to foods in a given week? I lost 10 pounds pretty easily, but the next 20 I'm aiming for are proving more difficult.

This is true. Sugar is 10× more addictive than cocaine.

Only because you eat yourself into a heart attack and need healthcare to get help. They can't jack up prices if there is no one to treat.

@@Aussie_Damo You're such a sophisticated thinker.

@@Aussie_Damo There will always be someone to treat. As there are many factors that can go into having a heart attack.

Blaming corporate greed for individual bad choices? Wow, might as well blame Obama.

@@charltonblake9967 It's not individual bad choices. Jesus people are so small-minded. Government subsidizes the growth for corporate farmers. Those farmers then lobby for ways to utilize that corn: hence the enormous growth of HFCS. It's about choices. People who can afford to buy healthy food, generally do. In most countries, people who can't afford high priced food have healthier cheap options than Americans. We have fast food. We have a culture centered around high work production with low pay in comparison to that production. So we have a majority of households with two working parents still not making ends meet and also not having the time to cook. In 1991, the American GOVERNMENT changed our food pyramid recommendations based SOLELY on pressure from these corporations. Not to mention slowly increasing portion sizes at more affordable restaurants (does it make sense that the more upscale restaurants that have enormous profit margins but cater to wealthy people never did this?), as well as the fact that it's not the total consumption that scientists point to, but the foods being consumed. America is oversaturated because our foods are oversaturated with processed bullshit. Why would the government make it legal to put "Natural Flavors" on a label with a threshold of about 1% natural? Why do they approve of chemical code words and other deceptive labeling practices? You truly and dangerously underestimate the power of the corporate lobby. We aren't citizens, we're consumers. Corporations FACTUALLY have more rights and more governmental pull than American citizens. I can fucking go on. But maybe you should do your own research because there is little worse than an uninformed judgemental ass hat that thinks they know something.

3:28 For that statement, he can never run for president.

And that’s what sad America hates what is TRUE.

I am fat and totally agree with him. Wel... not as fat as those shown, but still.

@@carterseanjohn it's not as systemic as you would think. People hide behind that as a way to not take personal responsibility for their actions.

@@carterseanjohn get back to me when you actually work with people as a healthcare provider and see them make up any excuse possible to excuse their shitty choices and not assume responsibility for their actions. You know how many smokers I get that say "oh, everyone tried to get me to quit but they couldn't do it"

Exactly.

Fuck Bill Maher

And James is not that fat.

Nailed it!

It was inevitable ... the concept of respect for differences entered (and is still entering) into a place of rigid dogma. The only place I remain dogmatic is with neo-nazis. I think we should be able to kill these people without trial or charge. Why in the name of fuck would we ever allow FUCKING NAZISM to come back into existence again? Because of free speech? Nazism has a very VERY well documented history to support what the end game goal is there. Their goals are explicit. So it would go like this: _Are you nazi? And in being a nazi agree with what the ideology stands for, its purpose?_ _Yes_ _Are you willing to change/undergo whatever is needed to change that within you?_ _No_ ... execution style gunshot wound to the head. You gave them a choice - their choice revealed they were/are not interested in peace/collaboration/cooperation between all humans. Why in the fuck would we keep someone like this alive?

Bill Burr should also be mentioned in there.

+Addison Ezekial They're taking us to war with Iran and we're an empire, yet the problem is SJW's who have no power? People need to realize that the government creates laws and college campuses don't.

Starting?

You act as tho that's part of your identity tho. It's part of the body you inhabit right now. It really doesn't have to remain that way tho.

@@mikej8951 well I think you missed her point. She doesn't treat her obesity as her identity. She mentioned it in the context of the video to strengthen her point, that the arguments of Bill Maher were reasoned and that you didn't need to feel attacked as a obese person.

The lie is that Europeans aren’t obese..that’s not true, because it is a real problem here too. And fat shaming never really helped anybody just like fit shaming...or any kind of shaming. James has a point there in his video.

Thank you

​@@Janabarendse1981 I'm from south east europe where we're not as influenced by what one might call "American" culture and rest assured, a much larger portion of people are slim rather than obese, after moving to Ireland I can see the difference, when McDonalds and/or KFC and the likes of that came to croatia, we knew instantly it's for two occasions, kids birthdays and when you're hammered, in Ireland where american cultural influence is much heavier due to proximity, marketing etc. people eat half their meals at fast food places for various reasons ranging from poverty to ignorance or just laziness, I'm not saying America is at fault, secondly, american meal portions are insane compared to Europe and most importantly, about the so called fat gene James told us about, now genes in DNA appear randomly and go on only if the carrier of the gee manages to spread it to his offspring, which considering evolution and the likelihood of your survival in 80% of the world was slim to nothing for 99% of the population if they were not physically fit only a couple of hundred years ago I highly doubt that there's a large chunk of naturally obese people waddling around at this day and age. I used to be overweight myself, was always fit until I stopped taking care of myself for xy reasons, most of it comes down to lifestyle and culture which again is a matter of personal choice or preference

Me too. Next time it happens, I will think of this video and smile.

I did often when I lived in the USA. I moved to London two years ago. I have never heard it since.

Same here. People tip toe around fat people’s feelings and treat them like victims. But if you’re thin? They let you have it and don’t hold back.

I'm one of those chronically 12 pounds overweight people who can't seem to pull their head out of their ass long enough to get on a good diet and/or exercise routine, and I get called one of the "skinny guys" by all my fatso co-workers

I thought it was funny when a 90 lb. nurse asked me "Have you always been this thin?" because I weighed 103.

Lol, that's a good one

@@hamishgaffaney5323 it's from an older Bill Maher program! :))

@@jeffgemv Both spellings are right.....'colour' is used in most English speaking countries outside US.

I represent all proper english speakers and I concur- colour is spelled correctly in ye ole English manner.

They don't run because they can barely walk.

Here in Portugal American tourists are notoriously fat. British tourists aren't by any means. Sometimes statistics don't tell the whole story

Filipe Saramago they pretty much do, though. All your experience says is that fat Americans are more likely to travel than fat British. 🤷🏽‍♀️

I have been in and out of the U.K. Frequently since 1976. Too true, the brits are catching up to we Americans in the fat ass olympics. I am guilty of being a fat ass American myself, so no holier than thou attitude.

Griffly Art In the rest of Europe, for instance Spain or Italy, UK is known for its junk food. We eat so much better in the south of Europe than the UK

All of Europe is seeing increasing obesity rates. The Mediterranean diet is becoming a thing of the past, replaced by fast food and snacks. Ireland, where I'm from is close to Britain in terms of obesity. It is a problem of modern life, convenience food, working lunches, cheap fast food, people spending more time on their digital devices and less exercising. Only a few countries seem to be bucking the trend, mostly for cultural reasons or poverty.

Best to make it a longer lasting habit though. Losing and keeping the correct weight is a long term goal, don't diet to lose quickly, lose it slowly and once it's down keep it there

@@Hirnlego999 The absolute best way to encourage any sort of long-term lifestyle change, including but not restricted to reaching any sort of personal fitness goal, is to do it with support. A friend or a group being involved is a game-changer, in my experience. This little challenge is just a way of reaching out to anyone who's not in a good place.

@@CJusticeHappen21 I think that depends on the the personality type. For me doing it with others would not push me forward but rather slow down. Sometimes it's best to choose your own way, but of course if say the 80s fitness craze came back you'd see a lot of people joining in because it's the hip thing to do.

It's all good in theory if u can afford healthy food. Which is an issue

@@ms.demeanors - Given all the other things that people can afford, if healthy food isn't one of them it might be a question of priorities.

@josephbrown9685 When did fat shaming go away? Fat shaming never went away, how could Bill possibly believe that?

They shared a lot of ideas.

Clearly it’s a message worth repeating.

Carlin’s is wonderful. Ricky Gervais as a good biit about it too.

it's actually gotten worse since Carlin's time...

In other words, this debate has been going on for at least 25 years.

They walk literally everywhere, they can't get fat.

@@alikcsg you're right!! Even the oldest, most frail senior citizens walked everywhere. It was inspiring to see, wish we had that here.

Has nothing to do with exercise. The more you walk the more you’ll want to eat

@Seth Silverstein if you walk more, you will just eat more, and this will not help weight loss.

Seth Silverstein He’s right, the main issue in the US is diet. People eat fast food. You should NEVER eat that shit. You’re body is what you put in it, if you fill it with soda, fries and white bread...you’ll feel like crap and be fat too. If you eat well, you can stay slim without exercising. But if you eat poorly, even with exercise you’ll be overweight