Arch I forgot to address that one. Their excuse is that healthy foods cost more and gyms are expensive. Understand this: people like te mooch class doesn't understand self guidance so if its not prepackaged they get lost. The thought of taking a walk everyday at the cost if zero and creating healthy meals at in season sale produce an sale lean meat at a lower cost then the high calorie convenience is always an option. Plenty of exercises are perfectly fine using ones own body weight.
Many healthcare plans now even offer substantially reduced fee for access to several gyms or one from a selected list. My plan is 25 a month and I have 4 gyms within 5 miles of me I can access. At one time this would give you a bare bones access to treadmills and weights but I've found many of the gyms on my list have a full group fitness schedule too. One even offers les mills classes which I love. And one can even utilize taning, saunas, and pt at a reduced price. I doubt some of them have even bothered checking thier health plans to see if they have an offer like that. It's tthe push with many plans as a preventative measure and members are even often rewarded for regular attendance to those gyms. I think they are going on all the false bs and outdated beliefs even without that like I said walking is free. Doing a push-up or sit-up or plank or burpee is free. A squat or a lunge is free. Etc etc etc.
For the love of Pete, get serious here. Genetics and bone structure into play, few people with small bones are fat, some people with large bones will weigh more then the governments weight scale for height. Many weight much more then recommended due to being athletic as mussel weighs more then fat.
Metabolism, we are born with it, some of us can eat like horse and not gain weight, others with a slow metabolism seem to put on the pounds just eating crackers and cheese.
Much is going on in the body to effect weight other then what we eat. Diagnoses someone with beginning Diabetes, going to the gym will work off the problem to a point but will not solve the under laying issues.
Compare pictures of a female that is over weight to those of her Mother or dad and their parents, bring in Photo's of her Fathers family----bet someone in the picture is Rollie Polly big boned and with a big smile.
Cannot over come genetics by much, sure one can loose weight but is this good for the body ???
Just look at Karen Carpenter, so sad.
