Comments on: Being in Debt Doubles Your Risk of Being Overweight

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:31:40 +0000

I’m 23, overweight and am saddled with student debt.
I think I am in this situation due to priorities and lack of self respect (and love). There is so little financial information for young people like myself. I took the money without fully understanding how repayments would affect me after University. I also put every shred of energy into school (it was my priority). I would buy bagels at school because it was cheap, and dense (like eating a loaf of bread). I knew that bagel would keep me full through my classes so it won out over apples or anything that had to be prepared.
I understand what Baker is getting at in his question (like playing fire in the barn as a kid). To be blunt, I would choose to be overweight. A few years ago it would have been opposite, but I am slowly learning to love myself.
Choosing debt most likely means one is spending to feel better, spending to create a facade for the general public. Thus meaning having people see beauty than have the ability to financially take care of oneself.
By choosing to be overweight one is able to let go of others opions (while still being worthy of love) to be financially free.
I am currently working on my debt and have started, as a result, eating like a rabbit simply because I find it CHEAPER. I spend $40 a week on groceries (unless I go crazy buying bulk nuts). Much cheaper than my roomate who spends $85 a week on diet pepsi, chips, and boxed junk.
I really appreciate this post and the perspective it has brought me.

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Lose The Extra Weight and You Are Likely To Increase Your Wealth — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:55:43 +0000

[...] Debt Reduction In my last post, I shared the bummer news that being in debt doubles your risk of being overweight. Since the poll I included with my last post shows that roughly 45% of my readers are overweight, [...]

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:13:12 +0000

For one, correlation does not imply causation.

Poor people are more likely to be overweight. It’s not big shocking news. I work in a poor neighborhood and see it every day. Poor people are also more likely to be in worse personal health. Less likely to do well in school. Less likely to go to college. Less likely to have gym memberships. More likely to eat at McDonald’s.

They have more children on average. And they watch more TV than rich people. They read less books. They smoke more. They work more hours per week. They drink more. Get arrested more.

I don’t really see these things as directly related. I kind of agree with a previous poster who said both things (overweight and in debt) point to a lack of self control. But even that might just be “poor parenting”. When you get a handle of your finances, you almost can’t help but get a handle on other areas of your life such as relationships, career, and personal health.

Waking up and not acting like a zombie coasting through life is the on ramp to the highway of success.