dellortFzeroThere is a big difference between making excuses and having valid reasons and you act like no reasons are true? I would love to know what you do for a living and how many hours that you work? If you don't have extra time to spare, then exactly when do you exercise? Walk to work, bike? The majority of Americans travel around 25-30 minutes to get to work? So should someone spend 3 hours biking to work when they barely have enough time as it is? Every single example that you gave is that they had an option to get exercise, but they choose not to. What about those that want the option to exercise, but legitimately can't?
"those that want the option to exercise, but legitimately can't" refers to such a small number of people that it really isn't relative to this thread. Sure the daily routine you described isn't close to ideal, but to make the claim that some people truly cannot find the time to exercise is complete bullshit. I guarantee if I were placed in your position for a few weeks (given the knowledge, education, etc. that you have) I would be able to work/live as you do on a daily basis and find ways in which I could eat more healthily and exercise more.
I don't really have an issue with obesity, if people want (or don't want) to live their lives unhealthily and essentially nonfunctionally then they can do so, it doesn't bother me. The biggest issue I have is when people who want to lose weight seem to accept the fact that they might not be able to and don't even try to do anything to fix it. Even if one is "genetically bound to be obese" and walking for 30 minutes a day won't do anything to help them lose weight, they should walk anyways. If they aren't at least trying then they have no reason to complain or expect sympathy from others.
Yes, it is possible to find time to exercise when you're only doing it for a couple weeks. The problem starts when you start doing a routine of getting to work at 7:30-8AM then leave around 8-9PM for 7 days a week (and it's likely that you will still have work that needs done from home) for months on end always sitting in front of a computer. This is why there is such a massive turnover when it comes to people working in politics. The body and mind is only able to handle so much before you barely have enough energy to move, let alone go for a walk/run/whatever. Then you start adding things like taking care of your home, pets, buying food, sleep, etc. All of those things have to be more of a priority than getting exercise.
Even if you take out the fact of my ordeal, how about the person that works two jobs? Or what has already been said regarding obesity and income? There was a time when fast food was more expensive then buying veggies from Kroger/Wallmart/etc. This is no loner the case. I want to add more about this later, will edit with more on this point
It should be quickly noted that I don't agree with obesity and that I think it's a huge problem, but I feel like too many people want to ONLY put the blame on the individual without caring or being ignorant on the forces that drive the issue too.