SmokeAndMirrors
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I'm pretty sure your profession and weight aren't predetermined at birth. You choose whether or not to eat that food, and what you enjoy doing. You choose whether to try hard in school or to blow it off. You choose whether to accept that job or not, or to even apply for it.
Ok. Let's take it in the opposite direction. I'm not saying most people aren't fat because of their habits, especially in this country. But they certainly must have the genetic ability to get fat in the first place.
I don't. I can hardly eat fast enough to keep myself out of the "underweight" category. There is nothing medically wrong with me. I've been tested for every possible thing that could cause unexplained weight loss. Both my parents were thin into their 40's and still are pretty trim now. I have to consciously try to keep myself over 110, which is the minimum healthy weight for my height. I can't even eat fast food, because it makes me lose weight. Since the calories are empty and it has no real nutritional value, it just goes in one end and out the other. Am I choosing to be skinny? No. I can choose to do what I need to in order to be healthy, but I didn't choose for it to be difficult.
Did I choose my (future) profession? Well, again, yes and no. There are some things I am just not that good at. There are other things I'm very good at. While I could be better at some things I'm bad at if I tried, I won't ever be as good as someone with talent. So I chose what my professional will be within the context of the things I am good at, and perhaps talented at.
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