Hahaha okay hear me out: I've oscillated from borderline obese to a low/normal BMI and I've noticed these habits that fat people have that skinny people don't and vice versa. And I hypothesize that these characteristics ultimately determine some aspect of intelligence.
Specifically, when I was fat, I felt like not moving much. I never felt motivated to study, perhaps partly because of a mild depression, or I wouldn't study efficiently. If I needed to go get a book, I would be too lazy to retrieve it. If I needed to even just summarize what I learned, I'd be too lazy to go back, reread, highlight, or outline topics/chapters.
Further, there is a conspicuously big person in one of my engineering classes. My theory seemed to not hold, because if you're less apt at engineering (classes like Signals, and Electromagnetic Lines and Waves), you're probably lazy or fat or get tired easily and just can't handle the heat so you left the kitchen (hah.) The Electrical courses are weeded courses, and we are upperclassmen, so we haven't dropped out or switched majors against all odds. To add additional strain on my hypothesis, this guy received almost perfect grades in core electrical classes. Naturally, I asked how he studies.
"I don't," he explained.
"Explain," I pleaded.
"I just look on the board, and I remember it. Sometimes it helps to write it down, but that's it. I never study."
My theory is, this man is an exception. He is good despite and/or because he doesn't try. He doesn't have to because he just *gets* it. Those exceptions aside, I look at other facts:
Fat chicks (like me/the old me) stay home more because we don't love going out typically, we read more so we might be more literate than the average bear for damn certain, but when it comes down to it, our laziness (not by choice!) puts us behind. I believe that we slow down and inadvertently slack and follow behind in matters of mathematical studies and analysis. I've noticed that the people at my former work place who were slackers and falling behind had poor body image and were self-conscious.
I have been pondering where fatness renders intelligence for a few days now :P it's really been confounding me. So I'd love to know your thoughts or input so you could perhaps all shed light on my theory, maybe with some experiences or observations you've made, especially while on your own weight loss journey.
But first, a few disclaimers:
I understand that I've desensitized this topic a lot. I don't think "fat people are stupid and lazy" NO. I think that our body images and lack of energy collectively can negatively impact intelligence and learning.
I understand that there are many different types of smart, like booksmart or streetsmart. My hypothesis primarily deals with how overweight people deal with a potentially elevated learning curve.
My original theory was that fat girls were "smarter" because we think and reflect a lot on ourselves and on others and ****, we're opinionated about everything :P but now that it's finals week, I compare how I'm studying now to how I studied at 190, and I swear, it's like two years ago I MUST have lost my mind with how poor my study habits were.
Uhh on that note... I'm off to continue studying thanks girls