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Christine_72 wrote: »MsHarryWinston wrote: »Packerjohn wrote: »Need2Exerc1se wrote: »armchairherpetologist wrote: »NorthCascades wrote: »Packerjohn wrote: »As the successful have stated - it's not about finding time, it's about making time.
I apply the Pareto Principle to this - devoting my energy to the 20% that truly matters and has impact. I intentionally neglect the 80% of lower priority issues that previously clogged up my time.
My wife and I are both working professionals with three active kids. She gets up at 4 am every day to hit the gym for an hour before work, then spend most of her day in a laboratory. I get up at 5 am and do calisthenics or take a quick run/bike, wake up the kids for 20 mins of calisthenics and get them ready for school. 45 min commute to an office setting, but I started up walking meetings for my team. We eat at our desks and use the lunch time for an afternoon workout. For teleconferences I go mobile and walk with an ear bud. My wife picks up the kids after school and starts the evening routine. I hit the gym on the way home and get my lifting in, then we all go for a walk/bike/whatever. Weekends involve hikes, climbing, swimming or something that gets us out of the house and moving.
It's all about prioritization.
The average American spends 50 non-work hours a week on screen time:
http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/30/health/americans-screen-time-nielsen/
Someone has to be a pretty special snowflake to not be able to find an hour a day to exercise.
How on earth does the "average American" manage that anyway? That's 7.5 hours a DAY of "screen time". Does the "average American" neither work or have any other hobbies or interests or obligations whatsoever? I expect imminent collapse of society if this study is accurate or as broad as portrayed.
Game of Thrones, Kim Kardashian's *kitten*, Honey Boo Boo, and, well, that's as much as I'm capable of naming off the top of my head, but you get the idea. These are the average American's hobbies and interests.
People ask me about television shows all the time and they think that I'm lying when I say I have no idea what they're talking about. My television "watching" is limited to the fact that I use it for background noise before I fall asleep. I can't imagine just sitting there staring at the the glowy box.
I get this too. All the time. Did you see the latest Game of Thrones? Um, no I'm less than 1/2 through season one. <blank stare> It's as if I said I'd never seen a tree.
And worst is that people keep giving us seasons of shows to watch as gifts (we actually had to buy a bigger DVD case just for all the DVDs we'll probably never watch) and then they constantly ask if I've watched it yet and seem irritated when we say no.
LOL, I haven't see the first 30 seconds of the first episode.
My life isn't sad.
*blink blink. Stares at you both like you've never seen a tree*
Yeah but... it's Game of friggin THRONES!
Lol, jk, but it really is an awesome show/book series. I mean come on... dragons! Lol
I've never seen a second of game of thrones, I heard it's more soft porn than anything, plus i'm not into medi- evil type shows/movies.
I really didn't know what it was about so looked it up. I'm more sure than ever I'm not missing anything.0 -
Packerjohn wrote: »Christine_72 wrote: »MsHarryWinston wrote: »Packerjohn wrote: »Need2Exerc1se wrote: »armchairherpetologist wrote: »NorthCascades wrote: »Packerjohn wrote: »As the successful have stated - it's not about finding time, it's about making time.
I apply the Pareto Principle to this - devoting my energy to the 20% that truly matters and has impact. I intentionally neglect the 80% of lower priority issues that previously clogged up my time.
My wife and I are both working professionals with three active kids. She gets up at 4 am every day to hit the gym for an hour before work, then spend most of her day in a laboratory. I get up at 5 am and do calisthenics or take a quick run/bike, wake up the kids for 20 mins of calisthenics and get them ready for school. 45 min commute to an office setting, but I started up walking meetings for my team. We eat at our desks and use the lunch time for an afternoon workout. For teleconferences I go mobile and walk with an ear bud. My wife picks up the kids after school and starts the evening routine. I hit the gym on the way home and get my lifting in, then we all go for a walk/bike/whatever. Weekends involve hikes, climbing, swimming or something that gets us out of the house and moving.
It's all about prioritization.
The average American spends 50 non-work hours a week on screen time:
http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/30/health/americans-screen-time-nielsen/
Someone has to be a pretty special snowflake to not be able to find an hour a day to exercise.
How on earth does the "average American" manage that anyway? That's 7.5 hours a DAY of "screen time". Does the "average American" neither work or have any other hobbies or interests or obligations whatsoever? I expect imminent collapse of society if this study is accurate or as broad as portrayed.
Game of Thrones, Kim Kardashian's *kitten*, Honey Boo Boo, and, well, that's as much as I'm capable of naming off the top of my head, but you get the idea. These are the average American's hobbies and interests.
People ask me about television shows all the time and they think that I'm lying when I say I have no idea what they're talking about. My television "watching" is limited to the fact that I use it for background noise before I fall asleep. I can't imagine just sitting there staring at the the glowy box.
I get this too. All the time. Did you see the latest Game of Thrones? Um, no I'm less than 1/2 through season one. <blank stare> It's as if I said I'd never seen a tree.
And worst is that people keep giving us seasons of shows to watch as gifts (we actually had to buy a bigger DVD case just for all the DVDs we'll probably never watch) and then they constantly ask if I've watched it yet and seem irritated when we say no.
LOL, I haven't see the first 30 seconds of the first episode.
My life isn't sad.
*blink blink. Stares at you both like you've never seen a tree*
Yeah but... it's Game of friggin THRONES!
Lol, jk, but it really is an awesome show/book series. I mean come on... dragons! Lol
I've never seen a second of game of thrones, I heard it's more soft porn than anything, plus i'm not into medi- evil type shows/movies.
I really didn't know what it was about so looked it up. I'm more sure than ever I'm not missing anything.
Ha, me neither!
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Christine_72 wrote: »I've never seen a second of game of thrones, I heard it's more soft porn than anything, plus i'm not into medi- evil type shows/movies.
You heard right. There's some violence thrown in for good measure, though.
My honey read the books and enjoys the show. She expects me to watch with her. When she introduced it, it was "you'll like this show, there are a lot of breasts." That was an understatement.
Of course, we started it while I was recovering from a car vs bike accident, with a minor concussion (I was on the bike), so I found the plot somewhat difficult to follow.
Personally, I'd rather be outside.3 -
NorthCascades wrote: »Christine_72 wrote: »I've never seen a second of game of thrones, I heard it's more soft porn than anything, plus i'm not into medi- evil type shows/movies.
You heard right. There's some violence thrown in for good measure, though.
My honey read the books and enjoys the show. She expects me to watch with her. When she introduced it, it was "you'll like this show, there are a lot of breasts." That was an understatement.
Of course, we started it while I was recovering from a car vs bike accident, with a minor concussion (I was on the bike), so I found the plot somewhat difficult to follow.
Personally, I'd rather be outside.
Precisely why i'll never watch it, and especially not with my husband!
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I went and looked at the details of that Nielson report. "Screen time" was not limited to off-work time, it included time on the internet at work. It also oddly included all time listening to radio no matter where you go. So today I had a total of 40 minutes commuting. The radio was on the entire time. Therefore, that was 40 minutes of "screen time" according to this study. Radio alone accounted for more than 20% of the time Americans spent consuming media. They also included time listening to online radio and music through your PC, television or smartphone. All of this makes the study make a whole lot more sense and be dramatically less alarming.
Overall they said the "average time" spent watching TV or movies or browsing the internet was about 4.3 hours a day, not 7, which was really the "time spent consuming media in all its forms", and even that wasn't exclusive use of media (whole attention). Talk about misleading headlines.
In fact, if you walk listening to a radio or streaming audio, or even listening to mp3s on your cell phone; or work out in a gym with a TV or radio on, congratulations, 100% of that time was "screen time" the way this silly news article was written.
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I went and looked at the details of that Nielson report. "Screen time" was not limited to off-work time, it included time on the internet at work. It also oddly included all time listening to radio no matter where you go. So today I had a total of 40 minutes commuting. The radio was on the entire time. Therefore, that was 40 minutes of "screen time" according to this study. Radio alone accounted for more than 20% of the time Americans spent consuming media. They also included time listening to online radio and music through your PC, television or smartphone. All of this makes the study make a whole lot more sense and be dramatically less alarming.
Overall they said the "average time" spent watching TV or movies or browsing the internet was about 4.3 hours a day, not 7, which was really the "time spent consuming media in all its forms", and even that wasn't exclusive use of media (whole attention). Talk about misleading headlines.
In fact, if you walk listening to a radio or streaming audio, or even listening to mp3s on your cell phone; or work out in a gym with a TV or radio on, congratulations, 100% of that time was "screen time" the way this silly news article was written.
Ohhh wow, when you put it that way that's 2 hours of "screen time" per day for me as I listen to my podcasts on breaks, on lunch, in my car, and on my runs!0 -
I went and looked at the details of that Nielson report. "Screen time" was not limited to off-work time, it included time on the internet at work. It also oddly included all time listening to radio no matter where you go. So today I had a total of 40 minutes commuting. The radio was on the entire time. Therefore, that was 40 minutes of "screen time" according to this study. Radio alone accounted for more than 20% of the time Americans spent consuming media. They also included time listening to online radio and music through your PC, television or smartphone. All of this makes the study make a whole lot more sense and be dramatically less alarming.
Overall they said the "average time" spent watching TV or movies or browsing the internet was about 4.3 hours a day, not 7, which was really the "time spent consuming media in all its forms", and even that wasn't exclusive use of media (whole attention). Talk about misleading headlines.
In fact, if you walk listening to a radio or streaming audio, or even listening to mp3s on your cell phone; or work out in a gym with a TV or radio on, congratulations, 100% of that time was "screen time" the way this silly news article was written.
Well, that's just ridiculous.
TIL that 100% of my exercise time is also screen time.0 -
I went and looked at the details of that Nielson report. "Screen time" was not limited to off-work time, it included time on the internet at work. It also oddly included all time listening to radio no matter where you go. So today I had a total of 40 minutes commuting. The radio was on the entire time. Therefore, that was 40 minutes of "screen time" according to this study. Radio alone accounted for more than 20% of the time Americans spent consuming media. They also included time listening to online radio and music through your PC, television or smartphone. All of this makes the study make a whole lot more sense and be dramatically less alarming.
Overall they said the "average time" spent watching TV or movies or browsing the internet was about 4.3 hours a day, not 7, which was really the "time spent consuming media in all its forms", and even that wasn't exclusive use of media (whole attention). Talk about misleading headlines.
In fact, if you walk listening to a radio or streaming audio, or even listening to mp3s on your cell phone; or work out in a gym with a TV or radio on, congratulations, 100% of that time was "screen time" the way this silly news article was written.
I believe the article said not work related.
Still don't think 4.3 hours of screen time a day is anything to be proud of, especially since 80% of Americans don't spare the 30-40 minutes a day needed for the exercise recommended by the CDC.
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@Packerjohn that time was nor exclusive, though. Having the tv on in the morning while getting the kids ready for school, packing lunches, eating breakfast etc counts. Even though most wouldn't be vegged out on the couch.0
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You either make time or you don't, simple as that. Everyone is busy. You either make time or make excuses. I've been guilty of making excuses before, it doesn't get you anywhere.
Everyone's schedule is different, but you should be able to find 1-2 hours a week at a minimum that you can do something like walk, jog, yoga, weight lifting, etc. My wife and I both work, we have two little kids, and we still find time to exercise.
It's not always easy and some weeks you don't get much in, but it's either that or give in and just accept being fat and out of shape.2 -
lemurcat12 wrote: »MsHarryWinston wrote: »^ I average 4-6 hours of sleep, but that's just how my life is. *shrug*
Me too, with 6 being what feels good to me, 4 what I've learned to get by on, and under 4 when I feel awful.
I am trying to sleep more because I think one issue is that you start thinking something is normal and don't realize that sleeping more would make you feel better, but it's tough for me. Right now I'm just really focusing on trying to regularly get 6, and I am amazed that I feel better (and eating well is also easier and I tend to react less poorly to stress).
Oh I KNOW it's not normal. It's sucks but it's just where I'm at right now. I'm working towards being able to retire from my day job in the next 5 years and being able to do my other job full time. That would be much healthier for me for so many different reasons, including seeing sunshine more lol. I'm like you though, 6 is doable, 4 is passable, less I feel like absolute crap. On weekends i try to get more sleep though to help my body out a bit.
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Christine_72 wrote: »MsHarryWinston wrote: »Packerjohn wrote: »Need2Exerc1se wrote: »armchairherpetologist wrote: »NorthCascades wrote: »Packerjohn wrote: »As the successful have stated - it's not about finding time, it's about making time.
I apply the Pareto Principle to this - devoting my energy to the 20% that truly matters and has impact. I intentionally neglect the 80% of lower priority issues that previously clogged up my time.
My wife and I are both working professionals with three active kids. She gets up at 4 am every day to hit the gym for an hour before work, then spend most of her day in a laboratory. I get up at 5 am and do calisthenics or take a quick run/bike, wake up the kids for 20 mins of calisthenics and get them ready for school. 45 min commute to an office setting, but I started up walking meetings for my team. We eat at our desks and use the lunch time for an afternoon workout. For teleconferences I go mobile and walk with an ear bud. My wife picks up the kids after school and starts the evening routine. I hit the gym on the way home and get my lifting in, then we all go for a walk/bike/whatever. Weekends involve hikes, climbing, swimming or something that gets us out of the house and moving.
It's all about prioritization.
The average American spends 50 non-work hours a week on screen time:
http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/30/health/americans-screen-time-nielsen/
Someone has to be a pretty special snowflake to not be able to find an hour a day to exercise.
How on earth does the "average American" manage that anyway? That's 7.5 hours a DAY of "screen time". Does the "average American" neither work or have any other hobbies or interests or obligations whatsoever? I expect imminent collapse of society if this study is accurate or as broad as portrayed.
Game of Thrones, Kim Kardashian's *kitten*, Honey Boo Boo, and, well, that's as much as I'm capable of naming off the top of my head, but you get the idea. These are the average American's hobbies and interests.
People ask me about television shows all the time and they think that I'm lying when I say I have no idea what they're talking about. My television "watching" is limited to the fact that I use it for background noise before I fall asleep. I can't imagine just sitting there staring at the the glowy box.
I get this too. All the time. Did you see the latest Game of Thrones? Um, no I'm less than 1/2 through season one. <blank stare> It's as if I said I'd never seen a tree.
And worst is that people keep giving us seasons of shows to watch as gifts (we actually had to buy a bigger DVD case just for all the DVDs we'll probably never watch) and then they constantly ask if I've watched it yet and seem irritated when we say no.
LOL, I haven't see the first 30 seconds of the first episode.
My life isn't sad.
*blink blink. Stares at you both like you've never seen a tree*
Yeah but... it's Game of friggin THRONES!
Lol, jk, but it really is an awesome show/book series. I mean come on... dragons! Lol
I've never seen a second of game of thrones, I heard it's more soft porn than anything, plus i'm not into medi- evil type shows/movies.
Hahaha yes there is sex but no it's not soft core porn. It's wonderfully complex, but I also read the books long before the tv show came out. But yeah, if you're not into historical fantasy then it's understandable it wouldn't be your thing. Like, I'm not a RealHousewives, or Kardashians type person so I've never watched those shows because I'm not into that kind of drama, but I know they're insanely popular, just not for me. *shrug*
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MsHarryWinston wrote: »Christine_72 wrote: »MsHarryWinston wrote: »Packerjohn wrote: »Need2Exerc1se wrote: »armchairherpetologist wrote: »NorthCascades wrote: »Packerjohn wrote: »As the successful have stated - it's not about finding time, it's about making time.
I apply the Pareto Principle to this - devoting my energy to the 20% that truly matters and has impact. I intentionally neglect the 80% of lower priority issues that previously clogged up my time.
My wife and I are both working professionals with three active kids. She gets up at 4 am every day to hit the gym for an hour before work, then spend most of her day in a laboratory. I get up at 5 am and do calisthenics or take a quick run/bike, wake up the kids for 20 mins of calisthenics and get them ready for school. 45 min commute to an office setting, but I started up walking meetings for my team. We eat at our desks and use the lunch time for an afternoon workout. For teleconferences I go mobile and walk with an ear bud. My wife picks up the kids after school and starts the evening routine. I hit the gym on the way home and get my lifting in, then we all go for a walk/bike/whatever. Weekends involve hikes, climbing, swimming or something that gets us out of the house and moving.
It's all about prioritization.
The average American spends 50 non-work hours a week on screen time:
http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/30/health/americans-screen-time-nielsen/
Someone has to be a pretty special snowflake to not be able to find an hour a day to exercise.
How on earth does the "average American" manage that anyway? That's 7.5 hours a DAY of "screen time". Does the "average American" neither work or have any other hobbies or interests or obligations whatsoever? I expect imminent collapse of society if this study is accurate or as broad as portrayed.
Game of Thrones, Kim Kardashian's *kitten*, Honey Boo Boo, and, well, that's as much as I'm capable of naming off the top of my head, but you get the idea. These are the average American's hobbies and interests.
People ask me about television shows all the time and they think that I'm lying when I say I have no idea what they're talking about. My television "watching" is limited to the fact that I use it for background noise before I fall asleep. I can't imagine just sitting there staring at the the glowy box.
I get this too. All the time. Did you see the latest Game of Thrones? Um, no I'm less than 1/2 through season one. <blank stare> It's as if I said I'd never seen a tree.
And worst is that people keep giving us seasons of shows to watch as gifts (we actually had to buy a bigger DVD case just for all the DVDs we'll probably never watch) and then they constantly ask if I've watched it yet and seem irritated when we say no.
LOL, I haven't see the first 30 seconds of the first episode.
My life isn't sad.
*blink blink. Stares at you both like you've never seen a tree*
Yeah but... it's Game of friggin THRONES!
Lol, jk, but it really is an awesome show/book series. I mean come on... dragons! Lol
I've never seen a second of game of thrones, I heard it's more soft porn than anything, plus i'm not into medi- evil type shows/movies.
Hahaha yes there is sex but no it's not soft core porn. It's wonderfully complex, but I also read the books long before the tv show came out. But yeah, if you're not into historical fantasy then it's understandable it wouldn't be your thing. Like, I'm not a RealHousewives, or Kardashians type person so I've never watched those shows because I'm not into that kind of drama, but I know they're insanely popular, just not for me. *shrug*
Historical fantasy books are my jam, but I found those hard work and just couldn't read them. That's why I've never been interested in watching the show.0 -
Packerjohn wrote: »I went and looked at the details of that Nielson report. "Screen time" was not limited to off-work time, it included time on the internet at work. It also oddly included all time listening to radio no matter where you go. So today I had a total of 40 minutes commuting. The radio was on the entire time. Therefore, that was 40 minutes of "screen time" according to this study. Radio alone accounted for more than 20% of the time Americans spent consuming media. They also included time listening to online radio and music through your PC, television or smartphone. All of this makes the study make a whole lot more sense and be dramatically less alarming.
Overall they said the "average time" spent watching TV or movies or browsing the internet was about 4.3 hours a day, not 7, which was really the "time spent consuming media in all its forms", and even that wasn't exclusive use of media (whole attention). Talk about misleading headlines.
In fact, if you walk listening to a radio or streaming audio, or even listening to mp3s on your cell phone; or work out in a gym with a TV or radio on, congratulations, 100% of that time was "screen time" the way this silly news article was written.
I believe the article said not work related.
Still don't think 4.3 hours of screen time a day is anything to be proud of, especially since 80% of Americans don't spare the 30-40 minutes a day needed for the exercise recommended by the CDC.
I spend well over 2 hours a day engaged in some sort of activity and that would also be included in those screen time figures, though because I'm also listening to either the radio or podcasts.
Also, as tomteboda noted, I'm someone who has the tv on in the morning to hear the news and weather while I'm making beds and breakfast for the family. I'm hardly parking my butt on the couch.
I don't think those figures are a totally reliable metric for automatically assuming that screen time = sedentary time.2 -
MsHarryWinston wrote: »Christine_72 wrote: »MsHarryWinston wrote: »Packerjohn wrote: »Need2Exerc1se wrote: »armchairherpetologist wrote: »NorthCascades wrote: »Packerjohn wrote: »As the successful have stated - it's not about finding time, it's about making time.
I apply the Pareto Principle to this - devoting my energy to the 20% that truly matters and has impact. I intentionally neglect the 80% of lower priority issues that previously clogged up my time.
My wife and I are both working professionals with three active kids. She gets up at 4 am every day to hit the gym for an hour before work, then spend most of her day in a laboratory. I get up at 5 am and do calisthenics or take a quick run/bike, wake up the kids for 20 mins of calisthenics and get them ready for school. 45 min commute to an office setting, but I started up walking meetings for my team. We eat at our desks and use the lunch time for an afternoon workout. For teleconferences I go mobile and walk with an ear bud. My wife picks up the kids after school and starts the evening routine. I hit the gym on the way home and get my lifting in, then we all go for a walk/bike/whatever. Weekends involve hikes, climbing, swimming or something that gets us out of the house and moving.
It's all about prioritization.
The average American spends 50 non-work hours a week on screen time:
http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/30/health/americans-screen-time-nielsen/
Someone has to be a pretty special snowflake to not be able to find an hour a day to exercise.
How on earth does the "average American" manage that anyway? That's 7.5 hours a DAY of "screen time". Does the "average American" neither work or have any other hobbies or interests or obligations whatsoever? I expect imminent collapse of society if this study is accurate or as broad as portrayed.
Game of Thrones, Kim Kardashian's *kitten*, Honey Boo Boo, and, well, that's as much as I'm capable of naming off the top of my head, but you get the idea. These are the average American's hobbies and interests.
People ask me about television shows all the time and they think that I'm lying when I say I have no idea what they're talking about. My television "watching" is limited to the fact that I use it for background noise before I fall asleep. I can't imagine just sitting there staring at the the glowy box.
I get this too. All the time. Did you see the latest Game of Thrones? Um, no I'm less than 1/2 through season one. <blank stare> It's as if I said I'd never seen a tree.
And worst is that people keep giving us seasons of shows to watch as gifts (we actually had to buy a bigger DVD case just for all the DVDs we'll probably never watch) and then they constantly ask if I've watched it yet and seem irritated when we say no.
LOL, I haven't see the first 30 seconds of the first episode.
My life isn't sad.
*blink blink. Stares at you both like you've never seen a tree*
Yeah but... it's Game of friggin THRONES!
Lol, jk, but it really is an awesome show/book series. I mean come on... dragons! Lol
I've never seen a second of game of thrones, I heard it's more soft porn than anything, plus i'm not into medi- evil type shows/movies.
Hahaha yes there is sex but no it's not soft core porn. It's wonderfully complex, but I also read the books long before the tv show came out. But yeah, if you're not into historical fantasy then it's understandable it wouldn't be your thing. Like, I'm not a RealHousewives, or Kardashians type person so I've never watched those shows because I'm not into that kind of drama, but I know they're insanely popular, just not for me. *shrug*
I'm with you on all of this. Its also nice to have a show that others watch to talk about, since common shows are less common now than they used to be. (Also agree on Housewives, etc., except even though they are popular no one I know watches them -- they do watch some other shows I haven't gotten to yet, like Fargo and Saul).
Game of Thrones is what, 10 hours of a year, so I can't imagine it is anyone's reason for not exercising, although it personally would not be my choice for treadmill watching! ;-) We always have a Game of Thrones themed meal at least once during a season too -- there's a restaurant here that does one that I'd like to go to this coming year if they redo it, but I'm a geek. I read all the books on the L when going to work, so did it by multitasking!
I'm really not sure what the point is of the "Americans have a lot of screen time so have time to exercise." I haven't noticed one person in this discussion, not one, claiming that he or she lacks time to exercise the recommended amount per week. Didn't it start because someone said her TDEE was reasonably high for her size and then what struck me as judgy comments were made about the time she must spend on exercise.5 -
GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »Packerjohn wrote: »I went and looked at the details of that Nielson report. "Screen time" was not limited to off-work time, it included time on the internet at work. It also oddly included all time listening to radio no matter where you go. So today I had a total of 40 minutes commuting. The radio was on the entire time. Therefore, that was 40 minutes of "screen time" according to this study. Radio alone accounted for more than 20% of the time Americans spent consuming media. They also included time listening to online radio and music through your PC, television or smartphone. All of this makes the study make a whole lot more sense and be dramatically less alarming.
Overall they said the "average time" spent watching TV or movies or browsing the internet was about 4.3 hours a day, not 7, which was really the "time spent consuming media in all its forms", and even that wasn't exclusive use of media (whole attention). Talk about misleading headlines.
In fact, if you walk listening to a radio or streaming audio, or even listening to mp3s on your cell phone; or work out in a gym with a TV or radio on, congratulations, 100% of that time was "screen time" the way this silly news article was written.
I believe the article said not work related.
Still don't think 4.3 hours of screen time a day is anything to be proud of, especially since 80% of Americans don't spare the 30-40 minutes a day needed for the exercise recommended by the CDC.
I spend well over 2 hours a day engaged in some sort of activity and that would also be included in those screen time figures, though because I'm also listening to either the radio or podcasts.
Also, as tomteboda noted, I'm someone who has the tv on in the morning to hear the news and weather while I'm making beds and breakfast for the family. I'm hardly parking my butt on the couch.
I don't think those figures are a totally reliable metric for automatically assuming that screen time = sedentary time.
My parents have the TV on 24/7 (well, not when they are in bed, but my dad will get up in the middle of the night, go into the living room, and go back to sleep with the TV on). I always wonder if stats like that get included in these.
They don't sit in front of the TV. My mom is mostly multitasking -- she's not terribly mobile due to health problems (not weight-related), and among the activities that she does while their TV is on are her physical therapy exercises, and practice walking around the house and up and down these three stairs. They cook with it on. It's on when my father is in his office learning Spanish and painting (they are retired) or doing the work-related projects he still takes on. (He also goes out and runs and rides his bike and recently did a half marathon at 73.)
The TV thing drives me up the wall (especially since it's often Fox, although sometimes old movies, and they like basketball), because I really dislike it being background all the time, but I don't live there, not my business, it has 0 to do with their exercise time (both of them exercised regularly when I was growing up).0 -
lemurcat12 wrote: »MsHarryWinston wrote: »Christine_72 wrote: »MsHarryWinston wrote: »Packerjohn wrote: »Need2Exerc1se wrote: »armchairherpetologist wrote: »NorthCascades wrote: »Packerjohn wrote: »As the successful have stated - it's not about finding time, it's about making time.
I apply the Pareto Principle to this - devoting my energy to the 20% that truly matters and has impact. I intentionally neglect the 80% of lower priority issues that previously clogged up my time.
My wife and I are both working professionals with three active kids. She gets up at 4 am every day to hit the gym for an hour before work, then spend most of her day in a laboratory. I get up at 5 am and do calisthenics or take a quick run/bike, wake up the kids for 20 mins of calisthenics and get them ready for school. 45 min commute to an office setting, but I started up walking meetings for my team. We eat at our desks and use the lunch time for an afternoon workout. For teleconferences I go mobile and walk with an ear bud. My wife picks up the kids after school and starts the evening routine. I hit the gym on the way home and get my lifting in, then we all go for a walk/bike/whatever. Weekends involve hikes, climbing, swimming or something that gets us out of the house and moving.
It's all about prioritization.
The average American spends 50 non-work hours a week on screen time:
http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/30/health/americans-screen-time-nielsen/
Someone has to be a pretty special snowflake to not be able to find an hour a day to exercise.
How on earth does the "average American" manage that anyway? That's 7.5 hours a DAY of "screen time". Does the "average American" neither work or have any other hobbies or interests or obligations whatsoever? I expect imminent collapse of society if this study is accurate or as broad as portrayed.
Game of Thrones, Kim Kardashian's *kitten*, Honey Boo Boo, and, well, that's as much as I'm capable of naming off the top of my head, but you get the idea. These are the average American's hobbies and interests.
People ask me about television shows all the time and they think that I'm lying when I say I have no idea what they're talking about. My television "watching" is limited to the fact that I use it for background noise before I fall asleep. I can't imagine just sitting there staring at the the glowy box.
I get this too. All the time. Did you see the latest Game of Thrones? Um, no I'm less than 1/2 through season one. <blank stare> It's as if I said I'd never seen a tree.
And worst is that people keep giving us seasons of shows to watch as gifts (we actually had to buy a bigger DVD case just for all the DVDs we'll probably never watch) and then they constantly ask if I've watched it yet and seem irritated when we say no.
LOL, I haven't see the first 30 seconds of the first episode.
My life isn't sad.
*blink blink. Stares at you both like you've never seen a tree*
Yeah but... it's Game of friggin THRONES!
Lol, jk, but it really is an awesome show/book series. I mean come on... dragons! Lol
I've never seen a second of game of thrones, I heard it's more soft porn than anything, plus i'm not into medi- evil type shows/movies.
Hahaha yes there is sex but no it's not soft core porn. It's wonderfully complex, but I also read the books long before the tv show came out. But yeah, if you're not into historical fantasy then it's understandable it wouldn't be your thing. Like, I'm not a RealHousewives, or Kardashians type person so I've never watched those shows because I'm not into that kind of drama, but I know they're insanely popular, just not for me. *shrug*
I'm with you on all of this. Its also nice to have a show that others watch to talk about, since common shows are less common now than they used to be. (Also agree on Housewives, etc., except even though they are popular no one I know watches them -- they do watch some other shows I haven't gotten to yet, like Fargo and Saul).
Game of Thrones is what, 10 hours of a year, so I can't imagine it is anyone's reason for not exercising, although it personally would not be my choice for treadmill watching! ;-) We always have a Game of Thrones themed meal at least once during a season too -- there's a restaurant here that does one that I'd like to go to this coming year if they redo it, but I'm a geek. I read all the books on the L when going to work, so did it by multitasking!
I'm really not sure what the point is of the "Americans have a lot of screen time so have time to exercise." I haven't noticed one person in this discussion, not one, claiming that he or she lacks time to exercise the recommended amount per week. Didn't it start because someone said her TDEE was reasonably high for her size and then what struck me as judgy comments were made about the time she must spend on exercise.
Yes it started with jealous people taking someone down for having time to exercise, lol.8 -
lemurcat12 wrote: »MsHarryWinston wrote: »Christine_72 wrote: »MsHarryWinston wrote: »Packerjohn wrote: »Need2Exerc1se wrote: »armchairherpetologist wrote: »NorthCascades wrote: »Packerjohn wrote: »As the successful have stated - it's not about finding time, it's about making time.
I apply the Pareto Principle to this - devoting my energy to the 20% that truly matters and has impact. I intentionally neglect the 80% of lower priority issues that previously clogged up my time.
My wife and I are both working professionals with three active kids. She gets up at 4 am every day to hit the gym for an hour before work, then spend most of her day in a laboratory. I get up at 5 am and do calisthenics or take a quick run/bike, wake up the kids for 20 mins of calisthenics and get them ready for school. 45 min commute to an office setting, but I started up walking meetings for my team. We eat at our desks and use the lunch time for an afternoon workout. For teleconferences I go mobile and walk with an ear bud. My wife picks up the kids after school and starts the evening routine. I hit the gym on the way home and get my lifting in, then we all go for a walk/bike/whatever. Weekends involve hikes, climbing, swimming or something that gets us out of the house and moving.
It's all about prioritization.
The average American spends 50 non-work hours a week on screen time:
http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/30/health/americans-screen-time-nielsen/
Someone has to be a pretty special snowflake to not be able to find an hour a day to exercise.
How on earth does the "average American" manage that anyway? That's 7.5 hours a DAY of "screen time". Does the "average American" neither work or have any other hobbies or interests or obligations whatsoever? I expect imminent collapse of society if this study is accurate or as broad as portrayed.
Game of Thrones, Kim Kardashian's *kitten*, Honey Boo Boo, and, well, that's as much as I'm capable of naming off the top of my head, but you get the idea. These are the average American's hobbies and interests.
People ask me about television shows all the time and they think that I'm lying when I say I have no idea what they're talking about. My television "watching" is limited to the fact that I use it for background noise before I fall asleep. I can't imagine just sitting there staring at the the glowy box.
I get this too. All the time. Did you see the latest Game of Thrones? Um, no I'm less than 1/2 through season one. <blank stare> It's as if I said I'd never seen a tree.
And worst is that people keep giving us seasons of shows to watch as gifts (we actually had to buy a bigger DVD case just for all the DVDs we'll probably never watch) and then they constantly ask if I've watched it yet and seem irritated when we say no.
LOL, I haven't see the first 30 seconds of the first episode.
My life isn't sad.
*blink blink. Stares at you both like you've never seen a tree*
Yeah but... it's Game of friggin THRONES!
Lol, jk, but it really is an awesome show/book series. I mean come on... dragons! Lol
I've never seen a second of game of thrones, I heard it's more soft porn than anything, plus i'm not into medi- evil type shows/movies.
Hahaha yes there is sex but no it's not soft core porn. It's wonderfully complex, but I also read the books long before the tv show came out. But yeah, if you're not into historical fantasy then it's understandable it wouldn't be your thing. Like, I'm not a RealHousewives, or Kardashians type person so I've never watched those shows because I'm not into that kind of drama, but I know they're insanely popular, just not for me. *shrug*
I'm with you on all of this. Its also nice to have a show that others watch to talk about, since common shows are less common now than they used to be. (Also agree on Housewives, etc., except even though they are popular no one I know watches them -- they do watch some other shows I haven't gotten to yet, like Fargo and Saul).
Game of Thrones is what, 10 hours of a year, so I can't imagine it is anyone's reason for not exercising, although it personally would not be my choice for treadmill watching! ;-) We always have a Game of Thrones themed meal at least once during a season too -- there's a restaurant here that does one that I'd like to go to this coming year if they redo it, but I'm a geek. I read all the books on the L when going to work, so did it by multitasking!
I'm really not sure what the point is of the "Americans have a lot of screen time so have time to exercise." I haven't noticed one person in this discussion, not one, claiming that he or she lacks time to exercise the recommended amount per week. Didn't it start because someone said her TDEE was reasonably high for her size and then what struck me as judgy comments were made about the time she must spend on exercise.
Yes it started with jealous people taking someone down for having time to exercise, lol.
I missed this but that's sad and a damn shame. Smh.2 -
GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »MsHarryWinston wrote: »Christine_72 wrote: »MsHarryWinston wrote: »Packerjohn wrote: »Need2Exerc1se wrote: »armchairherpetologist wrote: »NorthCascades wrote: »Packerjohn wrote: »As the successful have stated - it's not about finding time, it's about making time.
I apply the Pareto Principle to this - devoting my energy to the 20% that truly matters and has impact. I intentionally neglect the 80% of lower priority issues that previously clogged up my time.
My wife and I are both working professionals with three active kids. She gets up at 4 am every day to hit the gym for an hour before work, then spend most of her day in a laboratory. I get up at 5 am and do calisthenics or take a quick run/bike, wake up the kids for 20 mins of calisthenics and get them ready for school. 45 min commute to an office setting, but I started up walking meetings for my team. We eat at our desks and use the lunch time for an afternoon workout. For teleconferences I go mobile and walk with an ear bud. My wife picks up the kids after school and starts the evening routine. I hit the gym on the way home and get my lifting in, then we all go for a walk/bike/whatever. Weekends involve hikes, climbing, swimming or something that gets us out of the house and moving.
It's all about prioritization.
The average American spends 50 non-work hours a week on screen time:
http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/30/health/americans-screen-time-nielsen/
Someone has to be a pretty special snowflake to not be able to find an hour a day to exercise.
How on earth does the "average American" manage that anyway? That's 7.5 hours a DAY of "screen time". Does the "average American" neither work or have any other hobbies or interests or obligations whatsoever? I expect imminent collapse of society if this study is accurate or as broad as portrayed.
Game of Thrones, Kim Kardashian's *kitten*, Honey Boo Boo, and, well, that's as much as I'm capable of naming off the top of my head, but you get the idea. These are the average American's hobbies and interests.
People ask me about television shows all the time and they think that I'm lying when I say I have no idea what they're talking about. My television "watching" is limited to the fact that I use it for background noise before I fall asleep. I can't imagine just sitting there staring at the the glowy box.
I get this too. All the time. Did you see the latest Game of Thrones? Um, no I'm less than 1/2 through season one. <blank stare> It's as if I said I'd never seen a tree.
And worst is that people keep giving us seasons of shows to watch as gifts (we actually had to buy a bigger DVD case just for all the DVDs we'll probably never watch) and then they constantly ask if I've watched it yet and seem irritated when we say no.
LOL, I haven't see the first 30 seconds of the first episode.
My life isn't sad.
*blink blink. Stares at you both like you've never seen a tree*
Yeah but... it's Game of friggin THRONES!
Lol, jk, but it really is an awesome show/book series. I mean come on... dragons! Lol
I've never seen a second of game of thrones, I heard it's more soft porn than anything, plus i'm not into medi- evil type shows/movies.
Hahaha yes there is sex but no it's not soft core porn. It's wonderfully complex, but I also read the books long before the tv show came out. But yeah, if you're not into historical fantasy then it's understandable it wouldn't be your thing. Like, I'm not a RealHousewives, or Kardashians type person so I've never watched those shows because I'm not into that kind of drama, but I know they're insanely popular, just not for me. *shrug*
Historical fantasy books are my jam, but I found those hard work and just couldn't read them. That's why I've never been interested in watching the show.
Oh good, I'm not alone! I tried reading the first book after my aunt raved about it a few years back. I think I started it about 6 times before I finally gave up
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"I tried to be kind in going back and clarifying my position but you don't want to bother. You seem to be projecting and feel the need to attack others. That's on you. You seem to still be stuck on the assumption that I exercise three hours per day; I'm not rehashing that again. Never once did I write that anyone who doesn't walk 8 miles per day is lazy. I wrote the following:
I work full time and have a busy life but I make the time. Most people find the time to watch TV or sit at their computers/on their phone for hours a day but claim not to have time to exercise. Most people aren't as active and that's okay. They drive everywhere and have desk jobs. They can lose their weight on 1200 to 1500. I prefer an active lifestyle."
@Maxematics Stop apologizing. If people only want to read what suits them, that is up to them.
You do what you do, and it works for you. Amazingly well I might add, if others want to bring it down to hide or justify a possible lack of commitment, that is their loss.
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