Watching TV...and eating "clean"
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The people who use this site probably spend more time exercising than they do watching TV, and they enjoy fitness more than being a couch potato.
I see the point you are trying to make. I think.
But you definitely just wasted a good 3 minutes of my life.0 -
alexsalcido29 wrote: »The people who use this site probably spend more time exercising than they do watching TV, and they enjoy fitness more than being a couch potato.
I see the point you are trying to make. I think.
But you definitely just wasted a good 3 minutes of my life.
Love you, too.0 -
MamaBirdBoss wrote: »
Well, too much of anything can lead to problems.
Define too much screen time.....and what does it have to do with weight loss?
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What about arguing about the same thing every day over and over on an Internet forum? Is that healthy, or better done in moderation?
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Unicorns, clean food, and screen time causing autism are very similar in that they are all mythical.0
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MamaBirdBoss wrote: »It's extremely well-documented that it's bad to have too much.
That's true for absolutely everything.
Including water and oxygen.
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I get what you are saying OP but just as in food choices people will have different opinions.
What constitutes "good" screen time for one will be "bad" for another. How much screen time will vary from person to person.
As adults we make our own choices about screen time...food...drink...etc...etc.
I am very much in favor of letting adults pick and choose their own screen time...and food.
What bothers me more than anything...I understood your post.
Maybe...I have had too much screen time tonight.
ETA...I admit though when I read your title I thought you meant eating clean while watching tv.0 -
Ok, I think I get it.
I like shows with layers and deeper meanings, but not every show has to be Buffy.
TV is a distraction, not part of our health. You like what you like and one show isn't better for everyone than another.
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Ok, I think I get it.
I like shows with layers and deeper meanings, but not every show has to be Buffy.
TV is a distraction, not part of our health. You like what you like and one show isn't better for everyone than another.
The only real comparison between TV and food would be matters of taste.0 -
Watching TV can have consequences regardless of the content you watch. (I don't have an opinion on this, just sorting OP's comment). You aren't going to negate the effects of too much screen time by just watching David Attenborough or rather, intellectually superior programs over intellectually inferior programs like Bold and the Beautiful.
Ergo, similarly with diet. You aren't going to negate the effects of too much food (ie too much "screen time") simply by eating what you believe to be superior clean foods (ie David Attenborough). And you aren't necessarily going to be healthier than the next person who eats from a larger pool of foods (Bold and Beautiful plus David Attenborough lol). Both can overeat (ie screen time too much) both need to moderate their intake to lose weight regardless of their perception of quality of foods (or analogy...quality of programs) for weight loss to happen.
In short...regardless of whether or not it's B&B or David, you can have too much screen time...
Regardless of whether or not its clean eating or otherwise, you can still eat too much of anything and not lose weight.
Amirite?
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What does any of this have to do with "General Diet and Weight Loss Help?"0
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Analogy...0
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This is funny for me
My main screen time is in the morning
Soon I will get out of bed, put on coffee, get my dark chocolate fix, and do an hour on the treadmill
I wake up and relax walking at 3 mph. TV will be on music videos or surfing channels.
I quit evening TV snacking. I blindly added too many calories grazing. I used to polish off a bag of Doritos and cheese dip. An easy 1500 calories.
Just no....0 -
Technology has made it much easier to live in a fantasy world, putting a fantasy social media profile out there, charging around heroically in a video game universe collecting magical implements or slaying bad guys, watching the fantasy TV news or even less real 'reality programs', and in general cultivating a mental life alienated from anything authentic or genuine. So at last the daydream life of Walter Mitty has been automated, packaged and commodified, and made available to everyone 24/7 from a variety of convenient devices. When in human history has an entire population needed to be passively entertained for one-third of its waking hours? The teaching about moderation is not "everything in moderation." Rather, it is that we should enjoy good things in moderation while abstaining from those things which are harmful.0
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MamaBirdBoss wrote: »Not stirring the pot. Had a thought that maybe would help people understand.
A lot of people get interested in this idea of the BEST MOST PERFECT DIET EVER. Let's ignore the details--half the time they're contradictory, anyway. Instead, let's talk about screen time and certain foods.
Like eating immoderately, too much screen time has been linked to a TON of bad things. Sedentary behavior, bad grades, sleep disturbance--even autism (not kidding--it's one of the more credible CAUSATIVE links, actually) and ADHD.
To say, I'm going to eat clean is a lot like saying I'm not going to have any bad screen time.
First, there's the definition of "bad." Which screen time is good? Which is bad?
Okay, so you can argue that some shows on the Discovery Channel--some--might be a bit better for you intellectually than most shows on MTV. And of course you need to do your work on your computer. So video games on your PC aren't as important or "good" as your 9 to 5.
But the fact is...if you sit and watch nothing but David Attenborough documentaries or do nothing but work, you're still going to get the effects of too much screen time. It will still be bad.
And there's no reason to not play a first-person shooter for a couple of hours a couple of times a week or to bond over a sports game or to watch the trashiest reality TV show ever just to unwind if it's not part of a 5-hour daily marathon of TV viewing.
Sure, there are people who watch little to no TV. But there lives are not necessarily better or healthier than people who watch a moderate amount of TV or have other screen time, up to and including "junk" TV. And once you start labeling some screen time as junk and other screen time as good, you are going to have a huge fight on your hands no matter what. The video game players will yell about reflexes and camaraderie. The cinephiles will shout about art. Writers will lecture you sternly about good story-telling. And it will go on and on and on.
Because what actually matters at the end of the day, more than the content of the screens, is that it's done in moderation. That's more important than anything else.
I hope this starts making SOME sense!
How exactly does television cause autism when signs of autism can be seen in 2mo babies?
http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/index.html?mobile=nocontent
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v504/n7480/full/nature12715.html0 -
crazyjerseygirl wrote: »MamaBirdBoss wrote: »Not stirring the pot. Had a thought that maybe would help people understand.
A lot of people get interested in this idea of the BEST MOST PERFECT DIET EVER. Let's ignore the details--half the time they're contradictory, anyway. Instead, let's talk about screen time and certain foods.
Like eating immoderately, too much screen time has been linked to a TON of bad things. Sedentary behavior, bad grades, sleep disturbance--even autism (not kidding--it's one of the more credible CAUSATIVE links, actually) and ADHD.
To say, I'm going to eat clean is a lot like saying I'm not going to have any bad screen time.
First, there's the definition of "bad." Which screen time is good? Which is bad?
Okay, so you can argue that some shows on the Discovery Channel--some--might be a bit better for you intellectually than most shows on MTV. And of course you need to do your work on your computer. So video games on your PC aren't as important or "good" as your 9 to 5.
But the fact is...if you sit and watch nothing but David Attenborough documentaries or do nothing but work, you're still going to get the effects of too much screen time. It will still be bad.
And there's no reason to not play a first-person shooter for a couple of hours a couple of times a week or to bond over a sports game or to watch the trashiest reality TV show ever just to unwind if it's not part of a 5-hour daily marathon of TV viewing.
Sure, there are people who watch little to no TV. But there lives are not necessarily better or healthier than people who watch a moderate amount of TV or have other screen time, up to and including "junk" TV. And once you start labeling some screen time as junk and other screen time as good, you are going to have a huge fight on your hands no matter what. The video game players will yell about reflexes and camaraderie. The cinephiles will shout about art. Writers will lecture you sternly about good story-telling. And it will go on and on and on.
Because what actually matters at the end of the day, more than the content of the screens, is that it's done in moderation. That's more important than anything else.
I hope this starts making SOME sense!
How exactly does television cause autism when signs of autism can be seen in 2mo babies?
http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/index.html?mobile=nocontent
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v504/n7480/full/nature12715.html
Mama must have watched too much tv while baby was in utero. -_- 0 -
professionalHobbyist wrote: »This is funny for me
My main screen time is in the morning
Soon I will get out of bed, put on coffee, get my dark chocolate fix, and do an hour on the treadmill
I wake up and relax walking at 3 mph. TV will be on music videos or surfing channels.
I quit evening TV snacking. I blindly added too many calories grazing. I used to polish off a bag of Doritos and cheese dip. An easy 1500 calories.
Just no....
Dark chocolate and coffee for breakfast sounds amazing right now. Thanks for the idea!0
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