Living The Lifestyle Thursday 3/16/2÷

imastar2

This is a thread for everyone. If you're new to GoaD, or to weight loss, your questions and comments are always welcome. If you're maintaining, or a long-term loser, your thoughts on the topic may be just what someone else needs to hear. If you're reading this, join in the discussion!

Each weekday, a new topic is offered up for discussion.

Monday - crewahl (Charlie)
Tuesday – Flintwinch (Tim)
Wednesday - misterhub (Greg)
Thursday -imastar2 (Derrick)
Friday - Wildcard

Today's Topic: The US with it's variety of climates throughout the land could be better in one area opposed to another area.

Do you think where you reside is any more or less conducive to losing, maintaiing or even gaining? Home is where the heart is but do you think it might be easier in another part of the country?.

cakeman21k

I don't know if one area of the country is more conducive to weight management, but I have seen various articles over the year that rate overall health of the population in various area's. There seems to be a certain amount of consistency in terms of overall health. Pacific Northwest, Colorado, Vermont Maine rank high, Mississippi Alabama Louisiana rank low pretty consistently. I am sure that the regional cuisines, quality of healthcare, average education level are all factors in that, as well as many more that I don't know about so it would make a certain amount of sense to me that weight managment is easier in some place as well.

misterhub

I call Oregon home, but I work in SoCal. Both places have a lot of outdoor activities available....and a lot of participants in those activities. In Oregon, however, the heavy rains do play a significant role in limiting a lot of activity. The food choices in both places are very good, though SoCal has a much greater breadth of choice. My city in Oregon is a small one, and the food choices are good, but still quite a bit more limited than the larger urban areas.

crewahl

To Greg's point, I don’t know if it’s regional, but I think the number of days you can get outside without getting burned or frozen makes a difference. To the earlier question, it’s generally harder to have the same range of activity when you’re housebound.

That also assumes that your schedule is such that you can take advantage of the weather. For example, in Phoenix I had to walk before 10 AM to avoid the heat, so that doesn’t align well with a work schedule.

imastar2

Born and raised as a Southern boy. Alabama for my first 35 years and these last 40 years in North Georgia. I'm pretty sure southern cooking played a major role in being overweight as I grew up where we had a considerable amount of fried foods as well as starches and gravy. We did however eat a lot of vegetables. We also had mostly hot Weather and mild winters so we spent a lot of time out doors as welk.

To the point of other parts of the country I do believe certain areas might be conducive to weight loss.

steve0mania

Interesting question. As others have said, I assume that local cuisine plays a role, as does how much activity is readily available.

I'll add that a lot also probably has to do with your circle of friends, colleagues, and other acquaintances. I always found Utah interesting because there was a population of folks who moved there for the activities. Thus, there were folks who would ski in the winter, mountain bike in the summer, and do all sorts of activities beyond those. It's easy to get sucked into a more active lifestyle if everyone else is active too.