In the headlines this morning
BobbieInCA
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There was an article on the first page of our paper this morning about lowered rates of obesity in preschoolers, but a rather sad statistic they mentioned is that obesity rates in older adults has increased in the last several years.
What I found most interesting is that the increase is fueled by women aged 60 and up. (us???) The rates in that age group jumped from 31.5% in 2003-2004 to 38.1% in 2011-12. (Sorry, Chuck, but it didn't mention the guys...)
These stats are for "obese", not just "overweight."
With the odds against us, we have even more reasons to stay on here, and to work at remaining as fit and healthy as possible!
Bobbie
What I found most interesting is that the increase is fueled by women aged 60 and up. (us???) The rates in that age group jumped from 31.5% in 2003-2004 to 38.1% in 2011-12. (Sorry, Chuck, but it didn't mention the guys...)
These stats are for "obese", not just "overweight."
With the odds against us, we have even more reasons to stay on here, and to work at remaining as fit and healthy as possible!
Bobbie
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Bobbie,
I guess I don’t have anything to worry about . . . until I look in the mirror.
Chuck0 -
A lot of that is probably sparked by women being out in the workforce more now, no time to cook healthy meals so fast food is too much becoming the norm. So scary. It is hard to believe that there are generations of kids coming out of this that will suffer the consequences and we can see it has already started when we look through the threads here about "calories in/calories out" as being what is necessary to lose weight but they are eating garbage...no nutrition, way too much sugar and fat. Where will this all end. Higher obesity rates, diabetes, cancer, other health problems. Good post, Bobbie.0
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There was an article on the first page of our paper this morning about lowered rates of obesity in preschoolers, but a rather sad statistic they mentioned is that obesity rates in older adults has increased in the last several years.
What I found most interesting is that the increase is fueled by women aged 60 and up. (us???) The rates in that age group jumped from 31.5% in 2003-2004 to 38.1% in 2011-12. (Sorry, Chuck, but it didn't mention the guys...)
These stats are for "obese", not just "overweight."
With the odds against us, we have even more reasons to stay on here, and to work at remaining as fit and healthy as possible!
Bobbie
Well I was at a lower weight goal weight, during that first listed time period I ended up in a more stressful work situation and gained back all of what I had fought so hard to lose in my 50s. I had felt so good then, how did I let myself get to this phase? Disengaged from my body's wants, gave into the stress and emotional eating.
But I am here fighting the good fight. I will get back to goal weight and I will hike up the Rockies without feeling like my lungs are going to give out on me, like last summer just before I joined MFP.0 -
It's hard to stay active as I get older. When I was working, I was dashing around all day (even in a fairly sendentary job).
My last job had me running all over a huge building... then I got laid off. Pretty hard to keep up even that low-rate of activity all the time.. And, it's pretty easy to have "just one more" cookie, or an extra dollop of mashed potatoes or whatever.
Cuz after all... I worked hard all my life and I earned it, right?? *wink wink*
I just entered all my foods for the day. I think I did really well..... but I maxed out my carbs.
That's pretty depressing, because I've cut back. And oatmeal is 27 g of carbs? WTH.
Where's that darn cookie....
*kidding*
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A big part of the problem, for men and women, is as we age we lose muscle mass (muscle burns more fat and increases our metabolism).
Hormones change... which is why we see ourselves and others gaining weight more easily as we get older.
Therefore, if we ate the same now as when we were twenty....well, there you go. It ain't fair.
We have to work harder just to stay in place.
But obesity is a huge problem in the U.S. Yeah...fast, cheap food. Long working hours, no money and the cheapest way to feed a family at the end of a 12 hour work day.0 -
Great post...let's blow those stats out of the water....at least in our little corner of the world......:flowerforyou:
Jean0 -
Crisbtrue - almost all grain-based foods are really high in carbs. I had a couple of pieces of whole wheat, low-cal, bread as toast last night at those came in a 19 grams and they were only 90 calories for the two of them. That is one, from among several, reasons I have largely cut out all grain products. And as someone who has for 60 plus years loved eating bread, pasta, oatmeal, rice... I thought that would be very difficult to do. Turns out, that it has not. It is not that I do not eat any grain products, just not much nor very often.0
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GLH:
It's depressingly true about the carbs.
If I eat bread at all, I have one slice per day; I make half a sandwich for myself for lunch.
And even if I have a salad, I have a slice of DRY whole-grain toast with it.
Otherwise, I get peckish and start getting the urge to nibble.
I try to have a healthy mid-afternoon snack (I have type2 diabetes) but if I'm too far gone, half an apple is just not
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I have always loved bread, pasta, pizza, bagels, all of it. I never thought I could give it up, but it has not been that difficult.
I found when I had a bagel for breakfast, I was hungry at 10:00 AM. It's true that protein really does satisfy hunger longer. So, I have protein at every meal. Makes a big difference.
Even without simple carbohydrates, I'm having a very difficult time losing these last 10 pounds. Must be something I'm doing wrong.0
