Just moved to the fattest state in the union!

BeachGingerOnTheRocks

This thread is awesome. I love absurdity and the absurdity of complaining about fat people on MyFitnessPal is delicious.

Haha, isn't it though?

Sanctimony abounds.

psv1012

I lived in Mississippi for 8 years (Brandon ,outside of Jackson), I am from St. Louis. There is a lot of good about the state, weather for one is so nice. My kids had a very hard time adjusting to school down their, but they did adjust and made friends. The main issues is there is ingrained posverty, we just get use to the fact their are poor people, and even if they are on food stamps,many do not know how to eat healthy. They are quite often generations of familys who have never known anything other that welfare. The culture is very segregated. You may live wth poor,black,white ,wealthy all in the same block ! But the Churches are very segregated by race and so is any other social activity.
People have babies very early, drop out of school andthe cycle repeats itself,nothing new,just sad.
The women for the most part are very well "bred" they all dress nice,and apperance is much more important than substance. The heavy people, usually still put a smile on, make up on and dress up. They are very friendly,but you will never belong unless you were born there.
The obesity is also contributed by the good ole down home cooking. Butter it, fry it,cover it in gravy ! You have a meal !
Good luck on adjusting, there are some nice people,just look for them. We are now back in St. Louis,glad to be home

mynameiscarrie

--double post for some reason-

benol1

Talk about culture shock! I moved from upstate New York where I built organic backyard gardens for a living to southern Mississippi, where 1 in 3 children are hungry but I cant find em, maybe they're hiding behind all the obese people. I know, thats insensitive, but im going to restart my business down here and im hoping it wont flop, try talking health to anyone around here and they start talking about God! Its scary, lets pray for health, while we eat only fried foods and never move anywhere! My daughter literally goes to school a 7 min. Walk away from our house and we walk, whats odd is ive been asked if we need a ride around 50 times in the month we've been here, each time I state "thank you but we like to walk" and 9 times out of 10 they argue that that cant possibly be the case! Whats worse is they send a bus around to the development directly across the street from the school, which im positive is way more expemsive than hiring a couple crossing gaurds! Idk, I need some health conscious friends online because i feel like im the only one around here who gives 1 iota about being healthy happy and staying that way for as long as possible round this place!

To me, it sounds like you have found yourself an untapped market for your business. For all the people who do not embrace a healthy lifestyle, there will be others who do. I'm sure there are some people in your local community who share the same or similar values to yourself. For some inspiration, I recommend that you search for and watch the documentary series on Jamie Oliver and his fresh food revolution in the United States.
I wish you all the best and I look forward to finding out how you get on with your healthy lifestyle and your organic garden business.
kind regards,

Ben

Gracerrr

If your business flops I think it might have more to do with your attitude than anything else....

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