What do you think of the obesity epidemic in the U.S.?
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It makes me incredibly sad. There are so many "fat jokes" about the USA, but sadly it really is true... I hate that our country gets such a bad reputation for people's bad decisions, but I really think a lot of it is that we aren't being educated about it. Growing up I had no idea about calories or the proper exercise, etc. despite having health classes in school. They only really taught us about the "food pyramid" but never gave any real advice on day-to-day choices. Sadly this lack of education carries on from parent to child and keeps going. I can only hope that some of us can break the cycle; as I've started learning about health and fitness myself, I've also been able to educate those around me. Anyways, it scares me too but I also have hope that maybe we can turn it around somehow.0
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Hi New Life - Since I'm one of the overweight, I appreciate your compassion. I guess I pray for us all, because the addictions behind eating are so intense. I was surprised to find out from a nutritionist that obesity often indicates malnutrition - eating the wrong thing, the body calls out for nurtients which is felt as hunger. I feel more hopeful knowing that if I eat JERF (Just Eat Real Food) that craving will go away. Hang in there - some areas of the country are fatter than others. Really, especially in the deep south.0
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We have to be careful about classing children as obese as sometimes that is not the case.
When my daughter was 10 she was naturally chubby. She had to go into hospital for some tests and the nurses pointed out to me that her weight was in the 95th centile for her age and height.
I pointed out to the nurse in question that she was very active and also sailed every weekend throughout the winter and summer and had just gained a place in the region's junior sailing squad.
Now, six years later, she sails in international competition and competes against Olympians (although she's never beaten one ... yet!)
Some children really do just have puppy fat.
BTW, before eveyone starts really beating me up over this, I'm aware that childhood obesity is a very serious issue but I'm just saying don't just judge by appearances.
I think the issue is that while some kids grow out of the puppy fat phase, a lot don't. And the percentage of ones who don't is growing (pun intended).
How long do you wait for your kid to "grow out of it" all the while they're continuing to pile on weight, before you realise that they're now an adult and have a genuine weight problem that you've ignored for years because you were hoping it was just a puberty/growth thing?
You don't just ignore it and hope, you should be in control of your child's wellbeing. You know what you feed your child and what exercise they do. If they're active and well fed (healthily fed, that is) then there should be no need to worry.
What annoyed me at the hospital was that I was made out to be a "bad mother" because my child was chubby whereas the truth was that I knew she was healthy (apart from the small issue that she was having tests for!) and had an active lifestyle. The nurses at the hospital made me feel like crap and that I wasn't looking after my daughter properly.0 -
I recently pointed out to an almost 60 year old overweight family member.... You really don't see any obese old people... I don't think it's because they all suddenly decided to lose weight.
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I'm sick of all the whining about school lunches in U.S. public schools. It is your responsibility to feed your kids, not the school's, not society's at large. If you don't like what the school offers, you have a crap ton of options, ranging from sending your kid to school with his own lunch all the way up to getting involved with the school board so you can play a role in determining what food the school brings in. The last thing we need is more levels of government stealing more money from taxpayers that can be further mismanaged by a bunch of institutions that are mostly just glorified daycare centers anyway.
I don't think some children HAVE this option. So many kids in my school district (where I work AND live, which is a rarity, I think I'm the only teacher that lives where I teach, most live on the 'better' part of town), depend on school lunches and breakfasts for their food. In fact, several schools keep their food programs open all during the summer so kids can go there and get something to eat. I know it is the parent's responsibility to take care of the kids, but other than taking these kids away from the families and finding families that want them (and it would be hard to find people who want them), what options do these kids have? I can't blame the kids, but I can advocate for them to get better food in their lunches and breakfasts. I can talk to them during lunch about eating healthy. I can share with them my healthy lunches when they see that I'm eating things like sugar snap peas ("what are those, Miss?") I can coach a sport and encourage physical fitness (which I do, I coach cheerleading). I am fitter than all of my girls and thinner than several. It is really sad to see kids who struggle so much. Every day I deal with kids that have sometimes zero adults in their out of school lives that have things 'together'. Kids don't have their school stuff (binder, computer, etc.) because they had to stay the night with a different parent or family member or they didn't sleep because they had to take care of their little brother or sister all night...so prevalent where I live... I've even seen parents keep their kids home from school to take care of smaller siblings because the parents have to work.
I think I'll get down from my soap box now! Sorry to rant so much...I just live right in the middle of it, so it is really in my thoughts.
For my own kids, I try to lead by example. They do eat healthier than many around them, but they get influenced a lot by other family members. In fact, I need to have a conversation with my mom about not constantly having treats around....and due to my somewhat low paying teaching job and the fact that my husband has an even worse job, we are in the very low middle class. I struggle with paying bills and getting healthy food for my family, but I keep trying!
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Hi New Life - Since I'm one of the overweight, I appreciate your compassion. I guess I pray for us all, because the addictions behind eating are so intense. I was surprised to find out from a nutritionist that obesity often indicates malnutrition - eating the wrong thing, the body calls out for nurtients which is felt as hunger. I feel more hopeful knowing that if I eat JERF (Just Eat Real Food) that craving will go away. Hang in there - some areas of the country are fatter than others. Really, especially in the deep south.
What a beautiful and deep post and I am and will! I'm with you, and as one of the "unfortunate and unhealthy overweight--actually obese ones myself, it's shocking how many people will tell me "you're not THAT fat or you're not "THAT big" . It's SCARY...because my weight is not just affecting my physical appearance--but my stamina, my strength, my mental health as well--and not for the better, but for the worse. I LOVE what you said about the "additions hehind eating are so intense" I certainly can't and won't speak for ANYONE but myself--but for me, I was absolutely addicted to coffee, junk foods, sweets and an unhealthy mentally and physically lazy lifestyle. I say was, because for the past 23 days I've put myself on a (dare I say it...the "forbidden and seriously frowned upon word/lifestyle of a DIET) cutting out those foods and drinks that I've been absolutely HOOKED on (I'm doing this for the next 90 days) and wonders upon wonders, miracles of miracles...the "addictions" to these things are GONE...in just a we bit more than 3 weeks of saying NO to them consistently.
I've replaced those "addictions" with fresh organic (when possible) fruits and veggies and good stuff and walking outside a LOT (no matter the weather, because I want to do these things forever now) and I'm seeing tremendous results in just a bit more than 3 weeks...I've dropped almost 12 pounds, lots of inches (a LEAST a pant size--maybe 2 pant sizes), my energy is increased, I'm sleeping so much better. My husband says I'm not snoring anymore...lot's of GREAT things and I'm just 23 days into this. Lot's of people on here are saying obesity is a personal responsibility and I'm discovering more and more each day...IT IS!!! Lastly, I'm the only "fat" person in my entire family, Why? Because everyone else is super active and eats well, eats junk...but no where near what I was doing on a daily basis. My family is a big influence on me and for the first time in a long time, I'm finally being a better influence on them now too.0 -
It honestly surprises me even when I'm at the gym. At least half of the people there any given time are overweight. And about 80% are regulars. I've been going to the same gym for over a year and I've been seeing the same people everyday that are still overweight.0
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It honestly surprises me even when I'm at the gym. At least half of the people there any given time are overweight. And about 80% are regulars. I've been going to the same gym for over a year and I've been seeing the same people everyday that are still overweight.
That's really DEEP! When I read your post, the first thing that came to my mind was one of my new "mantras" of sorts:
"You can't out exercise a poor diet." I've always wondered about that and your post seems to provoke my thoughts on this "mantra" of mine even more!0 -
It honestly surprises me even when I'm at the gym. At least half of the people there any given time are overweight. And about 80% are regulars. I've been going to the same gym for over a year and I've been seeing the same people everyday that are still overweight.
That's really DEEP! When I read your post, the first thing that came to my mind was one of my new "mantras" of sorts:
"You can't out exercise a poor diet." I've always wondered about that and your post seems to provoke my thoughts on this "mantra" of mine even more!
you can't outrun your fork!!!
so true! i have worked out HARD for the past 10 months, and only lost 15lbs over all that time since i ate like crap. In the last 6 weeks, i've lost an additional 10lbs by eating clean 6.5 days of the week and allowing myself one cheat meal to keep me sane and honest. It's working!!0 -
It honestly surprises me even when I'm at the gym. At least half of the people there any given time are overweight. And about 80% are regulars. I've been going to the same gym for over a year and I've been seeing the same people everyday that are still overweight.
That's really DEEP! When I read your post, the first thing that came to my mind was one of my new "mantras" of sorts:
"You can't out exercise a poor diet." I've always wondered about that and your post seems to provoke my thoughts on this "mantra" of mine even more!
you can't outrun your fork!!!
so true! i have worked out HARD for the past 10 months, and only lost 15lbs over all that time since i ate like crap. In the last 6 weeks, i've lost an additional 10lbs by eating clean 6.5 days of the week and allowing myself one cheat meal to keep me sane and honest. It's working!!
Deep...I'm also going to add you're " you can't outrun your folk to my bio-computer too! I don't really like to label what I'm doing a "clean" eating either for some reason. I like to call it "smart, yummy and life sustaining eating "and drinking, rather than "clean-eating". Ya know, eating to live, rather than living to eat type of terminology--it inspires me calling it this more than "clean eating" for/to me.0 -
I recently pointed out to an almost 60 year old overweight family member.... You really don't see any obese old people... I don't think it's because they all suddenly decided to lose weight.
Where do you live? I'm 51 and most of my relatives that are my age or older are overweight or obese. The ones that aren't mostly aren't because they are ill or were basically told to "lose weight or die".
Actually most of relatives that are any age are overweight. Even the children. :frown:0 -
I think it's the saddest when it comes to the kids. I was always a fat kid - once I got older, that became my fault, but when I was a kid, it was entirely the fault of my parents. Neither one of them ever really cooked, so I typically ate fast food for 2 or 3 meals a day. When I was in second grade, I weighed 115 pounds. That's just insane.
As I got older, I struggled with depression and various other mental illnesses that made me not care about what I put into my mouth, so my weight continued to increase - even after it became MY doing.
Now, I'm working to lose all the weight that I put on throughout my childhood and adolescence. I wasted so many of those years being fat - I want a real life, not one that's severely limited. (Oh, and I want doctors to stop yelling at me about my weight. That's a huge factor in my weight loss. I don't want to have to be told I'm going to develop health problems - so, I'm losing the weight.)
tl;dr It's a choice for adults, not so much for kids. And it's really depressing.0 -
It honestly surprises me even when I'm at the gym. At least half of the people there any given time are overweight. And about 80% are regulars. I've been going to the same gym for over a year and I've been seeing the same people everyday that are still overweight.
That's really DEEP! When I read your post, the first thing that came to my mind was one of my new "mantras" of sorts:
"You can't out exercise a poor diet." I've always wondered about that and your post seems to provoke my thoughts on this "mantra" of mine even more!
My husband and I have noticed this same thing at our gym! We joined 15 months ago. He has lost 50 pounds and has gone from 32% BF to 11%. I have lost 108 and gone from 49% BF to 32%. But in those 15 months, many of the people there don't look like they have changed much. There is one woman who has trimmed down a good bit, and one man who I can tell has gotten smaller... maybe 30 pounds smaller. But overall, I just don't see much change.
For me, the gym is the hardest part of getting healthier. Showing up there, and the mental push it takes to make me do it, is much harder than trying to watch what I eat. (Of course, I've already eaten two Reese's cups and a cookie today, so it isn't like I'm not cheating and cheating OFTEN) So when I see people showing up all the time and not making noticeable changes, I find it a bit baffling.
They are showing up and paying their dues, so I know they are putting some effort into it. It isn't laziness that is holding them back, whatever it is.0 -
It honestly surprises me even when I'm at the gym. At least half of the people there any given time are overweight. And about 80% are regulars. I've been going to the same gym for over a year and I've been seeing the same people everyday that are still overweight.
That's really DEEP! When I read your post, the first thing that came to my mind was one of my new "mantras" of sorts:
"You can't out exercise a poor diet." I've always wondered about that and your post seems to provoke my thoughts on this "mantra" of mine even more!
My husband and I have noticed this same thing at our gym! We joined 15 months ago. He has lost 50 pounds and has gone from 32% BF to 11%. I have lost 108 and gone from 49% BF to 32%. But in those 15 months, many of the people there don't look like they have changed much. There is one woman who has trimmed down a good bit, and one man who I can tell has gotten smaller... maybe 30 pounds smaller. But overall, I just don't see much change.
For me, the gym is the hardest part of getting healthier. Showing up there, and the mental push it takes to make me do it, is much harder than trying to watch what I eat. (Of course, I've already eaten two Reese's cups and a cookie today, so it isn't like I'm not cheating and cheating OFTEN) So when I see people showing up all the time and not making noticeable changes, I find it a bit baffling.
They are showing up and paying their dues, so I know they are putting some effort into it. It isn't laziness that is holding them back, whatever it is.
When I go to the pool, I see the same people week after week and they don't change very much either. But then, I hear some of them talking in the ladies' change room, "Well--that was a good workout. Who's interested in going for doughnuts and coffee?" :laugh: One of them the other day noticed my fat loss, "Wow, you really have lost a lot of weight haven't you? Shows just what exercise can do!" I could tell that she was wondering why the same had not happened to her. I just smiled and said, "Well, I watch what I eat.--that's a large part of it." She quickly agreed with me but people don't seem to get that you have to attack obesity from a dietary AND exercise approach. At least they are getting out to the pool--that is good. But they need to stop eating crap too.0 -
I feel bad for the kids because they don't know any better and are being fed lies about food, and sometimes about themselves. Like they aren't meant to have a "trim" body, as you say. Or they have some problem they really don't (thyroid) or they say they are big boned, because that's what their parents always said. Or even worse, if they become part of that stupid fat acceptance movement where they think people SHOULD be that weight. I'm scared that people won't see through the crap and people will never change.
Wow...this is too DEEP, what you've said!
To me, what you've said here is profoundly worrisome and grievous too.
:brokenheart: YET...on the same token, it makes me more determined than ever to get healthy and fit and to not be counted anymore among the number of the obese and overweight in our nation. To be part of the answer/solution, instead of continually being part of unhealthy, unattractive, nationwide obesity problem--by changing my entire way of eating, drinking, thinking and living (for the rest of my life)--taking it one day at a time and getting this blasted fat and flab off of my body and thinking/living differently too...ya know?!?:flowerforyou: 0 -
The way out society is driven doesn't tend to leave a lot of "you" time. Americans and Canadians a like (I'm Canadian) are so similar in terms of how our society is run. Work work work, groceries, kids, vehicle repairs, house work, expenses. Not only does our busy life style leave out exercise, but it also forces us to make poor food choices. "oh gee, I forgot to take the chicken out last night after work because I had a bazillion other things to do, guess its pizza for tn!!"
This is the worst part - our kids don't know the difference. Because we "feel" like we don't have the time to give ourselves proper nutrition - we are not teaching our children what proper nutrition is. That is the disgusting part. It will be so hard for them to change their lifestyle in later life once this happens.... once its already too late.
See, I know this for a fact - because this is what happened to me "Hey mom whats for supper tonight?" "Well I was thinking of ordering out KFC, because I didn't have time to do groceries after work, and I'm too tired now I just want to relax"
I'm not saying its totally my up-bringing - but it has a lot to do with it - especially when you don't have a choice.0 -
I'm no supermom. Most of that 30lbs was just water weight and the baby etc so it's not like I'm so awesome. It's just that a lot of the weight drops off right away and I know I'm gonna have to work damn hard for the rest of it.
Your posts sure do come off that way, cocky and arrogant almost.. especially the last sentence about your thoughts on how long postpartum mothers should keep the weight on. You come off just as preachy as you claim the vegans to be.. and really, it's an image. What is it going to make you do? Go eat vegetables? Eat fried chicken? You insulted someone and their lifestyle efforts over an image. Get real.
I have had 2 children and despite eating healthily and exercising lots in my first pregnancy I still put on weight, and t did not just drop off after, i had to work damn hard for it. i didn't exercise much in my second pregnancy but I did eat healthily, apart from some chocolate, and I out on loads. I'd say it took me a bit over a year to lose it, and 22 months on I am smaller than before I got pregnant first time. I know some women who don't put on much and lose it straight away. All women are different.
As for the image, I don't see how neat can be blamed for obesity. Sure, if your meat comes from fast food places, but nothing wrong with a chicken breast cooked in the oven order fried. I don't know many vegans, but the one I know is very smug and preachy.0 -
Wanna blow your mind? Go ahead and take a look at YouTube footage of any public event from the 40's, 50's, 60's, 70's and the start of the 80's (concert, political event, sporting event, etc) and take particular notice to pay attention to any audience shots.
Do you notice anything strange? I sure do - where are the fat people.
Compare those images to the audiences/crowd at any random public event that you've been to recently. Quite a difference.
Case in point:
Elvis in Vegas - 1970 / Hell, even Elvis is skinny in this footage:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvoVMmcR3Wg
Rufus Thomas/Funky Chicken - Wattstax concert at LA Memorial Colliseum 1973 - Audience dancing footage is epic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lCI63H1neY
Cal Jam rock concert 1975:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tj9uH3iUp48
Woodstock - 1969:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8b9HEIx5J8 0 -
I'm no supermom. Most of that 30lbs was just water weight and the baby etc so it's not like I'm so awesome. It's just that a lot of the weight drops off right away and I know I'm gonna have to work damn hard for the rest of it.
Your posts sure do come off that way, cocky and arrogant almost.. especially the last sentence about your thoughts on how long postpartum mothers should keep the weight on. You come off just as preachy as you claim the vegans to be.. and really, it's an image. What is it going to make you do? Go eat vegetables? Eat fried chicken? You insulted someone and their lifestyle efforts over an image. Get real.
I have had 2 children and despite eating healthily and exercising lots in my first pregnancy I still put on weight, and t did not just drop off after, i had to work damn hard for it. i didn't exercise much in my second pregnancy but I did eat healthily, apart from some chocolate, and I out on loads. I'd say it took me a bit over a year to lose it, and 22 months on I am smaller than before I got pregnant first time. I know some women who don't put on much and lose it straight away. All women are different.
As for the image, I don't see how neat can be blamed for obesity. Sure, if your meat comes from fast food places, but nothing wrong with a chicken breast cooked in the oven order fried. I don't know many vegans, but the one I know is very smug and preachy.
I agree and my original statement expresses similar sentiments!
To me, it goes beyond meat. I see a meat choice (or choice in general) which to me, looks like a fried or breaded drumstick. IMO, not the best of choices, particularly if it's the fried variety. I agree there is nothing wrong with a baked drumstick, personally I prefer something more lean. *shrug* Generalizations suck.0 -
Wanna blow your mind? Go ahead and take a look at YouTube footage of any public event from the 40's, 50's, 60's, 70's and the start of the 80's (concert, political event, sporting event, etc) and take particular notice to pay attention to any audience shots.
Do you notice anything strange? I sure do - where are the fat people.
Compare those images to the audiences/crowd at any random public event that you've been to recently. Quite a difference.
Case in point:
Elvis in Vegas - 1970 / Hell, even Elvis is skinny in this footage:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvoVMmcR3Wg
Rufus Thomas/Funky Chicken - Wattstax concert at LA Memorial Colliseum 1973 - Audience dancing footage is epic.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lCI63H1neY
Cal Jam rock concert 1975:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tj9uH3iUp48
Woodstock - 1969:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8b9HEIx5J8
VERY true. What changed?0 -
Somebody said it best - we subsidize wheat and corn, not zucchini and lima beans. Plus the gigantor portions of fast food serving size.Wanna blow your mind? Go ahead and take a look at YouTube footage of any public event from the 40's, 50's, 60's, 70's and the start of the 80's (concert, political event, sporting event, etc) and take particular notice to pay attention to any audience shots.
Do you notice anything strange? I sure do - where are the fat people.
Compare those images to the audiences/crowd at any random public event that you've been to recently. Quite a difference.
Case in point:
Elvis in Vegas - 1970 / Hell, even Elvis is skinny in this footage:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvoVMmcR3Wg
Rufus Thomas/Funky Chicken - Wattstax concert at LA Memorial Colliseum 1973 - Audience dancing footage is epic.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lCI63H1neY
Cal Jam rock concert 1975:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tj9uH3iUp48
Woodstock - 1969:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8b9HEIx5J8
VERY true. What changed?0 -
I know, I always thought Janis Joplin was fat! Isn't that crazy. She had a puffy face, but was not overweight at all.0
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I just checked my BMI, old formula and new formula both below 30. I am not classified as obese! Merely overweight. I am psyched to tell people, " Hey! I'm overweight!"0
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Hey, it seems to be a western world problem. Iv noticed on fb people think being healthy and slim = unhappy and that buzz word I hate 'not real'. One thing I noticed about Australia is everyone blames everyone else, including teachers so what they have done is made rules on school on what you can and can't eat, if parents send their kids to school with bad food they have to come in for a meeting. If you buy food at school there is only healthy options. I'm not sure if it works or not - could do the reverse, make kids pig out when they get home if their parents allow junk food to be kept in the house.
With fast food being cheaper and easier to get the issue is trying to prove to people the value in being healthy till it's to late.0 -
i think the coporate fat cats have us where they want us. We have to decide to take care of ourselves.0
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I'm on holiday in the US in August.
Not wanting to look quite as large as many natives in the queues was one of the incentives to lose a lot of weight. As it is my lad can run rings around 95% of his US-born peers, who look goggle-eyed at how quick he is.
I haven't seen any evidence to date that the efforts to persuade folk to adopt a healthy lifestyle is having any impact.0 -
It honestly surprises me even when I'm at the gym. At least half of the people there any given time are overweight. And about 80% are regulars. I've been going to the same gym for over a year and I've been seeing the same people everyday that are still overweight.
That's really DEEP! When I read your post, the first thing that came to my mind was one of my new "mantras" of sorts:
"You can't out exercise a poor diet." I've always wondered about that and your post seems to provoke my thoughts on this "mantra" of mine even more!
you can't outrun your fork!!!
so true! i have worked out HARD for the past 10 months, and only lost 15lbs over all that time since i ate like crap. In the last 6 weeks, i've lost an additional 10lbs by eating clean 6.5 days of the week and allowing myself one cheat meal to keep me sane and honest. It's working!!
Deep...I'm also going to add you're " you can't outrun your folk to my bio-computer too! I don't really like to label what I'm doing a "clean" eating either for some reason. I like to call it "smart, yummy and life sustaining eating "and drinking, rather than "clean-eating". Ya know, eating to live, rather than living to eat type of terminology--it inspires me calling it this more than "clean eating" for/to me.
exactly. i don't tell people i'm dieting, and I try not to say i'm "eating clean" beause i don't want the scrutiny if i have something that isn't "clean."
I prefer just to tell people i'm eating towards my fitness goals.0 -
It honestly surprises me even when I'm at the gym. At least half of the people there any given time are overweight. And about 80% are regulars. I've been going to the same gym for over a year and I've been seeing the same people everyday that are still overweight.
That's really DEEP! When I read your post, the first thing that came to my mind was one of my new "mantras" of sorts:
"You can't out exercise a poor diet." I've always wondered about that and your post seems to provoke my thoughts on this "mantra" of mine even more!
you can't outrun your fork!!!
so true! i have worked out HARD for the past 10 months, and only lost 15lbs over all that time since i ate like crap. In the last 6 weeks, i've lost an additional 10lbs by eating clean 6.5 days of the week and allowing myself one cheat meal to keep me sane and honest. It's working!!
Deep...I'm also going to add you're " you can't outrun your folk to my bio-computer too! I don't really like to label what I'm doing a "clean" eating either for some reason. I like to call it "smart, yummy and life sustaining eating "and drinking, rather than "clean-eating". Ya know, eating to live, rather than living to eat type of terminology--it inspires me calling it this more than "clean eating" for/to me.
exactly. i don't tell people i'm dieting, and I try not to say i'm "eating clean" beause i don't want the scrutiny if i have something that isn't "clean."
I prefer just to tell people i'm eating towards my fitness goals.
I agree with you!! And too many people get confused by those terms as it is. "Clean" Every time some one says I want to punch you in right in the throat. Clean could mean anything, Paleo people think bread is "dirty" Some Religions think pigs are "dirty". No one can properly define it because so many misuse it or have their own definition for it.
Eat towards your fitness goal! Good post.0 -
i think stress plays a big part. people are just more worried, stressed, busy, crunched. obesity and poor eating habits are just symptoms of a deeper lying problem.0
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I live in San Antonio Texas..............home town to some of the best Tex Mex and Mexican food, as well as BBQ.............need I say more
I see kids 8 years old that look 15 weighing 120 lbs........I see mothers buying in bulk, the cheap white bread, those Roman noodles and chinese noodles, and ice cream like its going out of style....
their kids are on their cell or smart phones, then get home and get on the pc to go to Facebook.
NO PHYSICAL EXERCISE WHAT SO EVER...........the kids dont go out and play till dark like I did, and they exercise very little............
Its a situation of what is going to be the future..........these folks are going to be diabtetic soon. San Antonio is the 2nd city for the most limb removals in the US, following Corpus Christi Texas
People in my city have 2 x the countrys diabetes rates.............its mind boggeling................0
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