AMA says to cancel Thanksgiving due to obesity epidemic

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  • askyej2010
    askyej2010 Posts: 9
    Yea....let's ban a national holiday that resonates back to the Original 13 Colonies. Great idea! Just like Christmas and every other holiday/event that involves food (birthdays, football games, Halloween, New Years', office parties, etc.). Let's go ahead and ban those too while we're at it! Just because there's an event going on doesn't mean portion control has to go out the window. Geez. Rant over.

    P.S. Isn't the American Surgeon General overweight?
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    Yea....let's ban a national holiday that resonates back to the Original 13 Colonies. Great idea! Just like Christmas and every other holiday/event that involves food (birthdays, football games, Halloween, New Years', office parties, etc.). Let's go ahead and ban those too while we're at it!
    Yes! We have at least two of us who believe this. Let's start a movement!
  • heylookitsval
    heylookitsval Posts: 1,141 Member
    But I just pulled the old pregnancy pants out of the closet...
  • Legs_McGee
    Legs_McGee Posts: 845 Member
    That wouldn't be fair to all of the genetically blessed slim people. Maybe as people are purchasing there turkey and trimming they have to step on a scale and if their over weight there banned from buying it and maybe thrown in jail or something. I don't know. Just a thought.

    Perhaps an incentive based program? Something involving a treadmill and a cattle prod. Earn that turkey!
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    If you can grow it you can eat it!
    I can grow mold and poisonous mushrooms.

    A.C.E. Certified Personal/Group FitnessTrainer
    IDEA Fitness member
    Kickboxing Certified Instructor
    Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition

    I have a lot of briars growing. Feel free to come take some home for your meal.
  • FatHuMan1
    FatHuMan1 Posts: 1,028 Member
    I'm thinking this movement was started by turkeys. Brilliant turkeys, but turkeys nonetheless.
  • KANGOOJUMPS
    KANGOOJUMPS Posts: 6,474 Member
    they should
    there are way too many fat whoppers out there.
  • mrsamanda86
    mrsamanda86 Posts: 869 Member
    But I just pulled the old pregnancy pants out of the closet...

    HAH! That's even better than sweatpants/yoga pants lol
  • DainaLC
    DainaLC Posts: 18,937 Member
    If you can grow it you can eat it!
    I can grow mold and poisonous mushrooms.

    A.C.E. Certified Personal/Group FitnessTrainer
    IDEA Fitness member
    Kickboxing Certified Instructor
    Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition

    I have a lot of briars growing. Feel free to come take some home for your meal.
    Great now I'm being poisoned and my throat cut by thorns! Oh well, as long as I can log it properly and it fits my macros!
  • sloth3toes
    sloth3toes Posts: 2,212 Member
    I think that Christmas should be banned, because it is adding big time to family debt load. Just as Thanksgiving is making us fat, BucksMas ( $Mas ) is making us poor.

    In fact... I think I read on the internet somewhere that this was Obama's idea.... to cancel Christmas. Yep, that's it. Obama.

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  • MrsMetzler2013
    MrsMetzler2013 Posts: 22 Member
    Wow, really? Its an American tradition. No one says you have to eat turkey and all the fixings. Its supposed to be a day to get together and be thankful for who and what you have in your lives. Who says you can't make healthier versions of your favorite traditional dishes? If you don't want to eat all day, don't, it still doesn't change the fact that its Thanksgiving. If you have to ban an entire holiday because you are overweight, I think you have a bigger problem.
  • jenbit
    jenbit Posts: 4,252 Member
    Are turkey and stuffing REALLY that good?

    Yes, especially my sausage and cornbread stuffing. Also turkey is a rockin' protein source...

    I don't due a turkey. I make a honey ham from scratch, corn bread pudding ,yams, biscuts and home made apple and pumkin pies
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    Who says you can't make healthier versions of your favorite traditional dishes?

    People who don't want to ruin Thanksgiving.
  • BusyRaeNOTBusty
    BusyRaeNOTBusty Posts: 7,166 Member
    I would also rather have french fries than mashed potatoes with cravy.



    Apparently I like "bar food".
  • sullus
    sullus Posts: 2,839 Member
    If you can grow it you can eat it!
    I can grow mold and poisonous mushrooms.

    A.C.E. Certified Personal/Group FitnessTrainer
    IDEA Fitness member
    Kickboxing Certified Instructor
    Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition

    And you can eat them ...
  • ryry_
    ryry_ Posts: 4,966 Member
    I would also rather have french fries than mashed potatoes with cravy.



    Apparently I like "bar food".

    I get it. My wife is always abhorred when we go to a nice restraunt and the first thing I look for is their nachos.
  • myprana
    myprana Posts: 66
    SayWhat.gif

    ^ gif is NOT racist.

    A gif showcasing one of the hottest boy bands back in the day? Racism was the last thing on my mind. New Edition still makes my heart melt. <3
  • sullus
    sullus Posts: 2,839 Member
    Yea....let's ban a national holiday that resonates back to the Original 13 Colonies. Great idea! Just like Christmas and every other holiday/event that involves food (birthdays, football games, Halloween, New Years', office parties, etc.). Let's go ahead and ban those too while we're at it!
    Yes! We have at least two of us who believe this. Let's start a movement!

    Wait wait .. If you recall your thanksgiving traditions, 2 people is not a movement (just a ploy to avoid getting drafted) .. 3 people may be considered an organization ... it's very clear that 50 people a day is what it would take to constitute a movement.
  • sullus
    sullus Posts: 2,839 Member
    Wow, really? Its an American tradition. No one says you have to eat turkey and all the fixings. Its supposed to be a day to get together and be thankful for who and what you have in your lives. Who says you can't make healthier versions of your favorite traditional dishes? If you don't want to eat all day, don't, it still doesn't change the fact that its Thanksgiving. If you have to ban an entire holiday because you are overweight, I think you have a bigger problem.

    Now it's an organization ...
  • ThePlight
    ThePlight Posts: 3,593 Member
    I'm still only waiting on eggnog for Christmas time. Going to take a full day to drink nothing but eggnog. That's as far as my celebrating goes lol.
  • TheRoadDog
    TheRoadDog Posts: 11,788 Member
    They can have my turkey leg when they pry it from my dead cold fingers.
  • sullus
    sullus Posts: 2,839 Member
    I'm still only waiting on eggnog for Christmas time. Going to take a full day to drink nothing but eggnog. That's as far as my celebrating goes lol.

    If you've never just dumped a carton of eggnog into an ice cream maker .. you should.
  • lsapphire
    lsapphire Posts: 297 Member
    The holiday is suppose to be dedicated to giving thanks and being appreciative of your blessings NOT eating yourself into a coma. We need to change the way we THINK then we can change our bad habits.
  • imju5tme
    imju5tme Posts: 85 Member
    The holiday is suppose to be dedicated to giving thanks and being appreciative of your blessings NOT eating yourself into a coma. We need to change the way we THINK then we can change our bad habits.

    that exactly.
  • tonybalony01
    tonybalony01 Posts: 613 Member
    maybe portion control is in order....

    HEATHEN!!!!!!! YOU ARE HEREBY BANNED FROM ALL FURTHER DISCUSSIONS INVOLVING AMERICA'S FAVORITE PASTIME: EATING!
  • gelendestrasse
    gelendestrasse Posts: 204
    The AMA really needs to come up with something better to do; like policing the snake oil salesmen - oops, drugs companies - so that they aren't pushing pills as a solution for every silly problem they think they can make a buck over.

    Then again, what's the chance of that happening?
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    Yea....let's ban a national holiday that resonates back to the Original 13 Colonies. Great idea! Just like Christmas and every other holiday/event that involves food (birthdays, football games, Halloween, New Years', office parties, etc.). Let's go ahead and ban those too while we're at it!
    Yes! We have at least two of us who believe this. Let's start a movement!

    Wait wait .. If you recall your thanksgiving traditions, 2 people is not a movement (just a ploy to avoid getting drafted) .. 3 people may be considered an organization ... it's very clear that 50 people a day is what it would take to constitute a movement.
    Well ... we have to start somewhere.
  • gelendestrasse
    gelendestrasse Posts: 204
    How much rum goes in that eggnog? :-)
  • ThePlight
    ThePlight Posts: 3,593 Member
    I'm still only waiting on eggnog for Christmas time. Going to take a full day to drink nothing but eggnog. That's as far as my celebrating goes lol.

    If you've never just dumped a carton of eggnog into an ice cream maker .. you should.
    I have not!! But this sounds O.o Yummy lol.
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    I'm still only waiting on eggnog for Christmas time. Going to take a full day to drink nothing but eggnog. That's as far as my celebrating goes lol.

    If you've never just dumped a carton of eggnog into an ice cream maker .. you should.
    I have not!! But this sounds O.o Yummy lol.
    If you live anywhere near Ithaca, NY, or are ever in that area (Finger Lakes region) around the holidays, you MUST try Purity Eggnog.

    O.M.G. There is no eggnog in the universe that even comes close.

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