why were people so skinny in the 70s?
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georgiamaas wrote: »Everybody chain smoked. Just because they were skinny doesn't mean they were healthy.
Most of my father's family were smokers, and none of them chain smoked.2 -
Carlos_421 wrote: »Tacklewasher wrote: »stevencloser wrote: »That's almost a liter bottle. I can't even finish that much soda in a whole day, nevermind a single meal. A 1.5l bottle lasts 2-3 days for me.
Yeah, was never a problem for me. A liter of pop with lunch was normal up to a couple years ago. Now it's that much water.
Normal portion size is an 8oz glass at table (maybe a 12oz if you like), so why do people drink more than that when buying meals out??
Your normal portion is not my normal portion.
I can easily drink 40 oz of whatever beverage I’m having with supper, be that water, Coke Zero, regular coke, root beer or milk (though that much milk does weigh heavy on the stomach).
I’m that guy who the waiter can never keep up with when it comes to refills. I drink no less when I eat at home. It’s very rare that I get through a meal without a refill or two.
Okay. So that's your usual portion, not necessarily a "normal" portion.0 -
misskitty2018 wrote: »they rode bikes,skateboards, danced and walked to the park to play. they ate basic meals without them adding 100 ingredients AND we were broke/poor so couldn't spend much money on groceries. Now days...it seems as though we have to have a recipe a mile long and with bread on the side. dessert every night. the list is endless.
Yup!! I often talk about this change too, whenever I can get someone to listen.
Why does food always have to be a "recipe" now??
What an odd odd string of conversation this is. I have three of my grandmothers cookbooks. She had all sorts of recipes handwritten as well as the actual cookbooks... She wrote them on the pages at the front and back of the book plus stuck them on tablet paper in between the other pages. Recipes for things like soups, goulash, bread, pies, cakes, meatloaf, meatballs... Not sure where this idea that recipes are some kind of new fangled thing came from. These cookbooks were from the 20s and 30s.
I get what you mean, but I had a lot of "plain" food at home, compared to what I see when we go out socially now. Why do good old healthy vegetables need to have oil, cheese, fruit, nuts, bacon, etc. added to them to make a modern SALAD!!?3 -
I know this is a couple of decades off (1950's) but this is one thing
other than that people use to get a lot more physical activity... today physical activity = checking facebook and seeing what new and wondrous things you can be offended with and whine about
Let's not forget, back then people went to restaurants on special occasions and most cooking were home meal cooking. Nowadays, it's common to see people at restaurants/fast food chains almost every day.
Again, another statement that makes me wonder a) if you were alive in the '70s, and/or b) if the experience was really that different in different places.
We went out to eat quite often - at least as often as we do nowadays. Definitely at least once a week, sometimes more, and 100% definitely not just for special occasions. Sometimes it was a chain restaurant, sometimes a mom-and-pop place, sometimes fast food.
Yes I agree there were and still are cultural differences between places. Yes I was alive in the 70s and my parents didn't do this eating out thing. The occasional fast food restaurant for a treat, but never restaurant meals as a substitute for our daily meals at home. And now I don't do it in my own house with my wife and children either. Just doesn't appeal to me.1 -
misskitty2018 wrote: »they rode bikes,skateboards, danced and walked to the park to play. they ate basic meals without them adding 100 ingredients AND we were broke/poor so couldn't spend much money on groceries. Now days...it seems as though we have to have a recipe a mile long and with bread on the side. dessert every night. the list is endless.
Yup!! I often talk about this change too, whenever I can get someone to listen.
Why does food always have to be a "recipe" now??
What an odd odd string of conversation this is. I have three of my grandmothers cookbooks. She had all sorts of recipes handwritten as well as the actual cookbooks... She wrote them on the pages at the front and back of the book plus stuck them on tablet paper in between the other pages. Recipes for things like soups, goulash, bread, pies, cakes, meatloaf, meatballs... Not sure where this idea that recipes are some kind of new fangled thing came from. These cookbooks were from the 20s and 30s.
I get what you mean, but I had a lot of "plain" food at home, compared to what I see when we go out socially now. Why do good old healthy vegetables need to have oil, cheese, fruit, nuts, bacon, etc. added to them to make a modern SALAD!!?
Mostly, so that people actually want to eat it.4 -
Fast food was a treat and portions were so much smaller! What is the equivalent of a regular cheeseburger, small fries, and small coke was the regular go to portion size for an infrequent fast food meal. Plus, everyone pretty much cooked. Kids rode bikes everywhere and went out and played. Oh, and no joke, EVERY ADULT SMOKED. Smoking keeps you thin.6
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jmorris7156 wrote: »meth :laugh:
Nope, meth wasn't invented yet! It was all weed, coke, acid, PCP, shrooms...2 -
we ate less snacks , and fast food was not easy to get in most neighborhoods . we had to walk 3 miles to the cinema if we wanted to save the buss fair for a 26 cent Mc Donalds cheeseburger after the movie ! that would have been about 1971- 72
we walked to school and to the library , If we wanted to go any where further walked to the T station when we got to our stop we walked to the pool or skating rink , played outside earned a dime or a quarter running to the store for neighbors
( because if you were indoors mom would find chores )for play time we rode bikes, climbed trees , skated . in the winter we made snow caves and forts and went ice skating and sledding . TV was so limited and reception was not great .
It is so different now even the grocery store is full of fast food2 -
KatsuKitty wrote: »jmorris7156 wrote: »meth :laugh:
Nope, meth wasn't invented yet! It was all weed, coke, acid, PCP, shrooms...
Check your history:
"By 1970 amphetamines by themself or combined in other mixtures turned out to be one of the most abused drugs besides marijuana throughout the United States"
http://www.crystalrecovery.com/the-history-of-crystal-meth.html4 -
KatsuKitty wrote: »Fast food was a treat and portions were so much smaller! What is the equivalent of a regular cheeseburger, small fries, and small coke was the regular go to portion size for an infrequent fast food meal. Plus, everyone pretty much cooked. Kids rode bikes everywhere and went out and played. Oh, and no joke, EVERY ADULT SMOKED. Smoking keeps you thin.
I'm assuming when you say "no joke" you actually mean "just kidding".5 -
KatsuKitty wrote: »...Oh, and no joke, EVERY ADULT SMOKED. Smoking keeps you thin.
Tell it to my neighbors across the street in the '70s. They both smoked and both of them were near 400 lbs.
Yes, a lot more people smoked in the '70s. But they weren't all thin - not by a longshot.6 -
misskitty2018 wrote: »they rode bikes,skateboards, danced and walked to the park to play. they ate basic meals without them adding 100 ingredients AND we were broke/poor so couldn't spend much money on groceries. Now days...it seems as though we have to have a recipe a mile long and with bread on the side. dessert every night. the list is endless.
Yup!! I often talk about this change too, whenever I can get someone to listen.
Why does food always have to be a "recipe" now??
What an odd odd string of conversation this is. I have three of my grandmothers cookbooks. She had all sorts of recipes handwritten as well as the actual cookbooks... She wrote them on the pages at the front and back of the book plus stuck them on tablet paper in between the other pages. Recipes for things like soups, goulash, bread, pies, cakes, meatloaf, meatballs... Not sure where this idea that recipes are some kind of new fangled thing came from. These cookbooks were from the 20s and 30s.
I get what you mean, but I had a lot of "plain" food at home, compared to what I see when we go out socially now. Why do good old healthy vegetables need to have oil, cheese, fruit, nuts, bacon, etc. added to them to make a modern SALAD!!?
Mostly, so that people actually want to eat it.
But fresh veggies and salad taste perfectly fine and delicious on their own. If you aren't hungry enough to eat fresh veggies, you probably aren't that hungry.4 -
BrianSharpe wrote: »1. No Internet.
2. No video games.
3. Home cooked meals (from scratch)
4. Kids played outside after school.
5. Parents didn't drive kids everywhere, we rode our bikes or walked.
This. Also fizzy drinks, crisps, chocolate bars and chocolate biscuits were treats, for parites and weekends only (and not always at weekends)0 -
There were a lot of reason, but one people forget is that there were also stronger diet pills as well. There were a lot of people on diets even back then, it's not like everyone was thin and never had to work at keeping their weight down.6
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Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »misskitty2018 wrote: »they rode bikes,skateboards, danced and walked to the park to play. they ate basic meals without them adding 100 ingredients AND we were broke/poor so couldn't spend much money on groceries. Now days...it seems as though we have to have a recipe a mile long and with bread on the side. dessert every night. the list is endless.
Yup!! I often talk about this change too, whenever I can get someone to listen.
Why does food always have to be a "recipe" now??
What an odd odd string of conversation this is. I have three of my grandmothers cookbooks. She had all sorts of recipes handwritten as well as the actual cookbooks... She wrote them on the pages at the front and back of the book plus stuck them on tablet paper in between the other pages. Recipes for things like soups, goulash, bread, pies, cakes, meatloaf, meatballs... Not sure where this idea that recipes are some kind of new fangled thing came from. These cookbooks were from the 20s and 30s.
I get what you mean, but I had a lot of "plain" food at home, compared to what I see when we go out socially now. Why do good old healthy vegetables need to have oil, cheese, fruit, nuts, bacon, etc. added to them to make a modern SALAD!!?
Mostly, so that people actually want to eat it.
But fresh veggies and salad taste perfectly fine and delicious on their own. If you aren't hungry enough to eat fresh veggies, you probably aren't that hungry.
But then, my salad is a side dish. If I want a light lunch or dinner, I want to add some protein to it.3 -
Wheelhouse15 wrote: »There were a lot of reason, but one people forget is that there were also stronger diet pills as well. There were a lot of people on diets even back then, it's not like everyone was thin and never had to work at keeping their weight down.
I remember my grandmother (who was morbidly obese) eating "Ayds" diet candies in the '70s. The active ingredient was benzocaine, later changed to Phenylpropanolamine (aka beta-hydroxyamphetamine).6 -
Carlos_421 wrote: »Tacklewasher wrote: »stevencloser wrote: »That's almost a liter bottle. I can't even finish that much soda in a whole day, nevermind a single meal. A 1.5l bottle lasts 2-3 days for me.
Yeah, was never a problem for me. A liter of pop with lunch was normal up to a couple years ago. Now it's that much water.
Normal portion size is an 8oz glass at table (maybe a 12oz if you like), so why do people drink more than that when buying meals out??
Your normal portion is not my normal portion.
I can easily drink 40 oz of whatever beverage I’m having with supper, be that water, Coke Zero, regular coke, root beer or milk (though that much milk does weigh heavy on the stomach).
I’m that guy who the waiter can never keep up with when it comes to refills. I drink no less when I eat at home. It’s very rare that I get through a meal without a refill or two.
Okay. So that's your usual portion, not necessarily a "normal" portion.
And what data do you have to show that people only drink 8 oz of fluid with their dinner when dining at home?
You claimed that people drink more when eating out than in their own homes. That isn't my experience nor have I ever witnessed it.4 -
misskitty2018 wrote: »they rode bikes,skateboards, danced and walked to the park to play. they ate basic meals without them adding 100 ingredients AND we were broke/poor so couldn't spend much money on groceries. Now days...it seems as though we have to have a recipe a mile long and with bread on the side. dessert every night. the list is endless.
Yup!! I often talk about this change too, whenever I can get someone to listen.
Why does food always have to be a "recipe" now??
What an odd odd string of conversation this is. I have three of my grandmothers cookbooks. She had all sorts of recipes handwritten as well as the actual cookbooks... She wrote them on the pages at the front and back of the book plus stuck them on tablet paper in between the other pages. Recipes for things like soups, goulash, bread, pies, cakes, meatloaf, meatballs... Not sure where this idea that recipes are some kind of new fangled thing came from. These cookbooks were from the 20s and 30s.
I get what you mean, but I had a lot of "plain" food at home, compared to what I see when we go out socially now. Why do good old healthy vegetables need to have oil, cheese, fruit, nuts, bacon, etc. added to them to make a modern SALAD!!?
Because it tastes better?? People don't tend to go out to eat with expectations of plain, boring food. If we're going to pay good money for a meal, we want it to be delicious.4 -
Wheelhouse15 wrote: »There were a lot of reason, but one people forget is that there were also stronger diet pills as well. There were a lot of people on diets even back then, it's not like everyone was thin and never had to work at keeping their weight down.
I remember my grandmother (who was morbidly obese) eating "Ayds" diet candies in the '70s. The active ingredient was benzocaine, later changed to Phenylpropanolamine (aka beta-hydroxyamphetamine).
My mother did Dexatrim, which was Dexedrine and I remember Ayds and a few others. Then there were also the fad diets like the Scarsdale Diet and my mother was at Weight Watchers so often I thought I was an orphan!
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Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »misskitty2018 wrote: »they rode bikes,skateboards, danced and walked to the park to play. they ate basic meals without them adding 100 ingredients AND we were broke/poor so couldn't spend much money on groceries. Now days...it seems as though we have to have a recipe a mile long and with bread on the side. dessert every night. the list is endless.
Yup!! I often talk about this change too, whenever I can get someone to listen.
Why does food always have to be a "recipe" now??
What an odd odd string of conversation this is. I have three of my grandmothers cookbooks. She had all sorts of recipes handwritten as well as the actual cookbooks... She wrote them on the pages at the front and back of the book plus stuck them on tablet paper in between the other pages. Recipes for things like soups, goulash, bread, pies, cakes, meatloaf, meatballs... Not sure where this idea that recipes are some kind of new fangled thing came from. These cookbooks were from the 20s and 30s.
I get what you mean, but I had a lot of "plain" food at home, compared to what I see when we go out socially now. Why do good old healthy vegetables need to have oil, cheese, fruit, nuts, bacon, etc. added to them to make a modern SALAD!!?
Mostly, so that people actually want to eat it.
But fresh veggies and salad taste perfectly fine and delicious on their own. If you aren't hungry enough to eat fresh veggies, you probably aren't that hungry.
That's your taste, though. If I'm willing to eat fresh (uncooked) vegetables with nothing on them, I'm not just hungry. I'm starving.6
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