Inexcusable culture

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  • metalpalace
    metalpalace Posts: 576
    I think the movie Wally said it all! The humans ride around in chairs and never take there eyes off the TV screen, all over weight, slurpy sucking waste of life forms.

    But instead of *****ing about it why not go talk at a local school about healthy food choices. Support the local farmers, write to congress about the lack of water to go to farms, ect.

    My kids have quite a few friends who wont eat at my house because we serve fruit and veggies for snacks and if they don't eat the fruit or veggies they don't eat. Once a boy asked me where are the frozen pizzas, I told him he could have carrots or an apple and he laughed! He thought that I was kidding, that made me sad. He said he didn't think that carrots looked tasty! He had never eaten a carrot before! He can however, tell you ever kind of pizza that Round Table serves! :cry:

    Right on! Im an independent beachbody coach and I'm proud to say I have a huge growing team of people I help live healthier lives :) That's something worth catching on like wild fire. In our bubble gum culture all it takes is for something to be "in" and most people will do it. But I personally rather help people for the right reasons more so than for a popularity contest.

    Sad about kids whos parents don't teach them how to live a healthy life. Some of those kids will learn on their own and live a healthier life but most of them will duplicate how they were raised and continue to raise their kids the same way. It is incredibly sad.
  • metalpalace
    metalpalace Posts: 576
    p.s. I had pizza sunday night.

    mmm... I LOVE Pizza. I love Burgers to :) There is a nutritious way to make both items and tell you the truth they are FAR more satisfying when its all whole food. Check out my Tommy Omnivorous burger in my blog, bottom most post: http://foodforpleasure.blogspot.com I need to add pizza in their soon. There are actually a lot of tasty nutritious ways to make pizza.
  • xsargex
    xsargex Posts: 768
    p.s. I had pizza sunday night.

    mmm... I LOVE Pizza. I love Burgers to :) There is a nutritious way to make both items and tell you the truth they are FAR more satisfying when its all whole food. Check out my Tommy Omnivorous burger in my blog, bottom most post: http://foodforpleasure.blogspot.com I need to add pizza in their soon. There are actually a lot of tasty nutritious ways to make pizza.

    Word. My wife makes a whole-wheat pizza. Makes the crust from scratch. We use turkey sausage and low-fat cheese. Basically a taco pizza with fresh veggies ontop. Its amazing.
  • twotongal
    twotongal Posts: 12
    Japan when they first made planes to enter the national market found Americans were not booking with their airlines.
    After a study they had to re do the seats we would not fit in the ones made to fit a behind of adverage size set by world nat.

    How to make a Japan car designer laugh, just say 64 oz cup holder to them.
    For America only they had to change the cup holder from 6 oz and 12 oz to American size 64 oz.

    And none of this I have more, has made America wake up.

    England and France have jokes, we may have long winding roads and stuffy old pubs but in America they have fast food on every corner!

    You can try and blame tv gov. and the faze of the moon, but there will always be a bridge for sale.

    I came to realize a lot about Americans as I started to hammer down on getting fit, I changed my life all the way around and got slapped for it by people.

    I called my cable company to cancel my cable after my bill cycle, simple right?
    I was getting too active to be home and watch it and at the price, I could buy the series I liked for a 1/3 rd of the price..

    over a half hour on the phone the worker tells me no one cancels tv!
    I had the distrect manager on my door not a month later telling me I had to sign up as I need cable not just internet.
    He came three times, the trucks were parked by our pole for weeks till I said I would file a complaint, he just knew I was stealing cable cause no one has ever canceled tv.

    So I later made another change, any store within 3 miles of me I will walk to and leave the car at home.
    This will help me not only get fit but shop wiser as car trip to Sam's is only once a month now.
    I must walk if I want something bad enough. ( 2 liter soda fell off the list back when I was carrin the bags, just not worth it)

    I bought a shopping buggie aka granny cart, I did one month of carrin the items, I came to know I am no xena of pack muling it.

    I can only go out with it in the mornings, too many people yelling at me from cars about it sucks to be poor don't it? to hey did the monthly check not cover the bus? more was said but you get the pic.

    I thought it was just some people till I went to the hardware store well known chain, to price a rug shampooer a friend of my hubbies needed one and I did not want to loan him mine, I sort of knew the mess and so not going into my machine, it was next to grocery store so popped in, ask about delivery as I wanted to make sure it got there, well before i could say he would drive it back so just one way she comes out with the housing units are not 1/4 mile from here, boss makes deals to yous in the units all while looking at my shopping buggie. Not racist but assuming I was too poor to own a car with having a granny buggie.

    No one to date has ever thought my buggie is for fitness, that I choose to use it instead of the car.

    We here have made it so the people themselves accept lack of will as a norm. Any effort to anything is viewed as odd behavior.

    I have heard people say I was nuts to walk take the car as your icie will melt that way, 1x a month i get an ice drink 227 cal. I will walk to it and walk back every time.

    It is sad people accept an unhealthy way of life, but here it is norm.
    In America the people make it hard for anyone to do something for fitness, I felt like giving up my cart many times, but my health is worth the "experience" sort of, from others I get by using it.

    TTG
  • foxyforce
    foxyforce Posts: 3,078 Member
    i doubt the validity of this study, and the idea that these are 'choices' is so confouded with other variables. i know people are dumb and make poor choices, we all have, we all do, and we all will continue to do so in the future, but 80%? someone may be using drugs and get killed in a car accident that was never their fault. 80% is too high for me to find that credible, maybe i just don't want to believe it though. i dunno. interesting to think about though.

    Im sure there is a margin of error. If you follow studies at all then you know the significance level is going to be within a .5% margin of error or it would not have been published. I'm not sure if these findings can be found online I only know of them in academic text book publishings. ACSM and ACE are the two that I know of.

    did you take stats, it sounds like you took stats? im in the behavioural sciences and that is why i am nit picking. i read your other post saying that it is soley nutiriotional and exercise areas...and that diseases are reasons for this. but at the same time, there are other reasons, these scientists would NEVER be able to figure out each cause. no way man!:tongue:
  • xsargex
    xsargex Posts: 768
    Japan when they first made planes to enter the national market found Americans were not booking with their airlines.
    After a study they had to re do the seats we would not fit in the ones made to fit a behind of adverage size set by world nat.

    How to make a Japan car designer laugh, just say 64 oz cup holder to them.
    For America only they had to change the cup holder from 6 oz and 12 oz to American size 64 oz.

    And none of this I have more, has made America wake up.

    England and France have jokes, we may have long winding roads and stuffy old pubs but in America they have fast food on every corner!

    You can try and blame tv gov. and the faze of the moon, but there will always be a bridge for sale.

    I came to realize a lot about Americans as I started to hammer down on getting fit, I changed my life all the way around and got slapped for it by people.

    I called my cable company to cancel my cable after my bill cycle, simple right?
    I was getting too active to be home and watch it and at the price, I could buy the series I liked for a 1/3 rd of the price..

    over a half hour on the phone the worker tells me no one cancels tv!
    I had the distrect manager on my door not a month later telling me I had to sign up as I need cable not just internet.
    He came three times, the trucks were parked by our pole for weeks till I said I would file a complaint, he just knew I was stealing cable cause no one has ever canceled tv.

    So I later made another change, any store within 3 miles of me I will walk to and leave the car at home.
    This will help me not only get fit but shop wiser as car trip to Sam's is only once a month now.
    I must walk if I want something bad enough. ( 2 liter soda fell off the list back when I was carrin the bags, just not worth it)

    I bought a shopping buggie aka granny cart, I did one month of carrin the items, I came to know I am no xena of pack muling it.

    I can only go out with it in the mornings, too many people yelling at me from cars about it sucks to be poor don't it? to hey did the monthly check not cover the bus? more was said but you get the pic.

    I thought it was just some people till I went to the hardware store well known chain, to price a rug shampooer a friend of my hubbies needed one and I did not want to loan him mine, I sort of knew the mess and so not going into my machine, it was next to grocery store so popped in, ask about delivery as I wanted to make sure it got there, well before i could say he would drive it back so just one way she comes out with the housing units are not 1/4 mile from here, boss makes deals to yous in the units all while looking at my shopping buggie. Not racist but assuming I was too poor to own a car with having a granny buggie.

    No one to date has ever thought my buggie is for fitness, that I choose to use it instead of the car.

    We here have made it so the people themselves accept lack of will as a norm. Any effort to anything is viewed as odd behavior.

    I have heard people say I was nuts to walk take the car as your icie will melt that way, 1x a month i get an ice drink 227 cal. I will walk to it and walk back every time.

    It is sad people accept an unhealthy way of life, but here it is norm.
    In America the people make it hard for anyone to do something for fitness, I felt like giving up my cart many times, but my health is worth the "experience" sort of, from others I get by using it.

    TTG

    ummmm..... what?
  • TamTastic
    TamTastic Posts: 19,224 Member
    I know. It is sad how many people are in ill health because of their own poor lifestyle choices. I was one of them...I would mistreat my body so bad and paid the price.

    It really is amazing that as soon as you do treat your body right through healthy food and exercise(no starving or diet pills or anything like that), it doesn't hold a grudge and rewards you. :wink:
  • metalpalace
    metalpalace Posts: 576
    i doubt the validity of this study, and the idea that these are 'choices' is so confouded with other variables. i know people are dumb and make poor choices, we all have, we all do, and we all will continue to do so in the future, but 80%? someone may be using drugs and get killed in a car accident that was never their fault. 80% is too high for me to find that credible, maybe i just don't want to believe it though. i dunno. interesting to think about though.

    Im sure there is a margin of error. If you follow studies at all then you know the significance level is going to be within a .5% margin of error or it would not have been published. I'm not sure if these findings can be found online I only know of them in academic text book publishings. ACSM and ACE are the two that I know of.

    did you take stats, it sounds like you took stats? im in the behavioural sciences and that is why i am nit picking. i read your other post saying that it is soley nutiriotional and exercise areas...and that diseases are reasons for this. but at the same time, there are other reasons, these scientists would NEVER be able to figure out each cause. no way man!:tongue:

    I cited a stat but I didnt take a statistics class if that is what you are asking. I learned about procedural sciences and research in my various social science classes.

    OH god no there are over 300 million people in this country. I dont know how many of them are adults, but definitely not possible to know each and every case.
  • metalpalace
    metalpalace Posts: 576
    I know. It is sad how many people are in ill health because of their own poor lifestyle choices. I was one of them...I would mistreat my body so bad and paid the price.

    It really is amazing that as soon as you do treat your body right through healthy food and exercise(no starving or diet pills or anything like that), it doesn't hold a grudge and rewards you. :wink:

    Before August of 07 I was the same. Never going back to that place! I was always interested in bettering myself. Once I actively sought out the knowledge and was more concerned with learning to become independently healthy instead of just arbitrarily going through some motions I really took off :)
  • Don't take your kids to fast food. DO NOT let them play in fast food facility playground.
    Reasons:
    1) They get use to the taste of fast food.
    2) When they grown up, they associate Mcdonals as good time with their parent so they like to eat their.

    Don't take your car for a 15 minutes errands. I used to be skinny when I don't have a car.
    Summer is here. It's time to take a walk, ride bike. Leave the car home, save money, good for environment.
  • apalesko
    apalesko Posts: 21
    Japan when they first made planes to enter the national market found Americans were not booking with their airlines.
    After a study they had to re do the seats we would not fit in the ones made to fit a behind of adverage size set by world nat.

    How to make a Japan car designer laugh, just say 64 oz cup holder to them.
    For America only they had to change the cup holder from 6 oz and 12 oz to American size 64 oz.

    And none of this I have more, has made America wake up.

    England and France have jokes, we may have long winding roads and stuffy old pubs but in America they have fast food on every corner!

    You can try and blame tv gov. and the faze of the moon, but there will always be a bridge for sale.

    I came to realize a lot about Americans as I started to hammer down on getting fit, I changed my life all the way around and got slapped for it by people.

    I called my cable company to cancel my cable after my bill cycle, simple right?
    I was getting too active to be home and watch it and at the price, I could buy the series I liked for a 1/3 rd of the price..

    over a half hour on the phone the worker tells me no one cancels tv!
    I had the distrect manager on my door not a month later telling me I had to sign up as I need cable not just internet.
    He came three times, the trucks were parked by our pole for weeks till I said I would file a complaint, he just knew I was stealing cable cause no one has ever canceled tv.

    So I later made another change, any store within 3 miles of me I will walk to and leave the car at home.
    This will help me not only get fit but shop wiser as car trip to Sam's is only once a month now.
    I must walk if I want something bad enough. ( 2 liter soda fell off the list back when I was carrin the bags, just not worth it)

    I bought a shopping buggie aka granny cart, I did one month of carrin the items, I came to know I am no xena of pack muling it.

    I can only go out with it in the mornings, too many people yelling at me from cars about it sucks to be poor don't it? to hey did the monthly check not cover the bus? more was said but you get the pic.

    I thought it was just some people till I went to the hardware store well known chain, to price a rug shampooer a friend of my hubbies needed one and I did not want to loan him mine, I sort of knew the mess and so not going into my machine, it was next to grocery store so popped in, ask about delivery as I wanted to make sure it got there, well before i could say he would drive it back so just one way she comes out with the housing units are not 1/4 mile from here, boss makes deals to yous in the units all while looking at my shopping buggie. Not racist but assuming I was too poor to own a car with having a granny buggie.

    No one to date has ever thought my buggie is for fitness, that I choose to use it instead of the car.

    We here have made it so the people themselves accept lack of will as a norm. Any effort to anything is viewed as odd behavior.

    I have heard people say I was nuts to walk take the car as your icie will melt that way, 1x a month i get an ice drink 227 cal. I will walk to it and walk back every time.

    It is sad people accept an unhealthy way of life, but here it is norm.
    In America the people make it hard for anyone to do something for fitness, I felt like giving up my cart many times, but my health is worth the "experience" sort of, from others I get by using it.

    TTG

    For as many health problems as exist in America, there are plenty of great health initiatives in America as well... As a country, sure, we have problems, and there's plenty that can be done to increase health; it's a work in progress, certainly. But as an American who lives abroad, I can tell you that other countries have just as many problems. Yup--just like America isn't perfect, other countries aren't perfect, either!

    I suppose I just feel rather disgruntled when people make these generalizations about America, because it's truly NOT the norm that all Americans accept an unhealthy way of life. Not at all. It's one thing to hear these things from a foreigner, it's another to hear it from another American. But I also know for certain it is not the norm for Americans to have a lack of will, so that's a relief. :)
  • metalpalace
    metalpalace Posts: 576
    Japan when they first made planes to enter the national market found Americans were not booking with their airlines.
    After a study they had to re do the seats we would not fit in the ones made to fit a behind of adverage size set by world nat.

    How to make a Japan car designer laugh, just say 64 oz cup holder to them.
    For America only they had to change the cup holder from 6 oz and 12 oz to American size 64 oz.

    And none of this I have more, has made America wake up.

    England and France have jokes, we may have long winding roads and stuffy old pubs but in America they have fast food on every corner!

    You can try and blame tv gov. and the faze of the moon, but there will always be a bridge for sale.

    I came to realize a lot about Americans as I started to hammer down on getting fit, I changed my life all the way around and got slapped for it by people.

    I called my cable company to cancel my cable after my bill cycle, simple right?
    I was getting too active to be home and watch it and at the price, I could buy the series I liked for a 1/3 rd of the price..

    over a half hour on the phone the worker tells me no one cancels tv!
    I had the distrect manager on my door not a month later telling me I had to sign up as I need cable not just internet.
    He came three times, the trucks were parked by our pole for weeks till I said I would file a complaint, he just knew I was stealing cable cause no one has ever canceled tv.

    So I later made another change, any store within 3 miles of me I will walk to and leave the car at home.
    This will help me not only get fit but shop wiser as car trip to Sam's is only once a month now.
    I must walk if I want something bad enough. ( 2 liter soda fell off the list back when I was carrin the bags, just not worth it)

    I bought a shopping buggie aka granny cart, I did one month of carrin the items, I came to know I am no xena of pack muling it.

    I can only go out with it in the mornings, too many people yelling at me from cars about it sucks to be poor don't it? to hey did the monthly check not cover the bus? more was said but you get the pic.

    I thought it was just some people till I went to the hardware store well known chain, to price a rug shampooer a friend of my hubbies needed one and I did not want to loan him mine, I sort of knew the mess and so not going into my machine, it was next to grocery store so popped in, ask about delivery as I wanted to make sure it got there, well before i could say he would drive it back so just one way she comes out with the housing units are not 1/4 mile from here, boss makes deals to yous in the units all while looking at my shopping buggie. Not racist but assuming I was too poor to own a car with having a granny buggie.

    No one to date has ever thought my buggie is for fitness, that I choose to use it instead of the car.

    We here have made it so the people themselves accept lack of will as a norm. Any effort to anything is viewed as odd behavior.

    I have heard people say I was nuts to walk take the car as your icie will melt that way, 1x a month i get an ice drink 227 cal. I will walk to it and walk back every time.

    It is sad people accept an unhealthy way of life, but here it is norm.
    In America the people make it hard for anyone to do something for fitness, I felt like giving up my cart many times, but my health is worth the "experience" sort of, from others I get by using it.

    TTG

    For as many health problems as exist in America, there are plenty of great health initiatives in America as well... As a country, sure, we have problems, and there's plenty that can be done to increase health; it's a work in progress, certainly. But as an American who lives abroad, I can tell you that other countries have just as many problems. Yup--just like America isn't perfect, other countries aren't perfect, either!

    I suppose I just feel rather disgruntled when people make these generalizations about America, because it's truly NOT the norm that all Americans accept an unhealthy way of life. Not at all. It's one thing to hear these things from a foreigner, it's another to hear it from another American. But I also know for certain it is not the norm for Americans to have a lack of will, so that's a relief. :)

    All great points! As far as a health care system that is a whole other ball of wax. As far as personal autonomy from person to person.... We are still the only nation of people, whos people has that dreaded 80 percent statistic as a result of diet choices and activity level AND the only nation with that unforgivable new phrase, onset of early childhood obesity.
  • ilike2moveit
    ilike2moveit Posts: 776 Member
    I have to agree that we are a brain-washed culture. We've been raised to want more of everything, and to demand it now, because we have a sense of entitlement. We buy now, pay later. We overeat, over-indulge, and over-enjoy now and pay later.
    Well said;Sad but true. Stress is also a big killer-high blood pressure, heart disease, etc.
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