huge topic:Americans keep getting fatter

[GH]

I have lost 25 lbs in the last 18 months. My secret? NO CUBICLE JOB!!!

Of course I have also lost my shirt, but seriously I suspect that longer work hours and sedentary high pressure jobs are a big factor in weight gain.

That and we cut sugar. NO cake, gummy bears, soda .. Pretty much anything where the first ingrediant is sugar.

Lastly no one really knows the impact of all our genetically modified foods, and substances like BGH etc.

[jpinpb]

Just wanted to share something that I’ve been going through. I had a problem w/gluten and had to eliminate all flour products. Do you know how hard it is for an italian to not eat pizza and pasta? In any case, I’ve lost weight and I think it’s a combination of sedentary lifestyle AND too much carbs. I think anyone who eliminates carbs even for a month will see results, weight loss and more enegery. But that is really hard and takes major discipline and willpower. Breads, bagels, pizza, pasta, etc, etc. It’s like an addiction.

[jpinpb]

Just wanted to share something that I’ve been going through. I had a problem w/gluten and had to eliminate all flour products. Do you know how hard it is for an italian to not eat pizza and pasta? In any case, I’ve lost weight and I think it’s a combination of sedentary lifestyle AND too much carbs. I think anyone who eliminates carbs even for a month will see results, weight loss and more enegery. But that is really hard and takes major discipline and willpower. Breads, bagels, pizza, pasta, etc, etc. It’s like an addiction.

[jpinpb]

Just wanted to share something that I’ve been going through. I had a problem w/gluten and had to eliminate all flour products. Do you know how hard it is for an italian to not eat pizza and pasta? In any case, I’ve lost weight and I think it’s a combination of sedentary lifestyle AND too much carbs. I think anyone who eliminates carbs even for a month will see results, weight loss and more enegery. But that is really hard and takes major discipline and willpower. Breads, bagels, pizza, pasta, etc, etc. It’s like an addiction.

[jpinpb]

Just wanted to share something that I’ve been going through. I had a problem w/gluten and had to eliminate all flour products. Do you know how hard it is for an italian to not eat pizza and pasta? In any case, I’ve lost weight and I think it’s a combination of sedentary lifestyle AND too much carbs. I think anyone who eliminates carbs even for a month will see results, weight loss and more enegery. But that is really hard and takes major discipline and willpower. Breads, bagels, pizza, pasta, etc, etc. It’s like an addiction.

[jpinpb]

Just wanted to share something that I’ve been going through. I had a problem w/gluten and had to eliminate all flour products. Do you know how hard it is for an italian to not eat pizza and pasta? In any case, I’ve lost weight and I think it’s a combination of sedentary lifestyle AND too much carbs. I think anyone who eliminates carbs even for a month will see results, weight loss and more enegery. But that is really hard and takes major discipline and willpower. Breads, bagels, pizza, pasta, etc, etc. It’s like an addiction.

[zzz]

Has anyone watched Food Inc? Worthwhile to watch as are some of the books written by Michael Pollan. The movie argues that fast food IS cheaper to eat than if you were to buy healthy food and cook it yourself. This family could feed a family of 4 or 5 on a fast food dollar menu for say $7 a meal.

The correlation between poverty and obesity is high. I do believe it is very challenging for a family at poverty or near it can find it difficult to afford fresh food.

Many people are ignorant when it comes to what is healthy. There is also a huge laziness factor and I also believe that people like instant gratification. Just like we have a problem in our society with overconsumption of material goods, people overconsume food they feel tastes good. The same lack of discipline is pervasive in all aspects of their life.

They think that eating a highly processed frozen dinner with the marketing that its “Lean” is actually healthier than say eating a very lean piece of grass fed beef.

For those folks who don’t fall into the poverty category, there are people who are just cheap, or are not willing to pay for healthy food. I hear people say all the time they cannot afford organic vegetables for instance or grass fed meat. I ask them how much fruit and veggies they actually eat. Lets say its $15-20 of their weekly budget for 2 people. I ask them if they are willing to spend an extra $5-10 on that food. Forget the organic argument, people somehow feel adverse to spend $100 on raw veggies, fruit and meat/fish, but would rather spend $100 on processed, premade food or eating out.

Its affordable to some people, people just choose not to spend money on it. Some people are lazy and dont’ want to cook. So they justify that they cannot afford to eat so healthy. However those same people will spend $100/month on cable TV or their iPhone bills, but they wont’ buy healthy food.

I also believe you have to be self aware of what your body type is and what you easily digest and cannot. Stop eating the things that irritate you or make you gain weight. Some people cannot eat a lot of starches such as wheat or rice, highly processed or not. They gain weight, it raises their blood sugar, they get bloated, they have acid problems or IBS. Stop taking a pill and start listening to your body. If you stopped eating and just lived off an IV drip for a few weeks, IBS or whatever stomach/digesting issues would stop plaguing you because there is nothing in your stomach/colon to irritate it. People just aren’t always self aware to figure out what food types work for them and which ones dont.

Carbs are not bad, nor are starches, there are healthier ones than others such as quinoa, buckwheat, sweet potatoes, etc. Some agree with people, others dont’. Farm fed salmon is not necessarily healthier for you than meat. People need to better understand what they are eating, what the animal they are eating ate, and how their veggies/fruit were grown.

There are a lot of people who can eat a crapload of carbs, who eat more than the average person, but also work out regularly and are thin, fit people. I don’t believe in a “diet”. Its about moderation, eating what your body can process and feeds your metabolism versus slowing it down, and about burning more than you eat.

[zzz]

Has anyone watched Food Inc? Worthwhile to watch as are some of the books written by Michael Pollan. The movie argues that fast food IS cheaper to eat than if you were to buy healthy food and cook it yourself. This family could feed a family of 4 or 5 on a fast food dollar menu for say $7 a meal.

The correlation between poverty and obesity is high. I do believe it is very challenging for a family at poverty or near it can find it difficult to afford fresh food.

Many people are ignorant when it comes to what is healthy. There is also a huge laziness factor and I also believe that people like instant gratification. Just like we have a problem in our society with overconsumption of material goods, people overconsume food they feel tastes good. The same lack of discipline is pervasive in all aspects of their life.

They think that eating a highly processed frozen dinner with the marketing that its “Lean” is actually healthier than say eating a very lean piece of grass fed beef.

For those folks who don’t fall into the poverty category, there are people who are just cheap, or are not willing to pay for healthy food. I hear people say all the time they cannot afford organic vegetables for instance or grass fed meat. I ask them how much fruit and veggies they actually eat. Lets say its $15-20 of their weekly budget for 2 people. I ask them if they are willing to spend an extra $5-10 on that food. Forget the organic argument, people somehow feel adverse to spend $100 on raw veggies, fruit and meat/fish, but would rather spend $100 on processed, premade food or eating out.

Its affordable to some people, people just choose not to spend money on it. Some people are lazy and dont’ want to cook. So they justify that they cannot afford to eat so healthy. However those same people will spend $100/month on cable TV or their iPhone bills, but they wont’ buy healthy food.

I also believe you have to be self aware of what your body type is and what you easily digest and cannot. Stop eating the things that irritate you or make you gain weight. Some people cannot eat a lot of starches such as wheat or rice, highly processed or not. They gain weight, it raises their blood sugar, they get bloated, they have acid problems or IBS. Stop taking a pill and start listening to your body. If you stopped eating and just lived off an IV drip for a few weeks, IBS or whatever stomach/digesting issues would stop plaguing you because there is nothing in your stomach/colon to irritate it. People just aren’t always self aware to figure out what food types work for them and which ones dont.

Carbs are not bad, nor are starches, there are healthier ones than others such as quinoa, buckwheat, sweet potatoes, etc. Some agree with people, others dont’. Farm fed salmon is not necessarily healthier for you than meat. People need to better understand what they are eating, what the animal they are eating ate, and how their veggies/fruit were grown.

There are a lot of people who can eat a crapload of carbs, who eat more than the average person, but also work out regularly and are thin, fit people. I don’t believe in a “diet”. Its about moderation, eating what your body can process and feeds your metabolism versus slowing it down, and about burning more than you eat.

[zzz]

Has anyone watched Food Inc? Worthwhile to watch as are some of the books written by Michael Pollan. The movie argues that fast food IS cheaper to eat than if you were to buy healthy food and cook it yourself. This family could feed a family of 4 or 5 on a fast food dollar menu for say $7 a meal.

The correlation between poverty and obesity is high. I do believe it is very challenging for a family at poverty or near it can find it difficult to afford fresh food.

Many people are ignorant when it comes to what is healthy. There is also a huge laziness factor and I also believe that people like instant gratification. Just like we have a problem in our society with overconsumption of material goods, people overconsume food they feel tastes good. The same lack of discipline is pervasive in all aspects of their life.

They think that eating a highly processed frozen dinner with the marketing that its “Lean” is actually healthier than say eating a very lean piece of grass fed beef.

For those folks who don’t fall into the poverty category, there are people who are just cheap, or are not willing to pay for healthy food. I hear people say all the time they cannot afford organic vegetables for instance or grass fed meat. I ask them how much fruit and veggies they actually eat. Lets say its $15-20 of their weekly budget for 2 people. I ask them if they are willing to spend an extra $5-10 on that food. Forget the organic argument, people somehow feel adverse to spend $100 on raw veggies, fruit and meat/fish, but would rather spend $100 on processed, premade food or eating out.

Its affordable to some people, people just choose not to spend money on it. Some people are lazy and dont’ want to cook. So they justify that they cannot afford to eat so healthy. However those same people will spend $100/month on cable TV or their iPhone bills, but they wont’ buy healthy food.

I also believe you have to be self aware of what your body type is and what you easily digest and cannot. Stop eating the things that irritate you or make you gain weight. Some people cannot eat a lot of starches such as wheat or rice, highly processed or not. They gain weight, it raises their blood sugar, they get bloated, they have acid problems or IBS. Stop taking a pill and start listening to your body. If you stopped eating and just lived off an IV drip for a few weeks, IBS or whatever stomach/digesting issues would stop plaguing you because there is nothing in your stomach/colon to irritate it. People just aren’t always self aware to figure out what food types work for them and which ones dont.

Carbs are not bad, nor are starches, there are healthier ones than others such as quinoa, buckwheat, sweet potatoes, etc. Some agree with people, others dont’. Farm fed salmon is not necessarily healthier for you than meat. People need to better understand what they are eating, what the animal they are eating ate, and how their veggies/fruit were grown.

There are a lot of people who can eat a crapload of carbs, who eat more than the average person, but also work out regularly and are thin, fit people. I don’t believe in a “diet”. Its about moderation, eating what your body can process and feeds your metabolism versus slowing it down, and about burning more than you eat.

[zzz]

Has anyone watched Food Inc? Worthwhile to watch as are some of the books written by Michael Pollan. The movie argues that fast food IS cheaper to eat than if you were to buy healthy food and cook it yourself. This family could feed a family of 4 or 5 on a fast food dollar menu for say $7 a meal.

The correlation between poverty and obesity is high. I do believe it is very challenging for a family at poverty or near it can find it difficult to afford fresh food.

Many people are ignorant when it comes to what is healthy. There is also a huge laziness factor and I also believe that people like instant gratification. Just like we have a problem in our society with overconsumption of material goods, people overconsume food they feel tastes good. The same lack of discipline is pervasive in all aspects of their life.

They think that eating a highly processed frozen dinner with the marketing that its “Lean” is actually healthier than say eating a very lean piece of grass fed beef.

For those folks who don’t fall into the poverty category, there are people who are just cheap, or are not willing to pay for healthy food. I hear people say all the time they cannot afford organic vegetables for instance or grass fed meat. I ask them how much fruit and veggies they actually eat. Lets say its $15-20 of their weekly budget for 2 people. I ask them if they are willing to spend an extra $5-10 on that food. Forget the organic argument, people somehow feel adverse to spend $100 on raw veggies, fruit and meat/fish, but would rather spend $100 on processed, premade food or eating out.

Its affordable to some people, people just choose not to spend money on it. Some people are lazy and dont’ want to cook. So they justify that they cannot afford to eat so healthy. However those same people will spend $100/month on cable TV or their iPhone bills, but they wont’ buy healthy food.

I also believe you have to be self aware of what your body type is and what you easily digest and cannot. Stop eating the things that irritate you or make you gain weight. Some people cannot eat a lot of starches such as wheat or rice, highly processed or not. They gain weight, it raises their blood sugar, they get bloated, they have acid problems or IBS. Stop taking a pill and start listening to your body. If you stopped eating and just lived off an IV drip for a few weeks, IBS or whatever stomach/digesting issues would stop plaguing you because there is nothing in your stomach/colon to irritate it. People just aren’t always self aware to figure out what food types work for them and which ones dont.

Carbs are not bad, nor are starches, there are healthier ones than others such as quinoa, buckwheat, sweet potatoes, etc. Some agree with people, others dont’. Farm fed salmon is not necessarily healthier for you than meat. People need to better understand what they are eating, what the animal they are eating ate, and how their veggies/fruit were grown.

There are a lot of people who can eat a crapload of carbs, who eat more than the average person, but also work out regularly and are thin, fit people. I don’t believe in a “diet”. Its about moderation, eating what your body can process and feeds your metabolism versus slowing it down, and about burning more than you eat.

[zzz]

Has anyone watched Food Inc? Worthwhile to watch as are some of the books written by Michael Pollan. The movie argues that fast food IS cheaper to eat than if you were to buy healthy food and cook it yourself. This family could feed a family of 4 or 5 on a fast food dollar menu for say $7 a meal.

The correlation between poverty and obesity is high. I do believe it is very challenging for a family at poverty or near it can find it difficult to afford fresh food.

Many people are ignorant when it comes to what is healthy. There is also a huge laziness factor and I also believe that people like instant gratification. Just like we have a problem in our society with overconsumption of material goods, people overconsume food they feel tastes good. The same lack of discipline is pervasive in all aspects of their life.

They think that eating a highly processed frozen dinner with the marketing that its “Lean” is actually healthier than say eating a very lean piece of grass fed beef.

For those folks who don’t fall into the poverty category, there are people who are just cheap, or are not willing to pay for healthy food. I hear people say all the time they cannot afford organic vegetables for instance or grass fed meat. I ask them how much fruit and veggies they actually eat. Lets say its $15-20 of their weekly budget for 2 people. I ask them if they are willing to spend an extra $5-10 on that food. Forget the organic argument, people somehow feel adverse to spend $100 on raw veggies, fruit and meat/fish, but would rather spend $100 on processed, premade food or eating out.

Its affordable to some people, people just choose not to spend money on it. Some people are lazy and dont’ want to cook. So they justify that they cannot afford to eat so healthy. However those same people will spend $100/month on cable TV or their iPhone bills, but they wont’ buy healthy food.

I also believe you have to be self aware of what your body type is and what you easily digest and cannot. Stop eating the things that irritate you or make you gain weight. Some people cannot eat a lot of starches such as wheat or rice, highly processed or not. They gain weight, it raises their blood sugar, they get bloated, they have acid problems or IBS. Stop taking a pill and start listening to your body. If you stopped eating and just lived off an IV drip for a few weeks, IBS or whatever stomach/digesting issues would stop plaguing you because there is nothing in your stomach/colon to irritate it. People just aren’t always self aware to figure out what food types work for them and which ones dont.

Carbs are not bad, nor are starches, there are healthier ones than others such as quinoa, buckwheat, sweet potatoes, etc. Some agree with people, others dont’. Farm fed salmon is not necessarily healthier for you than meat. People need to better understand what they are eating, what the animal they are eating ate, and how their veggies/fruit were grown.

There are a lot of people who can eat a crapload of carbs, who eat more than the average person, but also work out regularly and are thin, fit people. I don’t believe in a “diet”. Its about moderation, eating what your body can process and feeds your metabolism versus slowing it down, and about burning more than you eat.

[ocrenter]

when it comes to fat, the issue is not complete elimination, but rather shift to good fat and reduce to moderation. red meat as it presently available come from cattle that does nothing but stand in a stall all of their short lives, that translate to increased fatty content of the meat.

as for carbs, refined carbs are essentially sugar. it is, like jp pointed out, highly addictive. I know people that can down 5 bowls of white rice in a single sitting, but once they transition to brown rice they just naturally have a single bowl and that’s it. the same goes for pasta, bread, and tortillas.

the issue is too much food, regardless of the activities.

for example, brisk walking for 2 hours burn 200 calories. but if you get a single entree at a regular restaurant you are routinely looking at 1700 to 2000 calories, added to that drinks and appetizers and desert, you could be looking at 3000 calories. assuming that person would eat another 1000 calories for the other 2 meals of the day, that translate to 5000 calories. subtract 2000 calories for a typical male with average activities for a day, that’s 3000 calories over on that day. 3000/200 = 15 hours of brisk walking to burn up the excess calories. how many people walk 15 hours on a day that they decide to go out to Chili’s or TGIF or Claim Jumper?

[ocrenter]

when it comes to fat, the issue is not complete elimination, but rather shift to good fat and reduce to moderation. red meat as it presently available come from cattle that does nothing but stand in a stall all of their short lives, that translate to increased fatty content of the meat.

as for carbs, refined carbs are essentially sugar. it is, like jp pointed out, highly addictive. I know people that can down 5 bowls of white rice in a single sitting, but once they transition to brown rice they just naturally have a single bowl and that’s it. the same goes for pasta, bread, and tortillas.

the issue is too much food, regardless of the activities.

for example, brisk walking for 2 hours burn 200 calories. but if you get a single entree at a regular restaurant you are routinely looking at 1700 to 2000 calories, added to that drinks and appetizers and desert, you could be looking at 3000 calories. assuming that person would eat another 1000 calories for the other 2 meals of the day, that translate to 5000 calories. subtract 2000 calories for a typical male with average activities for a day, that’s 3000 calories over on that day. 3000/200 = 15 hours of brisk walking to burn up the excess calories. how many people walk 15 hours on a day that they decide to go out to Chili’s or TGIF or Claim Jumper?

[ocrenter]

when it comes to fat, the issue is not complete elimination, but rather shift to good fat and reduce to moderation. red meat as it presently available come from cattle that does nothing but stand in a stall all of their short lives, that translate to increased fatty content of the meat.

as for carbs, refined carbs are essentially sugar. it is, like jp pointed out, highly addictive. I know people that can down 5 bowls of white rice in a single sitting, but once they transition to brown rice they just naturally have a single bowl and that’s it. the same goes for pasta, bread, and tortillas.

the issue is too much food, regardless of the activities.

for example, brisk walking for 2 hours burn 200 calories. but if you get a single entree at a regular restaurant you are routinely looking at 1700 to 2000 calories, added to that drinks and appetizers and desert, you could be looking at 3000 calories. assuming that person would eat another 1000 calories for the other 2 meals of the day, that translate to 5000 calories. subtract 2000 calories for a typical male with average activities for a day, that’s 3000 calories over on that day. 3000/200 = 15 hours of brisk walking to burn up the excess calories. how many people walk 15 hours on a day that they decide to go out to Chili’s or TGIF or Claim Jumper?

[ocrenter]

when it comes to fat, the issue is not complete elimination, but rather shift to good fat and reduce to moderation. red meat as it presently available come from cattle that does nothing but stand in a stall all of their short lives, that translate to increased fatty content of the meat.

as for carbs, refined carbs are essentially sugar. it is, like jp pointed out, highly addictive. I know people that can down 5 bowls of white rice in a single sitting, but once they transition to brown rice they just naturally have a single bowl and that’s it. the same goes for pasta, bread, and tortillas.

the issue is too much food, regardless of the activities.

for example, brisk walking for 2 hours burn 200 calories. but if you get a single entree at a regular restaurant you are routinely looking at 1700 to 2000 calories, added to that drinks and appetizers and desert, you could be looking at 3000 calories. assuming that person would eat another 1000 calories for the other 2 meals of the day, that translate to 5000 calories. subtract 2000 calories for a typical male with average activities for a day, that’s 3000 calories over on that day. 3000/200 = 15 hours of brisk walking to burn up the excess calories. how many people walk 15 hours on a day that they decide to go out to Chili’s or TGIF or Claim Jumper?

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