re: Why are people so ignorant about their health?

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Yeah, one of the rare few actual outliers that these threads usually attract. Carrying more body fat than ideal, but he admitted that himself. That's a big ole strong baw

Now, where's that guy who's dropping 17:59 5ks at 225

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exactly and outliers are just that

its estimated less than 10% of the country performs resistance training of any kind on a weekly bases. how many of them do we think lift enough, hard enough, often enough etc to throw off the bmi? what...lets say half


so bmi is a good measurement for 95% of the population....i guess the 5% apparently post on the OT lounge on good ole tigerdroppings.

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unless you are on major juice your waist is not 32-34" at that height and weight. his jean size might be that, but his waist measurement at the naval aint frickign close to that.

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When I played college football I was 6’6 265 with a 36 in waist. I had 6 pack abs then.

We were just talking about the differences between the two boards the other day.

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You have to give up a little bit of your identity to turn it around. Most people see what it takes and make the shortsighted decision that they'd rather be dead than not eat/drink/party as they normally do.

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Thing is, you don't even have to do that. Just balance it out! Skip breakfast, eat healthy on boring weekdays when there's nothing fun happening anyway, eat fun foods without cleaning the plate, etc. Whatever works best for you.

I weigh 108lbs. You know what I consumed yesterday? A small Jersey's Mikes Italian sandwich, a small Jersey Mike's Big Kahuna steak sandwich, shrimp cocktail, chargrilled oysters with bread, well over a bottle of wine, and a trio of small scoops of crab and brie soup, duck/andouille gumbo, and sweet potato shrimp bisque. And that's not unusual for me!

You can still live an enjoyable lifestyle filled with good food and booze by [a] not eating absurd portions of it and [b] watching your intake on the days where you're not socializing. There's no reason not to eat healthy on a boring arse weekday when you have no plans.

Also, I think skipping breakfast (it's not that long until lunch) would help tons of people and still allow them to enjoy fun food/alcohol.

(Edit - I don't personally care about anyone's weight, so this is just a response to the loss of lifestyle thing)

A major issue is the amount we do not know about health and the health care industry and diet / exercise industries convince us that we ain't doing enough and doing too much at the same time. Meanwhile folks live a LONG time compared to history. The experts can't agree, everything works, nothing works, meanwhile folks get fatter and fatter and live longer and longer. Yes, it is generally unhealthy to be over weight but there are an awful lot of people who are and they live a looooonnnnggggg time...

Serious answer: I think part of the problem not often discussed is that the results of poor cumulative choices feel very disconnected from the choices themselves; meaning, each time you reach for that unhealthy item you don’t connect it with the cumulative result of being 100 lbs overweight 10 years down the line. It takes a long time for people to gain and lose weight and so it creeps up and then feels insurmountable to lose. This is not to mention the addictive and nutritionally bankrupt nature of today’s foods, people using foods to treat anxiety and depression much like drugs, and the sedentary lifestyle that leads to more impulsive eating behaviors. I think it’s more complicated than “people are lazy POSs” etc. and I especially feel for people who have a ton of weight to lose. At some point, it must feel next to impossible to tackle and that must feel awful.

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start your day with a 600 calorie large caramel frappucino

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its the 80 grams of sugar that are really good for you

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MYbe just big boned.

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na dude had man tits...i remember cause ole boy spent 10 pages bragging before we got him to post a pic

i wouldnt make fun of someone normally cause god knows im not perfect but if you are going to run your mouth then you better be able to back it up

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Probably not a great idea to start your day with that no matter what.

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Yeah there’s a ton of skinny people just as unhealthy as the chubby guy but their faster metabolism is masking the obvious warning sign.