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re: More Fatties Than Ever Before in the United States of Inevitable Diabetes
Posted on 1/27/15 at 2:39 pm to Henry Jones Jr
Posted on 1/27/15 at 2:39 pm to Henry Jones Jr
I stopped drinking soft drinks in 10th grade when my chemistry teacher put a railroad tie in a 2 liter coke and it nearly dissolved it.
Freaked. Me. Out.
Freaked. Me. Out.
Posted on 1/27/15 at 2:40 pm to DelU249
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well that starts with the people who say "OH LOOK AT HOW SKINNY EUROPEANS ARE" as if Europe isn't chocked full of 3rd world living conditions
But it also has France, Italy (non-Sicily ;) ), and Switzerland that aren't suffering from nearly as bad obesity.
Its cultural.
Posted on 1/27/15 at 2:41 pm to DelU249
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I was healthier at 170 lbs then I ever was when I was 155 lbs (my lowest being 135 lbs)
I was pretty skinny coming out of high school and into my 20s. In a similar way (you're probably just a little taller) - I certainly felt better/was stronger at say, 158 (BMI 24) than 145 (BMI 22). I can't even imagine being 125 (BMI 19), which I haven't been since the 10th grade. And I would likely have been regarded as "too thin" even at 145 (BMI 22) by the average American.
Having said that, ~22 pounds past the 158, I'm could stand to lose 10 to 15 pounds (or 20), no question. Virtually all of that is around the middle, compounding the problem. But, I'm not jiggly or soft - maybe just a little doughy around the middle.
Posted on 1/27/15 at 2:42 pm to TheCaterpillar
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I stopped drinking soft drinks in 10th grade when my chemistry teacher put a railroad tie in a 2 liter coke and it nearly dissolved it.
Freaked. Me. Out.
Watching those kind of videos helped me stop drinking them. I watched one where a dude boiled a two liter bottle of coke and what was left made me gag a little. It looked like tar.
I used to drink around 4-5 Dr. Peppers a day. I drank one for the first time in a while back around Christmas and it upset my stomach.
This post was edited on 1/27/15 at 2:43 pm
Posted on 1/27/15 at 2:46 pm to TheCaterpillar
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But it also has France, Italy (non-Sicily ;) ), and Switzerland that aren't suffering from nearly as bad obesity.
Its cultural.
They don't have fast food chains everywhere either and they have way more regulations on what they can serve people as well. So the fast food you get in France is totally different than the fast food you get in Baton Rouge or Oxford. Plus they know how to portion their meals. Part of the problem that Americans have is that we eat until we are so full that we can barely move. You're supposed to eat at a slower pace because it takes your stomach time to send a signal to the brain saying that it's full. We eat and stuff food in our bodies so fast that it leaves a bunch of waste.
Posted on 1/27/15 at 2:47 pm to Ace Midnight
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I was pretty skinny coming out of high school and into my 20s. In a similar way (you're probably just a little taller) - I certainly felt better/was stronger at say, 158 (BMI 24) than 145 (BMI 22). I can't even imagine being 125 (BMI 19), which I haven't been since the 10th grade. And I would likely have been regarded as "too thin" even at 145 (BMI 22) by the average American.
Came out of High School at 135ish and now 50 lbs and a back surgery later and I have never felt better. Maybe other bodies cant handle certain weight and are classified as "overweight" but when you are faster, stronger, and in better shape than ever, I call bullshite.
Posted on 1/27/15 at 2:47 pm to Henry Jones Jr
I have had a couple sprites hungover to ease my stomach, but other than that, I haven't had a soft drink in 11 years.
A regular coca-cola grosses me out
But I don't have a big sweet tooth. I drink water, milk, OJ, black coffee, beer, or liquor (with water/club soda mixer).
Drinking large quantities of water at meals really helps me curb my appetite and slow my eating.
And of course coffee to poop the food out after
A regular coca-cola grosses me out
But I don't have a big sweet tooth. I drink water, milk, OJ, black coffee, beer, or liquor (with water/club soda mixer).
Drinking large quantities of water at meals really helps me curb my appetite and slow my eating.
And of course coffee to poop the food out after
This post was edited on 1/27/15 at 2:49 pm
Posted on 1/27/15 at 2:48 pm to Henry Jones Jr
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Plus they know how to portion their meals. Part of the problem that Americans have is that we eat until we are so full that we can barely move. You're supposed to eat at a slower pace because it takes your stomach time to send a signal to the brain saying that it's full. We eat and stuff food in our bodies so fast that it leaves a bunch of waste.
Yep.
They have several smaller courses with time in between.
Posted on 1/27/15 at 2:49 pm to Ace Midnight
I think most Americans have such a distorted or just plain wrong view of what is "too skinny". I get too skinny comments from fat people all the time but never people that are actually fit/lift etc. Like I said I'm 5'9" 155/160 but people usually guess 170-175. I have broad shoulders/ back and big legs but my face and waist are skinny and my arms are releatively small so I can see where the comments come from but its the weight guessing that makes me believe people are out of touch with reality.
Posted on 1/27/15 at 2:50 pm to TheCaterpillar
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But I don't have a big sweet tooth. I drink water, milk, OJ, black coffee, beer, or liquor (with water/club soda mixer).
Drinking large quantities of water at meals really helps me curb my appetite and slow my eating.
I drink a glass of orange juice every day usually. Whenever my family goes out to a dinner I'll have a beer or liquor drink. Haven't gotten drunk in a good while though
Posted on 1/27/15 at 2:50 pm to DelU249
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This post was edited on 2/25/15 at 2:27 am
Posted on 1/27/15 at 2:50 pm to LoveThatMoney
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But when I put my public policy hat on and realize that, in real world America, we actually treat these fat fricks for things like heart disease, diabetes, blood clots, and other weight related disorders and diseases, I also have to confront the fact that the insurance companies and the government are using my money to pay for that shite.
We also have to pay for people who smoke, destroy their livers by drinking too much and people who drive too fast.
While obesity causes at least as many health problems (likely more) there really does seem to be a disproportionate amount of hatred towards at fat people.
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And you can sit there and blame the insurance companies for not properly pricing their plans, that's fine (there's a lot that goes into that pricing which I won't get into and of which I am woefully ignorant), but if you want to blame the insurance companies, then you will have to expect a higher premium for you and yours. So, even there, you're having to pay for the fatty next to you in your cubicle or on your flight.
If insurance worked how it should, then an obese person (however that is measured...like you I have no idea what the best way to do it is) will pay higher premiums for engaging in an unhealthy lifestyle, which would offset the higher costs. Someone else's overeating would have little to no effect on you at all.
And even if everything I posted is wrong and we are screwed like you say, what would you suggest we do about this? Every time this thread comes up its "frick fat people I hate them all" with zero solutions.
This post was edited on 1/27/15 at 2:56 pm
Posted on 1/27/15 at 2:51 pm to thesoccerfanjax
I was 6'2" 160-165 when I graduated college and I was thin, but I wasn't grossly skinny.
My metabolism has gone wayyyyy down in the last five years and I've gained 35-40 lbs.
I'm 27 FWIW.
My metabolism has gone wayyyyy down in the last five years and I've gained 35-40 lbs.
I'm 27 FWIW.
Posted on 1/27/15 at 2:53 pm to bigblake
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This post was edited on 5/26/23 at 9:22 am
Posted on 1/27/15 at 2:56 pm to thesoccerfanjax
I think some americans have a distorted view of what titties are
Posted on 1/27/15 at 2:56 pm to ZereauxSum
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And even if everything I posted is wrong and we are screwed like you say, what would you suggest we do about this? Every time this thread comes up its "frick fat people I hate them all" with zero solutions.
Forget the adults. They aren't changing.
Changing the culture begins in early childhood. Educational programs, better instruction of diet in schools and from parents, better education around the importance of personal health and fitness, better foods in cafeterias, more physical fitness required in schools, etc.
There are hints of this happening, but we still have a long way to go.
Posted on 1/27/15 at 2:58 pm to DelU249
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I think some americans have a distorted view of what titties are
All I need is a handful, a hard stomach, and a tight arse.
And good teeth. I'm a sucker for a smile.
Posted on 1/27/15 at 2:59 pm to TheCaterpillar
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Forget the adults. They aren't changing.
Changing the culture begins in early childhood.
This is a fairly good point - I think we've upped our "morbidly obese" numbers, quite a bit, and we're probably getting heavier, earlier, due to a more sedentary modern lifestyle, but the kids are alarmingly fat. I can count on 2 hands the "fat" kids I went to school with until about the 10th, 11th grade - heck, I remember their names.
But - today, there are whole SCHOOLS full of fat, chubby little frickers.
Posted on 1/27/15 at 2:59 pm to TheCaterpillar
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This post was edited on 5/26/23 at 9:22 am
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