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Childhood obesity ads

POSTED BY: CANTTAKESKY
UPDATED: Thursday, January 12, 2012 18:19
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Monday, January 9, 2012 9:09 AM

The difference between your husband and me is that apparently he wants people around. It's nothing against people, I'm just not all that interested in a lot of talk or cuddly nonsense. Considering some of my other behaviour and my social flaws, I'm possibly autistic, or not autistic but similar in world-view. And while some people with autism still want intimacy, I do not. They might have limited tolerance, but I have no tolerance.

I spent a nice few years lobotomized by medication. No thanks.

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Monday, January 9, 2012 9:28 AM

BYTEMITE

Niki: I think it's possible there might be food shortages, though I suspect they'll be created rather than genuine.

I think the crap put in food is probably addictive, but at the same time, I also think there's a problem in this society were we may be a little too epicurean for our own good. There's almost a focus on what do we want to eat. It's not eating in moderation, it's "that looks good" the moment we see it. I know people who struggle with their weight who will drive past a Sonic drive through for a burger and a non-diet drink, and on the way back, see the Sonic again and stop by for a milkshake not a half hour later. The appetite has been conditioned to respond to stimulus too often, taking advantage of a weakness that was necessary for our sparser living ancestors.

But if you think about it, food actually isn't all that appealing. It's organic chemicals, it's dead stuff that our brain tricks us into thinking that it tastes good, with maybe some industry synthesized chemicals to trick us further.

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Monday, January 9, 2012 2:37 PM

RIONAEIRE

Beir bua agus beannacht

What you do with your body is up to you Byte, you've tried both ways and if you like yourself better without medicine that's your choice. Plus I know you don't really enjoy having lots of people around all the time anyways. I just don't think you have as annoying of social habbits as you think you do. You're my good friend and I like you a lot. So you must be allright because if you were annoying we wouldn't be friends.

Niki, I'm sure you've tried to tell Choey this, but yoyo dieting is really bad for her body, diet then stop, diet then stop, that's what my aunt does and her weight goes up and down like a trampoleen and its really not good.

I'm guilty as charged when it comes to food, I love love love eating, its one of my favorite activities honestly, I love eating.

"A completely coherant River means writers don't deliver" KatTaya

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Monday, January 9, 2012 2:57 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!

Yeah, food can be great. But what it can do TO you, ain't always so great. One just has to ask... which do you love more ? Eating, or being healthy, slimmer, and able to run up a hill or a few miles with out fear of keeling over.

As the wise man told the young boy... " The answer is in your hands ".

"The world is a dangerous place. Not because of the people who are evil; but because of the people who don't do anything about it." - Albert Einstein

You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot help the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer. You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves. - Someone.

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Tuesday, January 10, 2012 6:08 AM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...

Byte, bang ON:

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There's almost a focus on what do we want to eat. It's not eating in moderation, it's "that looks good" the moment we see it.

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The appetite has been conditioned to respond to stimulus too often, taking advantage of a weakness that was necessary for our sparser living ancestors.

Just what I believe...and advertising and the amazing choices we have only makes it worse. In the other countries I've visited (even England, and that not but a few years back), while there are a few "supermarkets" like ours, they are the exception rather than the rule, and don't have nearly the variety we do. It's kinda gross to me, really, how we're inundated with so MUCH!

Those people you described with Sonic made my jaw drop. I used to hit McDonalds now and again, but rarely and only 'cuz we've got one nearby, and I used to get a Subway now and again. But I haven't frequented ANY fast-food place in years, and don't plan to. Yuck!

Just as an aside, I think MANY men become isolationists as they get older. Jim sure is; he doesn't have a single friend and hasn't for years, and few interests besides his motorcycle and the dogs. I've met many women whose husbands are similar. True for older women, too, but I think to a lesser extent...women are more social in general.

Also, I've discovered myself, as we're less able to be active with age, food becomes more important, for obvious reasons. As life narrows, what IS possible gets more attention. When being slim and healthIER has less attraction because you can't run up a hill even if you ARE, there's less incentive. It would help my back somewhat and other parts of my bod a bit, I'd still have the degenerative disc disorder, sciatica and other stuff which prohibit my being active. Hell, even doing a bit of housework or cooking a meal has me on my back the rest of the day, so pleasing the palate takes on more importance. And I smoke more.

And yes, Riona, I mentioned it once or twice to Choey, but I ceased giving her advice long ago; she's a bit bullheaded and it's not worth it. Her body; she does the same thing with cigarettes, and it always makes me shake my head to see her going back and forth; if I'm cooking for us, I have to remember to ask if she' eating carbs or if I should just cook for Jim and I. HE's a fish-and-poultry-only vegetarian, so I have to plan my cooking around HIM, too. Shees. Mostly we "cook" for ourselves and I live on sandwiches; I've cooked real meals for Jim and I this past week while Choey's Back East visiting family, and it's really laid me out. Good to eat hot food, tho', so worth the pain--and I always make a big amount so I can live on leftovers for days. Been hard enough that I'm ready to go back to sandwiches when the leftovers run out now.

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Wednesday, January 11, 2012 5:18 PM

WISHIMAY

See, I told y'all. We're big peoples here. An article from my local news...

http://www.14news.com/story/16500692/tv-crew-from-england-in-tri-state
-to-see-what-we-eat

I coulda saved 'em a trip. Donuts for breakfast, burgers for lunch, pizza for dinner and buffets on weekends

Sometimes I wonder if an area of people are heavy because their ancestors were a conglomeration of large people with crap for genes, or is it mostly environmental factors, or is it a culture of "don't care".

Some reason I think we've hit the tri-fecta

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Wednesday, January 11, 2012 9:24 PM

MAGONSDAUGHTER

My plan for 2012. Eat food that has been touched by as few hands as you possible can. That means a limit to process foods, including what I feed my dog. My aim, easier over summer, is to eat the majority of food - salads, vegies, lean meats, fish, and muesli for breakfast. Easy on the carbs, especially later in the day.

I'll let you know it all goes.

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Thursday, January 12, 2012 6:56 AM

WISHIMAY

I wish you luck.

I never had chips or sweets or much potato in the house at all before I met hubbs. I'm pretty sure he'd divorce me if I said NO MORE. Not Kidding. He gets angry when I give him soup.

That stuff about potatoes being a poor man's prozac? They hit that nail on the head in this house...

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Thursday, January 12, 2012 7:51 AM

DREAMTROVE

Riona

Lol. Nami is not the baest pick up spot. I used to to work with them, and, well, i can see how that could be bad. My sis picked up, i wouldn't say stalker, more follower, from them.

Byte,

don't sell yourself short. We're very fond of the Byte we have. Accept no substitutes.

That's what a ship is, you know - it's not just a keel and a hull and a deck and sails, that's what a ship needs.

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Thursday, January 12, 2012 12:20 PM

RIONAEIRE

Beir bua agus beannacht

I don't like soup either. I will only tollerate it for lunch but absolutely not for dinner, unless something comes with it that will actually fill me up.

"A completely coherant River means writers don't deliver" KatTaya

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Thursday, January 12, 2012 12:33 PM

MAGONSDAUGHTER

I love soup, but its one of those foods that I like with loads of bread. So not the best for the kind of food I need to eat. I'll still have it in winter and its a great way of eating veg. Pumpkin or leek and potato are probably my favourites.

Wish, my husband is like that with meat, so is my son. My preference would be to be a vegetarian, but not in this household.

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Thursday, January 12, 2012 1:08 PM

DREAMTROVE

I'm also going to vote for soup. Soup clearly needs a lobby. Or maybe a bailout.

That's what a ship is, you know - it's not just a keel and a hull and a deck and sails, that's what a ship needs.

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Thursday, January 12, 2012 1:11 PM

BYTEMITE

I either have a weird metabolism, or weird eating habits. Not sure which.

I like soup, but then, my eating habits and preferences don't usually factor in any kind of need to feel full. Mostly my eating habits seem to be governed by hormones, and the cyclical nature of my diet serves as a regulatory trigger.

I eat for sustenance, not really for pleasure. Occasionally during periods of extra physical or mental effort, I will eat more to compensate for energy loss.

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Thursday, January 12, 2012 1:17 PM

MAGONSDAUGHTER

I wish I could be a bit more like that, Byte. All the slimmest people I have known share that philosophy, but I certainly eat for pleasure, although I try to be mindful of the sustenance.

A filling soup is minestrone, btw. From Taste website.

Ingredients (serves 6)

1 400g can diced peeled tomatoes
3 pontiac potatoes, peeled, chopped
200g piece jap or butternut pumpkin, deseeded, peeled, chopped
1 large brown onion, chopped
2 carrots, chopped
2 celery sticks with leaves, chopped
1 large garlic clove, chopped
1 tsp dried oregano leaves
1.75L (7 cups) water
3 small or 2 large zucchini, chopped
40g (1/4 cup) small macaroni
1 400g can borlotti beans, rinsed, drained
1/2 cup firmly packed roughly chopped fresh continental parsley
Salt & freshly ground black pepper
1 1/2 tbs extra virgin olive oil
20g parmesan, finely shredded

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Method

Place the tomatoes, potatoes, pumpkin, onion, carrots, celery, garlic and oregano in a large saucepan.

Stir in the water and bring to the boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to medium and cook, almost covered, for 45 minutes.

Add the zucchini and macaroni, and cook, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes. Stir in the beans and cook for a further 5 minutes or until the zucchini and pasta are tender.

Stir in the parsley and taste and season with salt and pepper. Ladle into serving bowls. Drizzle with the olive oil, sprinkle with the parmesan and serve immediately.

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Thursday, January 12, 2012 6:19 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!

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Originally posted by RionaEire:
I don't like soup either. I will only tollerate it for lunch but absolutely not for dinner, unless something comes with it that will actually fill me up.

"A completely coherant River means writers don't deliver" KatTaya

Ha ha. You're funny.

" I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend. "

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