The money saved from not buying video games could go to those "outrageously priced" fruits and veggies. :)


BTW, I'm not a parent, and I'm also fighting my own weight battle, so anything I say should be taken with a grain of salt (or completely ignored).

I could take away your video games and make you clean my house. ;)

Exercise is a very small part of weight loss. The cals burned in a 30 minute stroll can be replaced by an one oreo and these ****ers eat them by the bag full.

How do you think they get their exercise?

In A Christmas Story it was running from the bully. In ND it's running from coyotes.

Thats exactly what I do. I'm not perfect as a parent, nobody is. But, when my kids are sitting around the house and it's decent weather outside, I absolutely tell them to go outside. They either end up playing some type of "wall ball" or jumping on a trampoline. More importantly, I've chosen to teach my children at a very young age, that McDonalds sucks, fast food sucks, what lean protein is and why they need it, and that vegetables and fruits are good tasting and good for you. In fact, the first thing my kids eat on their plates is the fruit, every single time.

I'm no food Nazi, we let them have snacks, but they are usually a small pudding, or a scoop of ice cream, or peanut butter and crackers. They don't know any different. In fact, they point out when they go to friends houses and the food choices are "hot dog or fish sticks" and they think that sucks.

This.



"That Cherry Pepsi will take 1 hour of riding bike to work off. "

Exercise is important in terms of self-esteem, energy, and motivation.

My girlfriend likes to eat out (what woman doesn't?) so I've found that fast food/restaurant dining is far more expensive than eating at home.

The problem, I think, is just that people are lazy. It takes a bit of extra effort to go buy some noodles, lean beef and spaghetti sauce as opposed to grabbing a bag of pre-prepared Stouffers dinner. It also links to self-discipline as well though. We know the junk and fast food we eat is terrible for us, yet we still opt to cram that shit down our throats instead of buying apples, oranges, bananas and grapes.

I just threw up in my mouth a little

QFT, man. That's exactly it.

$20 is a LOT to someone making minimum wage and feeding a family.

Yeah, I had an argument with a friend about this recently. He's 5-11 280 of pure fat and he was trying to tell me its all about exercise LMAO I had to explain to him that the 400 calories he burned in his evening run could be negated by one shitty choice in snack food. 1 hour of work destroyed in 3 minutes; it really is incredible.

No, I wasn't. I was making the point that if you don't want to break the bank when you buy fruits and veggies (which is hardly the case, but I'm humoring the idea), then make sacrifices. A lot of people like to drink cheap beer, so I used that as an example.

Yep, the $25 you spend on McDonalds to feed a family of 4 could be spent on groceries to cook your family 2 healthy meals. That of course requires a bit of effort and time which is why so many people opt for the garbage that comes out of a bag.

Just think of the poor guy who has to hide his junk inside this lady a few times a month...

And how's THIS for your wife getting her 15 minutes of fame on the national stage??!! He's get to know what it's like to be the clown who's engaged to the bitch who was whining about strippers in Arrowhead's parking lot. It certainly brings you to a "T" intersection on your relationship...

$20 at a farmers market also gets you twice as much as it would in the store. We usually come home with 5 grocery bags full of produce. $20 at walmart gets you maybe 2-3 bags