"Obesity is a disease not a decision"

[lewdog]

This is a new campaign that the American Medical Association actually declared obesity a disease! Billboards with this phrase are popping up around the country.

I've worked out for 10 years straight and I definitely sacrifice eating shit food even though I enjoy it just as much as the next guy. THIS IS A DECISION I HAVE CONSCIOUSLY MADE.

http://posttrib.suntimes.com/news/da...n-disease.html

Discuss....

[loochy]

Originally Posted by houstonwhodat

You wouldn't believe how fast calories add up until you start to write them down.

Also, you wouldn't believe the portion sizes of some things until you measure them out. For example 1 tablespoon of salad dressing isn't much at all, and neither is 1/2 cup of shredded cheese. Restaurant portions are insane.

[Frosty]

Originally Posted by loochy

Also, you wouldn't believe the portion sizes of some things until you measure them out. For example 1 tablespoon of salad dressing isn't much at all, and neither is 1/2 cup of shredded cheese. Restaurant portions are insane.

Look at a serving size of cereal sometime. It's usually in the 1/2 cup range, which is next to nothing. It's definitely not the giant bowlful I used to eat (with the milk and sugar mix at the bottom of the bowl after cereal is all gone).

[loochy]

Originally Posted by Buck

I got a tingle in my dick that still hasn't gone away.

That's gonorrhea man. Go to the doc.

[Kerberos]

Originally Posted by Omaha

These extreme attitudes are just ridiculous. You do not need to eat healthy 100% of the time and you definitely don't need to always be at a 7 on your scale.

For people that are fat and think they can take off here and there and eat what they want is recipe for failure. There are a handful of people that can eat what they want and exercise minimally and stay fit. Then there is EVERYONE else.

Once a person takes the time and EFFORT to get to their goal they can then take time off to eat a meal once in a while that is off daily healthy menu. But to do that all the time or after a week or two of dieting is a slippery slope that most don't recover from.

Main stream media keeps telling people that diets don't work.... eat what you want because it won't matter... that is a LIE and it is brought to you by every fastfood chain in the world as well as grocery stores that make more money on junk and crap food than they do on healthy food. Fad diets are nothing more than a money maker for the person that thought it up.

Watching what you eat and daily exercise are the only way for most people to lose and keep off weight. There is no substitute. Anyone that thinks differently are one of the handful that can eat anything and not gain a pound.

[Ceej]

Originally Posted by luv

I use myfitnesspal on my iPhone, too. I've found that, whenever I don't keep track and decide to cheat, that's when my diet turns to shit. I'm thinking about starting a blog. I'm a woman, so getting my thoughts out is a must.

That's all back to accountability. Some times when you use myfitnesspal and see how much calories / sugars you've consuemd it's a pretty good reminder that you shouldn't be eating what you did.

It's a guilt thing, and at least with me it has helped me almost diminish foods I shouldn't be eating. It's a long, winding road for those of us who are in poor shape - but it's great motivation too.

I've been eating smarter and being more active, including swimming and being outside a lot lately. I feel better then I have lately.

[Saul Good]

Originally Posted by Kerberos

For people that are fat and think they can take off here and there and eat what they want is recipe for failure. There are a handful of people that can eat what they want and exercise minimally and stay fit. Then there is EVERYONE else.

Once a person takes the time and EFFORT to get to their goal they can then take time off to eat a meal once in a while that is off daily healthy menu. But to do that all the time or after a week or two of dieting is a slippery slope that most don't recover from.

Main stream media keeps telling people that diets don't work.... eat what you want because it won't matter... that is a LIE and it is brought to you by every fastfood chain in the world as well as grocery stores that make more money on junk and crap food than they do on healthy food. Fad diets are nothing more than a money maker for the person that thought it up.

Watching what you eat and daily exercise are the only way for most people to lose and keep off weight. There is no substitute. Anyone that thinks differently are one of the handful that can eat anything and not gain a pound.

You're right, and you're wrong. At 6' 350, a 40 year old male can lose weight eating 2,800 calories a day with essentially no exercise.

There is really no reason that a person can't get by on 2,800 calories a day if he isn't exercising. Unless you're Michael Phelps during the Olympics, that's more than enough food.

[Prison Bitch]

Short answer: don't eat or drink any sugar.

Long answer: you won't need a long answer if you do the short answer.

[loochy]

Welp I'm headed out to the gas station to get a Big Gulp of Coke Zero and a little tube of lemon cookies.

[FlaChief58]

Originally Posted by loochy

Welp I'm headed out to the gas station to get a Big Gulp of Coke Zero and a little tube of lemon cookies.

No worries, it's not your fault brotha

[loochy]

Originally Posted by Flachief58

No worries, it's not your fault brotha

nah, im quite aware of what i eat and i know i can afford this

[houstonwhodat]

Originally Posted by loochy

Also, you wouldn't believe the portion sizes of some things until you measure them out. For example 1 tablespoon of salad dressing isn't much at all, and neither is 1/2 cup of shredded cheese. Restaurant portions are insane.

The reason Jenny Craig and Nutri-Systems works if you stick to it is not because of the "well balanced" nutritional plans.

It's portion control.

[Prison Bitch]

Back in the day when I was in grade school, we had an old coke maching that dispensed real bottles of coke. Most young people today on this board wouldn't have ever seen these unless you have been inside an old farm town gas station - or car repair shop. But when you put in .35 (i can still remember the cost), you just pulled it out and the iron clasps went "SHING". Anyway these were 8 oz bottles. Maybe 10 but I'm pretty sure 8 oz. And it seemed like a ton to drink, for a grade school kid esp.


When I see these fat lardos drinking 64 oz big gulps at grade school, just shake my head. No wonder they're fat.

[Ceej]

Big gulps huh?

Welp, see ya later.

[houstonwhodat]

Originally Posted by Prison Bitch

Back in the day when I was in grade school, we had an old coke maching that dispensed real bottles of coke. Most young people today on this board wouldn't have ever seen these unless you have been inside an old farm town gas station - or car repair shop. But when you put in .35 (i can still remember the cost), you just pulled it out and the iron clasps went "SHING". Anyway these were 8 oz bottles. Maybe 10 but I'm pretty sure 8 oz. And it seemed like a ton to drink, for a grade school kid esp.


When I see these fat lardos drinking 64 oz big gulps at grade school, just shake my head. No wonder they're fat.

We got Mexican Coca-Cola here in Houston.

Made with pure sugar cane will bounce you off the wall.

And I remember those bottles.

They had a greenish tint and you had to return them for cash.

Delaware Punch....

[NewChief]

Deadlifts, pullups, incline bench, and military press at the gym this morning.

Total caloric intake for the day? Zero so far. Will eat one meal (african peanut stew) for supper to break my fast.

Disease that.