Exactly... -----Original Message----- From: Dana [mailto:dana.tier...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2012 4:56 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Obesity in Children
really? How do you know if someone is handicapped? Lots of debilitating conditions won't put you in a wheelchair. On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 2:52 PM, Medic <hofme...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Right... the exceptions to the rule, which has nothing to do with the > other 99.9% of obese people. :) I don't think anyone is bagging on > overweight handicapped people. > > > On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 5:48 PM, Eric Roberts < > ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > > > > Don't forget those who cannot exercise or cannot exercise > > sufficiently > due > > to disabilities. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dana [mailto:dana.tier...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2012 4:16 PM > > To: cf-community > > Subject: Re: Obesity in Children > > > > > > it's only a part of the problem, and only for some people, is all I > > am saying. > > > > Someone who *used* to eat too much, or gained weight for some other > reason, > > may have quite a good diet, which is keeping them from gaining more > > but > not > > causing them to lose the extra they have. I think you pretty much > > have to exercise, and perhaps strenuously, to lose significant > > weight and keep it off. I for one lost about forty pounds in the > > past year, but I was quite sick for a while and didn't eat much and > > what I did eat was raw. That's fine, and I've been able to keep it > > off, but you can't eat all fruit all > of > > the time and stay healthy. Before that, when I asked doctors, I got > > different advice. Don't worry about carbs - just avoid fat. Cut back > > on carbs. Eat nothing but protein, and don't worry too much about the fat. > > Count calories. Don't count calories, you'll make yourself crazy -- > > just eat right. Like I don't. I probably have better cholesterol > > numbers than > anyone > > on this list ;) > > > > So.... I thought three times before getting into this, because I > > didn't want to sound defensive, or like I was making excuses, but > > this isn't really about me. I have more weight to lose and am pretty > > sure that for me the > key > > will be increasing my activity level, but I don't think that's the > > case > for > > everyone. My mother was a yo-yo dieter and crash programs certainly > didn't > > work for her, and she did religiously swim three or four times a > > week for years. > > > > People gain weight for different reasons. The ones who gain because > > they eat too much eat too much for different reasons. There are > > people who have thyroid problems and people who just don't exercise. > > One size does not > fit > > all, is what I am saying. > > > > On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 1:37 PM, PT <cft...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > Which is where simply pushing away from the table comes in :) > > > > > > See? Not ignorant at all. 2/3 accurate. > > > > > > On 1/28/2012 4:08 PM, Medic wrote: > > > The other two legs of the > > > > stool though haven't changed since as long as I can remember. > > > > Reasonable portions and routine exercise. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:345990 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
