Who's saying go to the gym three times a week and only eat tree bark? Spend 20 minutes a day going up and down your stairs at a brisk pace. Spend 10 minutes doing push ups while the news is on. Stop and get a roasted chicken meal instead of a pizza or burgers if you're in a rush. Don't go for that second helping of pumpkin pie. There's dozens of choices you can make a day that can mean the difference between being 15 lbs overweight and being 100 overweight. We don't need to go to extremes here.
On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 9:35 PM, Sam <sammyc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Going to the gym three times a week and shopping at Whole Foods or > Wild Oats should keep weight in check. But that's the ideal situation > and times are not kind to many. Multiple jobs or overworking the one > job, plus the stress of keeping that job. It's not easy. I used to > practically live in the gym when I was younger and now it's a trade > off of family time. At least I get to work a sweat in the yard on > weekends. I can understand how many can't find the time. I don't > picture the majority as too lazy, that's an elitist attitude. > > The Children, that's a different story. The parents need to fight the > trend and be proactive in getting the kids outside. Saying that, group > sports are expensive and time consuming. > > . > > On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 8:58 PM, Medic <hofme...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I'm likely coming across as judgmental because that's essentially what > I'm > > being. I'm a sucker for hard work and have a hard time accepting the path > > of least resistance. > > > > If you have to eat in your car on the way to night class, pack a sandwich > > instead of grabbing a burger. It's a simple choice. If you have to take > > two buses to get to a super market that sucks to be sure, but it's not an > > excuse to only take one bus and get a double whopper. You can carry four > > loaves of bread and two jars of peanut butter fairly easy. Put three > loaves > > of bread in the freezer and voila, you're making a healthier choice. Sure > > it's not as healthy and low fat as a sandwich with veggies, but it's a > damn > > sight better than fast food. > > > > Single moms, like my sister, have all my respect. It's tough and it can > > suck. However being a single mom doesn't mean you get to make poor > choices > > with dire consequences for the sake of convenience. > > > > We are not victims of circumstance. If we were we wouldn't have examples > of > > people in the same tough situations that make good choices. > > > > We may just have to agree to disagree about how powerless we are to stop > > obesity. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:346016 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
