Wealth and Waistlines

Excluding the disabled, I've had it with the excuses from people.. It's really quite easy: Work out--or at least walk/move around a lot. Choose foods wisely, foods without empty calories and with nutritioinal value--the info in on most packaging (better yet, choose fresh).
Yes, economy is a REASON for easily obtained, bad foods. It is not, however, an excuse for poor choices. If society wants to be fit, it will need to modify its behavior. If not, people will be fat (and who cares anyway if that is their choice).

As I was trying to say, I am not able to exercise-having spinal conditions that preclude using either my legs or arms... but I have lost weight by STARVING myself, which is darned uncomfortable and even painful.. I, too, am low-income and live on disability--so I simply don't eat much--and suffer the effects of stafvation, which I have learned through spiritual means to "reinterpret" as a "good thing". I DO supplement this with life-saving nutrients so I stay nurtrient healthy, however. This sort of thing takes a tremendous amount of "personal stuff" that many cannot do without the spiritual help I have received. i am aware of that, and therefore, I say anyone who can lose weight with the viscissitiudes of lifeas they are is to be commended.

How much weight?


How much weight would a weight-chucker chuck,
if a weight-chucker could chuck weight?
How much cash would the weight-loss industry lose,
if there wasn't so much on my plate?
And how many treadmills would Santa not bring?
And who would buy a size twelve diamond ring,
if a weight-chucker could chuck weight?
And how many clinics and dietitians
would end up as sweat-shops and morticians,
if a weight-chucker could chuck weight?
Who would buy six cartloads of gourmet ice-cream
at 4.99 for a tub full of dream?
And who would buy those eclairs fulla cream,
if a weight-chucker could chuck weight?
And how could you sell a large pair of panties
for enough cash to stock three over-large pantries,
if a weight-chucker could chuck weight?
Alas, it is true
the economy's blue,
and if we get skinny,
and our purchases mini,
we'll be awfully sorry,
we ever did worry,
about weight-chuckers chucking that weight!

How much weight?


How much weight would a weight-chucker chuck,
if a weight-chucker could chuck weight?
How much cash would the weight-loss industry lose,
if there wasn't so much on my plate?
And how many treadmills would Santa not bring?
And who would buy a size twelve diamond ring,
if a weight-chucker could chuck weight?
And how many clinics and dietitians
would end up as sweat-shops and morticians,
if a weight-chucker could chuck weight?
Who would buy six cartloads of gourmet ice-cream
at 4.99 for a tub full of dream?
And who would buy those eclairs fulla cream,
if a weight-chucker could chuck weight?
And how could you sell a large pair of panties
for enough cash to stock three over-large pantries,
if a weight-chucker could chuck weight?
Alas, it is true
the economy's blue,
and if we get skinny,
and our purchases mini,
we'll be awfully sorry,
we ever did worry,
about weight-chuckers chucking that weight!

I simply hate being over weight or obese it is really depressing. Being an out going person I hate the life of confinement.

Infact I hate being over weight or obese. For me I see those people living a depressing kind of life. I like a size I can easily carry around . Being an out going person I hate being confined in a car, office and home. I would rather be small or average size to be over weight.

hey all, is this part of a plan?

see http://youtube.com/watch?v=xq8aopATYyw

look, don't flame me, i'm not a wako, just a regular guy, but.....stuff adds up

govt subsidizes food that is bad for us, passes an act the makes our kids inactive, has laws/zoning that requires we buy transportation, etc. Taking a walk with your family costs nothing, which means no one is making money on it either.

Bottom line: Fat, lazy, and happy equals apathy and acceptance of condition (docile). Sort of like a farm animal, being fed and tended to makes you think life is good, until that day they take you to the slaughter house.

OK, see the video and post if you think they are NOT connected.

hey all, is this part of a plan?

see http://youtube.com/watch?v=xq8aopATYyw

look, don't flame me, i'm not a wako, just a regular guy, but.....stuff adds up

govt subsidizes food that is bad for us, passes an act the makes our kids inactive, has laws/zoning that requires we buy transportation, etc. Taking a walk with your family costs nothing, which means no one is making money on it either. Stay in debt, eat good, die early - keeps the economy healthy

Bottom line: Fat, lazy, and happy equals apathy and acceptance of condition (docile). Sort of like a farm animal, being fed and tended to makes you think life is good, until that day they take you to the slaughter house.

OK, see the video and post if you think they are NOT connected.

I cannot believe that this person even posted this damn review. It is ppl like this that are misleading everybody. Post something INFORMATIVE, as in the TRUTH about how how to lose weight! Jerk.

I do not agree with the comment good food cost more , I can buy a week`s supply of carbohydrates and I mean good carb`s at my local farmer or ranch market for the same cost as two box`s of capitan crunch cereal.

Oh bull. My parents - and their parents' parents were pretty well off, and they were quite active, not just chopping firewood, but going to our mountain homes, vacationing, working in the gardens, doing outdoor summer and winter activities - and chopping wood. Lazy begets lazy. Lazy parents raise lazy children. And I won't have any of that nonsense in this house. And yes, we do need Physical Education in our schools. This crap that we can't afford is killing our kids.

Further, it's no more expensive to have a healthy diet. In fact, I don't spend my hard earned money on cookies and frozen dinners when for half the price I have a well balanced meal that's less calories and fat, but I have to put in some effort to produce. Stouffer's and Kraft Dinners are garbage and you can just feel your arteries clogging up with every bite. Go buy a whole chicken, a few of potatoes and throw them in the oven for a few bucks and see how happy you make your kids. A bag of potatoes is like less than a Starbuck's.

Get real. And get some real food and then take a walk with your kids - even if they are teenagers like mine are.

Posted by:codyhemohill@12/28/2007
I do not agree with the comment better food cost more .
I can go to local farmers or ranch market and buy a week`s worth of carbohydrates and, I mean good carb`s for the same cost as two box`s of capitan crunch .

How are you going to blame government intervention for the problem (of which this person is certainly right) and then say you need more government intervention to SOLVE the problem? That's ridiculous! Get the government out of our affairs! Let things happen as they will. Give people the freedom to suffer from their poor choices and soon enough they will make the right ones. Sometimes people only learn through trial and error.

I think the article is very useful! I just have to say in today's society it is very hard to have a well built diet. Looking at the startification system in America, the lower and middle class population have to work at least two jobs to have the simple things in life, that some other people in higher class ranking may not even think twice about. Do you think these people have time to go home and cook a good wholesome meal before going off to work at a second job? Why of course not, they are going to grab fast some type of fast food and try to catch some sleep before the second job. America is devastated at this time! Look at all the people whom lost there everything in the catastrophe of 911, look at all the people whom ben misplaced since the episode of New Orlean under water seige, look at all the people whom lost their homes to greedy mortage company who has hiked the the prices of mortage rates, then in turn look at the people that are doing everything in their power struggling trying just to stay a float! Look at all the jobs that have been taken out of America, into other countries for cheap labor, leaving Americans hopeless and without. Companies are continually closing because they can not compete with rising costs. America is slowing slipping away and pretty soon no one will have to worry about whose fat and whose not because no one will be able to afford the simplest thing......like food. Most of us will be below the poverty line. It is sad to say that all these things contribute greatly to a persons health, well being, and ability to cope with the worldly attributes to ones life.

Bottom line - you either CARE or you DON'T. I make a lot of effort to stay fit. It sets a wonderful example to my kids, I can wear the same size pants I did back in my teens, I have more energy, and I'm healthier because of it. We have choices people. For those who insist on making endless excuses for their laziness, maybe a health scare will be the wake-up call to nurture the gift of good health. Eat less, excercise more. No magic here. Just the truth.

Amazing - all this spinning, when it comes down to ONE TRUTH.... You either care enough about yourself, and the gift of good health, or you don't. The virtue comment is true. My husband and I are exactly the same age. I love fast food and 'bad' food just as much as he does, but I control my urges. I force myself to workout at least three times a week. I rarely eat food late in the evening. I make these sacrifices because I want to set the right example to our kids, AND I CARE! Period. I eat less and excercise more. As a result, I have a lot of energy, I wear the same size pants as I did as a teenager, and my health is better. My husband, on the other hand, eats a lot of bad food, ( a CHOICE ) hardly ever excercises, ( a CHOICE ), and he eats food at night, not long before bedtime. (Again - a CHOICE ) As a result, he is fat. I sometimes wonder if that affects him in business. A physically fit person shows that effort, dedication and conviction are present. When I see a heavy person, I think that if they let themselves go that much, in what other areas of their life do they 'let things go'?

Thank God I have a job in a science field that involves intense field labor and am a vegetarian. Not everyone has a lazy, sit-around-all-day-job, and its a job I chose in order to keep from being lazy. Keeps my BMI at 17.