Posted on 04/09/2007 9:46:18 PM PDT by carlo3b
The war on the overweight will begin now that smokers are bled dry.
After a lifetime as a Chef as well as a diet nutritionist, I have concluded that most diets can and do assist in taking weight off, however, for the overwhelming number of overweight folks, the benefits are only temporary at best, and for all too many, they are a cruel hoax.Am I saying that diets don't work? Not on your life. What I am saying is that almost every diet, touted by the medical and professional mainstream punditry, leads to tragic results over the long-haul.
This excess weight problem has no gender, age, race, or socioeconomic preference. Overweight, has now become the most alarming and damaging national health emergency to endanger our citizenry, and most especially our children, since the onset of polio.
Over the past 40 years, chronic obesity and general weight problems have manifest themselves into a full-blown national tragedy. Ironically, during that same period we have witnessed a financial bonanza in the weight control, and diet industries. An endless array of books, pills, food supplements, strange recipe concoctions, exercise devices and grotesque medical procedures of all descriptions have been touted as the panacea.
Everyone that has ever tried to loose weight by dieting has to agree, that most will fail, and they will do so sooner rather than later. Predictably, regaining the lost pounds will result in deep disappointment, anger and guilt. This condition is almost always followed by a bout of depression, and you guessed it, obsessive eating, then more weight gain. The cycle begins again.
Diets do not work but life style changes do.
Dining on instant pizza pie and beer probably wont behoove you.
Try to stick to fresh “unprocessed food too”
And for crying out loud... take a walk... Processed food is like a gut bomb waiting to to off
BINGO!
Follow the money.. is a pretty good bet!
Im about 20 lbs over weight and I know what it is about.
I drink beer(prossesed carbs) and Im not as active as I used to be as a young adult
It is the start of a whole new life.. just a little walk can make a world of difference..
I do it every day to compensate for my beer glut.L0L
Beer is liquid bread
Absolutely true.. but it would shock you at what a short frequent walk would do to your weight and general health..
Yeah, me too. But every tough guy I ever knew had a bit of a gut on him. There’s no shame in it.
There is actually a simple solution to this...
everyone over the age of 50 who has never smoked should take it up pronto.
We’ll lose all the extra weight in the first year and not have to worry about lung cancer for 30 to 40 years by which time we’ll already be dead of old age.
The nanny state busybodies will all have coronaries and the government leeches will have a new, larger tax stream so maybe they’ll leave productive endeavors alone. (Okay, a girl can dream can’t she!)
It’s either that or we sue all the Indian casinos for foisting tobacco on us unsuspecting Anglos and use the money to lose weight on our mandatory eight week vacation to the spa of our choice each and every working year.
LOL...
Middle age spread sux.
Exercise is still the best remedy, although I of all people, need to follow this advice more than anyone here.
Ha!.. Stop breathing.. LOL .. I knew that the dems would want to find a way to kill us to save the Snail Darter.. :)
And Carlo? Prosessed carbs are so conviniant for the manufacturer and consumer, they have a long shelf life and are easy to use. That makes them cheap and convenient. I love bread and beer, but Slow...down... get a nice salad and a nice bit of meat, these dont absorb as quickly into your system.
And for crying out loud, take a walk after the chocolate mousse!
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