Posted on 11/26/2007 12:46:45 PM PST by MotleyGirl70
All you taste is bitterness.
For some people back then, the only thing they had to eat was lard.
We visited Tennessee a while back and my husband ordered the veggie platter. We thought they’d made a mistake when the plate was covered with little brown balls. We discovered it was was cauliflower, broccoli, mushrooms, etc. — each piece rolled in batter and deep fried. We were hysterical! It was so funny. Not healthy, but funny.
If it wasn’t for cooking oil, okra would just be a slimey weed.
Whoever counted in Baltimore completely missed Dundalk and Glen Burnie, or Baltimore would be number one. No one counted Hagerstown either.
I did a buffet in LV sometime ago and it damn nearly killed me! Never again! I make sure I stay away from buffet type restaurants!
Spoil sport.
I did see the fast food reference and recreational reference. I would think though that body weight information would be needed too.
I was 6 ft 1 195 pounds when I graduated college. That put my BMI at 25.6. I was also a swimmer who worked out basically 3 to 4 hours every day and had a body fat percentage of 4 to 5%. No way could I get back to that standard.
“In fact, I do have an 11 month old who almost never sleeps through the night. Plus, my wife works nights. Yet I still find enough strength to go to the gym.”
Wow, I could never get along on 4-5 hours of sleep.
” In fact, I do have an 11 month old who almost never sleeps through the night. Plus, my wife works nights. Yet I still find enough strength to go to the gym.”
You would find me sleeping on the treadmill.
I have definitely come close, my friend. My excercise consists of Boxing, Jiu Jitsu and Weightlifting. Falling asleep during any of those would definitely be hazardous to my health.
“STOP FRYING!”
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I think C.C. is referring to deep frying, which is pretty calorie intensive. I once made a sarcastic comment that the act of placing a food item in a skillet to cook doesn’t automatically negate its nutritional value, and the person I was talking to — agreed! He clarified that it’s the deep-frying that can put on the pounds.
That said, I still believe, as my late physician FIL said, “it’s all a matter of calories in and calories out.
Age has a lot to do with it, too. I’m in my late 50s, and last week, I lost five pounds in six days. It took 48 hours to put half of it back on — and I was *very* restrained at Thanksgiving dinner.
I’m quite a bit overweight due to *former* (thank God) health issues, but regardless, I always park in the “south 40” at the store lot, and seldom move the car if I have to go to other places for small items; I just walk.
But, I still think standards for “obesity” need to reflect reality a bit more.
I agree regarding the nasty taste of sweet tea. My wife drinks sweet tea and it is just a hideous thing to be associated with; it is akin to cannibalism or the consumption of hot dogs with ketchup. A slice of lemon in tea . . . now that’s healthy, inexpensive, and tasty.
The authors of the illegal alien health cost study claim that with India and African populations included, the average weight is not too high.
When he waxed poetic about how much he loves this country I threw up a little.
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