Posted on 03/04/2023 5:48:51 PM PST by SeekAndFind
I wish I could have enlisted. I was going into kidney failure in high school due to a condition I was born with, so service of any kind will be out of my reach.
There is a lot that I want(ed) to do that I’ll never be able. Like owning a home is looking to be impossible.
I should take heed. It has been my experience (now 70, 5'4'' and about 130) and one that has consumed sugar most every time I eat (not recommended - should cut down) for decades, that as long as I have only eaten when needed for strength, meaning I feel weak due to lack of energy (not the same as fatigue), then my weight stays stable, by the grace of God, thank Him. I also usually look forward to exercise though the Winter reduces that.
Obese remfs. Just what the military really needs. They can race around the track on “Wallymobiles” and eat donuts for their PT Tests.
12 weeks of boot camp and they will be down to fighting weight fast enough.
Were females included in that group?
I do t remember what the percentage was but in 1942 the govt was running into the problem of many draftees and enlisted who were too underweight for service
The fat boys in the 60s are skinny compared to kids today.
In the 1960s being overweight was unusual and obese people were oddities.
Now 42% of the population is obese
I’ve lived outside the USA for nearly 13 years now and visited Dallas recently.
I can tell you it is the food.
Sugar or worse high fructose corn syrup is added to everything, including bread.
I limit meat. Nit eliminate, but ensure that most of my plate is leafy vegetables, fewer carbohydrates and some protein. Red meat is fine if you don’t go overboard every day.
And more importantly, quit the carbs.
Overall laziness. Look at the food in supermarkets, it is mostly microwave, quick serve, laden with preservatives. A recipe for obesity. People don’t want to cook so they microwave packaged products, rip open the container and eat.
I buy raw product which I take the time to prepare so the nutrients are there, the sugars and preservatives are not, and it tastes better.
My weight has stayed steady for 25 years now.
Do you have a guide to point to that correctly outlines proper nutrition?
I think if high fructose corn syrup were banned from the American diet we’d see lots less obesity. The stuff is not the same as sugar.
And why the hell is either sugar or HFCS in things like spaghetti sauce or catsup or salad dressing?
Most of today’s are mental nut jobs Enviro Wackos or LTGBQ.
Were the fitness standards modified to allow a particular quota of women to qualify? If so, this is even more shocking.
Yeah, we did have good chow.
Yeah, the physical aspect of Air Force basic training was a breeze if one were in half-way decent physical condition.
It’s not the lack of muscles, it’s the lack of brains.
Actually, eating sugar regularly is very fat-building because it isn’t all about “calories in/out”. Eating simple carbs causes blood sugar spikes which in turn cause insulin spikes. Do it enough times in one day and, over a few years, you will become “insulin-resistant”. Since your body doesn’t respond well to insulin, you start producing more of it - and high levels of insulin result in you putting fat into deep storage. Using a low fat (and therefor high carb) diet when you are insulin resistant (pre-diabetic) results in your body converting muscle into energy as much or more than converting fat.
Thus I once dieted down to 120 lbs on my 5’8” male frame without losing much of my belly fat. But I was weak as a kitten. It took going to keto and IF when I was 60 for me to finally lose FAT while building muscle.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIuj-oMN-Fk
“The fat boys in the 60s are skinny compared to kids today.”
I was always the fattest kid in class during the 1960s. If I could have jumped through time to now, I’d be uncommonly fit.
Scary.
McDonald’s introduced the Quarter Pounder in 1973. 7/11’s “Big Gulp” debuted in 1976 - at 32 ounces. Hard to believe there was a time when Coca-Cola was sold in 6 ounce servings...
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