Also, when you dine in at a restaurant in Europe, you'll quickly notice the portion sizes are much different. Many times the US restaurant will give enough for two full meals. Which is why I will usually eat half and bring the other half home
Obesity in the US (and Iowa)
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Ahh Subway.......2 grams of meat, iceberg lettuce, and 70 grams of bread.
losing weight is as simple as calories in/calories out. it’s nearly impossible to outrun a diet.
being healthy and having good nutrition is a whole other story. specific diets and trying to eat better/healthier foods can have a huge benefit, not just in terms of weight.
personally, I’ve lost the 25 pounds I gained during Covid. I don’t think I am the healthiest person in the world- I basically just decided to eat a little smaller portion and cut out sugary drinks. if you don’t drink calories, it’s MUCH easier to lose weight.
I am happy enough (for now) with how I look and feel. I don’t worry too much about exactly what I eat, so long as I don’t eat too much of it.
being healthy and having good nutrition is a whole other story. specific diets and trying to eat better/healthier foods can have a huge benefit, not just in terms of weight.
personally, I’ve lost the 25 pounds I gained during Covid. I don’t think I am the healthiest person in the world- I basically just decided to eat a little smaller portion and cut out sugary drinks. if you don’t drink calories, it’s MUCH easier to lose weight.
I am happy enough (for now) with how I look and feel. I don’t worry too much about exactly what I eat, so long as I don’t eat too much of it.
I think people focus too much on carbs/sugars vs fat or calorie counting when the real culprit in American culture is processed/frozen/fried vs fresh/unprocessed foods. Don’t stress about the natural sugar in an apple when choosing a snack, just be happy with a simple natural nutrient and fiber rich snack.
Our addiction to soda is a pretty uniquely American thing too. People getting specialty “coffee” that’s mostly cream and sugar is just as bad as soda if not worse. Compare what a person in France or Italy orders at a cafe in their historic coffee traditions to what the avg Starbucks customer orders here.
Our addiction to soda is a pretty uniquely American thing too. People getting specialty “coffee” that’s mostly cream and sugar is just as bad as soda if not worse. Compare what a person in France or Italy orders at a cafe in their historic coffee traditions to what the avg Starbucks customer orders here.
It will get worse because childhood poverty has doubled again with the child tax credits expiring. If you want to reduce obesity, one great way is to reduce childhood hunger and poverty.
Stress is a big one as well.
It sounds easy, but as I’m sure you have seen from your weight loss that it’s actually really hard. That first week of a new diet is excruciating. Quitting carbs is no different than quitting nicotine cold turkey. It takes a high level of discipline and mental With 4K Plus, you get unlimited streams while watching on your home Wi-Fi network, and 3 streams outside your home. Learn how to set your current Wi-Fi as your home network. toughness that many don’t possess.
But, get past that first week or two and then you question why you let it get this far.
Rather than spending billions on weight loss drugs, we need to spend that money on health spa type getaways for those starting diets. Spend two weeks in a place with healthy foods to get past those first weeks of temptation. Then, while you’re there, take classes on how to cook healthy. Cause I think one piece that is missing in this country is cooking skills. We don’t know how to make food at home, so we lean on processed foods instead. Cause you just pop it in the oven, simple.
Big component of cooking is time and equipment access as well.
Makes sense, they definitely work in tandem for me too. I just had to get over the "I can eat whatever I want because I run 1/2 marathons" ...type attitude. It just wasn't true (for me).
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I agree that the more we can devote to lifestyle changes, the better.
To be honest with you, I just forced myself to stop drinking soda (and for me, lemonade) cold turkey, and instead do water. I will do those flavored waters as well.
It DID kind of suck for a few weeks, but honestly after a month or two, if I even tried to drink lemonade it would just be too overwhelmingly sweet.
My wife and I stopped buying snacks and cut out sugary drinks. After a few weeks of cravings suddenly it became a lot easier (and honestly cheaper when it comes to grocery bills).
I watched a clip of a doctor explaining how much of the obesity issue in the US stems from addiction to stimulation and dopamine release. It really hit me when he said, "why do people in the US eat just because they are bored?"
It really isn't hard to decrease food intake. Just don't buy it and cut portion size!
I love snack foods and sweets, and still eat them everyday. But I limit myself to 1 pop. I don't always have ice cream or cookies on hand. Just buy occasionally.
Also I make less or use smaller plates to limit what I eat.
I could be poster child for a bad diet and no exercise. But I eat less and drink water between meals.
This is where I want to change the way we think to using simple cooking methods. A good meal can be done in 20ish minutes including prep time.
It might mean folks eat similar meals in a week but imo we've also conditioned ourselves to be 'bored' if there's not a burst of flavor etc.
My experience is the first week or phase is the easiest. It's not alipping up after a month or two that's the challenge.
I've always had the mindset that food is fuel, not purely for pleasure. If most people cut out booze, drink water, and eat whole foods they'll see results. Being scared of eating or carbs is setting yourself up for failure. If you're hungry there's a reason and it's not normal to be starving all of the time either.
When I lost weight twenty years ago, I kept track in Excel of EVERYTHING I ate or drank and the calories, estimated calories burned exercising, weight, and total weight lost.
If my weight was not decreasing, I ate less. I tried to lost 1 to 2 pounds a week. It took a half a year to get to where I wanted to be.
Exercise helps, alone, will not result in weight loss.
I now eat healthy three meals a day, but snack at night. But I eat well during the day so I can snack.
If my weight was not decreasing, I ate less. I tried to lost 1 to 2 pounds a week. It took a half a year to get to where I wanted to be.
Exercise helps, alone, will not result in weight loss.
I now eat healthy three meals a day, but snack at night. But I eat well during the day so I can snack.
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