A place to vent

DirtyDave wrote:I agree with the comments that parents have a huge part if not 100% at fault. If children don't see the parents excerices then they won't think that that is something to be important. Also, dinner table culture is important. Many kids now tell their parents what they want to eat and in general making diner time a stressful experience "eat your vegetables!", "don't eat so much!" etc. these comments can have psychological implications to kids. Or how about parents who give kids food when their bored. Ya all this crap happens and has an effect on future eating happens.

tim1_2 wrote:

SeawaySensFan wrote:What's the deal with old folks calling a "Combination" pizza "all-dressed?"

This is an old folk thing, and also a French thing I think.  A lot of my French co-workers (even the youngish ones) call it "all-dressed".  Bunch of idiots.

wprager wrote:

DirtyDave wrote:I agree with the comments that parents have a huge part if not 100% at fault. If children don't see the parents excerices then they won't think that that is something to be important. Also, dinner table culture is important. Many kids now tell their parents what they want to eat and in general making diner time a stressful experience "eat your vegetables!", "don't eat so much!" etc. these comments can have psychological implications to kids. Or how about parents who give kids food when their bored. Ya all this crap happens and has an effect on future eating happens.

Parents didn't exercise in the 50s, come on, be reasonable!  The exercise craze started in the late 70s.  Father use to come home, put on his slippers, pull out his pipe and read the paper while sipping a bit of brandy.  And kids played outside until suppertime.  Obesity was rare, to say the least.

We have struggled for the last 15 years to eat as a family.  Tough to do when the kids don't want to.  Can't force them.  Can't threaten them.  

Ev wrote:Pop is fine to have every now and then. Like, pop has been around forever and people weren't really fat years ago when you could go down to the local store and get a glass bottle

SeawaySensFan wrote:

Ev wrote:Pop is fine to have every now and then. Like, pop has been around forever and people weren't really fat years ago when you could go down to the local store and get a glass bottle

Something I find revolting: seeing somebody slamming a 591ml of Pepsi at 8 am.

wprager wrote:

tim1_2 wrote:

SeawaySensFan wrote:What's the deal with old folks calling a "Combination" pizza "all-dressed?"

This is an old folk thing, and also a French thing I think.  A lot of my French co-workers (even the youngish ones) call it "all-dressed".  Bunch of idiots.

In Montreal they call it all-dressed.  "Combination" is an Ontario (or Ottawa) thing, not old.

NEELY wrote:Another little trick is buying whole wheat flour vs white flour and buying raw sugar vs processed sugar.  Just simple things like that help in the long run.  Same goes for breads, whole wheat, not white.

Ev wrote:Essentials: vitamin D, fish oil

Cap'n Clutch wrote:Anyone wonder why there are some drivers who insist on driving comfortably below the speed limit even when road conditions dictate otherwise?

tim1_2 wrote:You can get everything your body needs AND more through a few simple servings of sausage gravy each day.  

Did someone say...sausage gravy?

tim1_2 wrote:You can get everything your body needs AND more through a few simple servings of sausage gravy each day.  

Did someone say...sausage gravy?

Michallica wrote:

tim1_2 wrote:You can get everything your body needs AND more through a few simple servings of sausage gravy each day.  

Did someone say...sausage gravy?

Maybe stick to the 'that's what she said' rules and wait till someone says something to post the sausage gravy....otherwise loses its' novelty.  my two cents.....also I just said it.  

Michallica wrote:
Maybe stick to the 'that's what she said' rules and wait till someone says something to post the sausage gravy....otherwise loses its' novelty. my two cents.....also I just said it.