Seeing is believing. If you think for a
minute back in time, say to the 50's and
60's obesity was rare. People ate
healthier, from the 7 food groups, they
didn't eat out at restaurants and fast
food places daily. They ate at home with a
family cooked meal. What does that tell
you about diets? What does that tell you
about the additives in the foods served to
you other than the home made from scratch
foods our mothers fed the family as we
were growing up? Healthy, you betcha,
additives you betcha not, additives make
you fat you betcha.
Diets are gimmicks to make somebody else
reap the rewards financially while they
think of the people (idiots like us) who
bought into their 'gimmicks' and laugh all
the way to the bank with our money.
No pill can make you loose weight, block
fats etc not even the uncontrolled
herbals.
Georgie
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ycmoore
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 21 Jul 2003 Posts: 14 Location: arkansas
Posted: 07-31-03 23:36pm
That is so true, but you have to realize,
back then, it didn't take two income just
to live in the society now. People don' t
have time to come home from an 9-5 job and
cook an full course meal. I don't.
That's why there is so much obesity in the
U.S.
ycmoore
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Patrick B. Asay
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 27 Jul 2003 Posts: 138 Location: Pocatello, ID
oh how we miss the good old days! Posted: 08-01-03 12:36pm
AMEN GEORGIE! AMEN!
That's a very good point! The guys were
tougher back then and the girls were
slimmer. Those were the days!
Patrick
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Georgie
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 22 Jul 2003 Posts: 58
Posted: 08-04-03 09:28am
I beg to differ with ycmoore, if you
precook some extra meals when your at
home, cleaning or doing laundry through
the week or week end and reheat for
dinner, or use a slow cooker and prep
everything the night before you can have
home cooked meals daily. It doesn't take a
lot of extra time when you get into a
routine.
Truthfully I think it takes more time to
have to run out to the "diner" than to
just cook at home and a lot more pricey.
But you are right at the cost of living so
high that we all need 2 incomes. Or is it
because society has made our lives more of
a want in life rather than a need in life
the reason we all need 2 incomes???
(luxuary rather than nessecity!) We are
all guilty of that.
I have a rule that my family lives by,
first one home starts dinner even if it is
just peeling potatoes, preping the meat or
what ever. Everybody needs to co-operate
or we have a late dinner and every one is
starving and grumpy with only there selves
to blame. Mind you it took a lot to get to
this routine but it works and we are all
helpfull with each other, but most of all
we are not eating food saturated with
fillers, bi-products and trans fats.
Co-operation is a wonderfull invention.
Georgie
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Georgie
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 22 Jul 2003 Posts: 58
Posted: 08-04-03 09:29am
Patrick, how do you apply your smiley guy
to your replies. I can't figure that out.
Georgie
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msjunglekitty30
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 07 Aug 2003 Posts: 7 Location: Missouri
Posted: 08-08-03 22:41pm
Georgie,
i like your advise!! Now if I could just
stick to it. I am addicted to eating
out, I think. Although most meals are
fixed at home, when it's payday, the first
thing I think about is eating out, like
it's a luxury. I'm wondering how can get
myself out of this terrible habit.
Growing up (i'm almost 32) my mom canned
food from the garden, we ate alot from our
garden. And everynight on my plate was
the normal, meat, and veggies. We hardly
ever had a soda, or a candy bar, that was
a treat. She would never buy me the
presweetened cereal's and I was so thin
throughout childhood and into my teenage
years, I never started to gain weight
until I was in my late twenties, I guess
when all the fast food eating--took
over!!!!!
So, you are very right.
Thank you!
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Patrick B. Asay
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 27 Jul 2003 Posts: 138 Location: Pocatello, ID
Georgie Posted: 08-09-03 01:08am
It takes some master skill, georgie.
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kristina ann bergner
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 11 Oct 2003 Posts: 23 Location: Sunnyvale, California
I Agree 100 % ! Posted: 10-27-03 02:16am
you
are so right about our fast-food,
additive-added, addictive lifestyle! I
am getting back on the right track by
eating the way my mom, a 1960's
stay-at-home housewife, taught me: 3 meals
a day (including a hearty breakfast) of
real food --- fruits, vegetables, whole
grains, some meat more as a side dish,
dessert only on special occasions. She
used to say "eat breakfast like a king,
lunch like a peasant, dinner like a
pauper" in other words eat most of your
calories during the day when you are most
active. Oh, and stay active! (she is now
76 years old and still plays tennis and
walks daily).
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teamt_t
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 05 Nov 2003 Posts: 1 Location: Hollan Michigan
Diets From Way Back Posted: 11-09-03 00:29am
Way back the food we grew and bought ar
the store was much healthier than it is
now..The way that food is massed
produced...The vegetables are picked green
and shipped to warehouses that gas them to
ripen them...Our meat is full of growth
hormones....We cannot get what we need
anymore from our food sources
