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I'm a resident of Alabama, 49th on the list. Unhealthy lifestyles is the biggest cause and it cuts across racial lines. * Astronomically high rates of obesity,

by peckrob 10y ago

I'm a resident of Alabama, 49th on the list. Unhealthy lifestyles is the biggest cause and it cuts across racial lines. * Astronomically high rates of obesity, diabetes, etc. across all genders, races and incomes. * Poor diet. The food is delicious, but bad for you. In many places it is very difficult to find healthy food and when you do it tends to be limited in selection and expensive. * Lack of physical activity. Everything is car oriented, no or very little public transit. Nothing is walkable, and you really don't want to when it's 100 degrees outside in the summer. The thing that always surprises me is how our bad habits cut across all other demographic lines. I know just as many unhealthy rich people as poor people. Any way you slice it, the unhealthy lifestyle here is a problem. (FWIW, I'm overweight but working like hell to get down since my doctor warned me that I was pre-diabetic. 50 pounds down, 40 to go!)

purple-again 10y ago
Congrats on your weight loss! Do your self s huge favor and remind yourself everyday for awhile once you plateau how easy it is to put the weight back on. It requires a systemic change to lifestyle, either less sedentary or less calories, in order to maintain your new weight. Source: disappointed myself not once but twice before I figured it out.
hackuser 10y ago
> our bad habits cut across all other demographic lines. I know just as many unhealthy rich people as poor people. Thanks for the story and I know little about Alabama personally, but I'd be very surprised if the data said that health and healthy habits are not dependent on wealth.
yourapostasy 10y ago
> Nothing is walkable, and you really don't want to when it's 100 degrees outside in the summer. YMMV, but I and many others who water fasted (nothing but water) 3-20 days report finding those temperatures far more tolerable, comfortable even. Many people find losing weight easier on periodic water fasts (once a month, for example) than counting calories, so this might aid your weight loss quest (congratulations on your exceptional personal and disciplined accomplishment). After a certain point during a water fast, your body undergoes physiological changes drawing blood closer to the core, and your extremities feel cold as a result. Further beyond that point (seems to depend upon how keto-adapted you are before you start the fast), if you have fat reserves, the body adapts to burning fat, and the cold sensitivity becomes a little bit better. Personally, I found I really enjoy blistering hot and even humid+hot weather while fasting. High 30-low 40 C, 100+ degree F hot is a pleasant fireplace-like warmth while fasting as long as I'm moving; if I stay still without sunscreen then I can start to feel uncomfortable from the burning sensation on my skin, but my body still is happy with the outside temperature. If this effect applies broadly across the population, then encouraging people in hot and humid climates to adopt walk-able urban layouts even during the height of summer heat waves might involve encouraging some form of caloric restriction. If you want to experiment with this effect, try doing short-duration fasts by skipping an odd meal here and there now, and by this summer, and you could be walking in the AL sun for an hour or so each day to help hit your end of the summer goal weight.

by peckrob 10y ago

purple-again 10y ago

Congrats on your weight loss! Do your self s huge favor and remind yourself everyday for awhile once you plateau how easy it is to put the weight back on. It requires a systemic change to lifestyle, either less sedentary or less calories, in order to maintain your new weight. Source: disappointed myself not once but twice before I figured it out.

hackuser 10y ago

> our bad habits cut across all other demographic lines. I know just as many unhealthy rich people as poor people. Thanks for the story and I know little about Alabama personally, but I'd be very surprised if the data said that health and healthy habits are not dependent on wealth.

yourapostasy 10y ago

> Nothing is walkable, and you really don't want to when it's 100 degrees outside in the summer. YMMV, but I and many others who water fasted (nothing but water) 3-20 days report finding those temperatures far more tolerable, comfortable even. Many people find losing weight easier on periodic water fasts (once a month, for example) than counting calories, so this might aid your weight loss quest (congratulations on your exceptional personal and disciplined accomplishment). After a certain point during a water fast, your body undergoes physiological changes drawing blood closer to the core, and your extremities feel cold as a result. Further beyond that point (seems to depend upon how keto-adapted you are before you start the fast), if you have fat reserves, the body adapts to burning fat, and the cold sensitivity becomes a little bit better. Personally, I found I really enjoy blistering hot and even humid+hot weather while fasting. High 30-low 40 C, 100+ degree F hot is a pleasant fireplace-like warmth while fasting as long as I'm moving; if I stay still without sunscreen then I can start to feel uncomfortable from the burning sensation on my skin, but my body still is happy with the outside temperature. If this effect applies broadly across the population, then encouraging people in hot and humid climates to adopt walk-able urban layouts even during the height of summer heat waves might involve encouraging some form of caloric restriction. If you want to experiment with this effect, try doing short-duration fasts by skipping an odd meal here and there now, and by this summer, and you could be walking in the AL sun for an hour or so each day to help hit your end of the summer goal weight.