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Very grateful to my parents for not allowing me sugar added foods when I was a kid, even though I thought it was so lame and had the worst packed lunch out of m

by neom 8y ago

Very grateful to my parents for not allowing me sugar added foods when I was a kid, even though I thought it was so lame and had the worst packed lunch out of my friends. I actually ended up being 300lbs in my late teens early 20s because all I did was IRC all day. That said, it didn't take much effort to get to the 150/160 I am today. I'm not sure if it's correlated but coincidently I can't stand anything sweet as an adult.

mikewhy 8y ago
My mother was the same. Any treat she made had half sugar half salt, no cereal if sugar was in the first 3 ingredients, and would rarely buy candy. I went on to work in a bulk candy store, and usually have some bag of candy nearby.
- crescentfresh 8y ago
  What was her take on halloween?
  - neom 8y ago
    NO GO HALLOWEEN. For my mum anyways. She pretended it was a pagan holiday.
  - mikewhy 8y ago
    Oh we still went out trick-or-treating. We weren't allowed to pig out on candy afterwards, just a few pieces a day. When we did start giving out candy it was still your average small chocolate bars, not granola or anything.
crescentfresh 8y ago
> 300lbs...it didn't take much effort to get to the 150/160 Uh, holy crap. Good job. How did you do it? What are some lunch ideas from your parents for my kids? Serious question lol. Since tree nuts and things aren't allowed I find nearly all the options in the "kids lunches" section of the store are all carb/sugar heavy, everything from the yogurts -> granola bars -> fruit. About the fattiest/healthiest thing I can think of are milk (still a lot of sugar but better than juice), cheese strings, or I make these celery + cream cheese things (instead of peanut butter, lol). I also found they like a tomato + mini bocconcini salad but by the time they go to eat it the salt has already "liquified" much of the cut tomatoes.
- neom 8y ago
  I grew up in rural Scotland. Mum got up at 5am and made herself coffee and two, stilton, cucumber and tomato ham sandwich for my sister and I. No pudding, maaaaaayyybbbeee we'd get carrots and broccoli with mayo as a side if we were lucky. We got on the bus at 7am. Amazingly I still got fat because I was sedentary.
  - crescentfresh 8y ago
    > coffee and two, stilton, cucumber and tomato ham sandwich To me that actually sounds like a fucking delicious lunch, were I to pack that for myself lol.
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by neom 8y ago

mikewhy 8y ago

My mother was the same. Any treat she made had half sugar half salt, no cereal if sugar was in the first 3 ingredients, and would rarely buy candy. I went on to work in a bulk candy store, and usually have some bag of candy nearby.

crescentfresh 8y ago
What was her take on halloween?
- neom 8y ago
  NO GO HALLOWEEN. For my mum anyways. She pretended it was a pagan holiday.
- mikewhy 8y ago
  Oh we still went out trick-or-treating. We weren't allowed to pig out on candy afterwards, just a few pieces a day. When we did start giving out candy it was still your average small chocolate bars, not granola or anything.

crescentfresh 8y ago

> 300lbs...it didn't take much effort to get to the 150/160 Uh, holy crap. Good job. How did you do it? What are some lunch ideas from your parents for my kids? Serious question lol. Since tree nuts and things aren't allowed I find nearly all the options in the "kids lunches" section of the store are all carb/sugar heavy, everything from the yogurts -> granola bars -> fruit. About the fattiest/healthiest thing I can think of are milk (still a lot of sugar but better than juice), cheese strings, or I make these celery + cream cheese things (instead of peanut butter, lol). I also found they like a tomato + mini bocconcini salad but by the time they go to eat it the salt has already "liquified" much of the cut tomatoes.

neom 8y ago
I grew up in rural Scotland. Mum got up at 5am and made herself coffee and two, stilton, cucumber and tomato ham sandwich for my sister and I. No pudding, maaaaaayyybbbeee we'd get carrots and broccoli with mayo as a side if we were lucky. We got on the bus at 7am. Amazingly I still got fat because I was sedentary.
- crescentfresh 8y ago
  > coffee and two, stilton, cucumber and tomato ham sandwich To me that actually sounds like a fucking delicious lunch, were I to pack that for myself lol.

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