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>>The only caveat is that I try my best not to eat processed food; if I can't make it at home with whole ingredients, then I will likely not eat it. This, by i

by smtddr 12y ago

>>The only caveat is that I try my best not to eat processed food; if I can't make it at home with whole ingredients, then I will likely not eat it. This, by itself, is a huge step. I bet that's a significant reason why you're losing weight. It was definitely a huge part of my successful weight loss. Basically I don't eat junk(pretty much means processed foods) and I avoid carb sources like bread/rice/pasta. Success was had. But I won't lie, losing weight and keeping it off is by far the most difficult thing I've ever done(and still doing) in my life. It's no joke and I have a new respect for those with weight issues. It's not a trivial thing to fix and I almost gave up twice. Constant daily battles walking pass the pizza, cookies, etc. Anyone here who works in a food store and keeps having to put the box of cookies/candies back in the right place when someone left it near the cashier? Sorry, that was me barely fighting off impulse.

bkjelden 12y ago
It seems kind of strange to me that in America, we let marketers push junk food and all other means of unhealthy food with little to no regulation, and then when we can't resist the cravings and eat a whole box of Oreos, it's our fault for not having enough discipline to say "no" for the 100th time this week. I know at the end of the day ultimately we are responsible for our own actions, but there is nothing in this country to make it any easier on ourselves.
- imgabe 12y ago
  Unfortunately any attempt at regulation, like Bloomberg limiting the size of soda containers, is met with cries of "But my FREEDOM. I need to be FREE to buy as large a container as I want!" Never mind that the only freedom being preserved here is the freedom of marketers to manipulate the public. Nobody asked for the obscenely large sizes of drinks we have available now. Companies just realized they can sell 3 cents of extra soda for an additional 25 cents and went nuts.
  - jdminhbg 12y ago
    The reason it's met with those cries of freedom is that I don't trust Bloomberg or you to be right about what's healthy or not healthy. In fact, public health authorities are frequently spectacularly, 180 degrees, catastrophically wrong about what is or is not healthy. So while I do not drink soda at all, much less 64 oz buckets of it, I don't want to give the power to ban that to the same people who think salt and animal products are also bad for you.
    - imgabe 12y ago
      It wasn't even a ban though. It was a restriction on the size of the container. You could still drink soda, as much as you like. It's well known that when you put larger amounts of food and drink in front of people, they consume more, regardless of whether they felt a physical need for it or not. Instead of letting marketers use psychological tricks to make themselves more money, I'd much rather let the government use the same tricks to make the public more healthy. Even if science later finds out that soda is super healthy and we should all drink nothing else, I'd much rather have regulations motivated by people asking "Is this healthy?" instead of "Does this make me the most profit?"
    - intopieces 12y ago
      Neither I nor Bloomberg are the ones saying it's unhealthy, scientists are. It's a law based on science.
- abawany 12y ago
  Here in Texas, one of the first acts of the new Agriculture Commissioner was to grant a "cupcake amnesty", sponsored by a variety of cupcake businesses: https://www.texastribune.org/2015/01/12/commissioner-sid-miller-gives-amnesty-cupcakes/ https://www.texastribune.org/2015/01/12/commissioner-sid-mil...

by smtddr 12y ago

bkjelden 12y ago

It seems kind of strange to me that in America, we let marketers push junk food and all other means of unhealthy food with little to no regulation, and then when we can't resist the cravings and eat a whole box of Oreos, it's our fault for not having enough discipline to say "no" for the 100th time this week. I know at the end of the day ultimately we are responsible for our own actions, but there is nothing in this country to make it any easier on ourselves.

imgabe 12y ago
Unfortunately any attempt at regulation, like Bloomberg limiting the size of soda containers, is met with cries of "But my FREEDOM. I need to be FREE to buy as large a container as I want!" Never mind that the only freedom being preserved here is the freedom of marketers to manipulate the public. Nobody asked for the obscenely large sizes of drinks we have available now. Companies just realized they can sell 3 cents of extra soda for an additional 25 cents and went nuts.
- jdminhbg 12y ago
  The reason it's met with those cries of freedom is that I don't trust Bloomberg or you to be right about what's healthy or not healthy. In fact, public health authorities are frequently spectacularly, 180 degrees, catastrophically wrong about what is or is not healthy. So while I do not drink soda at all, much less 64 oz buckets of it, I don't want to give the power to ban that to the same people who think salt and animal products are also bad for you.
  - imgabe 12y ago
    It wasn't even a ban though. It was a restriction on the size of the container. You could still drink soda, as much as you like. It's well known that when you put larger amounts of food and drink in front of people, they consume more, regardless of whether they felt a physical need for it or not. Instead of letting marketers use psychological tricks to make themselves more money, I'd much rather let the government use the same tricks to make the public more healthy. Even if science later finds out that soda is super healthy and we should all drink nothing else, I'd much rather have regulations motivated by people asking "Is this healthy?" instead of "Does this make me the most profit?"
  - intopieces 12y ago
    Neither I nor Bloomberg are the ones saying it's unhealthy, scientists are. It's a law based on science.
abawany 12y ago
Here in Texas, one of the first acts of the new Agriculture Commissioner was to grant a "cupcake amnesty", sponsored by a variety of cupcake businesses: https://www.texastribune.org/2015/01/12/commissioner-sid-miller-gives-amnesty-cupcakes/ https://www.texastribune.org/2015/01/12/commissioner-sid-mil...