Comments on: I Want To Be Fat Like You, Daddy http://chrisberryonthe.net/2009/04/08/i-want-to-be-fat-like-you-daddy/ A Curious Compendium Of Politics, Food and Life Sun, 13 May 2012 20:37:31 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Joe DeGiorgio http://chrisberryonthe.net/2009/04/08/i-want-to-be-fat-like-you-daddy/#comment-8272 Joe DeGiorgio Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:44:37 +0000 http://chrisberryonthe.net/?p=690#comment-8272 The answer to the weight loss question has always been a dirty word..."work". The only way to lose and keep it off is to exercise doing SOMETHING and push the plate away without finishing. I personally ran and walked many miles before my excess weight was gone, but you gotta do what you gotta do. Love the last part of the post, sounds like a great book title: "Eat less, put down the remote, get your fat ass off the couch"...awesome! The answer to the weight loss question has always been a dirty word…”work”. The only way to lose and keep it off is to exercise doing SOMETHING and push the plate away without finishing.
I personally ran and walked many miles before my excess weight was gone, but you gotta do what you gotta do. Love the last part of the post, sounds like a great book title: “Eat less, put down the remote, get your fat ass off the couch”…awesome!

]]> By: Eric http://chrisberryonthe.net/2009/04/08/i-want-to-be-fat-like-you-daddy/#comment-7792 Eric Sun, 19 Apr 2009 18:13:58 +0000 http://chrisberryonthe.net/?p=690#comment-7792 Exactly - it has always amazed me when people don't understand the basic fundamentals of what our bodies need and decide to eat just one thing (perhaps because they are easily swayed by marketing or their peers). What happens when you do too much of anything? It's bad for you. Too much water kills you - but isn't water supposed to be good for you? All in moderation. This is why I don't believe in all vegetarian or vegan diets either. Exactly – it has always amazed me when people don’t understand the basic fundamentals of what our bodies need and decide to eat just one thing (perhaps because they are easily swayed by marketing or their peers). What happens when you do too much of anything? It’s bad for you. Too much water kills you – but isn’t water supposed to be good for you? All in moderation. This is why I don’t believe in all vegetarian or vegan diets either.

]]> By: Rob http://chrisberryonthe.net/2009/04/08/i-want-to-be-fat-like-you-daddy/#comment-7305 Rob Sat, 11 Apr 2009 11:15:25 +0000 http://chrisberryonthe.net/?p=690#comment-7305 Chris, you've hit on the key - deciding on a different lifestyle that you are willing and able to maintain. People go on fad diets or go bonkers exercising (not as extreme as the Biggest Loser, but still not at a level they want to keep up for the rest of their lives). They drop the pounds, tone up, etc. Then once they're where they want to be, they go back to living exactly as they were before, and SURPRISE! - the fat comes back! Unless there's some other problem, generally we are overweight because of what we eat and what we don't do physically. So choosing a sane, balanced way of eating you are comfortable about maintaining until the end of your prolonged days, coupled with a good exercise routine that you are able to sustain (ie. not running 100 miles a day, etc.) is the best way to take it off slowly and keep it off over the longhaul. Good article, and I wish you the best! Chris, you’ve hit on the key – deciding on a different lifestyle that you are willing and able to maintain. People go on fad diets or go bonkers exercising (not as extreme as the Biggest Loser, but still not at a level they want to keep up for the rest of their lives). They drop the pounds, tone up, etc. Then once they’re where they want to be, they go back to living exactly as they were before, and SURPRISE! – the fat comes back! Unless there’s some other problem, generally we are overweight because of what we eat and what we don’t do physically. So choosing a sane, balanced way of eating you are comfortable about maintaining until the end of your prolonged days, coupled with a good exercise routine that you are able to sustain (ie. not running 100 miles a day, etc.) is the best way to take it off slowly and keep it off over the longhaul.

Good article, and I wish you the best!

]]> By: Amy http://chrisberryonthe.net/2009/04/08/i-want-to-be-fat-like-you-daddy/#comment-7236 Amy Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:30:11 +0000 http://chrisberryonthe.net/?p=690#comment-7236 Just stumbled upon your very well written, insightful blog. Politics and food, oh my! Two topics I could carry on about for hours on end. I guess I will have to find time in my day to read one more blog, Damn you! But I digress..... I love, love, love this post. I am "100 pounds soaking wet, with a bag of hammers strapped to my back," as my husband would say. A slight exaggeration, but yes, I have a thin, small frame. However, I have grown tired over the years of hearing "how lucky I am... that I can eat anything and still be so thin." Luck has nothing to do with it. It's called portion control and exercise. My husband learned this "secret" two years ago, as he changed his eating habits and got his butt on the treadmill. Dropped 40 pounds. It did not happen over night and it was not easy. But he mustered through it, and as he began to see the results, he was excited and motivated to continue. Now it is just part of his lifestyle. We're such an instant gratification society - probably why the Polaroid camera was such a hit. And Americans are lazy. Nobody is willing to work for anything - probably why credit card debt is at an all time high. Whatever happened to "everything in moderation, including moderation?" Being mindful of how much you eat, and exercising regularly allows you to eat pretty much whatever you want. Can we please stop praising these people who have gastric bypass surgery. They are not heroes. Just stumbled upon your very well written, insightful blog. Politics and food, oh my! Two topics I could carry on about for hours on end. I guess I will have to find time in my day to read one more blog, Damn you!

But I digress…..

I love, love, love this post. I am “100 pounds soaking wet, with a bag of hammers strapped to my back,” as my husband would say. A slight exaggeration, but yes, I have a thin, small frame. However, I have grown tired over the years of hearing “how lucky I am… that I can eat anything and still be so thin.” Luck has nothing to do with it. It’s called portion control and exercise.

My husband learned this “secret” two years ago, as he changed his eating habits and got his butt on the treadmill. Dropped 40 pounds. It did not happen over night and it was not easy. But he mustered through it, and as he began to see the results, he was excited and motivated to continue. Now it is just part of his lifestyle.

We’re such an instant gratification society – probably why the Polaroid camera was such a hit. And Americans are lazy. Nobody is willing to work for anything – probably why credit card debt is at an all time high. Whatever happened to “everything in moderation, including moderation?”

Being mindful of how much you eat, and exercising regularly allows you to eat pretty much whatever you want. Can we please stop praising these people who have gastric bypass surgery. They are not heroes.

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