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Now I have had Krispy Kreme, and to be honest I thought, what's the big deal. Guess I am not big on fried foods. Geek, I have been wondering, how much weight have you lost, or have you been overweight before. You mentioned stopping smoking which is very hard. Did that cause weight gain, or are you a naturally thin person?

No, usually they are sold by organizations so they have to be brought over from Indy in the wee hours of the morning. So by the time you get them, they are 6-7 hours old. Lotta hype for an old doughnut. No Krispy Kremes in C-U.

Originally posted by dorothyrde Geek, I have been wondering, how much weight have you lost, or have you been overweight before. You mentioned stopping smoking which is very hard. Did that cause weight gain, or are you a naturally thin person? I hit 199 and my mother in law called me fat or, in her parlance, "you gotta be worried about a guy your size who hits 200 before age 30." I was 27 at the time. I lost about 35 pounds, maybe 45, mostly through starvation and excessive smoking. The swimming came a few years later. Everyone I know who is fat talks incessantly about two things, their weight and their plans to lose it. I commend you for taking the necessary steps to skip the Doritos aisle and hit the lap lanes. BTW - gull80 is skinnier than me so he can indulge in the occasional donut. I had to give those up unfortunately.

Oh yes, doughnuts might as well be applied to my hips, cause that is where they end up if I eat them. I agree that many overweight people do more talking than doing, but I think that is because it is hard to do. Starvation and smoking sure aint the way to do it as you found out. Doing it sensibly takes a long time and lots of perseverance. We live in a I want it now society. I have a big concern about todays children. when I am at either my sons or daughters schools, kids today are heavy. I would have fit in better now, and been one of the small ones, than in the 70's when I was a teen and was one of the big ones. Big parents a lot of times, have big kids. The kids are not growing up with the skills they need to stay healthy and fit, because it is not part of their parents lives. These kids are just going to grow up and get heavier and heavier, and likely not have a clue how to lose the weight and keep it off. They certainly don't learn it at school either. Candy and pop machines make the school money, cutting PE saves the schools money, and the PE classes they have are usually not that active. My son told me last year he liked when they played a certain game, because all the "lazy" kids had an option to stroll around the track while the kids who really wanted to play played. Just telling someone to lose weight is not going to help. Some people don't even understand what a portion size is, or how much of something they should have each day. Not sure what the answer is, but I see this getting worse and worse not better.

Originally posted by gull80 ... and TI. You just can't help yourself, can you? People may not understand a portion, dorotyde, but they know a Big Mac supersized sure isn't healthy eating. My daughter's school does not have soda. They don't allow kindergartners to even get desert except on Friday. They also have a vegetarian diet. This is public school. I will never forget being at my 5 year old's swim meet last winter and watching this HUGE couple eat hotdogs, a huge bag of candy and 2 liters of soda in two hours. It was disgusting. I saw them a month later do the same thing at the all star meet.

Originally posted by hmlee gaining weight takes no effort. Losing it does. That's a bunch of bologna. Devoting yourself to an unhealthy lifestyle takes just as much effort as devoting yourself to healthy living. People always say it's hard to lose weight forgetting the countless hours spent piling on the pounds leading up to that point.

Originally posted by aquageek That's a bunch of bologna. Devoting yourself to an unhealthy lifestyle takes just as much effort as devoting yourself to healthy living. People always say it's hard to lose weight forgetting the countless hours spent piling on the pounds leading up to that point. Geek, when your daughter is in High School, tell me what kind of soda and candy machines they have. The k-2 here does not have machines either, then wham, there they are 3-12. If you have a tendency to gain weight, it is very very easy to gain, no effort at all. I have worked my tail off since August, and watched my portions, and eaten a very clean diet.....I have lost 5 pounds in 8 weeks. Granted, I think I have gained some muscle, because I am back into a smaller size, but it can be so disappointing to work really hard, and the body won't budge. I am trying to get 10 pounds off, how much harder would it be to my mental state to work this hard and have 100 pounds to lose.

Oh and Gull, you got me laughing, gotta slip that TI slam in there doncha.

Originally posted by dorothyrde I have never had a fried twinkie....that just sounds gross. :eek: In the South they will fry anything that stands still (including a Snickers bar). I myself have never had a fried twinkie, but I admit to an occasional Krispy Kreme (which I eat in private, of course, since I am a cardiologist).

Originally posted by dorothyrde Now I have had Krispy Kreme, and to be honest I thought, what's the big deal. Guess I am not big on fried foods. Yes, but did you eat one hot off of the conveyor belt? That is key. Not that anyone should be eating these things, of course.