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Larry T. Spider

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  1. I can’t find it now but I recently read an article about picky eaters and how it’s seen as a sign of low socio economic status in the business world. Definitely tracks with what Brisket posted. I don’t think you have to be that adventurous but you shouldn’t be the one constantly vetoing restaurants. You should be able to find at least a few things you like at just about any restaurant - and not on the kids menu. I recently took a person that works in the same field to happy hour/early dinner to discuss some business opportunities. She couldn’t find anything she liked and at bread and butter. Also, quite overweight. Second invite got lost in the mail.
  2. Spending is up to deal with state mandates that cause administrative bloat. The money isn’t making it to the classroom.
  3. Certainly anecdotal but one thing I’ve noticed is that unhealthy eaters are very picky and unwilling to eat foods they aren’t used to. It can be counterintuitive because they eat a lot. Let’s take my FIL with food addiction for example. He would eat maybe 2 or 3 meals on that list and wouldn’t be happy about those. Cooking time or money is not an obstacle for him. The problem is that he likes maybe 15 different foods and they are all unhealthy. I think about my biggest friend from HS who I am still good friends with 20 years later. Same issue. He’s a very picky eater, which is strange for a guy that’s 350 pounds. But his diet is almost all wings, burgers, bbq, Tex-Mex. The AI menu would work for him but only because it would be a starvation diet.
  4. I try to not shame the fats and poors too much because I know we aren’t that far away from people looking at drinkers in the same way as smokers and buffet busters.
  5. I like to do a 500 deficit then add 300-500 additional calories burned from movement. Not to lose weight faster, just to account for how bad most people are at counting calories accurately. Also helps me keep a positive mindset when I get off track because of a holiday or vacation or whatever.
  6. Building in a cushion of 300-500 calories a day through movement helps a lot. A lot of the weight in trying to lose was from when I went from being a school administrator walking all over the building to a desk job. Didnt change my diet at all during that switch but it probably added a pound every few weeks.
  7. I live in Texas but my work territory is the Deep South. It’s a spectacle.
  8. There’s a chicken and egg debate regarding poors and delayed gratification. Some argue they’re poor because they make decisions that are fun in the short term but detrimental in the long run. Other people believe it is the circumstances of being poor that lead to short term decision making. Food is intertwined in this debate. I worked in schools in East Austin and west Austin. The mindset regarding food and exercise could not be more different. Derka hit on this earlier in the thread and I largely agree. The situation is crisis level bad in our low income communities. I don’t really have an answer for it but I have tried some school programs to promote healthy eating and at least being exposed to new foods at a young age. Chicken nuggets won that battle.
  9. I made a post up thread about having disposable income and wanting to figure out the best way to invest it. 401k contributions have continued as normal but I’ve only put a little in the brokerage account. Saved myself about 15% on the recent slide but now wondering how long to hold out. Probably going to start dollar cost averaging 2-3k at a time. I can’t see this market going anywhere soon but fomo is setting in.
  10. I don’t have the studies handy but everything I’ve read supports this summary. However, they suggest a moderate deficit in order to retain muscle mass. Your body will want to burn fat before muscle but an extreme deficit will burn both. High protein also helps preserve muscle during weight loss.
  11. Obviously a lot of health considerations beyond weight loss, but it might be encouraging for those with a sweet tooth. A K-State nutrition professor did an experiment where he only ate twinkies, Doritos and little Debbie snacks for 2 months while capping his calories at 1,800 per day. Why? To show that a calorie deficit works no matter what you are eating. He lost 27 pounds. He increased his good cholesterol while reducing his bad cholesterol by 20% and reduced his BMI into the normal range.
  12. It’s still calories in vs calories out. The hormonal changes may cause a slowdown in metabolism, making fewer calories naturally go out, thus making weight loss harder. But a calorie deficit still works. It’s been replicated a bunch of times, but they have done studies with people that really struggle to lose weight. They claim they have tried everything and are eating in a calorie deficit. Then they put them in a controlled setting with only access to a set amount of calories per day. 100% success rate in losing weight. If you think you are in a calorie deficit and not losing weight, you aren’t in a calorie deficit. Your calculations could be off on what you are consuming (usually) or on what you are burning. Studies have shown that people vastly underestimate how many calories they are consuming. Everything from portion sizes to cooking oils and sprays. Trust me, I am not coming from a holier than thou place. I need to lose 30 pounds. I’m just realistic about why I’m fat.
  13. Not sure what percent of the population has a food addiction, but I definitely think it is real. My FIL, the one that had the quadruple bypass, is a prime example. Really nice guy but his life is dictated by food. It’s all he thinks about. If we have a healthy meal, he will become visibly depressed like it ruined his day. He has a sentimental attachment to food and associates it with family members that have passed away. It’s almost like he feels like he would be abandoning his culture (white, southern) to eat a different way even some of the time. I first realized it was a problem when we were going on a camping/hunting trip with some of the guys in his extended family. We went to the grocery store and bought somewhere in the neighborhood of 10x what we actually needed. It’s almost like he’s blind to what an appropriate amount of food is. He almost lost his life because of it and was very lucky to recover but it has done nothing to change his diet. Last night we had breaded and fried pork cops covered in gravy. He also sneaks out of the house to get fast food. All of this screams addiction to me but his wife has the most control of the situation and she’s an enabler. White southern men his age don’t exactly go to therapy, but he needed professional help 10-20 years ago. Would be interested to see if anybody connects with this on a personal level or has some insight.
  14. It’s really just calories in vs calories out. Unless you defy the laws of thermodynamics. In that case I can’t help you. Do you think that if you eat 2,000 calories a day and walk some you won’t lose weight? Honest question, not trying to pick at you.
  15. If you give me your age, height and weight, I can give you a calorie number to stay under each day. If you do it, you will lose weight. You either choose to stay under the number or you don’t. Now, there’s a million environmental and economic factors that may make that easier or harder for you. But, at the end of the day, if you eat more calories than the allotted number, that’s a choice.
  16. The system matters at a macro level. We have a bad system from city design that discourages walking all the way to food marketing and ingredients. It’s harder to be healthy here than probably any other industrialized nation. But beyond that, it’s a simple math equation. You either consume more calories than you burn, or you don’t. Much of that is a choice on an individual level. If you’re a 40 y/o man that weighs 250 and is around 6 feet tall and you eat about 2,000 calories a day, you are going to lose weight unless you somehow defy the laws of thermodynamics.
  17. It’s been 20 years with them. There no magic phrase that will work because it’s all coping for their own over eating. MIL and FIL have a very dysfunctional relationship with food. Interesting thing is that their 3 kids, all in their 30s and 40s, are relatively healthy/normal eaters.
  18. One aspect of trying to eat healthier that I hate is holidays with the in-laws. It’s not because the food as I let myself eat more and enjoy the day. It’s the relentless comments about not eating enough or demanding that I get a second plate of food. My lunch will easily be over 1,000 calories yet showing any restraint in not being a complete fat ass is met with disdain. For the record, I don’t make any announcements about what I’m eating or weight loss. Just make my plate like a normal human. “Guess you didn’t like the food” ~ guy who had a quadruple bypass and is currently in heart failure but makes no connection to his diet.
  19. And they don’t have a rating yet, so it provides a loop hole.
  20. I had never heard the term “fat blindness” until recently. The idea is that people know they need to lose some weight but drastically underestimate how much they will really need to come down. It’s pretty common for people to say they want to lose 20 pounds then later realize it was more like 40 or 50. As a country we have fat blindness as well. People are often surprised to hear that I want to lose 30 pounds. To them, I’m pretty normal because I’m not a complete fat ass. However, my body fat percentage is solidly overweight.
  21. Your estimates are about right. The former principal George Llewellyn and a few groups of HP parents willing to give Lamar a shot completely changed the trajectory of the school. There are quite a few families out there that had their older kids go to private middle school but went to Lamar for their younger ones after the changes.
  22. Murchison and Marshall are being discussed for the Dobie kids. As JimmyJazz mentioned, there is favoritism towards the Doss/Murchison/Anderson parents. It’s mostly fear based as the HP/Lamar/McCallum parents are more altruistic. I do think the community is scared of “losing” Lamar though. Not that long ago many families went private for middle school only in that area. My guess is we end up with a 3 way split. Also, I’m glad I don’t work for AISD anymore 😏
  23. I work from home so I’ve always been pretty good about not eating a ton of restaurant/fast food. But calorie counting really helped me realize how many wasted calories I had in my diet. I was able to cut out about 500 calories a day with some minor changes or watching portion size on some items. Just that equals about a pound a week in calories.
  24. Yes, and people losing a significant amount of weight will have to readjust their calorie number as they make progress. A decently active 300 pound person can eat a lot of calories and still be in a deficit. Get down to 200 and it looks different.
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