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pearlandhorn

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  1. I get that these people are outliers (myself included) and can appreciate a doctor (like yourself) who recommends diet and exercise. However, patients aren't incentivized to actually follow through with said diet and exercise, are they? No, their insurance will cover the cost of these drugs that enable their current lifestyle.
  2. Not your previous post. Sorry. JFC.
  3. I think a lot of the problem with the American healthcare system is the incentive for doctors to just prescribe meds for ailments related to having obese patients. Oh, high BP due to being fat? Here's a pill. High cholesterol from eating fast food every day? Here's a pill. Type 2 diabetes for being over overweight and eating like shit the majority of your life? Here's a pill and blood sugar monitor. Granted, some people may actually have high BP or cholesterol and be a perfectly healthy weight and they actually need these drugs but the vast majority of the people who are type 2 diabetic, have high BP or high cholesterol have these issues due to weight and diet. However, there's no proactive measures for doctors or the pharmaceutical industry to get these people off these medications because the incentive structure is backwards. The structure incentives doctors to keep these patients coming back to them for more drugs and the pharmaceutical companies keep pumping them out. If the government actually incentivized people to be healthy, it could dynamically shift the health trends we've seen over the last 20/30 years. However, too many lobbying programs are on capital hill trying to get their shitty processed foods into our laps (dairy industry, big beef, etc.).
  4. Costco needs to bring this shit back, ASAP:
  5. Costco, smuckers, Trader Joe’s…there’s literally countless non sugar added PB in a grocery store.
  6. Right there with you. It’s damn near impossible to own a home inside 610 with less than $250k/$300k per year.
  7. I get you and sorry if I came across as entitled. Was just explaining my journey.
  8. We’re insensitive or are you too overly sensitive? You don’t have to exercise to lose weight. Does your asthma prevent you from a 30 minute walk per day?
  9. I truly appreciate the feedback. Thanks.
  10. Oh I know - I can be an insensitive asshole towards the people that I used to be like. It’s not fair to them, they just haven’t hit that point. I don’t place the entire blame on them. It’s not wholly their fault. It’s a shared problem between them, the fast food industry, industrialization of the food industry adding preservatives and overall shit chemicals that fill the inner shelves of the grocery stores. It’s something I’m working on personally (my attitude towards other people).
  11. One day I said I was done being the fat guy. It was my 30th birthday - almost exactly 5 years ago. Lost the weight over the course of 18 months and kept it off for the last 3.5 years. I was getting winded from running around with my 18 month old and was tired of it. I probably went a little overboard the first initial 6 months (went OMAD, no more sodas, no sugar, etc.). Looking back, I don’t think what I did was exactly “healthy” but I’ve found a good balance now. I eat, a lot, but make good choices. I fluctuate between 180-190 (I’m 6’2”) depending on if it’s running season or not. Just did my first full marathon in January and enjoyed it enough to sign up for one again next year.
  12. Thanks.
  13. Like I said, it was a rant. Sorry. Maybe I should have posted in “Trivial things that make you surly” instead.
  14. EDIT: Oh yeah, and Americans are addicted to fucking sugar. We put sugar in everything. Coffee, tea, food, orange juice, fucking PEANUT BUTTER!. WHY? If I had to estimate, I’d say the average adult American consumes about 800 calories per day in liquid calories. Drink fucking water or coffee with Splenda. It’s not difficult people.
  15. FFP (former fat person) here. Lost 120/130 lbs over the course of a year and a half or so. I went from 315 to 185/190. In my opinion, it just takes willpower and the desire to change. I did it without surgery and just by changing my diet and exercising. I now eat more volume wise than I did when I was 315 pounds. I also do distance running which helps and do weight training 3 or 4 times per week but in my opinion, it’s 100% a mental game of reprogramming yourself to actually eat well. If people would just stop eating shitty fast food, cooked at home 90% of the time, and walked half an hour a day, a lot of people would actually lose weight. A huge problem, in my opinion, is the media and publicity of dieting to lose weight. A diet is a short term fix to a long-term problem because it has a finite beginning and end. Losing weight and keeping it off is a life-style change. I’m continuously mystified by the studies that come out that says Americans eat fast food on average 6 times per week or whatever the number is. I honestly can’t remember the last time I had fast food. The amount of money that Americans spend on eating out is such a waste. It’s not just fast food either. All of the restaurants that Americans eat at have portion sizes that are way too large, cook everything in butter or peanut oil, and we eat it all because we were trained to by our parents (clean your plate or you can’t leave the table!) Americans are too lazy, too “busy”, and aren’t incentivized to lose weight and be healthy. It’s easier to just go through the drive-thru which is a fucking problem. If I had a dime for every time I heard a fat person say “I’ve tried dieting…it just doesn’t work for me!”, I’d be a fucking thousandaire. No shit, thanks mainstream media. It’s not a fucking diet. It’s a lifestyle change. I’m busy as shit, travel for work, have a kid in little league, run a half marathon damn near every weekend, and STILL have the time to meal prep every other fucking workday. When I travel for work, do I eat out 3 meals a day? No, I go to the grocery store on my way to the hotel and get healthy food for breakfast and dinner. It’s a fucking choice to be healthy. It’s a hell of a lot easier to be fat and lazy because of the fast food giants lobbying their way into Congress. Eat eggs, oatmeal, chicken, rice, avocados, leaner cuts of beef, fruits, nuts, and vegetables. Stop eating processed foods with sugar added and stop drinking fucking calories. Fuck Coca-cola. Sorry for the rant.
  16. I refuse to eat Cici's any longer. If I'm eating pizza with the kid, it's Mr. Gatti's.
  17. Nice looking appetizer.
  18. Eh. My wife is a 2%er.
  19. Trying the fruity pebbles for the first time probably next week after I finish off the tub of salted carmel MyProtein. I ran a race a few weeks ago and picked up about 75 individual servings for free from a vendor. I came up to him wearing my longhorn headband that I wear for running and he just loaded me up with free samples. Told me that I could take as much as I wanted because I was a longhorn lol
  20. Scrolled past this thread and realized I hadn’t finished todays wordle. Had three guesses done and only the first letter correct and another in the wrong spot. Next guess: bingo… Wordle 633 4/6 ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ 🟨⬛⬛⬛🟨 🟩⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
  21. Valentina's is my go-to. I also like chipotle cholula.
  22. My evening snack typically includes homemade bread with avocado and greek yogurt with a scoop of protein powder (will sometimes add a serving of walnuts for extra fats). NF greek yogurt is pretty gross to me so I doctor it up with a few splenda and protein powder. This typically gets me to 200g protein, 80/90g fat, and 350g carbs per day.
  23. This is how I am. I do early morning workouts. My breakfast is around 700-800 calories (3 whole eggs, cup of oats with 2 tablespoons of PB and protein powder) after gym. Two lunches (combined 1100 calories of beef/rice and chicken/rice), dinner around 600 calories, then snack at around 9PM. If you're looking to lose weight, the number 1 thing you should focus your entire diet around is your protein intake. Looks like you're doing that now. Also, make sure you get sufficient fat intake (at least 80g per day). Fill in the remaining amount with carbs or more fats. Great job on the loss so far.
  24. 85g per day? Are you a vegetarian?
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