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I love to cook and I love to eat; but alas great food has to be eaten in moderation and you have to be familiar with more than the steam room when you go to the gym.
I was raised with these cold hard facts and I still wear the same size clothing I wore as an under graduate.
I think most people forgot what moderation meant in the mid 80's and now they and their children are paying the price for it.
I was raised with these cold hard facts and I still wear the same size clothing I wore as an under graduate.
I think most people forgot what moderation meant in the mid 80's and now they and their children are paying the price for it.
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I watch several of the shows that appear on Food Network and on The Cooking Channel, it's nice to watch and see the different foods out there, doesn't mean I have to go and try to make each of the meals.
Besides, it's not a recent thing, Graham Kerr and Julia Child and others were around years before cable stations came along and made entire stations for this.
Schools were starting in many places to rethink the foods being served in school cafeterias and vending machines long before Oliver started his stuff. I am glad he has added to it and helped other schools become aware.Schools over here have banned unhealthy food from canteens (thanks mainly to Jamie Oliver's campaign), some are even going an extra step & confiscating chocolate & candy from packed lunches...
Though there were some stupid (& fat) mothers pictured in the press buying burgers & the like & passing them to children through the fence of the school
Confiscate the food? If a parent sends the child in with food, the school really should not be taking it away. Call the parents or whoever in and let them know how bad the foods are, it's up to whoever takes care of the child.
As far as parents passing through food to the children, the school can set up a policy against that easily enough. It's 1 thing to send the child in with food which may or may not be healthy, it's quite another to be slipping food through the fence.
Indeed. I still have the same waist size as I did when I was in college and can fit into my military uniforms from over 20 years ago. Not intending to blow my own horn but I think when you have to loosen the belt a couple of notches or buy a larger size pant it is an indication of something not being quite right and not something to be embraced.
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Yep, the fit of my clothes always tells me. :redface:
Count me in the same size clothes club, but I'm not "naturally skinny" and those pants have gotten tight on me more than a few times. I could never make the decision to buy larger clothes instead of losing five pounds. It's much easier to lose five pounds than a lot anyway.
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i'm rubbish *90%* vegan.
i have a weakness for soft boiled eggs. and goat cheese.
i've rationalized my personal failings by supporting a small local farm. i have a few chickens and goats these really nice hippies take care of.. in exchange for a small fee i get humanely produced animal goods.
but yeah.. vegan/veg since i was a wee-ML *12/13*
Absolutely. If you are going to wait until you've gone from a 32 inch waist to a 40 inch its possible you've waited too long.
(By the way, my military days ended over 20 years ago not 30. Damn typo. I don't need to be any older than I actually am. For vanity and accuracy, I've correct that.:smile: )
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20 years still seems a bit high, Mr. Monel.
ya looking damn good in ya low-rise :naughty:
Not what I experienced. When I lived overseas (UK, Australia and France), I was shocked by the lack of knowledge about the US, considering they consider themselves so much "smarter" than the average American in geography, etc ("fat, dumb American" stereotype prevails). Propaganda at its finest! (I could say a few more things, but I will shut my mouth.)
Nothing pisses me off more than listening to foreigners whine about the invasion of American culture in their country (one comment made on here, but it was not intended to mean what I thought it meant). If you don't like it, keep it out of your place (now international law forcing them into it). But please don't relish in it, and then bitch about how much you don't like it (particularly in France).
At any rate, average Americans have fresh, unprocessed foods galore at their disposal (more so than ever with the latest trends in unprocessed foods), but they choose to be obese. No excuses for them!
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Most people in the UK will have at least heard of all the states that make up the USA & the major towns & cities too, I don't think the same can be said for American's knowledge of the UK...
Infact every time I have visited the US when people ask where I am from they have no idea where it is & have never heard of it, simply asking "Is it near London?" lol
The other weird thing was that most American's thought I was Australian from my accent
Not saying it is the fault of American's as British geography can't be high up on the school curriculum & the US news channels that I watch (Fox, CNN) tend to not report on anything unless it's in America or Iraq...
That's silly: I don't think most Brits can rattle off the 50 states of the US (most Americans cannot, even though they learn them all in school for years). I wouldn't expect them to be able to, either, as they aren't from the US.
It comes down to this: If the UK were the world's superpower, Americans would know a lot more about British cities, regions, etc. And I'm not saying this to be rude, either. That's just the way it is.
So It's not a question of what country is better in geography than another.
Maybe the world will soon have its wish: China will be the next superpower:biggrin1:
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I'm not saying most Brits could rattle off all 50 states off the top of their head, but most will have heard of them at least... How many English counties or towns/cities will American's have heard of? :wink:
Ah, so American's are not thick, they are just insular & ignorant... Thanks for clearing that up...
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