So 1 in 4 of all Americans are obese because of a virus? Obesity has jumped from 13% in 1960 to 30% in 2000. It has been on the rise in all categories for several decades now. Now, do you still think that a majority of this is because of a virus? It's not because of a change in the average person's lifestyle, or the prevalence of fast food joints, or clever marketing for sugary cereals and sweets? What about soft drinks?
Where did I dispute there might be a viral cause for obesity in my original post in order to "prop up" my "motivational self-help ranting?" Like it or not, there is already a very real cure for obesity out there now. Whether or not people want to take advantage of it is another issue.
In terms of lasting quality, I mean there is no substitute. Furthermore, I should add that I meant not only a great looking body, but also a healthy one. You can have all the liposuction in the world, but it's not going to change your eating habits for you, or clear your partially blocked arteries, or provide any health benefits besides, perhaps, less pressure on your joints. That's something you have to do of your own will.
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The problem, as I see it, with our society today that causes obesity to flourish is a combination of the ever increasing sedentary lifestyle and a lack of discipline for a person to keep their body in good condition. As much as we tend to say it, "Getting in shape," is not easily done. A person who hasn't worked out consistently for a long while is not going to magically get the body they desire in 12 weeks of . If that "beer gut" took years to develop, it's not going to go away over night, it will take YEARS to shed. Years of consistent smart eating and a training program. And thats where a lot of people fail.
You see, you have to earn a great body. There is absolutely no substitute. And it takes time to see significant results.
For some people "too much" food might be just enough to nourish them. It's not widely reported, but lots of dieting fat people die and/or suffer severe health problems from malnutrition every year. Still fat, yet starved of required nutrients.
We've tried bullying fat people to "quit eating so much and go for a walk" for decades now. Results have not been stellar. Maybe we ought to try something else. Maybe it might be worth a shot to afford them the dignity of any other human beings, and find ways to help them get thinner.
Find ways to help them get thinner? It's not rocket surgery. It's as simple as watching your daily caloric intake, ensuring that it's just below your maintenance level, starting some sort of training program, and sticking with it day in, day out. You don't need to go on the Atkins diet, or ABS, or Southbeatch, or any other fad diet. They overcomplicate things. If you're body's not getting enough calories for the activities it does in a day from the food you eat, then it will look elsewhere for that energy, primarily metabolically expensive muscle tissue and fat reserves. Proper diet, specifically high protein, moderate carbs, and fats (yes, fats), will yield the best results. Have a slow metabolism? Eat every 2-3 hours! No, not full sized meals, rather, figure out your total allotted calories in a day, divide that between 6-8 meals and voila!
It's not like fat people want to be fat. You can't even make the case that the pleasures of eating and relaxation (or avoiding the discomfort of working out and going hungry) are more important to them than their health and appearance. There are people who are suicidal over their weight, and willing to endure painful, dangerous, ill-advised medical procedures to correct it.
No, of course they don't want to be fat, they just don't want to put in the work to make it go away. Everyone wants an easy way out, something they can do 5 minutes a day, every other day, and get the body of their favorite superstar. Sorry, bud, but it doesn't work like that. The pleasures of eating and relaxation may not be as important to them as their health, however the thought of having to "work out" and "diet" are enough to cause them to not pursue their desire. Also, I'd put money down that they're willing to endure painful medical procedures precisely because they want a quick fix.
In spite of how much the results of studies like this might displease the "personal responsibility uber alles" crowd, I'm glad studies like this are being done. If there really does turn out to be a viral cause, discovery of it is cause for celebration.
Why? So we can have another excuse for our condition? "I'm not fat, I'm big boned!" "I'm not fat! It's my family's genetics!" "I'm not fat! I have a disease!" Come on, this is going to sound harsh, but if you're constantly saying these things, get off your ass and get on a treadmill. Trust me, you can change.
Here's one of the most inspiration transformations I've ever seen. His name is Louis Dormon. He went to weighing well over 250 pounds with a high fat percentage, and dropped down to a ripped 16
My friends and I used to do this to the lunchpage at our high school. It was something fun and retarded to do in class, seeing how high we could get that little counter at the bottom of the page. We managed to trip it over a few times, (I think it was after a million hits). Well, one day in my programming class I was doing this and I received a NetSend message from our administrator which read,
"Please stop stealing my bandwidth;-)"
Smiley face and all. The fact that he knew who I was, where I was, and could take it to the administration was enough to make me stop playing the refresher game again. Plus the winking smiley face he used weirded me out a bit.
I don't think that being as mobile as we are now is become a bad thing. We now have the opportunity to travel to the otherside of the planet in just a few hours for a fairly good price, something not so easy decades ago. People have more options available to them. We aren't necessarily bound to pick a job or a school that's within 100 miles from where we grew up as children. If someone feels they would have better opportunities someplace else they can easily go their and try to live up to their full potential (barring any obligations either physically or to your family).
How many college students move back to the small town because its "home"?
I'm from a small town. There aren't many opportunities for me there as a software engineer or really anything past factory worker, salesman, McDonald's chef. So why would I want to go back there when I know I would be happy doing something I love even if it isn't "home"? I'm not trying to attack you, merely saying that I, personally, would not want to find myself trapped in a small town like I've seen so many others. I don't want my abilities to be limited by my location.
And as far as considering my small town as "home", I don't really. I recognize that it's where I grew up but I don't feel obliged to go back. I consider "home" to be wherever my family may reside. It's not such a bad thing for someone (college student) to want to get away and find their own identity, their own niche in society is it?
-- corridors up to a quarter-mile across, consisting of as many as six lanes for cars and four for trucks, plus railroad tracks, oil and gas pipelines, water and other utility lines, even broadband transmission cables.
Awesome, but will Linux run on it too?
Seriously though, this seems like it would be a nightmare to drive on. Having to cross a dozen lanes just to get off would be nerve racking, especially during rush hour. Also is it such a good idea to have oil and gas pipelines on this "SuperHighway" too? What if a a fully loaded 18-Wheeler crashes into them? Or, will these pipelines be below ground? I would hope so.
I think this is very understandable. As said before, Roskosmos isn't trying to make a profit off this, merely trying to break even. It would be in the best interest of international relations and the future of the ISS to not let the Russian agency forced to stop contributing to the project because they can't afford to bear the burden of it any longer. It's not like they're demanding the money either. From the article,
"For 2005, Mr Perminov said, he had agreed a temporary barter scheme by which Russia pays off man-hours it owes for work on the station - a collaborative project between 16 nations - by launching US astronauts.
If they did have to back out then the burden placed on NASA would be that much greater and suddenly the millions spent to fund the Russian launches would seem like pocket change. Would NASA be able to continue to support the ISS then? There's already a lot of criticism that the whole idea of a permanently manned space station is a waste of money.
Plus what about just doing the right thing? It is an International Space Station after all.
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Haha, sorry if I took the comment too seriously. I'm very passionate about health and fitness so issues like these really get me fired up ;-)
So 1 in 4 of all Americans are obese because of a virus? Obesity has jumped from 13% in 1960 to 30% in 2000. It has been on the rise in all categories for several decades now. Now, do you still think that a majority of this is because of a virus? It's not because of a change in the average person's lifestyle, or the prevalence of fast food joints, or clever marketing for sugary cereals and sweets? What about soft drinks?
Where did I dispute there might be a viral cause for obesity in my original post in order to "prop up" my "motivational self-help ranting?" Like it or not, there is already a very real cure for obesity out there now. Whether or not people want to take advantage of it is another issue.
In terms of lasting quality, I mean there is no substitute. Furthermore, I should add that I meant not only a great looking body, but also a healthy one. You can have all the liposuction in the world, but it's not going to change your eating habits for you, or clear your partially blocked arteries, or provide any health benefits besides, perhaps, less pressure on your joints. That's something you have to do of your own will.
The problem, as I see it, with our society today that causes obesity to flourish is a combination of the ever increasing sedentary lifestyle and a lack of discipline for a person to keep their body in good condition. As much as we tend to say it, "Getting in shape," is not easily done. A person who hasn't worked out consistently for a long while is not going to magically get the body they desire in 12 weeks of . If that "beer gut" took years to develop, it's not going to go away over night, it will take YEARS to shed. Years of consistent smart eating and a training program. And thats where a lot of people fail.
You see, you have to earn a great body. There is absolutely no substitute. And it takes time to see significant results.
For some people "too much" food might be just enough to nourish them. It's not widely reported, but lots of dieting fat people die and/or suffer severe health problems from malnutrition every year. Still fat, yet starved of required nutrients.
We've tried bullying fat people to "quit eating so much and go for a walk" for decades now. Results have not been stellar. Maybe we ought to try something else. Maybe it might be worth a shot to afford them the dignity of any other human beings, and find ways to help them get thinner.
Find ways to help them get thinner? It's not rocket surgery. It's as simple as watching your daily caloric intake, ensuring that it's just below your maintenance level, starting some sort of training program, and sticking with it day in, day out. You don't need to go on the Atkins diet, or ABS, or Southbeatch, or any other fad diet. They overcomplicate things. If you're body's not getting enough calories for the activities it does in a day from the food you eat, then it will look elsewhere for that energy, primarily metabolically expensive muscle tissue and fat reserves. Proper diet, specifically high protein, moderate carbs, and fats (yes, fats), will yield the best results. Have a slow metabolism? Eat every 2-3 hours! No, not full sized meals, rather, figure out your total allotted calories in a day, divide that between 6-8 meals and voila!
It's not like fat people want to be fat. You can't even make the case that the pleasures of eating and relaxation (or avoiding the discomfort of working out and going hungry) are more important to them than their health and appearance. There are people who are suicidal over their weight, and willing to endure painful, dangerous, ill-advised medical procedures to correct it.
No, of course they don't want to be fat, they just don't want to put in the work to make it go away. Everyone wants an easy way out, something they can do 5 minutes a day, every other day, and get the body of their favorite superstar. Sorry, bud, but it doesn't work like that. The pleasures of eating and relaxation may not be as important to them as their health, however the thought of having to "work out" and "diet" are enough to cause them to not pursue their desire. Also, I'd put money down that they're willing to endure painful medical procedures precisely because they want a quick fix.
In spite of how much the results of studies like this might displease the "personal responsibility uber alles" crowd, I'm glad studies like this are being done. If there really does turn out to be a viral cause, discovery of it is cause for celebration.
Why? So we can have another excuse for our condition? "I'm not fat, I'm big boned!" "I'm not fat! It's my family's genetics!" "I'm not fat! I have a disease!" Come on, this is going to sound harsh, but if you're constantly saying these things, get off your ass and get on a treadmill. Trust me, you can change.
Here's one of the most inspiration transformations I've ever seen. His name is Louis Dormon. He went to weighing well over 250 pounds with a high fat percentage, and dropped down to a ripped 16
My friends and I used to do this to the lunchpage at our high school. It was something fun and retarded to do in class, seeing how high we could get that little counter at the bottom of the page. We managed to trip it over a few times, (I think it was after a million hits). Well, one day in my programming class I was doing this and I received a NetSend message from our administrator which read,
;-)"
"Please stop stealing my bandwidth
Smiley face and all. The fact that he knew who I was, where I was, and could take it to the administration was enough to make me stop playing the refresher game again. Plus the winking smiley face he used weirded me out a bit.
Fine by me, just as long as THEY look like THIS.
And as far as considering my small town as "home", I don't really. I recognize that it's where I grew up but I don't feel obliged to go back. I consider "home" to be wherever my family may reside. It's not such a bad thing for someone (college student) to want to get away and find their own identity, their own niche in society is it?
Seriously though, this seems like it would be a nightmare to drive on. Having to cross a dozen lanes just to get off would be nerve racking, especially during rush hour. Also is it such a good idea to have oil and gas pipelines on this "SuperHighway" too? What if a a fully loaded 18-Wheeler crashes into them? Or, will these pipelines be below ground? I would hope so.