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shelflifers
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 Posted: 01/03/03 - 18:01 Post subject: Overweight Family
Think about your immediate family. Would you say that 1/2 of them are overweight?
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Orange Bubble
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Posted: 01/03/03 - 18:04 Post subject:
Yes. Mother, sister, aunt, uncle...they are all overweight. They are all beautiful people, but have struggled with their weight for years. They lead active lives, but overeat compulsively.
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Laurie Ellen
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Posted: 01/03/03 - 18:04 Post subject: Re: Overweight Family
| shelflifers wrote: | | Think about your immediate family. Would you say that 1/2 of them are overweight? |
16 out of 23 immediate family members are overweight - obese, even. This number includes brothers, sisters, grandparents.
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Earlyrunnr
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Posted: 01/03/03 - 18:07 Post subject:
Mom, dad , brother, uncle , aunt
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akern
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Posted: 01/03/03 - 18:07 Post subject:
My grandpa is overweight but that's about it. We are all pretty much the same size.
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shelflifers
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Posted: 01/03/03 - 18:10 Post subject:
Me too...I'd say just about 1/2 are for me. I've always loved my Mom's lifestyle though and how well she takes care of herself through eating completely healthy, choosing healthy hobits like gardening and maintaining an exercise program her whole life...
This is why I thought of this:
most of my coworkers here (there's only 5 of em) are grossly overweight and sometimes it's just not fun to watch them bring fast food bag after fast food bag into the office and listen to them chow it all down...
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akern
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Posted: 01/03/03 - 18:12 Post subject:
| shelflifers wrote: | | choosing healthy hobits |
Don't EAT FRODO!!
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shelflifers
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Posted: 01/03/03 - 18:13 Post subject:
| akern wrote: | | shelflifers wrote: | | choosing healthy hobits |
Don't EAT FRODO!! |
Git yo 'frodo' on...
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Posted: 01/03/03 - 18:51 Post subject:
Probably over half. Cousins included. My cousin Kelly had high blood pressure when she was TEN!!! She's like a size 24 now, but what's funny is, she still won't even LOOK at a carrot but her kid eats real well, he loves broccoli and really doesn't like sweets.
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Posted: 01/03/03 - 19:37 Post subject:
Everyone in my family is average size, despite not being very active. Probably partly genetic, partly healthy diet.
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Posted: 01/03/03 - 19:39 Post subject: Re: Overweight Family
| shelflifers wrote: | | Think about your immediate family. Would you say that 1/2 of them are overweight? |
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Posted: 01/03/03 - 19:46 Post subject:
Nope. Dad's pretty active; everyone else is really obsessive about their weight/size. Not to sound neurotic, but it's true.
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Posted: 01/03/03 - 20:02 Post subject:
My dad is probably 15-20 lbs. over weight, but everybody else I can think of is within a reasonable weight range for their height.
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Posted: 01/03/03 - 20:05 Post subject:
Definitely not half. My mom is, some aunts and cousins. But most of us are in the normal range. For weight, anyway.
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Posted: 01/03/03 - 20:06 Post subject:
It is actually pretty funny, but my two brothers, my sister and I were all overweight at some time (My younger brother was around 190, my older brother was around 250, I was 205 and my sister was around 180.
We are now all much smaller now. My younger brother is around 170, and much more muscular, my older brother is 195, I am 163 and my sister is 125. We lost a whole person between us all!
My wife lost close to 50 lbs froom when I met her!
Mom has always struggled with her weight, but she isn't obese. She has the classic Italian hips!
Shelfie, you are right about the cow-worker thing. I have one cow-worker who has gained around 40 lbs in the past year and a half. He is 25 and he eats so much crap, it baffles me. He is starting to waddle a bit!
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