Comments on: Surprising Secrets Of Slimming Down

Dr. Mallika Marshall Offers Tips Beyond The Obvious "Eat Less And Exercise More"

[qccougars]

Skinny people got no reason to live.
they got skinny fingers and skinny little eyes.
they run around telling skinny little lies.
they got skinny noses and skinny feet wear platform
shoes on nasty skinny feet. Don''t want no skinny people round me.

[qccougars]

Skinny people cannot be trusted.

[babooph]

The new "economy " should slim down the middle class quite a bit.

[andor3]

"Weight control is the easiest thing in the world if you are motivated to maintain a normal and healthy body"

most ignorant comment on the thread! Apparently did not read the article before spewing...

[stick1770]

oh yeah one other thing, why do we constantly have to have "experts" tell us what to eat. ***, just eat natural foods and get off your butt once a day. Not hard.

[stick1770]

constant excuses for people to stay fat. It''s never your fault. Has to be something else. Funny obese people were few before the invention of the Drive-thru window. Not to mention the idiotic minds of Americans anymore that have to sit and watch every *** show on TV like that is more important than anything else. I say stop making clothes for fat people and start making fun of their fat a55es. Start calling people out for being stupid and lazy. Stop accepting everything and make people accountable for their actions. Make people pay per pound when they fly, if they are over a certain size they should have to buy 2 or more seats. I''m tired of having to go on a flight or ballgame, etc. and having half of my seat taken up by some lard a55 sitting next to me. It''s stupid. Think of how many millions of gallons of oil it costs to haul their hefty a55es around in cars every year. Also keep them from using those power carts at the stores just cause they are fat. Make them walk. Fat is not a handicap.

[formrusmcsgt]

The compression of the middle class is largely to blame for obesity. Two-incomes needed to get by, marathon commutes, jobs that ask you to work late and work through lunch, the trend to buy convenience foods that tend to be less healthy. There are a LOT of reasons.

Posted by OneWorldUSA at 07:09 PM : Jul 19, 2008

My wife and I both work and neither of us is overweight.

THE reason for obesity is OVERCONSUMPTION! Period!

(Aside from the 3% who have a bonafide medical condition).......

[oneworldusa]

The compression of the middle class is largely to blame for obesity. Two-incomes needed to get by, marathon commutes, jobs that ask you to work late and work through lunch, the trend to buy convenience foods that tend to be less healthy. There are a LOT of reasons.

But one thing I can say, get a George Forman grill and cook chicken breast and frozen greens of some type 4-5 nights/week. Very little salt or preservatives. About as healthy as you can get for a quick meal.

[daysrnumbrd]

Did our diets change society? Or did the change in our society change our diets?

An important philosophical question indeed.

Many years ago, it only took one income to live a very modest/middle income lifestyle (for most people). And, the time at work as well as the time to get to and from work didn''t take all the daylight hours! A quality home-cooked meal with quality ingredients was more common decades ago, because people HAD THE TIME TO PREPARE AND EAT THEM!

But with the 12+ hour work day (including commute), who the hell wants to spend an hour or more at the grocery store, and one hour or more to prep, cook, eat, (and clean up afterwards) that "wholesome" home cooked meal these days?

Or is it just the fact that couples need an extra spouse to do the home chores that used to be done by the "significant other". It''s that or continuing on the dangerous fast food plan to accommodate the necessary fast paced lives we lead. Again, not by choice, but by the necessity to make the "ends meat".

All this fuss, to lose weight get off of the Standard American Diet, this ain''t brain surgery.

[cwbyht]

Pick up barbells every other day. Run or ride a bike on the days you don''t lift. Cut out white flour products, starchs and sugars. Eat more proteins, and good carbs. Drink 4-6 cups of green tea a day.
If you do this, you can''t help but lose weight.

[blackyowe]

drivelphobe, you are ignorant.

[blackyowe]

drivelphobe, you are ignorant.

[drivelphobe]

BlackYowe..

What a genius you appear to be. You and your brothers are different so adjust your eating and exercise to suit yourself. You must be huge to be so defensive. Weight control is the easiest thing in the world if you are motivated to maintain a normal and healthy body. Quit whining and straighten yourself out. Being overweight/obese is the fault of the individual, except for rare cases of medical disorders or pharmaceutical reactions. You, BlackYowe, may not really care if you''re obese!

[blackyowe]

I eat about the same and maybe less than my Brothers and am heavier so you floody and Yellow dog are full of *****!

[yellow651]

What it boils down to is, weight goes on one cheeseburger at a time, regardless of what other issues you may have. Don''t be stupid, it IS your fault.

[j_flood]

Still boils down to "it''s not what you''re eating, it''s what''s eating you" ...