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[–] interstate-15 ago 

Nope. We didn't have any nutrition classes at all. But we all knew fatties were the ones who ate more and shit food.

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[–] MrSaxoBeetus ago 

I think I learned in engineering school. But I only learned about the myth of condishuns when I joined FPH.

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[–] Acidfog 0 points 11 points (+11|-0) ago  (edited ago)

my mom still doesn't get the concept... "i eat the same as you in the same portion size, why do i gain weight?" - "because you're a woman, 30 years older and 31 cm shorter than me" - "that's unfair"

my grandma was a trümmerfrau, one of the WW2 survivors that rebuilt the cities and she had that "we're gonna starve tomorrow" mindset until she died. unfortunately that means "you gonna eat what you get and you gonna eat all of it because we don't know what we get tomorrow" was a normal part of my moms and unltimately my upbringing at the expense of teaching us about nutrition at all. all i learned was "vegetables make you thin and chocolate makes you fat" and while that's true it might not cut it.

i eventually learned about if from a friends' parents when they saw me putting on weight.

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[–] sh1tl0rd_of_ac1d 0 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago 

As a kid it always used to enrage me when my grandparents would force me to eat everything on the plate and punish me for not doing so. Like, I'm full? Just because you don't think I "should" be, who the fuck do you think you are to determine if I'm satiated or not?

Completely mind-boggling that people would force their family to eat things against their will. My grandma was a fatass too, surprise.

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[–] Fatkini 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago  (edited ago)

When I was a kid, being told to finish my plate meant eat all the foods on it, not just my favorites. No one ever tried to force me to eat when I was full. I think fats just want everyone to suffer with them so they take good advice out of context. Make sure your kid eats their vegetables turns into make sure your kid eats enough to make you feel like less of a glutton.

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[–] burntfishnchips 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

This is very, very sadly a common mindset in a lot of hispanic homes. They have the whole "Eat your entire plate, even if you are full" mindset. I never understood it, but that's what I grew up with and so did my friends/neighbors and classmates. It wasn't until I turned 17 and moved out and paid for my own food was when I taught myself portion control and not to eat when I wasn't hungry.

It's bullshit. And parents who do this to their kids at a young age are truly evil.

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[–] Acidfog 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

yeah the time after the war was somewhat similar, with the difference that money was there, it was just completely worthless because germany started printing it en masse to pay reparations. in the end stacks of money just became childrens toys because it was worth absolutely nothing at all

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[–] hypercat 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Yes. Freshman biology we learned about the amount of calories in a peanut by burning it and seeing how much it could heat a unit of water. Then the teacher explained that if we ate just peanuts we could eat half a jar and reach our caloric limit of 2000 calories to run an average human body, demonstrated with a peanut jar and the calories on the back of the jar. We did it with various foods and he had a chart of calories that we obviously couldn't burn like leafy greens and soda. he also explain diet vs regular soda. He was pretty cool. Also he gave zero shits because he was retiring that year.

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[–] SolarProphet 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

Unfortunately, No. I went to a School in NJ. And while most of the student body was human sized, I learned that my school was a collective of asteroids with legs. Their Reeees were like nails on a chalkboard.

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[–] gon_d 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago  (edited ago)

I did, but because I was born in the early-80s. Yeah, I'm an "old" fuck.

PE classes used to have physical fitness tests. Once a year during my elementary/middle school: Timed-mile run, timed push-/pull-/chin-/sit-ups, weight, height, flexibility, and body fat percentage were recorded. Our marks were compared to what was healthy for our height and age. PE teachers would give us a red-and-white printout (that was our "report card" for PE class) to take home to parents. If a child was overweight or below-average, there was a comments section on the bottom of the printout about how to correct the problem. No surprise, it was "more fruits/vegetables in your child's diet and more physical activity." Also, a quick blurb about caloric intake.

Calorie maintenance used to be the accepted way of losing/maintaining weight... until the diet industry came in with a metric shit-ton of static to swamp out that truth. Guy or girl, if you could "pinch an inch" (of fat) back in my day, you could afford to lose weight.

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[–] marymarynotcontrary 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

Now it's grab a slab!

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[–] Emperor_Palpalean 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

My mom would always shitlady when I was little and reference this commercial she saw when she was a teenager and if I ever got chubby or lazy shed start pinching me until I did something lol

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[–] Chrysiridia 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Same. My first year of college, living on my own, I distinctly remember feeling very anxious about what I was eating -- no one had ever taught me about nutrition, and though I was obviously eating "enough" I was clueless about calories and macros, and I didn't know how to ensure I was getting the right nutrients in the right quantities. Then I figured it out.

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[–] shezbot 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

No. We were taught very little about nutrition, or at least, I don't remember it (it was the 80's & 90's). I remember being taught the "food pyramid" and how certain foods were "better" for you than others, but never any mention of CICO. I do know that I realized at a pretty early age that there was a link to how much I ate and my weight...growing up with parents that were constantly on one fad diet or another made things challenging. Perhaps someone should have taught THEM CICO...

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