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

No, I didn't learn until after the first 60 lbs (also in my 20s) and I was so relieved.

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

No, but it was pretty obvious that the pop made people fatter.

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

I had a theory in high school that Gatorade made people fat because if you walk into a classroom everyone had a water-bottle except the fats which always had Gatorade or soda.

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[–] gaussian 0 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago 

not directly, but during chemistry classes we learned about thermodynamics. So yeah you always start with calories. since it's a simple way to measure energy. (1cal= 1g of water heated by 1°C, 1kcal (or Cal for Americans) is the amount of Energy needed to heat 1kg(or roughly 1l) and now remember a chocolate bar has roughly 100kcal you can bring 1l of water from almost freezing to it's boiling point just by burning one bar.

You are free to feel disgusted now :D

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

which would make tess munster the human equivallent of a nuclear reactor

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

More like fusion where we make heavier elements from lighter ones. Lmfao

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

I wish I did. Even after I "learned about them" I didn't truly understand the importance of them, how many I needed, which foods had less or more (aside from the obvious things like cake). I thought I could just exercise a bit more and easily burn them off. It wasn't till much later, and honestly too much fat, that I pulled my head out of my ass and actually looked into it. Schools need to be teaching about CICO and tdee with a refresher every year.

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

Basic nutrition should be taught in every high school and middle school. It's much more applicable than a lot of the stuff they teach.

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