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Table 5 · 08-08-2015, 11:37 PM

I think the takeaway from this thread is that you shouldn't allow yourself or your kids to ever get obese in the first place, as clearly losing weight and maintaining it afterwards becomes an uphill battle for life.

Cook your own meals. Involve your kids in the kitchen. Shop the outside perimeter of the grocery store. Buy quality, not quantity. Give your kids healthy snacks from the start. Take the stairs. Go on bike rides. Let your kids roam their neighbourhoods. Teach yourself (and your kids) good habits, and chances are you and them won't ever have to go through the same hell that a lot of obese people go through.

While I'm sure there are those who are doomed to be overweight from the start, most of the time when I see an obese person, I think to myself that somewhere along the way, a parent, and not biology, let them down.

08-08-2015, 11:37 PM	#181
Table 5 Franchise Player Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: NYYC Exp:	I think the takeaway from this thread is that you shouldn't allow yourself or your kids to ever get obese in the first place, as clearly losing weight and maintaining it afterwards becomes an uphill battle for life. Cook your own meals. Involve your kids in the kitchen. Shop the outside perimeter of the grocery store. Buy quality, not quantity. Give your kids healthy snacks from the start. Take the stairs. Go on bike rides. Let your kids roam their neighbourhoods. Teach yourself (and your kids) good habits, and chances are you and them won't ever have to go through the same hell that a lot of obese people go through. While I'm sure there are those who are doomed to be overweight from the start, most of the time when I see an obese person, I think to myself that somewhere along the way, a parent, and not biology, let them down.