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[Recchia]

One thing I've noticed since graduating college two months ago is that I eat wayyyy less now, and way more efficiently.  Basically, I can't afford to spend so much money on food anymore now that I have rent, loans and all kinds of other expenses.  I'm too poor to eat like I used too.

[sbarbrow]

Apparently, over the past decade and a half, MA is not doing so hot...

http://www.boston.co...?p1=MEWell_Pos5

[SOCOM]

Garris, on Oct 6 2005, 05:57 PM, said:

- The biggest is that your body just changes as you age...  If you're still in college now, you're far from done developing, and your metabolism is much higher now than it will be in 10 years...  That thin friend of mine in college who was able to eat an entire pizza pie at a sitting then would be rolling down the street if he tried that now... :-)
- Life becomes really busy after college (family, career, etc, etc)...  There isn't tons of gym and jogging time, and not everyone stays a varsity athlete forever...  Those friends of mine with kids (I'm still single) say that's the real hammer to staying in shape...
- You become not quite as body-image obsessed as you age...

Trust me I know first hand about all these factors.  I take college classes but I'm not of college age, I'm actually 27 years old.  I remember right around my 21st birthday I noticed the metabolism slowing down, and of course life becoming much busier.  The worst of all is that I used to be a buff 185lbs in highschool, now I weigh less (170lbs), but I'm actually fatter because I stopped lifting weights on a regular basis.  

Call me an optimist, but I do think the next generation of obese people will cover a far less percentage than that of our current generation.

[Recchia]

I have to say though, part of the problem is the BMI.  I bet a lot of people who are technically obese or overweight according to it, in reality aren't.  It doesnt take into account muscle mass, body frame, etc.  For example, I weigh 190 and am 6-foot.  My BMI is therefore a 25.8, which puts me in the overweight category.  I am not overweight though, not by a longshot, I just have a larger frame.  But, according to any study or survey conducted, I'd be lumped in with the fat people.

[Cotuit]

Recchia, on Mar 21 2006, 07:16 PM, said:

But, according to any study or survey conducted, I'd be lumped in with the fat people.

Though you did live in Warwick, I'd have to agree, you're not fat.

[Recchia]

Cotuit, on Mar 21 2006, 07:31 PM, said:

Though you did live in Warwick, I'd have to agree, you're not fat.

Ha, and what do ya know, I used to be fat, when I lived in Warwick.

[Cotuit]

Recchia, on Mar 23 2006, 08:12 PM, said:

Ha, and what do ya know, I used to be fat, when I lived in Warwick.

You're lucky the donut shops in the Bucket don't live up to their names.  

[Jerseyman4]

When i think of obesity and donuts put together, i think of the police  

[Recchia]

Me and my friend were at the mall the other day and we both couldn't help but notice how many people are fat.  Nearly everyone walking by was overweight, even young kids.  Now of course this was at Warwick Mall, but still, it was alarming.  Even more alarming was the parents feeding their young fat kids Taco Bell and Burger King.  If you're gonna do that atleast make them get out and exercise.  The high rate of kid's metabolisms should mean that very few actually get overweight, yet this is clearly not the case today.

[runawayjim]

Recchia, on Aug 15 2006, 03:44 PM, said:

Me and my friend were at the mall the other day and we both couldn't help but notice how many people are fat.  Nearly everyone walking by was overweight, even young kids.  Now of course this was at Warwick Mall, but still, it was alarming.  Even more alarming was the parents feeding their young fat kids Taco Bell and Burger King.  If you're gonna do that atleast make them get out and exercise.  The high rate of kid's metabolisms should mean that very few actually get overweight, yet this is clearly not the case today.

there are fewer fat people in the providence mall...

[Recchia]

runawayjim, on Aug 18 2006, 09:47 AM, said:

there are fewer fat people in the providence mall...

yeah cause people can walk to it!

[Recchia]

Just heard on the radio that Rhode Island has a bill in legislation to ban trans fats in all restaurants.

[Cotuit]

Recchia, on Jan 18 2007, 07:29 AM, said:

Just heard on the radio that Rhode Island has a bill in legislation to ban trans fats in all restaurants.

Really? I knew Mass. was talking about it, but I thought we'd be the last state (in the northeast at least) to do anything like that.

[runawayjim]

Cotuit, on Jan 18 2007, 10:49 AM, said:

Really? I knew Mass. was talking about it, but I thought we'd be the last state (in the northeast at least) to do anything like that.

you're forgetting good old "live free or die".