[Enkhbat]

too much soda and junk food

[KVB]

Being fat has been sold to the US and they bought hook, line and sinker.

It's a mind set and sensibility is out of control. From a young age many are told to finish their plate. They say things like "there are people starving in this world" as if that means something to Americans.

When people buy a meal, they want to "eat there money's worth" and basically it is instilled that you eat far more portions than is necessary.

Just because it's in front of you, it doesn't mean you have to eat it. Yet Americans do and still throw away tons of food yearly. There is too much available and it isn't managed well.

The food is terrible, sure, but it causes far worse unseen conditions than just weight gain.

Two groups of people ate Mcdonalds but one group cut their meals in half. That group gained no weight.

Portion control and education are seriously lacking in the US but it is getting better all around and especially in schools, at least the schools I've worked with.

[gauchojake]

People crush 2-3k calories in a sitting without even blinking - add a few beers or sodas and voila, the Midwest.

I don't even know any fat people except coworkers who don't live in So Cal.

[Shute]

Food network

[KVB]

Shute, you know I love, you know this, man, so I say this with all due respect.

I don't believe for one minute that the Food Network is responsible for this, a double date DDD had with FidelCashFlow...



There was contention that night when DDD's girl didn't drink the soda CashFlow brought over, and took the Ranch instead. CashFlow's girl was a little pissed she didn't have enough ranch for all of her slices.

True story.

[gauchojake]

wow

DDD is this true????

[KVB]

Despite the arguments, they doubled again, DDD posted about it.

Now your telling me the Food Network is to blame for that date too?

I fukkin love french fries.

[Shute]

Went to a concert last month
Gin Blossoms
So many fat people
Doesn’t represent their fans
However it was disgusting
Not sure what it means other than fat America

[gauchojake]

Shute when are we going to see Better than Ezra???

[Shute]

Great band
Went to see them 20 plus years ago
Hey it’s good

[KVB]

[Shute]

I’d embed that but Shute don’t know how

[KVB]

Shute when are we going to see Better than Ezra???

Saw Dead and Co but never made it to LA. The farthest South we got was Sequoia, up in the mountains. Derailed but one helluva trip nonetheless.

[Shute]

My brother from another mother
Going to bed
Peace to all
You are the best
Shute

[gauchojake]

Saw Dead and Co but never made it to LA. The farthest South we got was Sequoia, up in the mountains. Derailed but one helluva trip nonetheless.

How were they? I had tickets but had friends in town who didn't want to deal with the ridiculous heat so I sold them. I last saw The Dead (that specific iteration) at the Forum some years ago but it wasn't like the good ol days with Jerry.

[KVB]

How were they? I had tickets but had friends in town who didn't want to deal with the ridiculous heat so I sold them. I last saw The Dead (that specific iteration) at the Forum some years ago but it wasn't like the good ol days with Jerry.

It was a good show, they rocked fast and slow. The did it well and Mayer has really mastered the material, he's right with them. I like Chimenti on the keyboards too.

I would go again.

I see another band with a few really good musicians that I've seen in the past jamming, they're called JRAD, Joe Russo's Almost Dead.

Pretty much a cover band but the musicians are outstanding and I'd like to see them. They will be at the Wiltern later this year.

Not many tickets left and had the nice one's up on the screen but held off before our crazy vacation week. I may need to plan this one and may have to convince my wife.

[19th Hole]

Looks like Texas and the rest of the southern states take the obesity cake...


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2018...Fattest Cities in America

Overall Rank (1 = ‘Fattest’)	Metro Area	Total Score	‘Obesity & Overweight’ Rank	‘Health Consequences’ Rank	‘Food & Fitness’ Rank
1	Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	81.03	9	1	1
2	Shreveport-Bossier City, LA	80.72	3	2	7
3	McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	79.94	4	13	4
4	Memphis, TN-MS-AR	79.92	6	11	2
5	Mobile, AL	79.41	5	3	21
6	Knoxville, TN	79.18	2	12	15
7	Jackson, MS	78.28	15	8	3
8	Birmingham-Hoover, AL	78.18	10	16	5
9	Baton Rouge, LA	77.57	14	10	11
10	Lexington-Fayette, KY	76.68	11	6	23
11	Columbia, SC	76.61	12	23	6
12	Chattanooga, TN-GA	76.59	20	9	10
13	Lafayette, LA	76.57	13	14	20
14	Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC	76.30	17	17	14
15	Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	76.00	7	20	29
16	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	75.81	1	25	34
17	Canton-Massillon, OH	75.52	23	7	33
18	Winston-Salem, NC	74.95	30	4	25
19	Tulsa, OK	74.74	16	39	18
20	Greensboro-High Point, NC	74.73	19	15	27
21	Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO	74.66	18	33	16
22	Huntsville, AL	74.57	8	100	19
23	Wichita, KS	74.27	24	45	8
24	Oklahoma City, OK	73.66	21	50	17
25	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	73.40	28	5	52
26	Fort Wayne, IN	72.86	22	21	36
27	Toledo, OH	72.79	53	24	13
28	Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN	72.36	31	19	42
29	Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC	72.00	46	26	26
30	New Orleans-Metairie, LA	71.99	34	18	43
31	Columbus, OH	71.75	32	44	24
32	Charleston-North Charleston, SC	71.68	27	60	44
33	El Paso, TX	71.41	64	32	12
34	Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	71.41	68	28	9
35	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA	70.85	40	46	54
36	Dayton, OH	70.75	49	29	45
37	Jacksonville, FL	70.49	29	41	58
38	Asheville, NC	70.43	52	53	38
39	Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA	70.33	47	51	35
40	Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	70.32	26	31	64
41	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	69.99	25	87	47
42	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI	69.72	33	86	39
43	Kansas City, MO-KS	69.57	57	59	32
44	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	69.50	56	69	22
45	Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	69.14	36	81	46
46	San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	69.05	51	54	41
47	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	68.88	76	30	30
48	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	68.61	44	75	61
49	Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	68.61	62	22	49
50	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	68.58	42	40	69
51	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	68.28	37	34	77
52	Akron, OH	68.10	50	85	40
53	Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX	67.89	45	48	59
54	Raleigh, NC	67.70	43	82	57
55	St. Louis, MO-IL	67.49	54	56	63
56	Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	67.14	88	36	50
57	Richmond, VA	67.05	95	43	28
58	Albuquerque, NM	66.97	70	62	48
59	Pittsburgh, PA	66.93	38	71	76
60	Worcester, MA-CT	66.83	87	35	60
61	Portland-South Portland, ME	66.78	69	73	62
62	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	66.75	35	65	81
63	Manchester-Nashua, NH	66.52	86	47	73
64	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA	66.49	61	79	56
65	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	66.23	80	63	66
66	Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	66.19	81	84	31
67	Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ	66.19	77	37	65
68	New Haven-Milford, CT	66.13	74	74	79
69	Springfield, MA	66.00	96	38	55
70	Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV	65.90	66	42	80
71	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	65.71	71	27	75
72	Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA	65.66	72	66	68
73	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI	65.54	39	55	84
74	Anchorage, AK	65.48	84	70	51
75	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC	65.40	82	49	67
76	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	65.24	55	64	86
77	Austin-Round Rock, TX	64.88	48	67	82
78	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	64.73	60	52	91
79	Cleveland-Elyria, OH	64.71	41	88	70
80	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	64.49	63	72	78
81	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	63.42	58	78	94
82	Boise, ID	63.19	83	58	88
83	Reno, NV	63.18	93	61	72
84	Tucson, AZ	62.95	90	57	85
85	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT	62.70	85	96	90
86	Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA	62.03	59	89	95
87	San Diego-Carlsbad, CA	61.89	67	68	100
88	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	61.83	75	76	97
89	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	61.61	65	98	89
90	Provo-Orem, UT	61.46	98	95	37
91	Ogden-Clearfield, UT	61.36	100	80	53
92	San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA	60.40	73	99	92
93	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	60.13	79	93	87
94	Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO	59.81	94	97	71
95	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	59.56	89	91	93
96	Colorado Springs, CO	59.43	92	92	83
97	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	59.10	78	83	99
98	Salt Lake City, UT	58.92	99	94	74
99	Honolulu, HI	58.65	97	90	96
100	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	58.63	91	77	98

[NrmlCurvSurfr]

Maybe not enough accountability, 14-18 I was in shape through sports...college gained some weight through drinking beer but balanced out from sex and fear of becoming a slob...25-30 became a slob, nothing crazy but left my great body behind...30-present realized you only have one body, found a girl, a bit younger who was going through the same thing, now we both focus on our health and we are both trying to be the best versions of ourselves...can’t do it alone.

[Bostongambler]

It’s the diet. No mystery

[daneblazer]

Surprised New Orleans isn’t higher on the list. If you’ve ever been to a saints game, you’d see why the city is below sea level

[Esco]

Let’s say out of 100 woman 88 are Way overweight and I would not fuk them

No discipline?

I have standards

Gluten!!!

Read a book called "Wheat Belly": https://www.amazon.ca/Wheat-Belly-Lo...ews/1609611543

Its scary what they are doing to our food(s)

[Esco]

Food network

If we don't have food, then how the hell are we supposed to network???!!!!


DUH!!

[Bostongambler]

Surprised New Orleans isn’t higher on the list. If you’ve ever been to a saints game, you’d see why the city is below sea level

Hahahaha

[jjgold]

A lot of these women call themselves average, what exactly does that mean?

[Bluehorseshoe]

People crush 2-3k calories in a sitting without even blinking - add a few beers or sodas and voila, the Midwest.
.

I went to Gibson's steak house in Chicago a while back. The portions were ridiculous and you paid for it.

If you have a piece of cake for desert, a quarter of a whole cake came out and it cost you $17. Why do this????

[gauchojake]

Gibson's is pretty ridiculous with their portions. I don't need a side of beef, a potato large enough to feed Ethiopia, and a wedding cake for dinner. So delicious though.

[jjgold]

I love eating

[DiggityDaggityDo]

Love fatties.

[gauchojake]

The looser the waistband, the deeper the quicksand

Or so I have read

[dante1]

Not true at all. Americans are the most obese folks in the Western world.

wow, some great comments, some sharp guys.

I think Mexico beat us out, I believe I read that a little while back. But we are definitely in the top 3 I would say. Watch some old B&W moves from the 40's you will see almost all of those female stars were little tiny girls. I believe the population was tiny also, on a whole. Some of the reason might be food deprivation during the depression years. Kids didn't eat enough. Even in the 60's and 70's the population wasn't as fat as it is today in the USA.

Most of the reasons given above I think are very valid, also maybe something in the food supply is somehow allowing women to mature quicker which will consequentially probably produce a quicker aging and more meat on the frame. This is just a theory, but who knows exactly what is going on--something for sure.

[dante1]

Surprised New Orleans isn’t higher on the list. If you’ve ever been to a saints game, you’d see why the city is below sea level

lol, this is funny.

[gauchojake]

I just ate a half pound of bacon for breakfast

[unde0087]

Shute, you know I love, you know this, man, so I say this with all due respect.

I don't believe for one minute that the Food Network is responsible for this, a double date DDD had with FidelCashFlow...



There was contention that night when DDD's girl didn't drink the soda CashFlow brought over, and took the Ranch instead. CashFlow's girl was a little pissed she didn't have enough ranch for all of her slices.

True story.

[Esco]

If you noticed the pizza first, you are most certainly gay!!!





















































Okay, so I have to admit, that pizza looks very tasty!!!!

[capitalist pig]

Lots of reasons Americans are so overweight, most already mentioned. Im an old fuk, when I was in school back in the 70s, there might be one overweight kid in every class, now I see young kids on tv in school half of them are overweight, and its sad. There is no mandatory physical education anymore, back when I was a kid you were forced to take PE and if you were the fat kid you were tormented daily. Now I suppose you would get kicked out of school if you called little fat Billy a fat fuk in class. Bottom line IMO is that kids dont do anything anymore but sit and play on their play stations or phones, not being overweight starts young, not at 20 or 30 years old.

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