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They also don't have a retarded work culture that promotes drinking at work and staying super late (half of the companies I've been at literally give shoutouts to the workers doing this.)
And city design. North america is so spread out that walking to anywhere is approaching impossible for most people. Add in crappy street/road design that makes walking a very unpleasant experience. For the most part, we (north americans) only walk occasionally for recreation and that is easier for some people than others to get to somewhere nice.
This is a big one also. Add in garbage transit and there’s very little you can reach without a car.
I don't know if it has changed but someone commented if you ask a westerner what they do they tell you their job. In Europe they told you their hobby or activity, "I ski, swim or oil paint". The North American fixation of serving the boss creates stress and not everyone can handle it the same, one of my original points. A company cell phone is great until the boss calls you on Saturday to get some sales forecasts, regardless of where you are.
Sometimes tough love gets people motivated.
Nah. A cruller. Deep fried in fat with a sugary crust in every crevice, artificial flavour and fake orange bits. Make sure you get some exercise though. Walk in. Don't use the drive through
Not just Europe, I found this image interesting a while ago...
I think Europeans are more active. Sitting and doing nothing makes it easy to grab a snack. One diet trick was to never eat anything unless you do so with a knife and fork. That eliminates a lot of snack foods. However I have been known to eat Cheezies with chopsticks to keep my fingers clean.
PTSD, stress and unrealistic expectations are a curse. Would you shame a war veteran that saw his friends killed? How about an office worker that stood up to their sexist boss and had to go unsupported, through the human rights process? What if it was a single mom that really needed the job to feed her kids?
My old doctor, now retired, is one. I don't think he got censured but some people didn't like his attitude. The truth is brutal and sugar coating it lets the message slip away. He told me three times to watch my weight and then stopped. He had tested my hearing and knew I wasn't deaf so he stopped wasting his breath.
but if you hang with slobs you run into conflict if you don't act like a slob. A lot of people need to find new friends and get their family off their backs. My wife has kept her weight down but her family members and their friends tend to look like meatballs on sticks. They're always pushing her to eat something. "You're so skinny." as if that was a bad thing.
My brother (Not a doctor) told a guy he was outfitting about the same. The guy was huge and had an attitude of so what if i die. My brother said "Why don't we just get some concrete blocks, tie them to your ankles and throw you off the bridge to get it over with. It'll end the suspense for your family?" He kept at it and the guy came around, losing a ton of weight.
I remember my teenage son downing 8000cals a day while training to maintain weight at 165. When he stopped training he ballooned to 230, then readjusted his diet to 2500 cals and returned to 150 where he has been for the last 10 yrs.
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