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UO Thursday!
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Re: UO Thursday!
Alright, I have one. This could be a good discusson topic. Tuesday night, the husband and I ate dinner at Mazzios - Tuesday is pizza buffet night. I was very surprised at what I saw. I saw multiple elementary aged children that were extremely obese - and several high school aged girls that were so obese that they could barely walk. And I have to wonder - who is responsible for this? The parents? Parents can be put into jail if their kid skips school - should they be put into jail if they allow their children to get that obese? There has to be a solution to this - it is so unhealthy not to mention, I can't imagine how often these kids are tormented at school....It made me feel extremely, extremely sad.
I think some parents are just lazy. Not as in "too lazy to exercise", I mean "too lazy to parent".
My aunt and her husband are great examples of lazy parents. Just last week aunt's son (I'll call him
got made fun of on the school bus. Kids were calling him fat and one of them said "yea, he's fat just like his brother". Although it breaks my heart for B that he was humiliated, the kids on the bus were right, he and his brother ARE fat. The night before the school bus incident H and I saw B and were commenting to eachother about how much weight he had gained since the last time we saw him. All of this and my aunt won't change the food she feeds them and stop with the fast food.
UO #1: People who have no idea how to apply for a job. Our agency currently has an ad running for a full-time proofreader, and I'm in charge of hiring. I've received around 50 inquiries so far, and I'm amazed at the number of people who've sent incoherent emails, no cover letter, or a resume riddled with mistakes. Also, I realize it shows that you're persistent and full of initiative when you send your resume, call, and send a follow-up email all within 48 hours, but it MAKES ME HATE YOU.
UO #2: I don't *get* the boudoir pics thing. I don't. Your H sees you in sexy attire during sexy time, right? You're not really planning to show the pics to anyone else, right? Then what's the point? The real thing should be way better than a photo.
UO #3: I think we all need to get over 9/11. We're a nation who loves to revel in catastrophe. Yes, it happened. Yes, it was tragic. Yes, we should show respect for those who lost loved ones. But NO, we shouldn't air specials about 9/11 every year, and NO I don't feel the need to discuss where I was when it happened over and over again. Move on, live life.
(That was the last one, I swear. I'm in a mood.)
I agree with this one. No disrespect to those who have done them, but it's just not for me. As my husband puts it, he's very "goal-oriented" and it's rare that I even have an opportunity to put on anything before he takes it off! I'm not sure the pictures would really be necessary for us. I think he'd rather get a power tool as a gift.
I want to get b-pics done for myself before I get old and fat and ugly. I'm staring down the barrel of 30 here, people.
If a future H wants to print a few out and hang them in his home office, more power to him.
And I agree about fat kids and 9/11.
Oh, and not that everyone doesn't already know this, but it sucks when you DO know how to apply for a job and still don't get one.
i agree that you should get them done!!!!!!!
As far as the pics - DH sent me the link to the groupon and said "Hey, this looks like a good present for our anniversary (wink, wink)" so I bought it. I am not sure what the appeal is to him so long as he knows they are going to be more "cute" and not so va-va-voom, I am okay with it!
I totally agree about 9/11. It was pretty traumatic 10 years ago... not a period I care to re-live, and I am sick of all the coverage about some stupid milestone anniversary. I plan to avoid the TV at all cost this weekend and either go to the movies or hang out at the pool. Enough of 9/11 already.
Yup, yup, yup, yup and yup!
OMG I agree with so many of these statements that I can't copy them all.
When I do b-pics, they'll be just as much for me, like Okla and Jamie said. I want to remember how I looked before I started sagging in multiple areas.
Agree: I feel awful for obese children, and I wish their parents would be more proactive about preventing it. It breaks my heart.
For 9/11, I think some people are still trying to process it and understand it. It was incredibly traumatic, and frankly the knowledge that something like that could happen again terrifies me. With that said... there are a lot of people making WAY too much money off this tragedy, which kinda pisses me off.
Agree with Okla: Hate it that people who DO know how to apply for jobs often don't get them. Thank God that trend finally ended for me! Ugh!
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Just wanted to share a few interesting statistics from my Ed. Psych. class regarding child obesity.
-Since 1980, obesity rates have doubled among children and tripled among adolescents.
- Children who are ever breast-fed (even for just a week) are 15-25% less likely to become overweight.
- Those breast-fed for 6 months or more are 20-40% less likely to become overweight.
Kaylee & Cole 06.14.08
8/6/11 First 5k! OG&E Expo Run 34:47
9/3/11 Brookhaven Run 5k 34:18
9/17/11 Healthy Sooners Fun Run 5k 33:38
10/15/11 Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure 33:31
10/29/11 Monster Dash 5k 32:06 PR!
11/11/11 Veteran's Day Run 11k in Dallas 1:13:15 Instant PR!
1/28/12 Texas Half Marathon 2:38:03 Instant PR!
3/25/12 Earlywine Dash
Thank you for including this one.
I am just not understanding how their can be a link between breast feeding and obesity.......can you elaborate?
I did a quick google search (since our professor didn't give us the source of the statistics.) Here are a few quotes from this article: http://chfs.ky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/9130DDE5-1806-4B89-B410-685F26556A96/0/ObesityNewsletter.pdf
- Breastfed infants may be better at self-regulating
their intake. Mothers cannot see how much milk their
child is drinking, so they must rely on their infant?s
behavior, not an empty bottle, to signal when their
infant is full. Thus, breastfed babies might be better
able to eat only as much as they need.
- Breastfed infants are more likely than formula-fed
infants to try and accept new foods. Acceptance of
new foods is important because a healthy diet should
include a wide variety of foods, especially fruits and
vegetables
- Because breast milk contains flavors
from foods eaten by mothers, breastfed infants are
exposed to a variety of tastes early in life. In
contrast, artificial baby milk (formula) always tastes
the same.
- Breastfeeding has different effects than formula
feeding on infant?s metabolism and hormones such
as insulin, which tells the body to store fat. Formulafed
infants tend to be fatter than breastfed infants at 12 months of age
Kaylee & Cole 06.14.08
8/6/11 First 5k! OG&E Expo Run 34:47
9/3/11 Brookhaven Run 5k 34:18
9/17/11 Healthy Sooners Fun Run 5k 33:38
10/15/11 Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure 33:31
10/29/11 Monster Dash 5k 32:06 PR!
11/11/11 Veteran's Day Run 11k in Dallas 1:13:15 Instant PR!
1/28/12 Texas Half Marathon 2:38:03 Instant PR!
3/25/12 Earlywine Dash
By the time they're teenagers, I think they need to be taking some responsibility of their own for their obesity. Sure, the parents are still primarily in charge of food at home, but the kids can still make choices about what they eat at school, fast food they buy themselves when out with friends, portion sizes, and how often they snack. Unfortunately, without learning good eating habits as kids from their parents, many of these teenagers don't have the knowledge or self-control to make the healthier choices that are within their control.
This. Although for me, it might be somewhat too late, lol. Probably should've done them *before* the 2 kids, but I want to do it before sagging/stretching gets any worse. Or I have another kid and a million *more* stretch marks.
And I agree about the obese kids. I get so pissed when I go to Cici's and I'm thinner than the 6 year old kid running around. And the parent looks like they could eat my toddler for dessert. All-you-can-eat does not mean eat-all-you-can.