You are 1000% right about all of it. I grew up in the 70s and being fat was an anomaly. There was always just that one fat kid in elementary school. Everyone else was downright skinny. We had long phys ed time outside even when it was cold and snowy. Kids are pampered and lazy now. How to fix it? No clue really but your suggestion to buy…
You are 1000% right about all of it. I grew up in the 70s and being fat was an anomaly. There was always just that one fat kid in elementary school. Everyone else was downright skinny. We had long phys ed time outside even when it was cold and snowy. Kids are pampered and lazy now. How to fix it? No clue really but your suggestion to buy good food and cook it yourself is a great start. How did we get here .... slowly. Convenience was peddled in the 50s and women loved it. Companies got addicted to the profits and marketing exploded. Liberals were preachy and conservatives were silenced. Every panel had just one typically and that was not enough "voice" to counter their ridiculousness. The 60s was cultural suicide and the massive corruption took hold in just about everything. The consumerism made everyone long for more and more money and things. Now here we are. I say people need to get out of cities, buy some land, grow some food and tell the government to F off!!!!!
My (working) mom was a victim of the convenience food movement--lots of shake-and-bake dinners and plastic wrapped (OMG) American "cheese" in my house. You can unlearn all of that, but it takes time and effort.
I think we had shake and bake stuff once a week. Actually, I wouldn't be surprised if my now-90 year old mother still uses it (wait - is it even still sold??).
You are 1000% right about all of it. I grew up in the 70s and being fat was an anomaly. There was always just that one fat kid in elementary school. Everyone else was downright skinny. We had long phys ed time outside even when it was cold and snowy. Kids are pampered and lazy now. How to fix it? No clue really but your suggestion to buy good food and cook it yourself is a great start. How did we get here .... slowly. Convenience was peddled in the 50s and women loved it. Companies got addicted to the profits and marketing exploded. Liberals were preachy and conservatives were silenced. Every panel had just one typically and that was not enough "voice" to counter their ridiculousness. The 60s was cultural suicide and the massive corruption took hold in just about everything. The consumerism made everyone long for more and more money and things. Now here we are. I say people need to get out of cities, buy some land, grow some food and tell the government to F off!!!!!
My (working) mom was a victim of the convenience food movement--lots of shake-and-bake dinners and plastic wrapped (OMG) American "cheese" in my house. You can unlearn all of that, but it takes time and effort.
Remember Hamburger Helper? Ugh!
I think we had shake and bake stuff once a week. Actually, I wouldn't be surprised if my now-90 year old mother still uses it (wait - is it even still sold??).
Too exhausting. Today you can buy "breaded" this-or-that without all that tiresome labor.