Why don’t Americans give a f*** about what they eat?

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OP, can you define 'upscale hotel'?

What do you consider to be an upscale hotel?

You've already shown yourself to be prone to exaggeration, so it would be helpful if you would name the chain you feel to be so upscale here. Many of us do not believe your claim about what is being served at this establishment.

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Anonymous wrote:Clearly you care less about what you eat than the two thirds of Americans who AREN'T pre-diabetic.

I wasn’t pre diabetic until I moved to the states. That’s the point.

The point people keep making is that when you moved to the States, you made poor choices. Your poor choices were your own. Perhaps you weren't educated about nutrition and this is why you made poor choices. But the choices were your own, and nobody forced you to make them.

Because 90% of choices are bad here and it’s really hard and expensive to pursue good choices. Get it?

No, no it’s not. Drive yourself to the nearest grocery store, buy fresh fruits and vegetables and lean proteins, drive back home and cook them yourself. Do not go to Taco Bell or McDonald’s or Starbucks on the way home. Et voila.

You know some people live in food deserts, right?

DP. Of course some people live in food deserts, but certainly not the vast majority of the over 70% of overweight/obese people.

Obesity absolutely correlates with food deserts. I live in NYC, and the fattest populations here live in the poorest neighborhoods that are the least served by grocery stores. And I’ve seen some of the grocery stores they do have; it’s truly wretched. I wouldn’t eat the produce sold there, either.

True, but OP doesn't live in a food desert. She likely lives in a middle class area, in which she feels "90% of the [food] choices are bad." OP exaggerates and refuses to take responsibility for her own poor decisions.

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Anonymous wrote:Clearly you care less about what you eat than the two thirds of Americans who AREN'T pre-diabetic.

I wasn’t pre diabetic until I moved to the states. That’s the point.

The point people keep making is that when you moved to the States, you made poor choices. Your poor choices were your own. Perhaps you weren't educated about nutrition and this is why you made poor choices. But the choices were your own, and nobody forced you to make them.

Because 90% of choices are bad here and it’s really hard and expensive to pursue good choices. Get it?

No, no it’s not. Drive yourself to the nearest grocery store, buy fresh fruits and vegetables and lean proteins, drive back home and cook them yourself. Do not go to Taco Bell or McDonald’s or Starbucks on the way home. Et voila.

You know some people live in food deserts, right?

DP. Of course some people live in food deserts, but certainly not the vast majority of the over 70% of overweight/obese people.

Obesity absolutely correlates with food deserts. I live in NYC, and the fattest populations here live in the poorest neighborhoods that are the least served by grocery stores. And I’ve seen some of the grocery stores they do have; it’s truly wretched. I wouldn’t eat the produce sold there, either.

True, but OP doesn't live in a food desert. She likely lives in a middle class area, in which she feels "90% of the [food] choices are bad." OP exaggerates and refuses to take responsibility for her own poor decisions.

I’m not talking about OP, who cares about OP? The thread is about America, not attacking OP. At least that’s not what I’m here for.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, can you define 'upscale hotel'?

What do you consider to be an upscale hotel?

You've already shown yourself to be prone to exaggeration, so it would be helpful if you would name the chain you feel to be so upscale here. Many of us do not believe your claim about what is being served at this establishment.

OP mentioned earlier she is staying at the Gaylord Opryland in Nashville. You can look it up and see that it has like 15 restaurants onsite, plus plenty of healthy room service options, so OP is completely full of shit.

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Anonymous wrote:Clearly you care less about what you eat than the two thirds of Americans who AREN'T pre-diabetic.

I wasn’t pre diabetic until I moved to the states. That’s the point.

The point people keep making is that when you moved to the States, you made poor choices. Your poor choices were your own. Perhaps you weren't educated about nutrition and this is why you made poor choices. But the choices were your own, and nobody forced you to make them.

Because 90% of choices are bad here and it’s really hard and expensive to pursue good choices. Get it?

No, no it’s not. Drive yourself to the nearest grocery store, buy fresh fruits and vegetables and lean proteins, drive back home and cook them yourself. Do not go to Taco Bell or McDonald’s or Starbucks on the way home. Et voila.

You know some people live in food deserts, right?

DP. Of course some people live in food deserts, but certainly not the vast majority of the over 70% of overweight/obese people.

Obesity absolutely correlates with food deserts. I live in NYC, and the fattest populations here live in the poorest neighborhoods that are the least served by grocery stores. And I’ve seen some of the grocery stores they do have; it’s truly wretched. I wouldn’t eat the produce sold there, either.

True, but OP doesn't live in a food desert. She likely lives in a middle class area, in which she feels "90% of the [food] choices are bad." OP exaggerates and refuses to take responsibility for her own poor decisions.

I’m not talking about OP, who cares about OP? The thread is about America, not attacking OP. At least that’s not what I’m here for.

Really? I see the thread as being about the extent to which being healthy is a the result of personal choices and education/understanding of fitness and food decisions.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, can you define 'upscale hotel'?

What do you consider to be an upscale hotel?

You've already shown yourself to be prone to exaggeration, so it would be helpful if you would name the chain you feel to be so upscale here. Many of us do not believe your claim about what is being served at this establishment.

OP mentioned earlier she is staying at the Gaylord Opryland in Nashville. You can look it up and see that it has like 15 restaurants onsite, plus plenty of healthy room service options, so OP is completely full of shit.

I am waiting for OP to tell us what country she is from. Because I think she is American and made up being a foreigner.

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Anonymous wrote:Clearly you care less about what you eat than the two thirds of Americans who AREN'T pre-diabetic.

I wasn’t pre diabetic until I moved to the states. That’s the point.

The point people keep making is that when you moved to the States, you made poor choices. Your poor choices were your own. Perhaps you weren't educated about nutrition and this is why you made poor choices. But the choices were your own, and nobody forced you to make them.

Because 90% of choices are bad here and it’s really hard and expensive to pursue good choices. Get it?

No, no it’s not. Drive yourself to the nearest grocery store, buy fresh fruits and vegetables and lean proteins, drive back home and cook them yourself. Do not go to Taco Bell or McDonald’s or Starbucks on the way home. Et voila.

You know some people live in food deserts, right?

DP. Of course some people live in food deserts, but certainly not the vast majority of the over 70% of overweight/obese people.

Obesity absolutely correlates with food deserts. I live in NYC, and the fattest populations here live in the poorest neighborhoods that are the least served by grocery stores. And I’ve seen some of the grocery stores they do have; it’s truly wretched. I wouldn’t eat the produce sold there, either.

True, but OP doesn't live in a food desert. She likely lives in a middle class area, in which she feels "90% of the [food] choices are bad." OP exaggerates and refuses to take responsibility for her own poor decisions.

I’m not talking about OP, who cares about OP? The thread is about America, not attacking OP. At least that’s not what I’m here for.

NP. This thread is very much about OP’s specific claims about healthy choices being incredibly difficult and expensive, and how she is pre-diabetic because “America”…if she has a car and lives near literally any grocery store, those claims are bullshit.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, can you define 'upscale hotel'?

What do you consider to be an upscale hotel?

You've already shown yourself to be prone to exaggeration, so it would be helpful if you would name the chain you feel to be so upscale here. Many of us do not believe your claim about what is being served at this establishment.

OP mentioned earlier she is staying at the Gaylord Opryland in Nashville. You can look it up and see that it has like 15 restaurants onsite, plus plenty of healthy room service options, so OP is completely full of shit.

I’ve stayed there, the food is truly shit, even the “healthy” items like salad.

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Anonymous wrote:Clearly you care less about what you eat than the two thirds of Americans who AREN'T pre-diabetic.

I wasn’t pre diabetic until I moved to the states. That’s the point.

The point people keep making is that when you moved to the States, you made poor choices. Your poor choices were your own. Perhaps you weren't educated about nutrition and this is why you made poor choices. But the choices were your own, and nobody forced you to make them.

Because 90% of choices are bad here and it’s really hard and expensive to pursue good choices. Get it?

No, no it’s not. Drive yourself to the nearest grocery store, buy fresh fruits and vegetables and lean proteins, drive back home and cook them yourself. Do not go to Taco Bell or McDonald’s or Starbucks on the way home. Et voila.

You know some people live in food deserts, right?

DP. Of course some people live in food deserts, but certainly not the vast majority of the over 70% of overweight/obese people.

Obesity absolutely correlates with food deserts. I live in NYC, and the fattest populations here live in the poorest neighborhoods that are the least served by grocery stores. And I’ve seen some of the grocery stores they do have; it’s truly wretched. I wouldn’t eat the produce sold there, either.

True, but OP doesn't live in a food desert. She likely lives in a middle class area, in which she feels "90% of the [food] choices are bad." OP exaggerates and refuses to take responsibility for her own poor decisions.

I’m not talking about OP, who cares about OP? The thread is about America, not attacking OP. At least that’s not what I’m here for.

Really? I see the thread as being about the extent to which being healthy is a the result of personal choices and education/understanding of fitness and food decisions.

I think --- if I am following along -- that OP has stated she is an immigrant who came from a country where she was raised on healthy food, and where selecting and preparing healthy food was a priority. And then she moved to the US and started making very poor choices for years, despite knowing better, and has been fighting prediabetes for years.

And yet somehow the bad actor is the American who made the same choices as OP but did not have the benefit of her home country's example, either.

Whatever this thread is, it's not about being a stunning testament to logic and personal responsibility.

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Anonymous wrote:Clearly you care less about what you eat than the two thirds of Americans who AREN'T pre-diabetic.

I wasn’t pre diabetic until I moved to the states. That’s the point.

The point people keep making is that when you moved to the States, you made poor choices. Your poor choices were your own. Perhaps you weren't educated about nutrition and this is why you made poor choices. But the choices were your own, and nobody forced you to make them.

Because 90% of choices are bad here and it’s really hard and expensive to pursue good choices. Get it?

No, no it’s not. Drive yourself to the nearest grocery store, buy fresh fruits and vegetables and lean proteins, drive back home and cook them yourself. Do not go to Taco Bell or McDonald’s or Starbucks on the way home. Et voila.

You know some people live in food deserts, right?

DP. Of course some people live in food deserts, but certainly not the vast majority of the over 70% of overweight/obese people.

Obesity absolutely correlates with food deserts. I live in NYC, and the fattest populations here live in the poorest neighborhoods that are the least served by grocery stores. And I’ve seen some of the grocery stores they do have; it’s truly wretched. I wouldn’t eat the produce sold there, either.

True, but OP doesn't live in a food desert. She likely lives in a middle class area, in which she feels "90% of the [food] choices are bad." OP exaggerates and refuses to take responsibility for her own poor decisions.

I’m not talking about OP, who cares about OP? The thread is about America, not attacking OP. At least that’s not what I’m here for.

Really? I see the thread as being about the extent to which being healthy is a the result of personal choices and education/understanding of fitness and food decisions.

But that’s not about OP. And in fact, I am addressing the topic you wrote about. It is very American in fact to shout “personal responsibility” when there are larger systemic factors at work.

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Anonymous wrote:Pp here. Okay, I am from Europe and I became overweight when I lived in the U.S. for 2+ years. But contrary to OP, I fully realize that it was due to my poor choices.

Why do you think while you’re living in Europe you don’t get weight and make “right” choices but in America all of a sudden you’re making “bad” choices?

It doesn’t occur to you it has something to do with the choices?

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I’ve lived in America my entire life and I am not pre-diabetic. I don’t eat shitty junk food and Taco Bell all the time, so maybe that’s what sets me apart from the bizarrely judgmental OP?

84% of people with pre diabetes don’t know about it.

Hey, great. I’m still not one of them.

Own your crappy food choices, OP, instead of blaming “America”.

According to you millions of Americans just make poor choices and millions of Italians and French just make better choices, but it has nothing to do with choices at their disposal? Please…

No, I don’t see that statement anywhere in my posts. Individuals make choices, including you, OP. You chose to eat poorly for 15 years despite apparently coming from a country of origin with superior eating habits. Why is that?

This is such a typical American post:
“Corporations sell and market crappy food, and lobby the government to create “food pyramids” that highlight foods that are bad for you. Yet it’s ALL YOUR FAULT fat person! It’s your bad individual choices. And no, I don’t see the billionaire in the corner profiting from my obesity and laughing at me.”

(The post also has a little salting of xenophobia too, putting down other countries. Also par for the course for the average American freedumb type.

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No, no it’s not. Drive yourself to the nearest grocery store, buy fresh fruits and vegetables and lean proteins, drive back home and cook them yourself. Do not go to Taco Bell or McDonald’s or Starbucks on the way home. Et voila.

That’s it. I can only eat healthy if I cook myself at home. Once I go outside I’m surrounded by shitty food.

I have to prepare DC’s lunch because school lunches are not healthy. I’m staying in a hotel that is not cheap and has multiple restaurants and the food is crap. When I go out for dinner 80-90% of restaurant food is not healthy. If I’m driving and I need to stop for lunch there are no healthy choices. When DC goes to a party the food will be crap.

You see my point?

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I’ve lived in America my entire life and I am not pre-diabetic. I don’t eat shitty junk food and Taco Bell all the time, so maybe that’s what sets me apart from the bizarrely judgmental OP?

84% of people with pre diabetes don’t know about it.

Hey, great. I’m still not one of them.

Own your crappy food choices, OP, instead of blaming “America”.

According to you millions of Americans just make poor choices and millions of Italians and French just make better choices, but it has nothing to do with choices at their disposal? Please…

No, I don’t see that statement anywhere in my posts. Individuals make choices, including you, OP. You chose to eat poorly for 15 years despite apparently coming from a country of origin with superior eating habits. Why is that?

This is such a typical American post:
“Corporations sell and market crappy food, and lobby the government to create “food pyramids” that highlight foods that are bad for you. Yet it’s ALL YOUR FAULT fat person! It’s your bad individual choices. And no, I don’t see the billionaire in the corner profiting from my obesity and laughing at me.”

(The post also has a little salting of xenophobia too, putting down other countries. Also par for the course for the average American freedumb type.

Lol what?? So it’s perfectly acceptable for OP to blame everyone else for her choices and take zero responsibility? Oook. And really? Xenophobia? What I see is OP, a foreigner, making a lot of ignorant accusations at “Americans”. Not the other way around.

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Anonymous wrote:Looks like a lot of fatties are angrily responding to OP. Touched a nerve?

I think we touched OP's prediabetes.