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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Did they walk a lot? Or drive?

Were gyms a big thing?[/quote]

There wasn't more walking -- at least not in the suburbs. There were no gyms in the 60s-70s; the only people who had any kind of formal gyms to work out in were high school/college athletes. I don't know that grown adults did much in the way of exercise -- though there's always some who walk or run; women started to do the various exercise shows that were popping up on TV.

People just ate less. 3 meals a day and that's it. And the meal was enough to serve one -- not enough to serve 3-4 people like the meals you get now. There wasn't the culture of snacking all day long. I work in an office and I STILL don't understand why my coworkers who work sitting down 8 hrs a day need snacks of hummus or string cheese or almonds bc protein is SOOOO important. It's like a pipeline of snacks and thus a pipeline of calories which does not replace the 3 meals but rather supplements them (too much) now.[/quote]

I grew up in the 70's and their were definitely gyms and [b]racquetball.[/b] Maybe where I grew up was not the norm, but they existed. [/quote]

Racquetball is a fantastic way to lose weight. Great cardiovascular workout and even playing at a medium intensity level can burn like 500 calories/hour. I wish there were more courts in the DC area... [/quote]

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