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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.

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Um yeah OP blaming “American food” for her poor choices is ridiculous. Sorry, you’re pre-diabetic and just decided now to give a f*ck. You’re in the minority, as you pointed out.

I didn’t just woke up. I’ve been fighting this battle for years. Do you know how hard it is for your kid not to get candy and cookies at school every day of their life in America?

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Anonymous wrote:I have to agree though that eating has gotten out of hand. Its very rare I see a slim person in the dmv area. All I see are fat people. Races like Indians and asians that are usually thin with their vegetarian or seafood diets look like sumo wrestlers now. Its insane.

Where do you live in the DMV? I have not seen Indian and Asians who look like sumo wrestlers around where I live which is very close-in to DC. I once went to Germantown to run an errand and saw a vast majority of people who were morbidly obese but I didn’t see any Asians there. All white people.

Anonymous wrote:I have to agree though that eating has gotten out of hand. Its very rare I see a slim person in the dmv area. All I see are fat people. Races like Indians and asians that are usually thin with their vegetarian or seafood diets look like sumo wrestlers now. Its insane.

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Anonymous wrote:

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?

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Anonymous wrote:I’m staying at an upscale hotel in Nashville and for lunch my choices are either mystery bread and meat burgers with french fries or some weird salads with a thousand calorie dressing, as well as some cookie skillet.

I guess should just go, find a farmer’s market and cook it in my hotel room.

Name the hotel.

Gaylord Opryland

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Anonymous wrote:

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.

Right. And two third of people who live in the states, many of whom probably have always lived here, are still not pre-diabetic like you.

Anonymous wrote:I actually think that Americans should be much chubbier if you look at what Safeway, Giant and convenience stores sell. I was an Au Pair many years ago and even though I ran after the kids 45 hours a week, the sugar in foods I ate, made me add a few pounds. I ate all their fruits and veggies because I couldn't digest and didn't stomach well the food they ate: fish sticks, french fries, pancakes, ramen, poptarts, cereal, rice crispies, popcorn, and cookie jar was always full. Most food was some kind of brown or yellow fried crap.
I don't feel for grown-ups who eat the crap, but I do feel for the kids. I suspect the grown-ups were once kids and it's hard to change habits. Along with crappy food, the places where Americans can exercise are few and far between. They also work more and have less time to exercise.
Whats did I eat when I was growing up? All veggies and fruits that grow in Northern Europe (not a whole lot). I can have a chopped up tomato and cucumber and be very happy with it.I'm the person who eats all the greens (fixings) that are usually as a decoration next to a dish.
I order my bread from Europe through amazon. Not enough black bread, which I think is healthier, here or it tastes like water.
I wish the food commercials weren't on every corner, but rather "one more mile, you can do it!". It feels like being hungry means that you are poor or it's somehow bad to be hungry. I think it's good to be hungry - maybe it means you exercised, and food tastes good on hungry stomach. Also, not enough soups are eaten in US.
When I go to Europe I fill the fridge with all the foods I craved (lots of salads,special ham, smoked fish), but I'm suddenly just not hungry. I missed the food so much, but the food keeps me full so much longer. Mom always gives me hard time when she has to through out all the food I meant to eat. Another thing, European countries are much smaller. We prefer local food - made in the country, or even better, in the same town.
There are processed foods in stores that have no business even existing. Those foods made their way to NE Europe when I was a teen. I was 14 when I bought my first Lays chips. Never crossed my mind that it is complete garbage. America wouldn't let their people eat anything like that, would they? I used to crab fresh strawberries, carrots or even rutabaga (ate one fresh for 4 days) for snack. Rutabaga can't compete with Lays usually, but it wins in my book, but only because day care gave it to us as a snack and I remember how happy we all were eating out rutabagas.
I wasn't a chubby teen thanks to the junk making it there after my taste buds had developed. I am chubbier now that all my friends back at home. Everything to do with the lifestyle and the foods available (or not) here in US.
(Going to snack on box of blueberries. They are 3 for $10 in Giant, but make no mistake, I cannot eat that well every day).

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m staying at an upscale hotel in Nashville and for lunch my choices are either mystery bread and meat burgers with french fries or some weird salads with a thousand calorie dressing, as well as some cookie skillet.

I guess should just go, find a farmer’s market and cook it in my hotel room.

Name the hotel.

Gaylord Opryland

^Upscale?! BWAAHAHHAHAHAHA I've stayed there and it is no more upscale than eating at Disney. You pay a pretty penny to stay in a touristy superspreader hotel

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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.

Anonymous wrote:I’m with you OP. It’s maddening! I do my best to watch what my family eats, but my kids are surrounded by junk at school and their friends. Don’t get me started on glyphosate. I’m Republican but would vote for any candidate who would more closely regulate the chemicals in our food supply.

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I am from Europe and it is true that a lot of what is considered food here would not pass in that category in Europe. Pretty much any gas station in Italy offers higher quality food than what one can buy here, including in places like Wholefoods, which are really mostly just overpriced and pretentious but not that great.