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Originally Posted by BlackCrayon
it won't happen if people take care of themselves. i don't buy the idea that people say they don't have time to eat decently. it doesn't take any longer than 20-30 minutes to make a good meal at home. figure in the time it takes to drive to a fast food place, drive back, etc its almost the same. i've been working at a desk for over 15 years now and never got overweight. i don't even workout much, if at all most of the time. even that i find myself saying i don't have time but i really do, i just don't want to take the time to do it.
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But here is what you are missing.... Some of us don't have half an hour to prepare a single meal.
When I first moved here, I left the house at 7:30am in the morning (Keep in mind that not only did I have to get myself ready but also had to get my kid ready, and also had started in on answering emails from home) and then wouldn't get home until 7pm or 8pm, after which I had to deal with my kid's sports routine, homework, playtime, and then yet more work from home. My days started at 5am and ran until 11pm when I didn't have time to watch TV no less prepare a decent meal.
It's not a matter of "fifteen minutes to the fast food place". Between leaving work and going to see my kid I don't have time to stop home and spent half an hour cooking - It's fast food on the go.
A lot has changed in the past few years. My kid is older now, and my wife tends to handle our kid's after school activities. I no longer work in an office for 10-12 hours a day, and work from home, so I have a lot more flexibility in my working hours. I work a minimum of 9-5, but I spend a lot more time exercising in both the morning and nights. Also, fast food is completely gone from my diet now, as is soda (although I just had a very rare Red Bull this morning).
I'm not defending myself or anyone who is over weight. My priorities at the time was, in order, my kid and then my work. My health and my weight wasn't even on the list of priorities; I was healthy and my weight wasn't an issue. You just get caught up in routine that is unhealthy and then middle age slaps you in the face and by the time you discover you need to make changes it's already an uphill battle.