WHEE - How and when do we eat?

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Thursday September 24, 2009 · 4:14 PM PDT

2009/09/24 · 16:14

I had meant to write about rejoining Weight Watchers in this diary, but the recent diaries about fast food got me thinking...

Why do we have fast food? Why has it become so popular? Is it just because of the "bad" choices of individuals, or could it be because we have long working weeks, with little time to cook, and less time to exercise. Some cities are pedestrian friendly, but in many places, you run the risk of being hit by a car if you try to walk regularly as part of healthier lifestyle.

WHEE (Weight, Health, Eating and Exercise) is a community support diary for Kossacks who are currently or planning to start losing, gaining or maintaining their weight through diet and exercise or fitness. Any supportive comments, suggestions or positive distractions are appreciated. If you are working on your weight or fitness, please -- join us! You can also click the WHEE tag to view all diary posts.

More below the fold...

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Friday July 24, 2009 · 5:04 PM PDT

2009/07/24 · 17:04

WHEE (Weight, Health, Eating and Exercise) is a community support diary for Kossacks who are currently or planning to start losing, gaining or maintaining their weight through diet and exercise or fitness. Any supportive comments, suggestions or positive distractions are appreciated. If you are working on your weight or fitness, please -- join us! You can also click the WHEE tag to view all diary posts.

Welcome, Wheeblies, to the TGIF version of WHEE - we're at the end of a long week, and it's nice to kick back for the weekend. I want to really praise Jennyjem who did an incredible diary this morning on the bricks on the way to our goals. What a great way of visualizing barriers.

Walk carefully down the yellow brick road to just below the fold...

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What are we doing tonight?

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What are we doing tonight?

Eating pizza - again, food of the gods

5 votes

Stopping by the salad bar at the grocery store

1 vote

Warming up leftover casserole or curry

6 votes

Blending a smoothie with protein additive

1 vote

Having a healthy dinner with family or friends

10 votes

Lying on the couch swearing at Fox News

3 votes

Planning our August vacation in either Montana or Nevada

0 votes

Eating apple pie (food of REAL citizens)

4 votes

WHEE - Weight, Health, Eating and Exercise 7-18-09 p.m.

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Saturday July 18, 2009 · 5:22 PM PDT

2009/07/18 · 17:22

This the Saturday p.m. WHEE diary - a place for people with any kind of weight issue to check in and get support. Sheddhead is the inspiration and organizer for this twice daily diary and the diary is based on the GUS diary (which I don't know much about). The tag for the diary will be WHEE and the plan is to have someone do a diary every morning and evening.

I can share my own experience and tips/ideas below but basically this a place for people to share ideas and give each other support as they work to lose weight, gain weight, or generally become healthier and more physically fit.

I am relatively new to KOS and haven't done many diaries, so if there are technical things that need to be done, (adding people to a roster), I may have to wait for Sheddhead or someone else to do those updates.

Run, bike, swim, or walk carefully to below the fold to see more.

Poll

75 votes Show Results

What are we having for dinner?

75 votes Vote Now!

What are we having for dinner?

A carefully balanced meal of lean protein, whole grains and fresh vegetables

41 votes

A cool and frothy soy milk and fresh fruit smoothie

1 vote

A somewhat tasteless but probably healthy frozen dinner

2 votes

Pizza - food of the gods

11 votes

Popcorn

4 votes

Anything chocolate or salty that we can still find in the house

4 votes

Really scary frozen pot pie from Conagra

0 votes

Pot brownies

5 votes

Pie

7 votes

Clunkers and poverty: visiting with the lower third

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Thursday June 25, 2009 · 12:19 PM PDT

2009/06/25 · 12:19

Another diarist expressed outrage over the $4500 cash for clunkers bill,
and the theme that ran through their diary and quite a few others that I have read here is that many government programs help people who have made "bad" decisions. I do not know the original diarist well enough to understand their motivations (and I believe this person to be thoughtful in their comments), but I've been upset, outraged, saddened and annoyed by a thread among dKos posters that implies that bad mortgages and bad cars are due to bad "decisions" among a frivolous middle class that should have made better choices.

The fact is, the middle class is a somewhat mythical construction. The media focus on the "middle class" in the middle of foreclosures because the media does not see poor people. So we get a limited view of who is buying homes and who is actually buying anything.

Poor people own clunkers, not because they are stupid and uneducated, but because, well, they are POOR. Being poor means having limited options, and not being able to buy the car you would like most.

More below...

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Monday November 03, 2008 · 7:40 PM PST

2008/11/03 · 19:40

This diary has been sitting in draft form for a month now. I've been afraid to mess with the karma. It still seems scary to really believe in President-Elect Obama.

Is anyone planning some kind of event at the Lincoln memorial tomorrow night on the 4th? It would be wonderful to have candles, music, and prayer as President-Elect Obama sweeps to victory. The reflecting pool is amazing, and I have this vision of the whole monument/pool area lit up with candles on the evening of November 4th.

I was moved by a comment someone posted about years since emancipation (Free at Last!), and somehow a tribute at the Lincoln memorial seems appropriate. I know others have posted about incorporating the Lincoln memorial into inauguration ceremonies, but I'm imagining an election night vigil to wait for the results.

I'm not quite ready to weep, but I hope that around midnight on November 4th, I'll be weeping with joy, jubilation, sadness for our past, a sense of history, and amazement.

Obama clears +5 margin for electoral votes

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Wednesday October 08, 2008 · 12:08 AM PDT

2008/10/08 · 00:08

I know many people here like 538.com, but I have a soft spot for electoral-vote.com - he was one of the first people doing that kind of electoral vote tracking (if my memory is correct).

One of my favorite parts of electoral-vote.com is the tracking graph over time, which gets broken down into two graphs: electoral votes where the candidate polls less than 5% margin and electoral votes where the candidate polls above the 5% margin. You have to scroll down to the second graph to see the 5% margin graph.
electoral vote over time

This is the first time Obama has enough electoral votes from states that show him polling more than 5% better than McCain. That one is doing much better than either Bush or Kerry at any time during the 2004 election. I know this is a short diary, but I haven't seen this posted anywhere so far.

Is it bad for women that Sarah Palin is so incompetent?

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Thursday October 02, 2008 · 11:46 AM PDT

2008/10/02 · 11:46

When I first heard of Sarah Palin's pick as Vice President, I thought that the pick could backfire for reasons that McCain hadn't thought through (no surprise there!). McCain hoped that Palin would bring over former Hilary supporters, which didn't happen. The problem with Palin is that there is a certain amount of residual sexism among older middle class men, who have a hard time seeing women as competent, tough, and experienced enough to lead a country.

I am not defending Sarah Palin. She is not prepared, and she lies more easily and carelessly than anyone I have ever seen in the public view. I also disagree with her social, environmental, and fiscal policies, as much as I'm able to tell what they are. But Reagan, Dan Quayle, and George Bush weren't smart either. (although Reagan is starting to look really smart in comparison). Do stupid white middle class men get more of a pass than incompetent white women? Was the American public more willing to accept Dan Quayle or George Bush because they simply couldn't believe that a rich white man could be that dumb?

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Clunkers and poverty: visiting with the lower third

Candles at Lincoln tomorrow night?

Obama clears +5 margin for electoral votes

Is it bad for women that Sarah Palin is so incompetent?