Cannon's Journal

wishes said:
Ive often wondered about the Genes vs the Learned habits theory on obesity.

Is it genetic when your mother is fat, your mothers mother, and your mothers mothers mother ... etc
Or is it just that your mother taught you bad eating habits from when you were a child and to make excuses ... My mother still loves to say 'but if i deep fry it in olive oil its better for me than normal oil!' and 'But this study says chocolate is good for you! so i should eat lots of it!'

So is it really genetic? or has your body been programmed from birth to overeat or eat poor food choices.
I mean if you had never eaten fast food or deep fried, would you crave it?
Do children in etheopia have this problem where they crave an ice cream sunday? These are my questions anyway. Im not a big fan of using genetics to explain everything, i mean humans evolve, we evolve into what we do a lot of the time. Does this mean we are evolving to genetically crave shit food?
Which came first? the chicken or the egg eh? :)

ps. not meaning to be argumentitive here or start anything, just my thoughts on the subject
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Well you bring up two very important questions. When studying genetics there is one great resource for studying heredity vs environment and that is The Swedish Twins Registry. Begun in the 1960s and the result of their open adoption practices what researchers look at is identical twins raised in different families. Literally thousands of studies have been done with this database on hundreds of different topics. Its a way of taking the same basic heredity and putting it into two different environments. We're not evolving to crave shit food. That has been a problem for a long time. In the 1960s and 1970s in the US we didn't eat nearly as much fast food, but we ate less vegetables than we do today. Our diet really wasn't lower in fat because of that whole Julia Childs' if it tastes good with a tablespoon of butter, it'll take even better with a whole tub mentality. We certainly are putting more chemicals and preservatives in our body now even if we are eating less red meat, whole milk, and wonder bread.
 
The rain has kept me from walking. Its OK I was entitled to a rest day, but I am thrilled to see my compulsion to walk has come back. When I was trying to make sure I was ready for the breast cancer walk I really made sure I didn't miss. The last few weeks I've been lazier. Now I am getting the urge again. I'm glad I had the willpower to make myself do it when I didn't want to.
 
Send some rain over here...
it rained in all parts of island except my office area yesterday:confused: :mad:
so hoooooooot!
glad u got yr walking power back!
 
Sorry about the rain even tho we all can use some.We finally got
some much needed rain for about 30 minutes not enough but it will
have to do,it's been since April since it rained a good steady rain.
Your doing great and goodluck with the breast cancer awarness walk
good cause and good for you.Have a nice day Tammy
 
Hi Cannon. That urge to walk is a magical life saver I reckon. It was worth the nurturing you gave it. :)
 
I called in sick today. Work is darn depressing lately with our new incompetent pirncipal, but at least I only have a week and a half left. I talked to the principal at the school I'm going to yesterday and I am getting myself in deep. I am going to a workshop August 6-10. It'll be nice to have some income over summer, but that's not something I'm especially looking forward to. Last year it was on the opposite side of the city on the hottest days of the year. I also said I'd be willing to work the afterschool program and that it didn't matter to me what classes they had me teach. Going to a new school I'm trying to be agreeable and enthusiasticly a team player. It is piling up some work on me though. I'm going to send a quick email, eat some breakfast, and then go for a walk.
 
Hey Cannon!

Maybe you coucld start a new thread to discuss what you have been learning, so your diary doesn't become too sidetracked?!

Have a great day :jump:
 
Cannon 2006 said:
The last few weeks I've been lazier. Now I am getting the urge again. I'm glad I had the willpower to make myself do it when I didn't want to.
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That urge and drive is a good thing...and t hat will power is amazing the combination towards weight loss:)

Cannon 2006 said:
I'll be up bright and early tomorrow for a new walk. I want to see the 370s and soon.
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Woo Hoo go Cannon go !!!

Cannon 2006 said:
Going to a new school I'm trying to be agreeable and enthusiasticly a team player. It is piling up some work on me though. I'm going to send a quick email, eat some breakfast, and then go for a walk.
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This is a great attitude to have cannon and you know that - everyone wants a agreeable and enthusiastic team player :D:D:D
 
I got my walk in this morning so I'm good to go. Its nice and cool today with some sunshine. A great day for walking. I am going to look at patio furniture with my mom today. Remember patio furniture was her mother's day gift and I need to rent a truck to bring it to her. When I do that I'm going to use that same trunk to haul my treadmill to my sister's place. I just don't like doing the treadmill. I'm selling it to her for $300 + the cost of the truck. I'm then taking the $300 and I'm going to pay for my gym membership. Boy that's complicated.
 
Hi Cannon! Thanks for recommended Heinlein--he's a great author. I just started SISL Sunday evening and I'm already halfway through. I'm very interested in your debate about genetics and everything earlier.

My grandma said my dad (who was technically obese, although he was also very muscular and stout) was BORN hungry. He was always a bit of a big boy, but didn't hit obese until his 30s. My mom is slim and small and she just doesn't feel like eating much. Both parents LOVED exercise, although mom and her family runs and my dad walked/hiked as often as possible. I SWEAR I inheirited things from both of them--but its the old Nature vs Nurture debate--did I LEARN their behavior? Or if I was adopted would I be completely different? I dunno.
 
I'm glad to hear the gym membership's still happening - that will be especially good over the summer while you have some flexibility with your time. You have made some generous offers to the new school - they should be pleased with you. :)

Cool weather makes a ton of difference to being able to enjoy those walks - I hope it keeps up for you.
 
hmm, id sell a treadmill for a gym membership any day of the week, lol. hope it ends up being a good experience for you, and an even better motivator to keep going and make progress. keep at it, and keep me updated with any revelations you might have while doing your readings.
 
Well I figure that I don't really use the treadmill so losing it won't hurt my workout. However, joining a gym should certainly help it. I didn't get a walk in today. With the sudden cold weather I just couldn't force myself out of bed--it was wonderful. I will get the walk in this afternoon.
 
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