Price of soda/diet soda.

[GrandSportC3]

Originally Posted by Steve_R

I’m not sure it’s “most.” My wife and I don’t and we’re well past 50. Played 18 holes today and we’re going on a long bike ride tomorrow. My BMI is 24, wife’s is 25. No diabetes, high blood pressure, or other such problems. Same with most of our friends here, but we’re all very active.

https://hpi.georgetown.edu/obesity2/...2024%20percent.

[GrandSportC3]

Originally Posted by Steve_R

I’m not sure it’s “most.” My wife and I don’t and we’re well past 50. Played 18 holes today and we’re going on a long bike ride tomorrow. My BMI is 24, wife’s is 25. No diabetes, high blood pressure, or other such problems. Same with most of our friends here, but we’re all very active.

I wish I had time to play golf..

[Steve_R]

Originally Posted by GrandSportC3

https://hpi.georgetown.edu/obesity2/...2024%20percent.

40% isn’t “most.” And yes, obesity is a huge problem in this country, but we’re supposed to accept it as normal based on TV commercials, and “fat shaming” is almost a hate crime now. Life is full of choices. Some people choose wisely, some don’t.

For your health and for your family do what you need to and get healthy.

[GrandSportC3]

Originally Posted by Steve_R

40% isn’t “most.” And yes, obesity is a huge problem in this country, but we’re supposed to accept it as normal based on TV commercials, and “fat shaming” is almost a hate crime now. Life is full of choices. Some people choose wisely, some don’t.

For your health and for your family do what you need to and get healthy.

Add obese and overweight together.. 46% + 23% = 69% above their normal weight.

[GrandSportC3]

Originally Posted by Steve_R

40% isn’t “most.” And yes, obesity is a huge problem in this country, but we’re supposed to accept it as normal based on TV commercials, and “fat shaming” is almost a hate crime now. Life is full of choices. Some people choose wisely, some don’t.

For your health and for your family do what you need to and get healthy.

I'm making progress.. I'm losing 1 to 2 lbs every month..

[Steve_R]

Originally Posted by GrandSportC3

I wish I had time to play golf..

Walk. Ride a bike. Get a treadmill at home. Lots of things don’t take huge amounts of time and many can include the kids.

[Mick]

Originally Posted by GrandSportC3

Looked it up.. 69% of men over 50 are overweight or obese..

So what? Does the fact that lots of men your age are obese make it "OK" for you to be obese? If that is reality in your world, fine, but it's not in mine.

[GrandSportC3]

Originally Posted by Steve_R

Walk. Ride a bike. Get a treadmill at home. Lots of things don’t take huge amounts of time and many can include the kids.

Kids are glued to their phone/tablet. Hard to get them to do any physical activity unless it's playing at a playground. I will try to go back to playing table tennis once a week. I used to be a pretty good player and was even Florida State Champion in 2010. My level has dropped dramatically after I stopped regular practice. I want to start playing Tennis again after not playing for 26 years (I was a pretty good Tennis player as well but quit 26 years ago when I was 26 years old). Problem is finding someone to play with.

[GrandSportC3]

Originally Posted by Mick

So what? Does the fact that lots of men your age are obese make it "OK" for you to be obese? If that is reality in your world, fine, but it's not in mine.

Everything went down hill with COVID. I was 200 lbs early 2020... We had a table tennis table at work and I played for an hour every lunch break at work. I also went to the table tennis club every week. I gained 35 lbs in 2020 and another 11 lbs in 2021 and was up to 246. I'm at 223 now.

[Steve_R]

Originally Posted by GrandSportC3

Kids are glued to their phone/tablet. Hard to get them to do any physical activity unless it's playing at a playground.

Another excuse. They do what you allow them to do.

[bsmith]

Damn, and I feel like my 12oz can of coke a day is a bad vice...

I have the stuff up for 6-8 months years ago, but went back to it.

[LATB]

Originally Posted by bsmith

Damn, and I feel like my 12oz can of coke a day is a bad vice...

I have the stuff up for 6-8 months years ago, but went back to it.

For me it’s coffee. Usually 2-3 cups sometimes 5-6 cups.

[Anjdog2003]

On weekends and during the summer the kids couldn't be in the house or during school years when the sun was out. The beach the mountains, bikes, roller blades etc etc. Come in for dinner, homework, and sleep.

[bsmith]

Originally Posted by LATB

For me it’s coffee. Usually 2-3 cups sometimes 5-6 cups.

Coke has always been a weakness for me.

I used to drink 3 or 4 20oz cups of coffee with a shit ton of cream and sugar every day at work, in addition to the coke habit.

Gave up the coffee, cold turkey, 6 or 8 years ago.

This spring I took up drinking black coffee to cut down on the coke.
Might have 1 can during the work week now, still have coke on the weekends.

Can't stand any diet soda.

[Murray]

Originally Posted by Anjdog2003

On weekends and during the summer the kids couldn't be in the house or during school years when the sun was out. The beach the mountains, bikes, roller blades etc etc. Come in for dinner, homework, and sleep.

Super

[Aerovette]

Originally Posted by LATB

For me it’s coffee. Usually 2-3 cups sometimes 5-6 cups.

My coffee cup is 30oz and I drink two a day. Probably more out of habit than effect.

[Taurus]

If I had to give a blood test these days they would ask me how I swapped my sample with a vile of Diet Coke.

[Anjdog2003]

Originally Posted by Murray

It's hard to exercise when we have 10 month of winter except for shoveling snow which i make the wife do. But i do make the bed.

You can't trim the tundra once in awhile?

[Murray]

Originally Posted by Anjdog2003

This was me at the gym. They give you a place to sit down but call it exercise.

I do one better and leave my remote 3 steps from where I’m sitting. If I like the show and don’t get up, the next day I’ll leave the remote 6 steps away

Thnaks

[Yadkin]

Originally Posted by GrandSportC3

2 years ago, you could get Walmart brand sodas for $2.39 per 12 pack.. Now it's $4.49 and they discontinued some flavors for diet soda cans. That's like 87% increase in 2 years.
Virtually all non caffeinated diet sodas are now $6.98 to $8.50. I understand that prices went up due to inflation, but 87%???
My favorite sodas just went on sale for $4.29 per 12-pack at a local grocery store, so I stocked up. Does anyone have any idea why sodas went up more than most other things?

We stopped drinking it about 5 years ago due to the sweetners used.