hey guys, good morning/afternoon/mid day? depends on which coast you're hanging out in lol

ANYWAYS, i was leisurely browsing the health section of my local newspaper here the toronto star, and found this little tid bit.

it's an american study, and i totally agree.

input?

http://www.healthzone.ca/health/diet...-true-or-false

Sounds about right. Planned snacks (specifically fruit+protein) have helped me a lot in terms of eating less at meals. I'm also more active than most of my friends (regardless of weight).

But, shoot, it said maintainers ate on average 1800 calories/day and normal-overweight ate on average 1900-2000. That's only 200 calories less a day, not as bad as I always thought it might be.

I agree. My husband does this all the time. He'll be like, "I haven't eaten at all today but you have."

Interesting! I eat very regular meals and am the most normal weight of my friends. The over weight ones will often say "oh I haven't eat all day" as if that somehow will make the giant bowl of cheesy pasta have fewer calories.

"More than 60 per cent of U.S. residents are obese or overweight"
This is very scary!

I totally agree. When I look back on my heavier days, I wasn't really eating a lot, it was more the choices of food I was making that were the problem.

What I found significant is that large difference in physical activity. I wonder how much impact it would have if the overweight group tripled their physical activity. With the "normal weight" group averaging at 2000 calories/week, the maintainers at 3000/week and the overweight and obese group at only 800/week, I think activity is more correlated with weight than a difference in eating style.

This is the exactly the issue my mother and I have.