Loosing weight

“them be gummi baren???”

“Holy geez. I should read more closely.

Maple . ..sorry. Its definetly not the butter. Its the bears.”

“I hear bears can be rather fatty.”

“only in winter......but you gotta dig em outa their holes.......”

“Kinda like shucking a big furry oyster?”

““Try posting as Chubby Gurl until you lose 5 or 10 lbs:) Good luck.”
Nimblefoot

What was I thinking when posting on this thread?

:-)~”

“...a big furry oyster?...gee, where can we go with that one.......”

“oreo”

“"The message of this obesity initiative is that we've got to watch what we eat," Cornett said Thursday. "Exercise is part of it and the city is trying to change into a city that is less sprawling, has more density and is more pedestrian friendly, but you're not really going to take on obesity unless you acknowledge that we eat too much and don't eat the right foods."


Emphasis mine”

“Bike Lanes.

One of my favorite aspects of the Denver metro area are the proliferation of bike lanes. Almost all streets (except the most major thoroughfares) have bike lanes. AND the majority of drives are accustomed to cyclists using them. Good for running too.

We also have more parks here than anywhere else I've lived - many many small neighborhood parks connected by walking/biking paths (like big sidewalks mostly, some grass/gravel paths). Again good for running or rollerbladeing.”

“Friday, January 4, 2008


Spokane
Local obesity rates spur plans for more walk areas
John Stucke
Staff writer
January 4, 2008

Spokane is struggling with a ballooning waistline – a stubborn problem that health officials hope to remedy with a resolution of brisk walks along safe sidewalks and trails.


Six out of every 10 people in the county are either overweight or obese. As bad as that may seem, Spokane’s 61 percent overweight figure rests just above the Washington average, according to the state Department of Health.


The downside: compared to Spokane, Seattle is skinny, with 52 percent of the population overweight.

The Spokane Regional Health District believes that Spokane can shed some of its collective girth and has enlisted the help of city and community planners to turn Spokane away from its car-loving reputation into a walkers’ wonderland.


With a $150,000 state grant, the health district and community planners hope turn a handful of policy ideas into an initiative for neighborhood walking areas, complete with crosswalks and new sidewalks.

“We think we can design policies for a walkable sort of city,” said Heleen Dewey, director of the district’s physical activity and nutrition program.


There will be a focus on encouraging children to walk to school. About 22 percent of teens are overweight.

Dewey said policies can be adopted to give parents greater assurances that their children can safely walk to school rather than depend on buses or rides from parents and friends. Such policies include more crosswalks, more controlled intersections, and more school staff monitoring.


Shaking up sedentary lifestyles can be achieved by walking policies, according to the Active Living Network. If people have a place to walk within 10 minutes of their homes, the result can be 25 percent more people exercising.


That would be a healthy achievement for a county where 39 percent of residents report that they do not meet recommended exercise levels.”

“Another thing we have in Jefferson County that I really like is neighborhood based Elementary Schools. Each little area has it's own school for grades K-6 and there is very very limited bussing for the kids - they all walk to school and most kids walk less than a mile - i guess it helps that we have such little rainfall during the school year, but I like the fact that kids are walking. It;s kinda cool in the afternoon to see whole gaggles of kids headed down the streets - they tend to gather in the parks too.”