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I caught that, Canuck. Despite him joking about the amount of food the kids still loaded onto their plates when he had lunch with them later, he obviously made a little bit of an impression-- one of the girls said she'd decided to only have one hamburger because she was watching what she ate now. If stuff like this can get people to leave unnecessary food off their plates, all the better.

m nutritious, but then the packed lunch is probably all processed food anyway so not uch better

My students are eating their special Thanksgiving Dinner right now in the dining hall, (while I chug hot coffee in the classroom) and I was pleased to see whole grain rolls and correct portion sizes. There are a lot of overweight kids in the blind community, and I can truthfully say that at least my school (state institution) has been making a lot of progress in what they serve the kids in food service. I wish I could get them as excited about exercise as they are about meals. Anyone have any ideas? RRO?

dmw, is there a gym nearby? Elliptical machines or stationary bikes while listening to music or books on tape might be an option.

they have a lot of resources available to them.... they have an olympic-sized pool! A weight room, my class does Yoga first thing every morning, a local Curves gym donated their old (but still good) equipment to the school, they have their own bowling alley in the rec building!!!! so the issue isn't that they don't have things (LOTS) available, they just lack the motivation or desire to do much that requires expending energy. I have tried many tactics to get them interested, but nothing really sticks, so far..... it is frustrating.

Last night, I had a weird deja vu moment while walking to Target. There were tents setup all over the front of the store with (mostly overweight) people hanging out in lounge chairs in the bitter cold. I thought for a moment, oh Target is sponsoring one of those things that RRO is talking about online. Come to realize, they're camping out overnight for the launch of PS3.

Yasmeen wrote: If stuff like this can get people to leave unnecessary food off their plates, all the better.

The sad part is, I don't think most people (and I can safely say that by overweight and obesity statistics) understand what is proper food portioning. It somehow became normal to indulge beyond what the body needs. So anything less than indulging is somehow viewed as anorexia.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/11/17/playst ... index.html

what a shame

Hmm, camp out all night to spend $600 to then turn around and sell for $1500. That's $900/12hours = $75 hour. That's worth it.