Comments on: How to lose weight like an economist http://michellemalkin.com/2008/01/07/how-to-lose-weight-like-an-economist/ news and commentary from a conservative perspective Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:29:25 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Mulligan http://michellemalkin.com/2008/01/07/how-to-lose-weight-like-an-economist/comment-page-1/#comment-212753 Mulligan Tue, 08 Jan 2008 20:38:57 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2008/01/07/how-to-lose-weight-like-an-economist/#comment-212753 For people (like me) that have a weight problem because of over-eating, the Sonoma Diet is worth a try. I've taken off almost all the extra weight, and kept it off for months. Sorry if this sounds like a cheesy ad or something, but I've tried a lot of diets and this was the only one that really worked, and has enabled me to maintain the weight loss. For people (like me) that have a weight problem because of over-eating, the Sonoma Diet is worth a try. I’ve taken off almost all the extra weight, and kept it off for months.
Sorry if this sounds like a cheesy ad or something, but I’ve tried a lot of diets and this was the only one that really worked, and has enabled me to maintain the weight loss.

]]> By: uhangtight http://michellemalkin.com/2008/01/07/how-to-lose-weight-like-an-economist/comment-page-1/#comment-212577 uhangtight Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:29:45 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2008/01/07/how-to-lose-weight-like-an-economist/#comment-212577 this is all very simplistic, as from the 'cancer cure' i received to stay alive my thyroid and pituitary glands were damaged. two key glands for metabolizing the body's burning of food. i exercise harder than a 30 year old and eat moderately, but still nothing. after 45 years of weighing only 115 lbs. i am now considered obese and nothing works. medications do not regulate the thyroid. so.. stop and think before you make comments cause not everyone is over eating and not exercising. my trainer could not believe my agility. i told him.. i have worked out all my life, and used to be a runner. now i can't .. so if a company wants to provide me an incentive for losing weight, i say find a cure for these two glands' malfunction. otherwise shut the F* up.. this is all very simplistic, as from the ‘cancer cure’ i received to stay alive my thyroid and pituitary glands were damaged. two key glands for metabolizing the body’s burning of food. i exercise harder than a 30 year old and eat moderately, but still nothing. after 45 years of weighing only 115 lbs. i am now considered obese and nothing works. medications do not regulate the thyroid.

so.. stop and think before you make comments cause not everyone is over eating and not exercising. my trainer could not believe my agility. i told him.. i have worked out all my life, and used to be a runner. now i can’t ..

so if a company wants to provide me an incentive for losing weight, i say find a cure for these two glands’ malfunction. otherwise shut the F* up..

]]> By: HeatherRadish http://michellemalkin.com/2008/01/07/how-to-lose-weight-like-an-economist/comment-page-1/#comment-212106 HeatherRadish Tue, 08 Jan 2008 05:13:38 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2008/01/07/how-to-lose-weight-like-an-economist/#comment-212106 <blockquote>I do have little sympathy for the truly obese as it is a self-inflicted problem.</blockquote> Except it's not "self-inflicted" for everyone. Weight gain can be a side effect of some medications, of thyroid disease, of metabolic dysfunction... I hate your smarmy "you fatties are all just stupid and lazy" attitude. It's the same thought process as the "progressive" assertion that conservatives are all mouth-breathing sheep too stupid to vote for a "real" president--you think you're smarter and therefor better than "those people." Maybe. Probably not.

I do have little sympathy for the truly obese as it is a self-inflicted problem.

Except it’s not “self-inflicted” for everyone. Weight gain can be a side effect of some medications, of thyroid disease, of metabolic dysfunction…

I hate your smarmy “you fatties are all just stupid and lazy” attitude. It’s the same thought process as the “progressive” assertion that conservatives are all mouth-breathing sheep too stupid to vote for a “real” president–you think you’re smarter and therefor better than “those people.” Maybe. Probably not.

]]> By: skma http://michellemalkin.com/2008/01/07/how-to-lose-weight-like-an-economist/comment-page-1/#comment-211920 skma Tue, 08 Jan 2008 01:41:41 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2008/01/07/how-to-lose-weight-like-an-economist/#comment-211920 <blockquote>What about those who don’t need to lose weight or aren’t smoking in the first place? What do they get?</blockquote> I worked for a Florida hospital that had a great wellness program...it was based on accumulating points which could ultimately be redeemed for cash. Points were earned for attending fitness classes, logging time in the gym, participating in weight loss/smoking cessation programs, and maintaining already healthy weight, cholesterol, body fat numbers. It seemed to work well for all of us!

What about those who don’t need to lose weight or aren’t smoking in the first place? What do they get?

I worked for a Florida hospital that had a great wellness program…it was based on accumulating points which could ultimately be redeemed for cash. Points were earned for attending fitness classes, logging time in the gym, participating in weight loss/smoking cessation programs, and maintaining already healthy weight, cholesterol, body fat numbers. It seemed to work well for all of us!

]]> By: hadsil http://michellemalkin.com/2008/01/07/how-to-lose-weight-like-an-economist/comment-page-1/#comment-211833 hadsil Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:06:43 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2008/01/07/how-to-lose-weight-like-an-economist/#comment-211833 A company paying employees to lose weight or stop smoking? What about those who don't need to lose weight or aren't smoking in the first place? What do they get? A company paying employees to lose weight or stop smoking? What about those who don’t need to lose weight or aren’t smoking in the first place? What do they get?

]]> By: nbarry http://michellemalkin.com/2008/01/07/how-to-lose-weight-like-an-economist/comment-page-1/#comment-211789 nbarry Mon, 07 Jan 2008 23:07:07 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2008/01/07/how-to-lose-weight-like-an-economist/#comment-211789 Funny, but our life expectancies seem to be inching forward, obesity or otherwise. Funny, but our life expectancies seem to be inching forward, obesity or otherwise.

]]> By: Bogtrotter http://michellemalkin.com/2008/01/07/how-to-lose-weight-like-an-economist/comment-page-1/#comment-211756 Bogtrotter Mon, 07 Jan 2008 22:24:57 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2008/01/07/how-to-lose-weight-like-an-economist/#comment-211756 Cutting out soda and junk food actually does work. I am a paraplegic. Last year I had to be in the hospital for 9 months. While there I decided to also lose weight. I am 6 ft tall. I went from 230lbs down to 165lbs. Keep in mind that the only real exercise option if have is pushing this chair. As unfair as it may be I do have little sympathy for the truly obese as it is a self-inflicted problem. Cutting out soda and junk food actually does work. I am a paraplegic. Last year I had to be in the hospital for 9 months. While there I decided to also lose weight. I am 6 ft tall. I went from 230lbs down to 165lbs. Keep in mind that the only real exercise option if have is pushing this chair. As unfair as it may be I do have little sympathy for the truly obese as it is a self-inflicted problem.

]]> By: graysonret http://michellemalkin.com/2008/01/07/how-to-lose-weight-like-an-economist/comment-page-1/#comment-211708 graysonret Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:46:51 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2008/01/07/how-to-lose-weight-like-an-economist/#comment-211708 Ski Club of Washington had tennis every Wednesday, but that was 20 years ago for me. We used to play nights, in S. Arlington also, on weekends. You could play all night, pushing the lights button every hour. We would play until you couldn't serve anymore. LOL. Ski Club of Washington had tennis every Wednesday, but that was 20 years ago for me. We used to play nights, in S. Arlington also, on weekends. You could play all night, pushing the lights button every hour. We would play until you couldn’t serve anymore. LOL.

]]> By: Larraby http://michellemalkin.com/2008/01/07/how-to-lose-weight-like-an-economist/comment-page-1/#comment-211650 Larraby Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:58:03 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2008/01/07/how-to-lose-weight-like-an-economist/#comment-211650 There is a solution to stop people from becoming fat slobs. It is called Tennis. Not wii tennis but the real thing. It is not like golf where you walk an doccasionally shake a stick. Tennis is constant moving all the time and you use your brain all the time, just like in chess. It is the greatest game there is. It is difficult, to be sure, and even after years of tennis, you still have a long long way to go. But once you get the hang of it, you will think nothing of playing for two hours in 95 degree heat. Indeed, you will love it. I am an evangelist for the sport and new converts are always welcome (Ut oh, I think I just got Mike Huckabee mad at me!) There is a solution to stop people from becoming fat slobs. It is called Tennis. Not wii tennis but the real thing. It is not like golf where you walk an doccasionally shake a stick. Tennis is constant moving all the time and you use your brain all the time, just like in chess. It is the greatest game there is. It is difficult, to be sure, and even after years of tennis, you still have a long long way to go. But once you get the hang of it, you will think nothing of playing for two hours in 95 degree heat. Indeed, you will love it. I am an evangelist for the sport and new converts are always welcome (Ut oh, I think I just got Mike Huckabee mad at me!)

]]> By: leepro http://michellemalkin.com/2008/01/07/how-to-lose-weight-like-an-economist/comment-page-1/#comment-211628 leepro Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:47:06 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2008/01/07/how-to-lose-weight-like-an-economist/#comment-211628 <blockquote>#9 On January 7th, 2008 at 1:54 pm, meatpieandtatters said: Eat, drink, work and exercise in moderation while happily living life every day: The best cure for obesity. Eliminate TV and the computer as much as possible. Rich enjoyment comes from life experience and human interaction not from processed food.</blockquote> Your nic makes me hungry! Except I think you spelled "taters" wrong... :grin: I got two problems. My recent sudden weight gain (30 lbs) is from quitting smoking, not eating. Can't do "weight-bearing" exercise (replaced hips and arthritis in spine). Also can't do "rigorous" exercise because of emphysema (reason for quitting smoking). I'm damned if I do and damned if I don't. :? I'm doing the water and the breathing but still 5'nuthin' and 130.

#9 On January 7th, 2008 at 1:54 pm, meatpieandtatters said:

Eat, drink, work and exercise in moderation while happily living life every day: The best cure for obesity. Eliminate TV and the computer as much as possible. Rich enjoyment comes from life experience and human interaction not from processed food.

Your nic makes me hungry! Except I think you spelled “taters” wrong… :grin:

I got two problems. My recent sudden weight gain (30 lbs) is from quitting smoking, not eating. Can’t do “weight-bearing” exercise (replaced hips and arthritis in spine). Also can’t do “rigorous” exercise because of emphysema (reason for quitting smoking). I’m damned if I do and damned if I don’t. :?

I’m doing the water and the breathing but still 5′nuthin’ and 130.

]]> By: LarryD http://michellemalkin.com/2008/01/07/how-to-lose-weight-like-an-economist/comment-page-1/#comment-211520 LarryD Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:43:27 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2008/01/07/how-to-lose-weight-like-an-economist/#comment-211520 The first thing I thought of when I read Michelle's title, <a href="http://www.opinionjournal.com/taste/?id=110011081" rel="nofollow">was this wsj article</a> <blockquote>But if incentives matter, then surely any economist worth his weight should be able to design a diet program that works. I had been trying to lose 10 pounds for what seemed like a decade. I had lost about 378 pounds during my struggle, only to remain nine pounds short of my target weight. So I heeded the suggestion of Tyler Cowen, an economist at George Mason University, and cooked up my own "Economist Weight-Loss Incentive Plan": I contracted with a friend to pay her $500 if I had not lost nine pounds at the end of 10 weeks. I and a witness (my friend's husband) signed the pact. My friend similarly obligated herself to take the payment and to spend it on herself. She affirmed her solemn pledge with her signature, witnessed by her husband (with a big grin). I had her sign because I wanted to make sure that she would not wimp out on me at the end of the contract term and refuse to take the payment out of guilt. I wanted to be bound for the full cost (and pain) of my commitment.</blockquote> The first thing I thought of when I read Michelle’s title, was this wsj article

But if incentives matter, then surely any economist worth his weight should be able to design a diet program that works. I had been trying to lose 10 pounds for what seemed like a decade. I had lost about 378 pounds during my struggle, only to remain nine pounds short of my target weight.

So I heeded the suggestion of Tyler Cowen, an economist at George Mason University, and cooked up my own “Economist Weight-Loss Incentive Plan”: I contracted with a friend to pay her $500 if I had not lost nine pounds at the end of 10 weeks. I and a witness (my friend’s husband) signed the pact. My friend similarly obligated herself to take the payment and to spend it on herself. She affirmed her solemn pledge with her signature, witnessed by her husband (with a big grin).

I had her sign because I wanted to make sure that she would not wimp out on me at the end of the contract term and refuse to take the payment out of guilt. I wanted to be bound for the full cost (and pain) of my commitment.

]]> By: graysonret http://michellemalkin.com/2008/01/07/how-to-lose-weight-like-an-economist/comment-page-1/#comment-211503 graysonret Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:34:18 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2008/01/07/how-to-lose-weight-like-an-economist/#comment-211503 Processed and fast foods are popular, because we've become an instant gratification society all wrapped up in our own lives. When I was growing up, tv wasn't available until late afternoon. No computors or nitendos either. We were outside playing. My brother and I ate like elephants but burned it all off, through activity. Nowadays, the kids in the neighborhood, are rarely out, after school. Inside, sitting, is the rule. We've got rid of P.E. in schools, and now wonder why our kids are fat. Now, everyone has a diet to sell. They will even send you the meals! No work diet. Instant gratification. I still lose weight "the old fashioned way"...cut calories, and exercise. It works. Processed and fast foods are popular, because we’ve become an instant gratification society all wrapped up in our own lives. When I was growing up, tv wasn’t available until late afternoon. No computors or nitendos either. We were outside playing. My brother and I ate like elephants but burned it all off, through activity. Nowadays, the kids in the neighborhood, are rarely out, after school. Inside, sitting, is the rule. We’ve got rid of P.E. in schools, and now wonder why our kids are fat. Now, everyone has a diet to sell. They will even send you the meals! No work diet. Instant gratification. I still lose weight “the old fashioned way”…cut calories, and exercise. It works.

]]> By: meatpieandtatters http://michellemalkin.com/2008/01/07/how-to-lose-weight-like-an-economist/comment-page-1/#comment-211443 meatpieandtatters Mon, 07 Jan 2008 18:54:30 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2008/01/07/how-to-lose-weight-like-an-economist/#comment-211443 Eat, drink, work and exercise in moderation while happily living life every day: The best cure for obesity. Eliminate TV and the computer as much as possible. Rich enjoyment comes from life experience and human interaction not from processed food. Eat, drink, work and exercise in moderation while happily living life every day: The best cure for obesity. Eliminate TV and the computer as much as possible. Rich enjoyment comes from life experience and human interaction not from processed food.

]]> By: 30 pcs of silver http://michellemalkin.com/2008/01/07/how-to-lose-weight-like-an-economist/comment-page-1/#comment-211434 30 pcs of silver Mon, 07 Jan 2008 18:46:50 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2008/01/07/how-to-lose-weight-like-an-economist/#comment-211434 Thacker, I take your point, it's valid. No worries about us though. My hubby is a Southerner and quite frankly I prefer the South to the North. Which is surprising for most folks to learn about since I was borned and raised up here and the way of life in the south, is ah, different... :-) We'll be headin' south at some point in the next five years. My in-laws live in VA. If they had an pharma industry there, I'm a certain we would be there already. Thacker, I take your point, it’s valid.

No worries about us though. My hubby is a Southerner and quite frankly I prefer the South to the North. Which is surprising for most folks to learn about since I was borned and raised up here and the way of life in the south, is ah, different… :-) We’ll be headin’ south at some point in the next five years. My in-laws live in VA. If they had an pharma industry there, I’m a certain we would be there already.

]]> By: ThackerAgency http://michellemalkin.com/2008/01/07/how-to-lose-weight-like-an-economist/comment-page-1/#comment-211418 ThackerAgency Mon, 07 Jan 2008 18:36:59 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2008/01/07/how-to-lose-weight-like-an-economist/#comment-211418 Hey 30, I was unaware of that acronym of Cary. Cary is actually one of the nicer areas to live in and I can see the appeal to out of staters. As much noise as we make about yankees, southern hospitality isn't a myth. The problem that most Southerners have with Yankees is that when they move here because they didn't like it where they were from, they try to change this area to be like the one they left. If yankees could come down here without trying to change it there would be NO problems (ie. we didn't do it this way in NYC. Or, why can't we drink before noon on Sunday. Or what do you mean this is a DRY county. Or ya'll don't have a lottery - we do now because of all the yankees and it is draining funds from welfare recipients as predicted.). In a sense, we see that type of invasion much like people see the desire for Spanish language across the country. We love everybody. We welcome everybody with open arms. But we also love our way of life down here and resent outsiders coming here to enjoy it but change it. Hey 30, I was unaware of that acronym of Cary. Cary is actually one of the nicer areas to live in and I can see the appeal to out of staters.

As much noise as we make about yankees, southern hospitality isn’t a myth. The problem that most Southerners have with Yankees is that when they move here because they didn’t like it where they were from, they try to change this area to be like the one they left.

If yankees could come down here without trying to change it there would be NO problems (ie. we didn’t do it this way in NYC. Or, why can’t we drink before noon on Sunday. Or what do you mean this is a DRY county. Or ya’ll don’t have a lottery – we do now because of all the yankees and it is draining funds from welfare recipients as predicted.). In a sense, we see that type of invasion much like people see the desire for Spanish language across the country.

We love everybody. We welcome everybody with open arms. But we also love our way of life down here and resent outsiders coming here to enjoy it but change it.

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