Parenting and weight

[MisterrSingh]

Drinking water is an alien act to most Punjabis; exercise may as well be voodoo. 

[dallysingh101]

1 hour ago, MisterrSingh said:

Drinking water is an alien act to most Punjabis; exercise may as well be voodoo. 

It's strange, because I talked to some relatives who go back home quite frequently and they told me that there are gyms out there and some people do actually train regularly????

9 hours ago, jkvlondon said:

problem is the quality of the food , most parents are allowing their kids to eat maccie D's and fast food especially pizza as this is some 'sign' of affluence whilst they eat all the fried foods and mithai week in week out as if it's a permanent party . There is a lack of desire to cook from fresh and daily in the bibian they cut corners all over the shop  no wonder the kids look like Augustus Gloop

I train (not as much as I used to though), and I've trained a few younguns in the family too.  What I've learnt is that different people have different biologies in the above respect. Some people can pretty much eat junk but keep really active and it doesn't show. Others totally misjudge how many calories they require and even eating what a normally built person would eat makes them gain pounds and pounds. How comes people are so out of tune with their own personal biology? 

I think a lot of apnay comfort eat. 

[MisterrSingh]

1 hour ago, dallysingh101 said:

It's strange, because I talked to some relatives who go back home quite frequently and they told me that there are gyms out there and some people do actually train regularly????

You don't need a gym to drink water, eat less, and move more. That's something the women in particular over there should be shamed into realising. They've destroyed their bodies by the time they hit 30, and it has NOTHING to do with childbirth. They have physical ailments, normally associated with people 20 years their senior, stemming from inactivity, poor diet, and a generally bad attitude. It's crazy because they don't have to worry about clocking-on; there's apparently "servants" for all household duties, so why is it still such an ordeal to carve out time to dedicate to one's health?

Yes, there's definitely a burgeoning gym scene in India for males, but as with most things that are imitated from Western trends it's extremely superficial. Good health rarely enters the equation. Although the gabru who train for kabaddi and Indian wrestling aren't to be sniffed at. 

[mahandulai]

On ‎12‎/‎16‎/‎2018 at 9:20 PM, MisterrSingh said:

You don't need a gym to drink water, eat less, and move more. That's something the women in particular over there should be shamed into realising. They've destroyed their bodies by the time they hit 30, and it has NOTHING to do with childbirth. They have physical ailments, normally associated with people 20 years their senior, stemming from inactivity, poor diet, and a generally bad attitude. It's crazy because they don't have to worry about clocking-on; there's apparently "servants" for all household duties, so why is it still such an ordeal to carve out time to dedicate to one's health?

Yes, there's definitely a burgeoning gym scene in India for males, but as with most things that are imitated from Western trends it's extremely superficial. Good health rarely enters the equation. Although the gabru who train for kabaddi and Indian wrestling aren't to be sniffed at. 

when, Sikhs, these days, say, "Trust in Waheguru, and not this scientific nonsense" , WHAT CAN YOU DO REALLY

[jkvlondon]

On 12/16/2018 at 4:37 PM, mahandulai said:

kids can be chubby but no child can be obese really, bc their body grows until around 18, and a bit more after that.

 

and the truth is, the diseases around obesity are not as strongly linked as you think.

nice cat analogy tho

 

maybe you actually need to read about doctors who treat childhood obesity , if they exist it is because there are obese children , obese children become obese teens and then adults if there is no intervention.
truth is there is an expolsion in strokes, heart attacks, hypertension and diabetes type 2 in children, for the first time kids are being buried by their parents after deaths from chronic diseases relating to dietary choices

[mahandulai]

Just now, jkvlondon said:

maybe you actually need to read about doctors who treat childhood obesity , if they exist it is because there are obese children , obese children become obese teens and then adults if there is no intervention.
truth is there is an expolsion in strokes, heart attacks, hypertension and diabetes type 2 in children, for the first time kids are being buried by their parents after deaths from chronic diseases relating to dietary choices

small percentages

[jkvlondon]

1 minute ago, mahandulai said:

small percentages

of huge populations means huge numbers

 

[mahandulai]

1 minute ago, jkvlondon said:

of huge populations means huge numbers

 

it goes in the small percentages category that isn't worth dealing with, and you know this,

[jkvlondon]

Just now, mahandulai said:

it goes in the small percentages category that isn't worth dealing with, and you know this,

10 0r 20 percent of a population of 50 million is still a MASSIVE number of avoidable deaths

[MisterrSingh]

1 hour ago, mahandulai said:

when, Sikhs, these days, say, "Trust in Waheguru, and not this scientific nonsense" , WHAT CAN YOU DO REALLY

That's a sentiment I've noticed over the last couple of years that's being heavily pushed onto the sangat by various kathavachaks and parchaaraks. I wonder why they're going down that road? Funnily enough, it's an idea that seems to come from a certain brand of preacher; mostly rabble rousers and, if I'm being frank, the less learned / intelligent types of preachers that get stage time. Strange how the contemporary greats such as Giani Pinderpal Singh never go down that route, almost as if their knowledge and spiritual gian speaks volumes instead of telling Sikhs to stop trying with life and hope for the best, which we all know is how the masses are prone to interpret this particular sentiment. It's a rather dangerous and quite careless trend that should be curbed before it gets out of hand.