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Getting healthy: Ties in with Lil's weight loss thread.
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<blockquote data-quote="Nomad" data-source="post: 648427" data-attributes="member: 4152"><p>I've been to Italy twice and I'm of Italian decent. Most of my Italian relatives here, were heavy and the ones there, were not. When we visited, I didn't see a lot of heavy people. And people walked everywhere. It isn't as convenient for folks in the US, but then again, we don't tend to think about doing it either. In Florence, I recall the hotel staff was impressed that we never got a taxi, we walked everywhere. Sometimes we found ourselves among throngs of people. And we did go to one restaurant off the beaten path with locals. They served something like a six course meal (can't exactly recall) , but the portions were small, some very small. And we walked there and walked back. Believe it or not, I have heard that technically people of certain decent might have slightly more fat cells and Italians are one of them. ????? I suppose if you walked many, many miles each and every day, you can afford to have more cheat days...a little vino here and a little gelato there. Actually, I think that is how many in Italy eat. Moderately, lots of healthy foods, a few treats and tons of walking.</p><p>A relative of ours in her late 80s (not Italian) walks THREE miles daily and actually, this is exactly how she eats...small portions of very healthy foods with occasional treats (usually a little ice cream). She is slender and doing very well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nomad, post: 648427, member: 4152"] I've been to Italy twice and I'm of Italian decent. Most of my Italian relatives here, were heavy and the ones there, were not. When we visited, I didn't see a lot of heavy people. And people walked everywhere. It isn't as convenient for folks in the US, but then again, we don't tend to think about doing it either. In Florence, I recall the hotel staff was impressed that we never got a taxi, we walked everywhere. Sometimes we found ourselves among throngs of people. And we did go to one restaurant off the beaten path with locals. They served something like a six course meal (can't exactly recall) , but the portions were small, some very small. And we walked there and walked back. Believe it or not, I have heard that technically people of certain decent might have slightly more fat cells and Italians are one of them. ????? I suppose if you walked many, many miles each and every day, you can afford to have more cheat days...a little vino here and a little gelato there. Actually, I think that is how many in Italy eat. Moderately, lots of healthy foods, a few treats and tons of walking. A relative of ours in her late 80s (not Italian) walks THREE miles daily and actually, this is exactly how she eats...small portions of very healthy foods with occasional treats (usually a little ice cream). She is slender and doing very well. [/QUOTE]
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