Quote Originally Posted by summerprincess View Post
Personally I hate the gym and find this newfound American obsession with going to the gym, esp for women, irritating. People will definitely dislike me for this opinion but women in most European countries don't go jogging all the time and they haven't gotten fat. It's called walking everywhere and eating in moderation. Exercise is good for you of course but going to the gym isn't the fix-all americans think it is. - end rant
I might start going again soon though just out of boredom
lol, have you ever struggled with being significantly overweight? as someone who is easily prone to gaining fat (i'm primarily endomorph body type), it's been a lifelong struggle to lose or maintain my weight - exercise is basically mandatory for someone like me if i don't want to be huge. yea you do have Americans who are "obsessed" with going to the gym and such, but for me frequent exercise isn't an obsession, so much as an obligatory activity if i wish to be at an ideal weight. i wish i had a body type that allows for easier maintenance of weight, but i'm not that lucky.

every time i have visited Europe i have lost weight, because i am walking everywhere all day long, and the food tends to be better quality. but like some others said, "walking everywhere" isn't really an option in many places in America. i live in the metro Atlanta area and you can't get anywhere outside the city if you don't have a car. even though my local shopping center is a 7-minute walk away from my place, i usually don't walk because there aren't even consistent sidewalks around here. if there are even sidewalks to begin with, they will go on for a bit then just randomly end in an inconvenient place. lol

also, Europeans are fatter than you might think: http://www.npr.org/sections/health-s...like-americans