Polls: Health & Fitness

How bad was it?

was it severe acne? Etc

i only had (still) glasses. Fortunately no acne and braces.

Example: people with such bad eye sight, that most things seem invisable and glasses are too expensive. For me just looking at gag on my pc, without my glasses the screen is just white. The pictures and text are blurred to the point of being invisable.

I read that medicaid doesn't cover laser eye surgery, due to it not seeming like something you need. Well with how horrible my eye sight is and how my lenses are around $300. I think they should make it a need for people like that. If I get the shittiest lenses possible the cheapest I could ever get is $150.

I'm trying to lose weight and I go to the gym consistently. I do an hour long workout when I do. But I haven't been seeing any results, instead I've gained 7-8 pounds. so the thing is.. I can't fall asleep before 5 am sometimes... sometimes even 7 am. And I wake up at noon. Im a freelancer and my job is such that it allows me to have such an erratic sleeping pattern. Im never hungry when I wake up and tend to not eat until 3-4 pm. And even when I do its a very small amount. I drink coffee and eat a sandwhich around 6-7 pm and dinner at 10-11 pm. So people have been telling me that my poor lifestyle is the reason for weight gain. Is that true? Because i'll make a serious attempt at changing my sleeping and eating patterns if this actually is the culprit..
Also any other weight loss tips will be appreciated..
Im about 144 pounds... trying to get to 120.

For people who want to lose weight, what are the biggest weight loss scams (products, brands, pills, food, systems, wraps, etc.) out there that you would recommend people NOT use? Can be for men, women, or both, regardless of age. What should people completely stay away from?

For Yes: The government should be allowed to fund more parks, P. E. times, and rid schools of sodas and institute healthy lunch programs for kids. For adults to offer up programming to test for things like diabetes and high blood pressure and to offer up programming for adults to get/eat healthy, especially to those who cannot afford it.

For No: The government should not institute any of the above. It is the role of the parents alone, or the adult to tackle obesity problems in this country. No one needs an institution telling them 'how to eat a salad,' or to take their blood pressure for them. We all need to help ourselves on our own.