. . .
Team Green

Inspired By Compassion, Powered By Plants. Who is Team Green? archive Add Comment.

»
May 18, 2013
I think they should have “fat” and “skinny” in ” ” as well.

I think they should have “fat” and “skinny” in ” ” as well.

Posted 30 minutes ago   4 notes

Posted 3 hours ago   17 notes

Posted 7 hours ago   33 notes

My Workout For Saturday May 18

I earned 802 points for my workout on Fitocracy!


Think you can beat me, or want to comment?

Fitocracy is the social fitness community that has helped hundreds of thousands level up their fitness. Start your fitness transformation today!

Now available for free on both iPhone and Android!

Posted 8 hours ago 0 notes

Posted 10 hours ago   26 notes

WE WANT YOU!!!

Posted 14 hours ago   1 note

Disgusting…go back to your country club.

Disgusting…go back to your country club.

Posted 17 hours ago   24 notes

May 17, 2013
Posted 1 day ago   240 notes

The rise (and eventual fall) of the glutton.

A husband and wife sit down with their 4 kids for dinner at a local restaurant called Slick Willies.  After looking over the menu and much debate they have decided and they choose the “Bad Ass Big Bubba”.  Like the name suggests, it’s not to be taken lightly, what comes out of the kitchen next is a 10 pound hamburger.  The burger is about 3 inches thick and 1 foot across and loaded with 2 heads of lettuce, 3 tomatoes, 2 onions, 20 slices of cheese, 12 pickles and 2 oversized buns.  It’s enough to feed this family of 6 and at $46 it’s quite a hefty feat to attempt.  Sadly, this is just one person’s order, the husband has chosen to take on this enormous eating challenge and impress his family and the rest of the restaurant.  What’s his prize?  He receives everlasting glory and a story that will be passed down from generation to generation.  Oh I almost forgot, he gets a t-shirt and his picture on the wall.

This is the scene played out in countless restaurants across the U.S. every day.  Huge oversized food challenges that will test your stomach and will.   From Maine to Southern California, jumbo meal challenges are popping up more and more.  And it’s not just burgers; other challenges include the 4 pound Godzilla sushi roll, the 28 inch mega pizza, 10lbs.of pancakes super breakfast, a 3 foot submarine sandwich, 180 monster oystertower, 2 foot mumbo jumbo hotdog and the list goes on and on.
But are these oversized meal challenges really worth it?  When did we become a nation of super gluttons who now are using oversized stomachs to impress?  Since when are you “cool” or “inspiring” because you can eat 100 chicken wings in 30 minutes?  This growing trend is disturbing and it only seems to be getting more popular.  With television shows like “Man vs. Food”, “Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations” and “Diners, Drive In’s and Dives” promoting overeating and over indulgence is at the forefront and food challenges and contests can be seen regularly.  The people undertaking these eating challenges are usually transformed into disgusting forms of human beings who look sick.  They sweat, moan and act like someone, who if you didn’t know the circumstance, would need to be taken to the emergency room, and sometimes do.  If they are lucky and “true champions”, they are able to keep their meal down, but sometimes you get “lucky” and see them rush to the bathroom to throw up, very glamorous.
Should we not be surprised that these gluttonous TV shows are getting more and more popular?  I know people like to watch train wrecks!   That’s why shows like jersey shore and bad girls club are so popular; everyone has their guilty pleasure right?  But I think there is a difference between watching people behave badly, who are trying to become popular for behaving badly, and watching someone stuff their face with a mega sundae called “thekitchen sink.”
In a nation where 63% of the adult population is overweight or obese, should be we glorifying overeating?  Should we be rewarding this behavior with T.V. time and applause?  Maybe instead we should be watching videos of heart bypass surgery, after all heart disease is the #1 killer in the U.S., and 34 - 40% of American are at risk, mainly because being overweight and inactive has caused high blood pressure and high cholesterol.  We are bombarded with food commercials from the time we are children.  They lure us in with toys and tricks, and when we are older with super-size and extra sides.  The same bells and whistles are used in eating contests and food challenges.  Everything does not need to be a contest.  We should be eating to survive not eating to impress.  
Next time there is a food challenge show on could we get a scrolling ticker tape over the guy doing the 8lb. burrito challenge?   I want nutritional information and a link that would provide a glimpse into his medical future.  I want to see how he feels when he leaves the restaurant.  Over the next few days what kind of damage does his body go through?
Topics like this hit very close to home for me.  As a former obese person, close to 300 lbs., I used to love watching food shows 24/7, there are even a few I still enjoy.  This isn’t to say everyone who watches food shows is overweight or unhealthy, or if you enter an eating contest you are overweight or obese, but I bet it leans more that way than to the healthy side.  This also goes the other way too, just because you are “skinny” but can eat anything you want without gaining weight, does not mean you are healthy on the inside. Also I am not talking about people with eating disorders, people eat for all kinds of reasons and i would not make fun of that, this is about the glorification of overeating.  I wish I would have realized a lot sooner that gluttony is not a laughing matter and food is not a source of comfort or companionship.  I see friends online who are in the same position I was in 6 years ago.  Always posting about eating, every social event is around food and drinks.  Food conquests are seen as proud moments.  We need to reverse this thinking.  Otherwise the friends and family that we enjoy the company of now will not be around later in life.  We need to think about prevention and not wait for something bad to happen. 
I love to go out with friends and toast and enjoy some food, we should not stop having fun, but it can be done in a better way at times.  The occasional over eating session is bound to happen at parties, family gatherings, potlucks, etc…but we don’t need to make it an every meal thing and we certainly do not need to be glorifying and promoting eating champions and gluttony on TV and in real life.  Just remember everyone has to start somewhere, even little changes help.  
“There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth…not going all the way, and not starting.”
Hindu Prince Gautama Siddhartha, the founder of Buddhism, 563-483 B.C
Peace, 
Ted Trendy.

Posted 1 day ago   2 notes

Work with Team Green?

Friends, #vegans, countrymen…lend me your eyes. We are still looking for a few guest bloggers. We would love you to join our team of vegan professionals. If you are interested in an intern position with Team Green that has a lot of perks and advantages for you, please contact Tyler @ CustomerService@OfficialTeamGreen.com

We promote from within, so there is opportunity for you to move up with a vegan company if interested.

Posted 1 day ago 9 notes

My Workout For Friday May 17

I earned 866 points for my workout on Fitocracy!


Think you can beat me, or want to comment?

Fitocracy is the social fitness community that has helped hundreds of thousands level up their fitness. Start your fitness transformation today!

Now available for free on both iPhone and Android!

Posted 1 day ago 0 notes

Same end game.  Different justification.

Same end game.  Different justification.

Posted 1 day ago   17 notes

Posted 1 day ago   33 notes

Posted 1 day ago 30 notes

STOP WITH THE IGNORANCE.

That double facepalm time when some random person mentions how they read about a #vegan couple who’s baby died because they fed them a “vegan” diet of soda and chips and other items not intended for human consumption, especially babies. It’s called common sense people, veganism has nothing to do with stupidity. Being stupid is everywhere. If we used the same logic I could state that the boston bombers were meat eaters, so all meat eaters must be terrorists. Your logic is outdated.

Posted 1 day ago 20 notes

Theme by Hannah. Powered by Tumblr.