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I am retired and have the time to look back at how we grew up. I can now see that while keeping a busy schedule and eating often myself, my brothers and sister never had to worry about any weight problem. At home we had a big garden which was a pain to take care of. First off having to till the ground with a shovel and plant all the seeds. Then pulling the weeds, carrying the water to water the plants. From barrels which were placed under the rain spouts to save for the garden. Then picking the beans, peas, tomatoes, lettuce, carrots, beets, and digging up the potatoes was a chore which we all hated. Never any weight loss thoughts at that time of our lives though.

Oh yes, the sweet corn patch was a whole different deal. It got planted by the farm machinery one row at a time. This was to have more than one harvest date, thus we had corn on the cob much longer than anyone else in the neighbor hood. By planting with the farm equipment it could be cultivated with the farm equipment also. This accelerated our thoughts of getting to relax a little more.

But as with cultivating a corn or bean field the grass and weeds growing in the row still had to be manually pulled or cut off. So we would walk the fields to rid them of what the cultivator missed. This task provided the kids some spending money. If we helped the neighbors it turned into much more spending money for us. It also kept us busy all day exercising without having to go to a nonexistent exercise gym at the time. We never had to do any diets to stay slim or lose weight.

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Dennis DeVries -
About the Author:

A retired baby boomer who has watched the weight struggles of family members and?many other?people. I haved learned by watching them what works and what does not work. I am now helping any one who has a weight problem to get fit in a healthy manner.?

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