Comments on: Best of Both Worlds? http://tobesugarfree.com/2009/07/08/141/ What good is an incurable disease if you can’t share it with the rest of the world. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:22:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Crystal http://tobesugarfree.com/2009/07/08/141/#comment-647 Crystal Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:20:44 +0000 http://tobesugarfree.com/?p=821#comment-647 Amen. Amen. Amen. I'm all for helping PWDs manage their disease, especially the kiddos. But apps and games? Oh how I miss the days of my mom kicking us kids outside at 9am and we did not come in for the night until 9pm. Get. Outside. Folks! Exercise is more important then sitting on your arse and playing a game to win prizes. Do it for yourself, for your family, for those you love -- not to gain points or winnings to show off. Come on now. Just sayin'. And thanks for the linkage. :) Very kind of you. Hope you're feeling better! Amen. Amen. Amen.
I’m all for helping PWDs manage their disease, especially the kiddos.
But apps and games?
Oh how I miss the days of my mom kicking us kids outside at 9am and we did not come in for the night until 9pm.
Get. Outside. Folks!
Exercise is more important then sitting on your arse and playing a game to win prizes. Do it for yourself, for your family, for those you love — not to gain points or winnings to show off. Come on now.
Just sayin’.

And thanks for the linkage. :) Very kind of you.
Hope you’re feeling better!

]]> By: kassie http://tobesugarfree.com/2009/07/08/141/#comment-646 kassie Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:21:38 +0000 http://tobesugarfree.com/?p=821#comment-646 Any given day, any bit of motivation or distraction or change of pace can be helpful. While I get your point that health should be its own motivator, clearly most human beings don't live healthy for living's sake. Otherwise, we wouldn't be a generally overweight, underfit society. As you say, the target for this game, aka my 12 year old, isn't tuned into mortality enough to distract himself from other pursuits 6-8 times a day. I have to remind him. And I'm ok with that. I don't see this as a motivator or a genesis for a healthier lifestyle, just one of many tools to be used. Any given day, any bit of motivation or distraction or change of pace can be helpful. While I get your point that health should be its own motivator, clearly most human beings don’t live healthy for living’s sake. Otherwise, we wouldn’t be a generally overweight, underfit society.

As you say, the target for this game, aka my 12 year old, isn’t tuned into mortality enough to distract himself from other pursuits 6-8 times a day. I have to remind him. And I’m ok with that.

I don’t see this as a motivator or a genesis for a healthier lifestyle, just one of many tools to be used.

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