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(I'm a cheater. I copied this from my MySpace blog!)

Oh man I've been reading again


Two articles and a blurb from the Fat Guy CD Greg sent me have all alerted me to something in the past three days. It's not like I didn't "know" this, but I didn't realize the extent of the epidemic.

Last night at the gym (where I burned off 340 calories on the treadmill which was majorly fun) I read that 31% of Americans are OBESE. Not plump. Not a bit on the heavy side. Not a little overweight. And I also read that death by fat is rapidly overtaking the death by smoking statistic. What a claim to fame. "Would you like extra fat with that?" And it's not all McDonalds fault, either. So that matches pretty much what Greg and Philly say on the CD. Then this morning, as I was stuck in the bathroom, I picked up a health magazine and read that even 20 pounds (TWENTY POUNDS) of excess weight can be fatal, or at least contribute to the onset of diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart problems, to name a few ills. 20 pounds. That's in the pleasingly plump world. I was carrying that around for the past few years. But the GOOD news in the article this morning was how very reversable those things are. The article URGED changing your lifestyle TODAY. Right now. Like shutting off the computer and getting outside for a walk. Then looking at your pantry and fridge shelves and doing a major overhaul. Drinking lots of filtered water. Avoiding high fructose corn syrup and other fat makers.

If you want to quickly start on the road to getting healthy, you can do what I did with the so-easy-I-feel-mildly-guilty 9-day jump start program of cleansing and FLOODING yourself with what your body really needs for optimal health - pure healthy nutrition. If you want to take a slightly harder, but still healthy route, there are lots of resources out there packed with good advice. I wouldn't recommend a "diet" though. I think the re-bound weight gain from all the attempted diets in the US has upped the obesity statistic. That's just my opinion. Talk to me if you have any questions about HEALTHY weight loss and energy gain! I'm no expert, but I have seen over 2+ months what really REALLY works.

I was thinking of the lost and found aspect of this thing I've hit on which has changed my entire life.

Lost: 24 pounds of FAT
Lost: need for sleep aids
Lost: big gut
Lost: Cravings for sweets, fried foods, and breads
Found: New me
Found: Energy
Found: New confidence
Found: That real food tastes amazing, unfried, sometimes unsalted, and undressed.

We don't crave what our body "needs". We just crave. When we listen to scientists and physicians who KNOW what our human body needs to thrive and build healthy lean muscle, the sickness-generated cravings just pack up and leave. You don't have to be a scientist. You just have to have a little brains and a little patience and a desire to be taught. It's "funny" to me that the same person who happily takes her doctor's advice that she needs surgical reconstruction of something, will shun a multi-degreed scientist's advice that she needs whole food nutrition, and detoxification to become healthy and avoid early death from obesity and its close friends. I'm really not able to process that one, except that as humans we tend to believe what is "comfortable" for us. Tunnel vision. Your reward, in this case, for tunnel vision, may be an early funeral. In a large box. With additional pall bearers. Who are straining under the weight of your dead self. But you get the idea.


Currently listening :
Almost There
By MercyMe
Release date: By 08 February, 2005