I do not know about you, but I grew up in a relatively health conscious family (at least 50% of my family)!My mom was a ballet teacher of all things, so if we were not being told to stand up straight or point our toes, we were being fed carrots and cod liver oil and soy lecithin. Prevention Magazine was her Holy Scripture, and she was one of the first to have a home grown, truly organic fruit and vegetable garden by importing thousands of ladybugs, and letting them have at it in her garden to get rid of the fruit and vegetable eating critters.
My father, on the other hand, loved to eat, was overweight, but was deduced to closet eating since everything in the house was either green or orange and belonged in a salad or fruit compote. I ended up somewhere in the middle of the road, pretty healthy and weight conscious by the time I was 18, just sneaking a "slice" (N.Y. lingo for a piece of pizza), or a fast food burger on occasion.
My upbringing and individual food habits have had me asking lately, why is 80% of the American population overweight?
We are all aware from the education that we get from media and different resources, that we ought to eat less carbohydrates, consume more vegetables, protein, and certainly we should exercise.
So What's The Deal? Are we all uneducated? Do we just WANT TO DIE early? Are we all rebellious? I don't think so!!!
The bottom line and the problem is that our general society does not support healthy eating and lifestyles.
Fast food franchises are everywhere! They taste good, they are affordable, and they are welcoming to families and families with children. When is the last time you went into a "healthy" restaurant that had kids "health" meals including a toy, were accommodating to all types of clientele, and was affordable to a lower or lower middle class family? Oh, and I forgot to mention....actually tasted good!!!
Delicious healthy food needs to become more mainstream and appealing for America to slim down. It needs to be tasty, enjoyable, and fun, and not just available in the South Hamptons. We need to remove the stigma of eating healthy and make it "cool." Ronald McDonald has had his day! How old is he anyway, 98?
We need new and refreshing and inspiring healthy food models, such as Tiffany Tofu, Sexy Shauna Salad, lose the Trans Fats Torrell? Lets make healthy eating fun, sexy, inspiring, and cool! Come on America! 80% of us do not need to be overweight and it's time to fight back!
Along the same lines, why are we not we all exercising? I don't know about you,but I think exercising stinks! Within 45 seconds of treadmill or aerobic "boring" exercise, my pulse is racing, my body is dripping with sweat, and I am gasping for my next breath! We are supposed to PAY for this torture?
Again, society needs to be more supportive. Lets make gyms fun! Gyms should have Hop Scotch stations, jump rope stations, badminton courts, bingo ball, balance beams,etc. With some creativity and imagination, we can have indoor "play" centers with climbing walls,and mazes, and actually have some fun! Since when does adulthood have to be more rigid then military school!
My point here is, it's no wonder 80% of us are overweight. It's easy, fast, and inexpensive to eat foods that are deemed unhealthy for us, and there currently is not enough incentive to exercise and join gyms. Lets make it fun and cool and see what happens while 80% of us become svelte and trim!
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