OBESITY IN AMERICA

AMERICANS: Large, but far from in charge.


      In America we've welcomed obesity into our society with arms wide open. The overindulging nature of our country shows itself most in areas related to our health. Our motto is we want more and we want it now, and we believe we deserve that. We fought for the right to eat anything we want, so we will overindulge and bask in our self entitlement all the way to the grave.

      We've made it socially "normal", with ads about how you should "love your body" and "embrace your curves". Although the message is correct, because we should love our bodies, it's delivery is wrong. We live in a society of acceptance, enabling, and coddling. What we need is drive, motivation, and a sense of competition based on the fact that you're not okay exactly how you are. You have to work to be better, something Americans have lost sight of.

     You should love your body, but not by acceptance, with respect. You should love your body enough to get on a treadmill, and put down the chocolate. You should love your body enough to stop eating McDonald's and to start cooking at home more often, and by researching what you put inside yourself on a daily basis. You shouldn't love your body by accepting the defeat of food, but love your body by treating it with the respect it deserves. Your body is the most amazing machine of all, and it needs care that reflects that. Everyone wants a quick diet and an easy way out, and they want to complain when their "diets" fail. Good news, I found the problem. Less butter on your popcorn at the movies, and one less taco for dinner is not a diet. A diet is being conscious of everything you put into your mouth and wondering "Will this put me closer to my goal?". If you don't have that mindset, don't have complaints when you fail. There is no easy way out, you must work hard.

      It's not rocket science, but it is science. When you run your body like a machine, it shows on your thighs. Start your body, the machine, by starting your metabolism first thing in the morning. Breakfast truly is the most important meal of the day, and is the easiest start to a diet. To start your metabolism in the morning, is to start your weight loss for the day. Your body needs something to burn. Like gas for a car, all machines need fuel to start. The question now is what kind of fuel do we use. Now, I ask you to think of your body as a Lamborghini. You're on your way to work with your Lambo, and you stop for gas, which leads to a decision. Your Lambo takes premium gas, but the regular is cheaper and it gives you the same results, right? Wrong, your Lamborghini will have best results with the gas it deserves, and if you don't use the right gas it will ruin your car eventually. Your body is no different. Years of terrible food will fuel your body towards a life full of a turmoil, saggy thighs, and a wrinkly face. In the end your body reflects what you thought it deserved all along. So ask yourself, do you want your Lambo to be old and depleted of value in twenty years, or do you want it's value magnified by age, so it becomes a classic? With the right care, we could all become classics.

      No matter how much you don't want to believe it, put aside what America has brain washed you with and become a free thinking individual, who isn't ignorant to the failures of our country. You can be better if you try. You can't run a mile once and expect to win gold in a marathon, and you can't eat how you please and expect a great body in return. Hard work is always the key to success, and in this case a great body, too.