I have decided to expand on my first post on being healthy. Truth be told, I have a hard time being polite about it now. I’ve seen a lot of disgusting things and I feel like ranting about it. I’m not trying to make everyone slim or skinny; I’m trying to tackle our obesity problem up front.
If you want natural selection to favour you and your ability to carry on your genes, it is in your interest to start living a healthy lifestyle.
Stay away from processed food.
That means ditch Pepperoni, Hot Pockets and Mr. Noodles. Sunny Delight is healthy you say? I think your body would prefer it if you simply drank tap water with 1/3 of the volume in granulated sugar. Would you drink that? Of course not. Stay away from fatty food or at least excessive amounts thereof. Burgers may satisfy your palette, but you will slowly retain gained weight, putting more strain on your joints. Your kidneys will be strained from sifting through all the salt you intake. I went out with friends for wings last night, and am now regretting it, as I still feel pretty sick.
Don’t even enter the aisle with chips and pop. It’s all crap. Unless, of course, you want to get diabetes, and chance passing it along to your own children.
It’s all in the whole Food, Kids
There are many ways to use fresh or frozen fruit and veggies, combined with spice and different ways to cook. Off the top of my head: Lentils with curry, red pepper, carrot, a bit of tabasco. Serve with a salad of romaine, spinach, mango with a squirt of lime. It’s really not that hard. Use avocado. Eat smaller portions. When you *sigh* when eating, stop eating; it’s your body’s way of telling you you’re getting full. It takes 20 minutes for you to “feel” the food you swallow, so try not to gorge.
Don’t always eat the same food. Your body needs variety. I’m not saying you need to eat organic, although avoiding pesticides may help in preventing cancer. Your call.
Take A Hike
When was the last time you went for a jog? Can you even jog? How many push-ups could you do at this instant? You do know that reducing the bodyweight on your joints requires you to burn more calories than you intake eh? So you need to do something that burns em. Walk the dog while you’re at it, they’ll love you for it. Building a bit of muscle mass is healthy, and prevents injury.
Take Responsibility
The animal in me doesn’t really care if others don’t take care of themselves, it just gives me better comparative chances at pretty much anything in life. The human in me, however, wishes people would take responsibility of their own health. It’s not a matter of obese people costing us more in tax revenue for health care, it’s a matter of our collective well-being and happiness.
