Gotta vent: Americans are fat, and it's their own damn fault!
So, went through McDs drive through on a long cross-country drive the other day. I'd been out of country for a year, so it had been a while. Well, I ordered a quarter-pounder with cheese meal. When I opened up the bag, I found a double quarter pounder. Ok...they made a simple mistake, and it's too much hassle to go back and request a change. Heck, I was too surprised that they even offered a double quarter pounder meal. That's a heck of a lot of Calories in one meal. I didn't burn that much when I was working out twice a day.
So, a week goes by and I'm stuck in traffic and need to get some food in me. Again, I ask for a 1/4 pounder meal...and to my dismay, I realize that they've replaced the 1/4 pounder meal with the double quarter. Ok, I exercise regularly, which means my metabolism is a bit faster than the average 30-something. Still, that's way more than I can eat without putting extra inches on the old waist-line. Seriously...If you're not working out an hour a day 6-days a week, and I mean Hard, not just a set of 5 every 3 minutes, you shouldn't be eating this much food. Seriously.
Back in the 50s, an adult sized meal was the size of the current happy meal. Now an adult sized meal is 32 oz of coke, a large fries, and half-a-pound of beef. Really, are we burning that much more calories sitting at home and watching TV after a long day sitting in front of a computer screen than we did back in the 1950s when a majority of Americans worked in blue-colar jobs with their hands?
It's time to own up to it, America. You're not fat because magazines project unhealthy images of skinny chicks modeling clothes. You're not fat because you don't have time to put in 2 hours a day at the gym. You're fat because you eat twice as much food as you need and you refuse to sacrifice TV time in order to spend 30 minutes a day walking. Apparently, the average American watches 4.8 hours of TV a day (http://www.infoplease.com/askeds/television-rules-america.html, unverified website). So tell me, how is it you don't have time to walk 2 miles at a brisk pace?
Look, weight loss is a simple equation. If you want to weigh 180 pounds, eat like a 180 pounder. If you want to eat more, exercise more. The hard part is breaking 10-20 years of bad habits. The key is starting small and making progressive changes.
Either way, own up to it. You're obese, you're disgusting, and don't come crawling to you doctor at age 50 and ask for a pill to fix it. All he's going to do is roll his eyes, give you $300 worth of pills a month, then set aside a room in the hospital for you to die in in another 20 years. If you're lucky, they'll have fixed the healthcare mess by then.
So, went through McDs drive through on a long cross-country drive the other day. I'd been out of country for a year, so it had been a while. Well, I ordered a quarter-pounder with cheese meal. When I opened up the bag, I found a double quarter pounder. Ok...they made a simple mistake, and it's too much hassle to go back and request a change. Heck, I was too surprised that they even offered a double quarter pounder meal. That's a heck of a lot of Calories in one meal. I didn't burn that much when I was working out twice a day.
So, a week goes by and I'm stuck in traffic and need to get some food in me. Again, I ask for a 1/4 pounder meal...and to my dismay, I realize that they've replaced the 1/4 pounder meal with the double quarter. Ok, I exercise regularly, which means my metabolism is a bit faster than the average 30-something. Still, that's way more than I can eat without putting extra inches on the old waist-line. Seriously...If you're not working out an hour a day 6-days a week, and I mean Hard, not just a set of 5 every 3 minutes, you shouldn't be eating this much food. Seriously.
Back in the 50s, an adult sized meal was the size of the current happy meal. Now an adult sized meal is 32 oz of coke, a large fries, and half-a-pound of beef. Really, are we burning that much more calories sitting at home and watching TV after a long day sitting in front of a computer screen than we did back in the 1950s when a majority of Americans worked in blue-colar jobs with their hands?
It's time to own up to it, America. You're not fat because magazines project unhealthy images of skinny chicks modeling clothes. You're not fat because you don't have time to put in 2 hours a day at the gym. You're fat because you eat twice as much food as you need and you refuse to sacrifice TV time in order to spend 30 minutes a day walking. Apparently, the average American watches 4.8 hours of TV a day (http://www.infoplease.com/askeds/television-rules-america.html, unverified website). So tell me, how is it you don't have time to walk 2 miles at a brisk pace?
Look, weight loss is a simple equation. If you want to weigh 180 pounds, eat like a 180 pounder. If you want to eat more, exercise more. The hard part is breaking 10-20 years of bad habits. The key is starting small and making progressive changes.
Either way, own up to it. You're obese, you're disgusting, and don't come crawling to you doctor at age 50 and ask for a pill to fix it. All he's going to do is roll his eyes, give you $300 worth of pills a month, then set aside a room in the hospital for you to die in in another 20 years. If you're lucky, they'll have fixed the healthcare mess by then.