People in the United States are very confused as to how they can lose the extra weight they’re carrying around, and what can they do with their overweight kids.
There are a thousand and one different weight loss products, and just as many diet programs, all touting that their product or diet is the way to go. If any of that actually worked, we wouldn’t have an overweight society. Everybody would be thinner than they are, including the kids. So I guess that’s not the way to go about this. Then what is the right way to lose weight?
To start with, you need to look at this subject in a totally different away. It’s not so much, how can I lose weight, it’s more like, what should I be doing so I won’t gain weight and have to worry about losing it?
It looks like the government is starting to get in on this as well. I’m not sure what they think they could ever do about overweight kids. It’s not a government issue, it’s an eating issue. As in eating the right stuff! And let’s not even talk about the booming fast food restaurant business. Let’s see now, do you want that order super sized?
By the way, I’m a vegetarian and have been for 40 years. I eat soy products that are available in grocery stores that nowadays look exactly like actual meat. In fact I can’t eat certain brands because they look and taste too much like the real thing.
So now let’s compare what we would find in MY grocery cart versus YOUR grocery cart.
Foods you would find in “My” grocery cart.
Onions, green peppers, fresh parsley, broccoli, cauliflower, mushrooms, tomatoes, spinach, baking potatoes, cucumbers, brussels sprouts, avocado, carrots, cabbage, zucchini, squash, peas, green beans, (all Fresh of course)
peaches, pineapple, lemons, bananas, grapefruit, apples, herbal tea, rice milk, chocolate soy milk, sugar free popsicles, sugar free fudgesicles, prunes, thyme, basil, oregano, oatmeal, raisins, cream of wheat, agave nectar, whole-grain bread, whole-grain spaghetti, olive oil, sweet potatoes, brown rice, rye flour, oat flour, soy beans, black beans, lima beans, and navy beans. (No constipation problems here)
2. Now let’s take a look at the “Average American Shopping Cart”.
Case of beer, case of soda, pack of cigarettes, pound of margarine, gallon of chocolate milk, gallon of regular milk, bacon, sausage, bologna, hot dogs, hamburger, steaks, frozen pizza, potato chips, ketchup, barbecue sauce, cookies, “weight watchers frozen chocolate cake” (what’s that all about?) chocolate chip cookie mix (super moist of course) some sort of healthy brand salad dressing, (give me a break!) white rice, stuffing mix, (withmonosodium glutamate. A waste byproduct of processing sugar beets) hamburger extenders, (I’m afraid to ask) macaroni and cheese dinner, potato buds, beans, corn, peas, (all in a can of course, sodium included), TV dinners, (yummm) loaf of white bread, (a.k.a. wallpaper paste), one cut up chicken, (be sure to wash down the counter with bleach after you touch it) sugary frosted flakes (for the children of course), bottle of pancake syrup, five pounds sugar. And you’re worried about loosing weight!!!
Need I go on? You did say you wanted to live a long HEALTHY life, didn’t you? Next I want to talk to you about a treadmill. But that’s another article.
The best advice I could give you is this: ”If you are about to eat something, and you don’t think you would find it in the Garden of Eden, don’t eat it!”
