Well, here it is, at least until we’re done designing the site ourselves – Grumblecakes. I hope to post daily or at least a few times per week, and I hope to see some readers and comments at least that often. ;)
And on to the rant. Cut to the chase.
I’ve been doing research recently about nutrition and dieting. I’m sure some of you have gotten wind of an annoyed post or two I’ve made on Facebook about it. It all stemmed from a conversation I had with a friend of mine about obesity being so prevalent in the United States. We are, of course, the #1 hot spot currently for obesity and diabetes in the world, based on percentages of the population. Not really surprising.
But WHY? What causes obesity? My friend insisted that it was carbs. Well, I doubt that carbs alone are causing people to become so unhealthy. I eat them, and I know people who eat them, and they are not 400 pounds or diabetic, and neither am I. So I delved deeper. I researched some very common fad diets and “life plans” for weight loss, and came to a relatively quick and simple solution: people are LAZY.
Everyone wants to lose weight without effort. They don’t want to walk more or get outside more. They want to sit on their asses and watch the pounds fall off! And, logically, there are some people who take advantage of this factor consistently. Cut out all carbs and you’ll lose weight! Cut out fat and you’ll lose weight! Eat only spinach and you’ll lose weight! Take this pill and you’ll shit all the weight off!! But unfortunately, these premises all adhere to the same principle – if you cut something out of your diet, you will lose weight. Well, d’oh. Of course you will. But are you ready to cut that something out for the rest of your life? Because as soon as you put it back in at the rate you were consuming it before, you will gain the weight back. Hasn’t anyone noticed that MOST people who try fad diets continue to try different ones in succession? Could it be that THEY’RE NOT WORKING?!!
People want to lose weight FAST. They don’t want to portion themselves, watch what they eat, and exercise daily. Are you kidding me? Laziness is what made you fat in the first place, you know. Continuing to be lazy is only going to cause more issues.
I challenge all of you to try just six things –
1 – Drink a ton of water and stop/limit drinking soda. You might as well drink some sweetened battery acid. Mmmmmm.
2 – Exercise for a minimum of 30 minutes daily (speed walking, sex, gym, jogging, DDR, calisthenics, etc)
3 – Cut your portion size down to about the size of your hand.
4 – Eat 4-6 meals at that size instead of two or three huge meals.
5 – Eat only one “dessert” per day and amp up consumption of fruit whenever you crave sugar.
6 – Make your own food. Stop eating out, or when you eat out, stick to the portion size rule and bring half of it home.
And yes, amazing, those six things take some work. They require some changes. But you won’t get sick, you don’t have to purge or binge, and you actually end up feeling BETTER from the daily exercise. Seriously. Try it.
Get off your ass.
