So in health class, we are learning about how obese America has gotten over the past 20 years. Why is it so acceptable for people to be fat? You always hear people tell smokers that smoking is bad and that they should quit or they are going to die, but for some reason, it's not ok to tell to tell someone who is fat, that they need to stop eating as much or they are going to die. Why is it sociably unacceptable to go up to someone and tell them that they are fat and, if they just change, they could be thinner?
It really annoys me when fat people say that "it's hard to be fat, when society throws skinny models around as the standards for being 'beautiful'". Really? Are we all supposed to feel sorry for you? If "life is so hard when you're fat", why aren't you trying to change it? Eat healthier, work out, or if none of that works, talk to a doctor about what you should be doing! You don't get to blame it on genetics, or say "it runs in the family", because, even if you have the "fat gene" the most you may gain is around 2 pounds. Which means if you have the gene, you need to work out. You can't use it as an excuse to not even try to lose weight!! http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-antidepressant-diet/201111/can-your-genes-really-make-you-fat
Fat people blame everyone but themselves."Restaurants don't serve healthy food----my job doesn't give me time to cook healthy food, so I eat out----there's no time in my schedule to exercise----etc..." Let me tell all you excuse makers something. If you are upset enough with being fat, you won't make these excuses, you will find the time to exercise, or you'll take one of your days off from your job to cook the healthy food you want to eat for the week. Something! Anything! For crying out loud! The only time it's acceptable to complain about being overweight, is when your doctor says, "that's as light as you can get, while still being healthy." If a professional doctor tells you that there is nothing more you can do, then by all means, complain all you want. Unless of course, your at a healthy weight. (that is also annoying; when people say they're fat when they're not, but that's another rant:)
It's all about personal choices. You don't have to eat that greasy cheese burger with greasy fries when you could be having a fresh salad; you don't have to drink all the sugary juices and sodas when you could be drinking water; you don't have to sit at home when you could be exercising. Don't get me wrong, I don't have the most healthy diet, and I don't exercise as much as I probably should, but I also do not complain. Even though I am in the higher end of my healthy weight range, I am not very happy with my weight, but I don't complain because I know I could be doing something to change it.
LAZY. L-A-Z-Y. Lazy. We are all lazy. I'm lazy. Too lazy to change my weight even though I am unhappy with it. But I also realize that it's my choice to be lazy. We all need to realize that we need to overcome the laziness if we want to be a thinner country. I'm not saying that restaurants can't decide to help by serving healthier foods, or that there couldn't be gyms on corners like Starbucks, but that's a lot to ask of so many corporations, and until they get healthier (if they ever do), it's up to us to choose to be healthy.
So, back to "food can be poison". Think about it, food is like drugs. At the right amount, it's ok to have. You need food, and sometimes you need drugs, like being prescribed medicine. But too much drugs or too much food can be addicting, and if you don't get over your addiction soon enough, you could die. America needs to quit eating so much. We need to get over our food addiction, and only eat what is necessary (with a few fun foods every once and a while in moderation); then we can be healthier.
