Hello Everybody,
I was reading in a Forum about somebody who knew she should exercise but was too lazy to do so. What should she do. Sadly she received little sympathy, but at least she realised there was a problem and was asking for help.
The good news was that having succumbed to sloth she did not appear to have fallen into gluttony, the two deadly sins of the obese.
She was on the verge of a lifestyle decision. To want to be fat or not. For obesity is not a regrettable affliction, it is a lifestyle choice. We are not born fat, we get fat and, apart from unusual medical conditions, we get fat from eating too much and not exercising enough.
Obesity runs in families, which is hardly surprising as families tend to eat the same food. Parents accept being fat, children have little choice in the matter and are taught obesity. One day their children will be the same and so it carries on through the generations.
Back to the lazy woman. She seems to want a healthy lifestyle. It’s just a case of getting round to it. There are lots of reasons not to, one of which is opportunity. I was recently at a British seaside town. Along the promenade were numerous shops selling food. Every one sold high calorie, high cholesterol junk food and nothing else. There was nowhere to buy fruit or even a, not particularly healthy, sandwich. People had to eat something and that was what they were eating. They were sitting in the sun getting fat.
Assuming she can avoid British seaside towns my advice to the woman is to start small. Walk around the block every day, then around two blocks. When she is comfortable with this find somewhere nice half an hour’s walk from home and walk there. Without noticing she is doing an easy weight loss program. Look at diet, but don’t change it overnight, the cravings will start and she will he straight back to bad old ways and feeling a failure. Just cut out one item of junk food a week until she is eating plenty of fruit, lean meat and less sugar and carbohydrates.
She should take the easy way and she’ll get there, and that’s not being lazy.
See you soon,
Peter Stockwell.
20 September 2009
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