Being fat is easy...

I had a strange day today which is kind of where the inspiration for this post is coming from.

I went to the pet store to but some treats for my dog Bosley. As I stood in line to buy these very expensive, all-natural, gluten and wheat free treats for my dog I noticed the woman in front of me was buying the exact same treats. She must have noticed the same thing because she turned to me, laughed and said "I think my dog eats better than me—ha." As I stood there looking at this woman who by the way was a very large woman I realized she was right, her dog obviously does eat better than her...which is kind of frightening if you think about it.

When I was in school I clearly remember there being 1 overweight kid, her name was Jeannie and she was morbidly obese. Look around now and it's odd to find the normal sized kids. I'm sorry but your 12 year old should not have a muffin top, and neither should your toddler but we see it all the time.

"no, my child is just pleasantly plump". Let me assure you, "plump" is never pleasant at any age so stop kidding yourself and wake up!

We have become a society of convenience and it's going to kill us if we don't do something about it. Being fat is so much easier than being healthy, I can tell you from personal experience that in the past I would have been far happier to sit on my ass and eat chips and deep-fried goodness all day long. Things have obviously changed but changing my lifestyle took a long time, I have to continually grow and educate myself and I have to work hard every single day to stay on track. You don't seriously think that I don't crave those chips and deep-fried goodness anymore?! Of course I do, but because I live a balanced lifestyle I know that I can have them every once in awhile...well except the deep-fried goodness, it kind of makes me feel sick...so it's not so good anymore.