I am always fascinated by the conversations I hear people sharing about different topics. The one I heard the other morning while at the gym revolved around why we as human beings could fly aeroplanes and put people into space, but we could not come up with an effective fool proof way of weight loss and keeping it off.
I had to hold my tongue to correct this tubby individual by saying that we have an effective way and have had one around for as long as we have been on this earth. It is called the old-fashioned ‘Get your butt off the couch and start running and eating healthily’ plan. It requires no pills or potions, and many are doing it every day even without shoes.
Look at tribes around the world and you will see that mostly the only overweight people are the kings. You won’t find any of the warriors or workers who are overweight (fat being a sign of wealth in these communities).
There is no magic pill folks, but there is a program that we can follow to ensure that we are happier and healthier:
• Live simpler – how much stuff do we actually need
• Eat less and healthier – if you don’t buy it you won’t eat it and pretty soon you won’t miss it!
• Live closer to the earth
• Get active and run and teach your children to do the same
Let’s stop trying to find new ways when old ways work just fine. Let’s stop making excuses for being an overweight culture! Throwaway the Wii, turn off that TV, get off that couch and out the door.
We can beat obesity together! I lost 35kgs, got my cholesterol down and turned my life around and so can you! Like anything though you really have to want this lifestyle. If you are content to be lazy and undisciplined then as harsh as it is to say you will remain fat and unhealthy.
Running together – Stride for stride on a life changing (obesity beating) ride. – Sean Muller
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