Fitness won't solve your problems. Getting free of your food addictions
will. When it came to healthy living, exercise for regular people is
relatively new. The average Joe and Joanne didn't really start
exercising until the 50s and 60s. Guys like Joe Weider and Jack LaLaine
started the revolution after WWII and it's been growing (too slowly)
ever since. As the obesity trends began to rise in the 70s, jogging and
nautilus became more popular. During this time various companies were
selling goofy ways to lose weight. For some reason we quickly forgot
that eating whole foods was the key to maintaining our weight. As food
became more processed over the the past few decades we used other
processed foods to help us lose weight. It was (and still is) a vicious
cycle of addiction. The gain, lose, gain epidemic continues. I read a
funny blurb the other day which clearly and plainly stated that if you
avoided food with mascots you'll lose weight. Goodbye Count Chocula!
Our grandparents didn't have gym memberships, spinning classes and
fitness DVDs. They ate healthy whole foods and spent four times more
time outside than we do. If your grandparents were obese it was a
novelty for sure. Our behavior and habits put food-porn companies in
business and we also have the power to destroy them by not eating their
poison.
You control what goes in your mouth, no one else. Find ways to make healthy whole food taste good and eat it. Period!
With Love and compassion,
Tony Horton