It's not YOUR fault you're fat, I believe you.
Did I just say fat? Yes. I know, "they" would say "overweight" or some other
"PC" word, but let us call it what it is, fat. I was fat for a long time, until
I was 20 years old even. I then decided to take control of my eating habits
and exercise schedule, lost over 100 pounds, and have maintained a healthy
lifestyle for the past 6 plus years. The key to my success? I stopped listening
to the "experts" in government.
Think back to before 1990 when the FDA starting requiring "nutritional facts"
on all foods. Were Americans so fat? Maybe we were fat, but this fat? The
"news" says Americans are fatter now than ever, and we're not getting any
leaner, so does the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act work? I don't think
the act working and certainly based on the data presented it isn't working. So
what did we pay for, and why do we as consumers continue to incur the costs
associated with the NLEA?
Long before "the experts in government" started telling you what to eat, how
much to eat, and to drink 500 gallons of water all day long, Americans weren't
so fat. So I suggest a new concept, let's throw out the government
intervention, and "experts", who tell us what to eat and drink and how much to
eat and drink and start a new trend. I propose this: eat when you're hungry,
stop eating when you're full; drink when you're thirsty, stop drinking when
you're not thirsty. Remember, we humans are just like every other dumb animal
on the Earth. Other animals, including early humans, didn't have a 52oz Weight
Watchers water jug on them at all times, or bottle of spring water. When other
animals, including early humans, were thirsty, they would take the novel
approach of standing up, walking (or running) to a water source, drinking
until they weren't thirsty, and returning to whatever place they called home.
Now granted, humans today live much longer than early humans, in better
conditions, but we are still just animals like we were thousands of years ago.
Running water, sanitary sewage, freezers and ovens have made prepare, storing,
accessing and disposing of food more convenient, but our basic needs as
animals are still the same. Again, we, like every other animal on the planet,
shouldn't have, and don't need, a government, or any "experts" telling us what
to eat and what to drink or when to eat and when to drink, some application of
common sense would go a long way in maintaining your own health. This of
course not to mention that I'm sure that if you figure out what your tax
contributions to the FDA, USDA, CPSC or other related federal agencies are,
you could probably afford much better quality foods, and maybe a gym
membership as well. You don't need to have the government, or any other
"experts" tell you what to eat and drink, just follow your basic instincts as
an animal, and don't buy into "humans have no instincts" line you might have
heard, I've personally seen, and heard, a baby cry because he or she is
hungry, indeed a very basic and primitive instinct, one that you have as well
if you just stop letting the government operate as a dietician.