You’ve heard about "it" enough that it may be starting to just go "in one ear…" and you know the rest.
I generally stay away from doing many podium rants on obesity because it’s so darn easy to go on and on about – and that’s mostly what people do. It’s the cause of our time being used by as many for self-promotion and everything from book, food and movie sales as there are good people trying to make a difference.
That said, ran across a great, conscious, real post on the subject this morning from the editor of a large nutrition information company in the UK. It begins as follows:
09/05/2006- It is time to admit that society is fighting a part-time battle against the bulge, willingly lambasting soft drinks, burgers and chocolate, while shuffling silently away from a fairly dismal exercise rate.
The debate on rising obesity rates has become lopsided.
Societies in several western countries have spent much time and money chasing the latest fad diets or cajoling food firms to reformulate and get unhealthy products out of schools. Last week’s deal to get high-calorie soft drinks out of US schools was only the latest in a long line.
You can read it all here: The Full Article
My response to Chris follows:
Chris,
Thank you for talking about this most important topic at the most important time, now.
Hope is a wonderful thing and terribly deceiving thing as well… the promise of a brighter future, the message we’ve all been promised for a century (and likely before) can be wildly effective at allowing people to "take the day off." Heck, "there’s always tomorrow."
Right?
It’s not true – tomorrow is a concept, not a reality. Today is the only reality – right now. This is the time to put the Twinkie down. Not tomorrow.
Please join me in asking everyone who is listening: “What are you doing today to live at full strength?”
In Strength,
Shawn Phillips
Well, now you know the question I’m thinking about today. You?
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