HCG day 3

Weigh in:  194.8 lbs
Loss: 1.8 lbs
Total:  4.4 lbs


I've decided not to post what I eat, that's boring.  I will just post whether or not I followed my diet food plan. 

Yesterday I went to Walmart and I noticed what was in peoples carts.  The skinnier people had fruits and veggies and other healthy products.  They also had some junk food but everyone needs a treat.  In the carts of the fat people there was all this junk.  There were chips, donuts, candy, frozen dinners, and other processed food.  In reality the only difference between the two carts was that thin people had more fruits and veggies while the fat people had more crap. 

What irritates me is that the thin people could eat the crap without consequence.  Where as the fat people will pay whether they know it or not.  I would love to be  the the type of person who could eat whatever they want.  I had a cart that looked more like the thin people's carts but I'm still fat, why?

I'm not delusional I know that the thin people live a much more active lifestyle than the fat people but that doesn't take away the frustration.  I know many thin people who do nothing and stay thin.  They call it good genetics.

Can genetics really be the answer? 

If it were all about genetics than there would be no place for hypnosis or behavioral therapies like Weight Watcher and Nutria-systems.  So can changing the way you think change your genetics?

There is a school of thought that environment effects the genes not the other way around.  In the old school, scientist believed that genes effected the environment, so our genes make us who we are.  The new school believes that the environment we live in effects our genes.  My school of thought, it's both.

I don't think it's as simple as either or. 

The way we live our lives today in America, our environment, has obviously effected our genes.  Our world is filled with ways to effect your genes.

Take grocery shopping.  Have you ever bought produce, fruits and veggies?  They are expensive.  If you are shopping on a budget, you will use up your money very quickly.  But you would be surprised how far you can stretch your dollar when you buy crap.  For $4 I bought 24 bags of top raman but it cost me almost $7 for 3 grapefruit. 

My husband always tells me that we need to eat better.  I agree, we do.  Then he says that he is sure we could save money on buying food.  This is an oxymoron or a paradox to me.

An oxymoron because saving money and eating better do not go together.  And a paradox because I can't figure out how to do that.

My husband has never gone shopping with the kids.  Well, I can't say never, he would argue that, but rarely.  When you shop with kids they want all the bright fun looking food they see.  Which is another one of the problems with our environment, we think of food as fun.  We think of food as entertainment not nutrition.  When we think of nutrition we think of dull, boring food.  No excitement.  Americans need excitement from their food. 

In 2007 the US Surgeon's General said that nutritional foods need to be more affordable.  Yes, they do need to be affordable but even if they were I don't think people would know what to do with them.  The problem is that Americans are lazy.  We live in a world where everything his handed to us.  We don't have to wait for anything.  If you miss a movie in the theater it will be out on video in a few months or you can downloaded it on the Internet from a pirated site.  So the idea of getting all these nutritious ingredients and putting them together and waiting for it all to come together seems overwhelming and too hard compared to when you have all this processed food at hand just to rip open and eat, barely any waiting.  Honestly, I think people would spend a little more for the convenience of crap food vs nutrition while all the long they complain about being fat. 

As a fat American I feel that our problem is cost & convenience.

I don't think that this is something the government can do for us.  No matter how much they want to nanny us changing the way a person thinks is a personal issue not a governmental one.  To quote Michael Jackson, "If you want to make a change...start with the man in the mirror."  I'm not saying that the government can't do things to help but it's really up to the individual to change their own life.

The 'man in the mirror', is a topic for another day but I do have some thoughts on that.  Sometimes I just don't recognize the person staring back at me.  Stay tune for further thoughts on that.

Well that's enough BS for one day.

Cheers,
Shel