It's a Large World After All

I'm finding out that though everybody seems to think it's a great idea to eat healthy and be physically fit, few really embrace that idea into their lives. Fewer still are truly supportive if you try to change the way you feed and care for your body.

I suppose some of it is cultural. We are a nation of consumption. Fast food, supersized. Pizza, don't just get one...buy one get another free, both loaded with a pound of cheese. Restaurant portions that are equivalent to a half dozen meals and loaded with more fat than a bucket of lard. Cookies. Candy. Snacks of every type. My local grocery has an entire aisle, both sides, devoted to chips. Ditto with soda pop.

It ain't easy eating healthy....and friends don't help. One is almost considered a freak for not indulging at the trough with the rest of the herd.

"A protein shake? That's it? That's all you're eating for lunch?"

"C'mon, one piece of cake won't kill you."

"What? You didn't stay up and what that TV show last night? Gawd! You go to the gym at five in the morning?"

It's easy to be fat. It's easy to eat whatever comes across your field of vision. It's easy to be a spectator in life. Wanting results is easy; getting them is another matter. The reason the Body for Life Challenge is called a challenge is because...well.....because it is a challenge. It requires changing things in your life to achieve some changes in your life. It's hard, no doubt.

But the hardest part is sometimes just getting others to hold their tongues while you do something positive for yourself.