Stats from the CDC state that over one third of US adults remain obese.
A new projection states that by 2030, that will rise another nine percent, having us approach half of all Americans.
Stats have stabilized recently, since the 80‘s and 90‘s when people were gaining weight in huge numbers, (an effect almost everyone was conscious of if one simply looked around) but the trend still points towards an slow, ever-increasing rate as we move forward.
I used to visit my Grandmother in Syracuse back when she was alive in the late 90‘s, to take her out to the local malls, restaurant, etc on a very regular basis. She had some physical challenges, so we would have to borrow wheelchairs either from the home she stayed at, or else at the mall on occasion to help get her around. She was born in the 19-teens or so, and was very “old school” and opinionated.
She was also hard of hearing.
So when she wanted to comment on something, she would often say it very loudly, not realizing we could all hear her easily (even though she couldn’t hear us).
Without exception, every trip we made to see her (and we would dread this when it happened) she would find a time to comment, out loud, about what she saw all around us…
“Evvvvvery-body is so FAAAAT!”
“Gramma, keep your voice DOWN!” we would scold her.
But she was right.
Mind you, she was about 40 pounds heavier than was healthy for her frame.
But that didn’t stop her from voicing her observations.
The most interesting stat from the CDC suggests that by that same time in 2030, the number of those severely overweight will literally *double*…those already obese will continue to put on the pounds. This will impact our youth the most, as this projection applies to overweight kids and their tendency to continue to gain.
The lifestyle I teach is not “easy.” It CAN’T be, because the western diet is now pervasive in almost every country in the world. We are *used to* certain foods.
But therein lies the key.
Can you get *used to* a new way of living, a new lifestyle, if it afforded you the opportunity to lose that weight and keep it off permanently via that lifestyle?
Did any of us enjoy that cigarette we tried the first time, before we became hooked?
Or that shot of cheap whiskey?
(Really, who ever tried them and said “YUMMMM!”)
You can get used to anything. Including a new choice in foods, a new range of activity, and a new mind set above it all.
Love, Happiness, Health and Peace……….Tim