Fit Guys Eat Yogurt

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by: mark19
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Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 Time: 6:07 PM
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It used to be that in shape dieting meant just cutting back on the goodies, but this may be changing to something quite different. If only it would happen faster and more completely, we really might avoid far more of today's health problems and skyrocketing health care costs.

Most people nowadays know what they should do to be healthy and fit. The internet is flooded with helpful articles and advice. Health food stores have a seemingly unending array of periodicals. We all know what to eat and how much to exercise.  We know what is good and what is not. We know that working out is superior to being sedentary and that chicken  is better for you than steak. Even body builders know that whey protein is superior to animal and that pies and cookies are for those who care only about size, not caring about definition.

Yet, we all tend to stay pretty much with the tried and supposedly true.Possibly this is because we think that the few very ultra-fit people we meet are that way only because of genes or some special formula not available to everyone at the corner drug store. In the most extreme cases their success may even suggest steroid usage, Consequently, we still cling onto the same old grocery store eating and half-hearted walking that we think counts as a workout. When will this all change?

Some of the resistance is in today's science. Genes are so important, or so we think. If you have good ones, you have no trouble looking good on the beach or on a magazine cover. If you have bad ones you cannot even smell food without adding unwanted weight. Then too, there is the faith in the big laboratories. They have created drugs that clean arteries, enable one to live better with Alzheimers, and even replace bone loss. Therefore, we believe it is only a matter of time before they will produce a fat burner to make ardent exercise, consistent supplementation and strict dieting a thing of the Dark Ages.

As if that is not enough, there simply are not enough hours in the day. Commute times are long and those who have managerial types of jobs often need to spend time at home preparing for tomorrow's activities. Too, there is always the business lunch if not the executive life style itself. Who, wanting to be upwardly mobile, would ever confess to preferring yogurt and distance running to Kentucky Fried Chicken and watching the football game? Surely too, there would be something other than mere second thoughts over ordering salad and herbal tea at a business lunch.

Burn Notice, a new show of this season, dramatically showed (Nov 17 episode) the difference between the main character Michael with his container of yogurt, and workout and the secondary character, rest and relaxation Sam, with his bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken. Sam's strong comment  to Michael warning him not to not place their relationship in jeopardy by criticizing the high trans fat content of his lunch  is indicative of the problem we face today. Friends supposedly have to accept each other as they are even when their living habits endanger themselves and create the likelihood of health care costs which continue to spiral. So much for television which dares to step outside of the box.

Perhaps the only real question which remains is over who you want to look like--super healthy Michael or normal salt of the earth Sam. The ways to look like either should be crystal clear.

For further thought on the living of a healthy life in spite of the social pressures against doing so order my e-book Think and Grow Fit.

About the Author

Obese 45 years ago; state champion power lifter 1978; in better shape today at 62 than when on swim team in high school

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