So I was walking down the street today and I saw an ad for a greasy spoon establishment in NYC. I mean this joint had all kinds of fried chicken and french fries and yuk yuk. It got me to thinking about the foods we eat and the quantities thereof. Before I started losing weight and watching my portion sizes (which admittedly I can use some improvement), I felt that if I didn’t have the triple cheeseburger with pickles, lettuce, onions, extra bacon, MAYONNAISE, ketchup and the super size fries that exceed well over 200 fries per cup then I was going to be hungry in 2 hours of me gorging myself with high blood pressure and blood clots waiting to happen.
I also went to McDonald’s today to get a medium iced coffee with French Vanilla. Woo wee! I saw this chick put in almost a half a glass full of liquid sugar. I got that coffee, sucked down a fourth of it and threw the rest away. WAY too much sugar. So what am I saying here? One of the first ways you can lose weight without even being on a diet is to control that SUPER SIZE thing us Americans have going. Do you know there are folks out here in this world that WISH they could eat a pickle let alone a 3 pound hamburger that it’s going to take 4 days to digest? Remember folks, portion control. You don’t have to have a super size in order to be full. Food for thought!
But I was chubby. I distinctly remember going to the fifth grade in the summer of 1981 and all the kids were getting on a scale at the day camp I attended. They were 65 pounds and I was pushing 80. And I was active. I belonged to Chicago State Gymnastics for 6 years. When I was in high school I was a cheerleader and I again was very active. But I ate like crazy. All the wrong foods and by the time the summer of 1989 came around and I was entering my first year of college, I stopped activity and ate and drank like it was disco (going out of style!). And I began to gain weight. And more weight. And MORE weight. To be honest, I’ve gained 100 pounds since 1989. Now that I’ve changed the way I value my health, it pains me to see overweight children. Folks, I can’t tell you what to do with your children but when you see them larger than what they should be at their current age, you have to make a determination to turn that situation around because when a child is overweight they didn’t get like that by themselves. There is a parent that is not doing anything about it or doesn’t know how. Attached is a link on information regarding overweight children. I hope this helps and remember it starts from the beginning. Until next time. Take care of yourselves and your children.
