OBESITY - A GROWING PROBLEM

The biggest and largest growing problem in America is obesity. There are many contributing factors to the cause of obesity. Genetics plays a role, diet, exercise (or lack thereof), alcohol consumption, and even ethnicity may even play a part. Americans have been gaining weight at an alarming rate over the last 20 years. The three biggest factors that we believe to contribute to this are fast food, alcohol consumption, and lack of exercise. In 1990, not a single state had an obestity rate higher than 14%. 1994, was the first year that all states had data to report on obesity, by this time 16 states had broken the 15% barrier. The obestity rate has doubled in the last 20 years. Today, blacks have 51 percent higher prevalence of obesity, though the problem does not discriminate. Income levels played a part in obesity rates as well. Lower income families tended to be more obese, more than likely because fast food is cheap and appealing to low income families. This page is to here to help turn a big momma into a heathly momma. I also believe that obesity is tied to hair loss.

There are many different weight loss methods and programs out there. Many work, many are just money making schemes with little success, and many weight loss mothods work for some people and not for others. Again, the hardest but most effective ways to lose weight are eliminating or limiting alcohol consumption and fast food combined with exercising. The Nintendo Wii can be a great tool to make exercise more entertaining than traditional methods.

Nowadays, people are so busy and tired and unmotivated to exercise. Exercise can be boring and not everyone has the time or money to attend a gym class or work out center. Everyone wants to take a magic pill and watch those pounds disappear. The fact of the matter is that if there were a pill that guaranteed weight loss, the 2008 map above would look like the 1994 map. There is no quick and easy way to lose weight. If you have ever watched the show, The Biggest Loser, the people work their asses off to lose each and every pound. Some weeks, even with proper diet and exercise, they gain a couple pounds, though usually it is because they are converting fat into muscle.

We understand that your self-esteem can be damaged by your weight. You can do things to change that. It takes time, determination, and changing your living habits. Alcohol is one of the biggest contributors to obestity. Please drink responsibly. Drinking and driving is dangerous and can be deadly. Drinking in moderation is essential to losing weight and good health.

WEIGHT LOSS IS NOT CHEAP!

You get what you pay for in life, and food is no different. Part of the reason you are in the situation you are in is likely from eating "cheap" food. Face it, nobody got to become overweight overnight. It was probably caused from day in and day out of eating unhealthy food, or drinking alcohol, or not exercising, or a combination of all three. Unhealthy food is inexpensive and high in calories and fat. In order to reverse the effects of that, you are going to need to spend some money to eat healthier. If losing weight was cheap and easy, the obesity crisis would NOT have ballooned so quickly.

What Can I Do To Lose Weight?

 

Watch the TV show, Food Revolution, to learn more about the truth about processed foods. Also the movie, Food Inc., is an incredible eye opener into the food system today. The easiest method to lose weight is to EAT HEALTHY, minimize alcohol intake, and exercise. However, many people just do not want to spend the time cooking healthy. It is so much easier to go through a drive through and pick up a McHeartAttack burger combo meal. You can lose weight on your own, but it requires discipline. Some other methods that have worked are listed below.

One simple and easy to follow plan is BistroMD. BistroMD's team of dietitians and chefs have worked exhaustively to come up with a complete system that is simple and effective. Customers order from one of their four programs and enjoy tasty, nutritious balanced meals. Just heat, eat and lose weight! What could be easier?

BistroMD has been featured on the Dr. Phil show TWICE.

There are many different ways to lose weight, supplements are usally not the most effective or healthy way to do it. Here are two proven methods that work. Medifast is the only program recommended by more than 20,000 doctors since 1980. If the company has been around since 1980, thats just one sign that their weight loss methods work, or they would have gone out of business.

 

Portion control is another huge issue that Americans struggle with. In watching Dr. Phil today, they made a good point that it takes about 20 minutes for the signal to get from the stomach to the brain telling it that it is full. Many of us overeat because we have seconds and thirds before waiting 15-20 minutes and really thinking, "Am I still hungry?". A big momma can become a healthy momma through a proper diet.

Are we deceived by the food we eat? Here's another question I’d like to pose: are we being deceived by the faceless organization we have trusted our very lives with? I’m talking about the U? s. Food and drug administration-better known as the FDA. For years we sat in classrooms as teachers told us what we should eat according to the rules set by the FDA. The FDA devised a pyramid plan that divided food into groups and told us how much we should eat, so we could live liong and healthy. But they left out many important factors. One factor they didn’t mention were vitamin sources in food. They left out the most important reason for eating-getting the proper amount of vitamin sources in food, so we can remain healthy and outlive our parents.

So we left the classroom and started our own families. We continued to believe that this pyramid was sent down from God and we watched our loved ones and friends suffer through debilitating diseases. We watched as this enigma began to unravel before us, and we continued to make sure our children were eating the proper food portions-not knowing the truth-our bodies slowly dying because of the lack of vitamin sources in food. I realize that must be a mouthful foe those of you who are reading this. But you must know the truth. What is the truth? Do you really think you’re getting the right amount of vitamin sources in food? Do you know why cancer and heart disease is on the rise? The vitamin sources in food aren’t there. They’re being depleted as we continue to believe the lies of a ghostly government that places a stamp of death on our foreheads. The reason why these diseases are on the rise is because of the food we eat. The vitamin sources in food aren’t there. Supplements can be over rated. Animal products such as meat and milk are a death sentence that has been imposed on us by a faulty government. Animal products have inflicted more damage to the U. S. population than global warming or even nuclear weapons. We have religiously followed someone else’s rules at the risk of our lives-and our children’s lives. We are slowing killing ourselves and not getting vitamin sources in food-the vitamins that wail keep us protected from diseases and an early death.   Vitamin sources in food are important so we can be free from these diseases, and live long and healthy lives. The problem with consuming meat and milk products is that we are poisoning our bodies. Every time you eat a steak or a hamburger, you are eating a diseased cow. Unless you are eating organic, grass fed cow beef-you are eating cow beef that comes from a cow that has been injected with antibiotics, and hormone shots. You are also ingesting everything they eat, such as corn (which isn’t healthy) and anything else they consume. Therefore-lack of vitamin sources in food-and unhealthy food digested by-you!

The American population has also been fooled into thinking that they must drink milk. There are pictures of movie stars in magazines with the famous milk mustache-trying to talk us all into following our favorite movie stars. When we ingest cow’s milk, allergies and mucus are formed, and our cholesterol is raised. Did you know that whole milk products contain pesticides that have been proven to cause cancer in lab animals? Vitamin sources in food can be misleading. We can’t be consuming the vitamins we need, if we are eating and drinking poisonous pesticides. The milk we drink also contains harmful antibiotics (like cow beef) and sulfa drugs. What? I’m allergic to sulfa and I’ve been drinking milk for years! It's no wonder I have asthma and other allergies. I made the decision last week not to follow the FDA’s rules. I no longer eat meat that’s non-organic and I no longer drink milk. There are more vitamin sources in food if you begin to eat healthy. Soy milk isn’t that bad either, and I am getting the omega03’s my body needs. Now you choose-A death sentence imposed by the FDA-or a longer healthier life!