Is There Way Too Much "Drama" Associated With Food In America?

If you stop and take the time to notice, there's a tremendous amount of "drama" associated with discussions about the foods we eat throughout the course of any given day or week.  Whether it pertains to a "diet" or food in general, many of us talk about food as if it were human and possessed some sort of supernatural powers!  In fact, we give food way too much power, which diminishes our own self control over what we "choose" to eat at times.  It's time to take the "drama" out of our daily pattern of eating and put the emphasis on setting up an overall healthy eating pattern for life.  Realistically, we can and should enjoy great healthy foods every day of our lives but it's time to put food in its proper place in America.   There's far too much emphasis on eating the wrong types of food for all sorts of reasons.  We're way out of control with approximately 67% of our nation presently overweight or obese.

Food is not human, we all know this yet how many times have you heard the following type comments?

Myth:  I couldn't resist that cupcake; it was calling my name and I simply had to eat it!

Fact:  Cupcakes can't talk; they're not human; we make "choices".

Myth:  I feel like I'm in a "battle" or a "tug of war" with weight loss; it's an ongoing struggle. 

Fact:  Food is not human, we shouldn't feel like we're in a battle or tug of war, we make "choices".   We're giving way too much power to food if we talk in this manner.  It mentally puts us in an inferior position and we're not inferior, we're intelligent humans who take responsibility for the foods we "choose" to eat.

Sharon and I wrote about this topic extensively in our forthcoming book, "Tame Your Inner Octopus!"  We felt that we needed to first understand how we became overweight before we set out on our own personal weight loss journey.  We felt we needed to see the entire picture.

We quickly realized there was far too much "drama" and emphasis on food in general in our own lives and we knew it was an overall problem in our nation.  We saw the staggering statistics of being overweight and obese in our nation and we immediately knew we wanted to be on the lower side of the equation.  We wanted to be with the approximate 33% of our nation that was not overweight or obese.

We achieved our goal and it was not difficult.  One of the main reasons we were able to reach success came with the realization that there was way too much emphasis on food in our personal lives.  We realized very early on that we must take responsibility for the foods we choose to eat if we are to be successful for the remainder of our lives.

There's no doubt in our minds that thousands of others can do the same.

Have a great day!