It would be easy to blame food for being overweight and unhealthy, but the truth is food is not the enemy. In fact, our survival is based on our need for
food and
water to run our body. If we are honest about our lives, it is about taking responsibility for our fitness and making choices to keep us healthy. Quality of food could be part of the issue, but then again who is making the decision to eat the frozen pizzas, burgers and fries in super size portions. Actually, getting down to the chemistry and caloric needs of our body, eating too much is the biggest factor of not being fit. Even if we ate the crap food and kept it within the calorie portion to run our
body, we could be labeled
'skinny fat people'. On the outside we may give an appearance of being an appropriate weight, but inside we are a hot mess and feeling like it. There is nothing good that exists in processed fake food and the damage it does to our body through
inflammation and disease is alarming.
Food is our friend and turning the crap into quality is what will change our bodies into fit, healthy people. You have heard
"no-one ever got fat eating too much kale" and not that I would sit around eating kale all day but you get the point of the statement. If we start
eating to live instead of the other way around, a huge change in the obesity epidemic would happen as the shift toward eating the right stuff would finally be taking place. How our bodies look and feel are our responsibility and we can absolutely use healthy food to control much of that. We are hit in the face all day long with fast food commercials, peer pressure, and even sabotage by our own hands or significant other to turn to the dark side of food. You have the power to see food as your friend and control what you put in your face. The donut may look appealing but that
apple is going to supply the
best nutrients to fuel your body and push you closer to your fitness goals.
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