Die with a T

In the old days, (we're talking 60's to 70's) it was easier to diet in many ways. There were a few pre package meals with a dozen or so unpronounceable chemicals in them and few if any diet plans. You ate a half a grapefruit or a poached egg on plain toast for breakfast, a salad for lunch and for dinner; it was a piece of chicken with salad. Then came the dawning of a new era in the late 80's to 90's with more folks making prepackaged meals and new burgeoning companies starting to sell their 'proven' diet plans. Nutri-Systems, Weight Watchers and Jenny Craig were the fore runners of this and before you can wave a dumbbell, everyone had a weight loss plan to sell you. Move over Jack Lalane, and make room for the mass marketer called reality television. It's what’s for dinner!

I have tried a few of those plans and bought a few of the DVD's too, and the best method that I have found that works.... drum roll please.... COMMON SENSE! Yes, folks it's true... it works. The Biggest loser uses it to great results. I'm happy that they are including more people in their quest to shape up America. Good food choices coupled with activity equals a better mind and body.

But I have to ask. Why do those folks who ate at McArches everyday have the cahones to sue McArches for their fat? They made the choice to eat there? No one forced them. No one forces you to pick up a cigarette and smoke it. It's blatantly printed and shouted to the rooftops how bad they are and yet every day hundreds of people start smoking. It is all about choices.

We have a choice to eat the huge meal or not. We have the choice in our own hands to walk a little more and eat a little less. We have the power.