“When people tell me
they can’t afford to join a gym, I tell them to go outside; planet Earth is a
gym and we’re already members. Run, climb, sweat, and enjoy all of the natural
wonder that is available to you.”
“It was after I first
began to uplift my thoughts a bit that my cravings for junk food started to
dissipate. I did not connect the two at that time. First, I simply noticed that
I didn’t need to sleep so much. It took a while before I realized that in
addition to my improved energy level, there was a direct correlation between
chewing on mental garbage and putting garbage in my mouth.”
“Sometimes customizing
is necessary because of an injury or the inability to do, for a short or long
period, the kind of exercise you formerly did. When you're used to customizing
for fun, doing it under duress won't seem like such an imposition. Either way,
experiment until you find activities that make you happy as well as healthy.
Choose your exercise using the same criteria you'd apply to choosing a
date--that is, attractive to you and able to hold your interest for an hour.”
“...the reward centers
of the brain--where the pleasure of those high-calorie foods registers--also
respond to other substances that bring about pleasure....But those reward
centers also respond to other gratifying things, like watching a sunset or
experiencing a loving touch...So while you may not be able to change the wiring
in your brain, you can "feed" those reward centers other
pleasures...Biology isn't destiny when you have effective strategies...”
“Women get boob jobs to
give themselves a certain edge. Frankly, I don't see why they nearly kill
themselves trying to diet off their equally bulbous hips.”
“Then there was the
realisation that I didn't actually feel that much better when I was thin(ner).
In fact the 'thin' version felt worse because I lived with hunger clawing at my
stomach all the time, and in fear that I was going to get fat again. After
years of neuroticism I'd finally understood those who loved me would continue
to put up with me fat or thin, and those who didn't ignored me. As a
middle-aged woman I was pretty much invisible anyway. To pass unnoticed through
an image-obsessed society is surprisingly liberating.”
“We survey lush
landscapes with variations not dissimilar to a so-called "imperfect"
female body with absolute pleasure -- say, an expanse of Irish countryside with
grassy rolling hills. But is it really so much uglier when it's made of flesh
instead of soil?”
“Associated with this
weight gain are increased risks
in adulthood for joint problems, angina, high
blood pressure, heart
attacks, strokes, type 2 diabetes and,
ultimately, premature death.
Outside of the human costs, health experts
estimate that treating
adult obesity-related ailments will cost the
American economy
nearly $150 billion in 2009.”
“Ambivalence is one of
the biggest enemies of change. If you aren't sure that you really want to take
action on something such as your weight, ambivalence will usually win.”
“That we need help is
easy to see every time we walk down the street.
The experts confirm what the obscured view in
front of us tells us.
They estimate that 64% of adults in the United States
that this percentage is growing. Even our
children are being affected,
as nearly every one in three American children
under the age of 18
is overweight.”
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