This article written by health, fitness, and success guru, Ryan Lee, creator of Nutrition Generator, Fitness Generator, and the WorkoutPass Network.
It’s Not Your Fault You are Fat!
That’s what the British Government will have you believe.
It’s not a lack of exercise or what we eat, but society that is the cause of our obesity. Here’s the story (thanks to Zach Even-esh for the link)
Call me old-fashioned but I think they are wrong. Is a changing society making it much harder to stay fit? Yes — not question about it. But it still comes down to personal responsibility for your health.
You are responsible for what you choose to eat. You are responsible for your lack of exercise.
I am really getting worried about this lack of responsibility and how quick people are to point fingers and blame others for problems.
Taking responsibility is a key component of integrity. And without integrity, you cannot live a life of greatness or even mediocrity.
It’s Really Simple
I get a lot of heat from other fitness professionals about exercise and nutrition. They try to overly complicate health and fitness. They think my view of getting healthy is too simplistic – but it really does come down to what you are eating and your nutritional habits. That’s it.
Do you want to change the health of society? It’s really simple;
Spend 10 minutes a day of high intensity exercising with your kids (if you have any). Otherwise you can workout at home, at a gym, etc. Heck, follow my 4 minute workouts.
Do strength training (bodyweight, weights, kettlebells, medicine balls, etc.)
Stop eating foods with sugar, high fructose corn syrup or any crappy processed carbs.
Eat about 1/2 of the food you receive in a restaurant. Portion size (especially in the US) is out of control.
Drink only water as your beverage of choice (not juice, ice tea or even diet soda = but plain old water)
Stop over-complicating things, stop blaming others and start taking responsibility.
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Of course it’s your fault your fat!
The sooner we call fat what it is (as opposed to deluding ourselves by calling each other full-figured, big-boned and heavy-set) the sooner we will get serious about addressing obesity in a real, practical, no bullshit way. Perhaps we should worry less about political correctness and more about heart disease, diabetes, bowel cancer and the plethora of other obesity-related conditions.
“Whatever you do.. don’t mention the ‘F’ word.. you might hurt her feelings; she’s not fat, she’s… voluptuous!”.
Craig,
What’s ironic about your quote is that even though saying things like that would very likely hurt someone’s feelings, those are the same people whose hurt feelings would cause them to wake up and smell the coffee!
Tip-toeing around preventable conditions like obesity just creates more of the same. Call something like it is and people won’t feel like they have a shield that they can hide behind anymore!
It’s amazing… I was at work yesterday and an article on this very subject was sitting on the break room table. I couldn’t believe it! There was just so much wrong with it I had a hard time reading.
Just to be fair, I’ve never had a problem with weight myself. But if I think about all that’s gone into “changing society” when it comes to smoking, and considering the fact that I just had a Marlboro… I suppose they just haven’t changed it enough for me when it comes to that one! It’s all society’s fault! Please oh please Mr. Government, take care of me!
Oops, sorry, went a little off the deep end with the sarcasm there… but it does fire me up when I know that there are those of us out here working on changing themselves, while there are others who seem to put more work into blaming others.
Ok, I feel better now.
Lyman,
Glad to provide an opportunity for you to rant!
That’s the thing that really gets me, too. Everyone wants to BLAME SOMEONE for their issues. If someone wants to have a lifestyle that isn’t 100% healthy, that is certainly their business. However, to go around blaming anyone except for the person in the mirror is nothing less than a cowardly act of irresponsibility.
Wow, that was pretty harsh…