Body Perfect Recipe

Body Perfect Recipe

If you’re like most people in the United States, you’re either trying to lose weight, trying not to put on weight or concerned about your weight.

Many of us are overweight and it is becoming too obvious. Some of us claimed hereditary problems, some of us acknowledge that we eat too much and some of us deny eating much at all although we pack on the pounds. What many of us are guilty of doing is that most of us are as stationary as the furniture in our homes. We sit down on the table to eat, we sit in the car to order out, we eat in the car to eat as we drive, we sit on the couch to eat, we sit and snack, then we sit again and then, finally, we go to bed. Our poor bodies must be screaming for help. We eat lots of food and we eat often.

Last Saturday, I went to a local post office to drop off a package. To my surprise, the parking lot was full. In front of the mailbox outside of the post office, a line of cars waited in line. As one car moves in the line, the others follow as the driver rolls down the window, stretches the left arm and drops their mail into the mailbox, then drives away. It was such a beautiful day I just could not understand why people chose to stay in the cars. They forfeited an opportunity to move their bodies. At a point, there were so many cars in line that people were forced to park their cars and walked the few feet to the mailbox drop and the post office; a marathon to many of us. Yes, some people had to walk out of their cars. Perhaps they were too tired to get out of their cars and walk a few feet. Many people give up on their weight and don’t realize that changing their lifestyle is key to maintaining a healthy body.

It’s sad when our bodies begin to get fat and start to adjust into the shape of the task that we usually perform during the day. Some of us bend our necks for several hours a day just to adapt to the screen of our computers and keyboard. We end up looking like ducks. I know because I’m one of the culprits and potential victim. Throughout the day, I must constantly remind my self to stretch a bit or my neck will bend forward permanently and make me appear a few inches shorter that I actually am, and someone might mistakenly take me for one of these pesky Canadian geese. I also realize the next thing that will happen is that I will start growing love handles as replacement for my waistline. It’s a fight that I plan to win. Do you plan to win yours?

One of the best weapons to use in the war against obesity is to keep the body moving. Of course, eating less and staying away from all the fried food and fast food is a winning ingredient. Should the urge to eat such occur, eat as little of it as possible. Then, go for a walk. Whether you’re overweight or not, keeping the body mobile, is one the Recipes For a Good Life.