--Holy off topic thread derailment-- Most the people I know who say it's too expensive to eat healthy are the same ones that eat out. Also I hear a lot of people say it's expensive to be a vegetarian or vegan but I think it's because the processed vegetarian stuff you'd typically buy at a health-foods store is way more expensive than fresh vegetables and fruit. Eating vegetarian is really damn cheap. I could get by on dollars per day but usually buy top choice organic produce just because I know I'm spending less than people buying steaks and cheese (among other things). --End Holy off topic thread derailment--
BBbbbb...but poor people like the wife and i, omnly get 5 bux a day for both of us to eat on. 10 bux a day is 300+ a month and our food budget hasn't been that for over a year. We eat once a day and a snack....no chance for coloric overload here. now a food stamp recipient gets double what we get and I've seen what's in thier shopping carts. A few eat real meals cooked at home, but most throw whatever takes the least effort to prepare and usually comes in a potatoe chip bag into those shopping carts. So there may be some merit to Dustin's claims. Myself, i try to stick as best i can to the food pyramid with a slant towards the mediteranian diet. It has kept me alert and the bones ain't showing too bad yet, but activity.....that's my middle name! The "healthy food" fasion is a bunch of marketting BS. But the way MSP discribed it, is practicle, economical. and, as executed, his eating habits would benefit any and just about all obesity laden (no-pun) people out there. Most are more or less intellectually lazy and shun any activity that requires thought. And that's the brand of "lazy" that pushes my "pissed off" button. Not exercising has more valid reasons than not thinking. The fact that some, especially older people don't exercise as well as they should can be attributed to physical limitations (gawd i hate that phrase when my doctor says it), but to let someone else do your thinking, or to blindly follow the dictates of TV advertising because it's all mental intake rather than output....that is inexcusable.
There's "lazy" then there's the "I don't care because I hate myself" thing. The truth will set everyone free. YouTube - Wussification Rant YouTube - Blame
wiskas really is right. The man is wise. However, regardless of the reasons behind your lifestyle; everyone has the power to break free of it. Wiskas, you of all people will probably understand that having broken many addictions in your lifetime. Sometimes they need a helping hand and support; or a kick in the ass--but in the end it's completely up to them!
Ultimately you're correct. Reminds me of a song about my life: (steve earle: it's all up to you) lyrics: No matter which way the wind blows It's always cold when you're alone Ain't no candle in the window You've got to find your own way home Now the rain ain't gonna hurt you It's come to wash away your blues It's all up to you No body said it would be easy But it don't have to be this hard If you're lookin' for a reason Just stand right where you are Now there ain't no one out to get you They've got to walk in their own shoes It's all up to you It's all up to you No one else can get you through Right or wrong, win or lose It's all up to you You can stand out on that highway Look as far as you can see But when you get to that horizon There's always someplace else to be But don't you stop to look behind you 'Cause you've got some travelin' left to do It's all up to you
