Top 3 (of many) Things You Can Do Today to Lose Those lbs

No one was born over optimum weight, grew up longing to be over optimum weight, nor was pleased at achieving being over optimum weight as approaching adulthood (or sometime thereafter.) Never the less, approximately 127 million adults in the U.S. are overweight, 60 million obese, and 9 million severely obese (American Obesity Association 2005.) This isn’t healthy, doesn’t make anyone happy, and it is a situation called an “epidemic” by the Center for Disease Control. The good news is, in recent years 300,000 to 400,000 people died annually in the U.S. due to obesity related illnesses, now however, only 100,000 people die annually from obesity related illnesses (Center for Disease Control, 2007)–awesome! We’re making progress! No, folks aren’t getting in better shape, but the drugs to keep the overweight population alive have improved drastically! Thanks pharmaceutical industry! All right, what’s really been going on here?

Hey buddy! So you want to lose weight, eh? Its summertime and you want to look all nice and hot for those babes at the beach. Ok, here’s what you have to do if you want this to happen quickly; eat lots of cabbage and drink a gallon of prune juice twice daily at noon . . . no wait. Hmm, try this; eat nothing but ice cream and lard for the next three weeks or until the next full moon . . . no that’s not it either. Aha! Here we go; eat six hotdogs per day (with syrup), while cutting out all meat products and carbs . . . . . what? Why are you giving me that look?? Ok, so maybe that wasn’t quite your cup of tea . . . Did I mention tea? Try this magic herbal-essence tea, with the special fat melting ingredient, Babaganoosh. Of course to ensure its potency, the only additional foods you can eat is two loaves of rye bread with pickles and mayonnaise . . . STOP THE MADNESS ALREADY!!!