- Day four of eating within my calorie range
- Day four of consistent exercise
- Day four of at least 8 hours of sleep
I forget that this is what balance feels like when it’s been
awhile since I’ve been at 100%. There’s no mental fog. This feels good. I have
more mental clarity at work than I’ve had in months. I’ve been so productive!
There are other benefits, too, but this is one of my favorites.
In our country in 2012, two-thirds of our population was
overweight or obese. That’s a lot of people walking around in a mental fog. Maybe
they don’t know it’s a fog because they’ve never been out of it. Or it’s been
so long since they’ve had this clarity, they don’t remember it. I had a hard
time remembering the feel of it after just a few short months.
The map below is always interesting to me. The corresponding
article said overweight and obesity are concentrated in the south and the Midwest . I always get a little ruffled about that. I
consider Nebraska the Midwest rather than the Northern Plains. The Midwest
they’re referring to includes Ohio, W. Virginia, Kentucky ,
Missouri and Michigan . I can just calm down. However, Nebraska isn’t doing a
whole lot better - ranked 21.
How do we hit Colorado ’s
rate? Congratulations, you’re ranked 51! You’re the thinnest people in the country!
Do they all hike the mountains? Is it the altitude? What can they teach the
people in Mississippi
(ranked #1)? Or the rest of us? We have to look for some serious answers. If we
don’t, we’re headed toward looking like real versions of the people in the cartoon
movie Wall-e.
I’m using my grocery and restaurant (Chipotle, HuHot) budget
to show companies what I’d like to see more of – fresh, real food with no
hormones, antibiotics, or high-fructose corn syrup and as few preservatives as
possible. It’s a start. There’s a long way to go. We have to change a culture
focused on volume to one focused on quality; a culture that looks to food as
entertainment rather than fuel. Or…we could just move to Colorado…
This is good news!
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