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Does TV Really Make you Fat?
Does television really make you fat? The answer is a resounding…maybe. So why is there so much media attention on the issue? Simply because somebody needs to be the fall-guy.
Obviously it’s not your fault when you spill boiling coffee in your lap; there should have been a label on the cup telling you how hot that coffee was! In the same manner, it is certainly not your fault you don’t exercise more than your remote-clicking finger. There is certainly nothing wrong with lving off of food prepared in a microwave – eaten, of course, in front of the television. But, if it’s not your fault, whose fault is it? If you’re lucky enough to have a therapist, you get to blame your mother, but the rest of us have to settle for the television. After all, if it wasn’t sitting there in its sixty-inch glory, filling our lives with such fascinating programming, we wouldn’t be unbuttoning our pants right now to accommodate another slice of pizza.
Actually, of course, we should know better. Half of what we watch on television these days is telling us how fat we are and that we should turn the T.V. off, and get our fat selves outside to exercise. And we will – as soon as this show is over. The other half of what we see on television is skinny successful people telling us how they get so darn skinny and successful. It never seems to have much to do with good genes. Apparently we can all become a beautiful six-foot tall woman with killer legs simply by doing Pilates and eating more fruits and vegetables. I know that I personally, at least, would be a very cranky woman with killer legs munching on my organic celery.
So really, there are no excuses. We know the data. We are fat. We are lazy. We need to do something. So why don’t we? There are various reasons of course. The most pervasive reason, even if nobody says it out loud, is because it is so much easier not to do anything. Complaining about my fifteen (okay twenty!) extra pounds is so much less work than actually hauling my lazy self to the gym. I would much rather simply admire the problem than sweat it away. My interim solution, however, is to set up the treadmill in front of the television. That way, if I feel guilty enough, I can move my laundry and actually walk while I watch the svelte reporter tell me how my fat is going to take years off my life.
Losing weight it hard. It takes an entire lifestyle change. If you’re not really ready to give up certain aspects of a lazy lifestyle, like constantly munching in front of the TV, the greatest fitness plan in the world isn’t going to help you. If I want to eat like a three-hundred pound linebacker, walking twenty minutes around the mall in the morning, slowing to take in all the latest styles, isn’t going to help me. All of the annoying commercials are right. Losing weight takes a combination of diet and exercise, and it is best done as an entire life-style makeover. If you just rolled your eyes as you read that, you might as well go grab a pint of ice-cream, put on your stretchy pants, and see what’s on television tonight. After all, you’ll be in good company.
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