Last week I was returning from a family vacation. Our return flight was in the middle of the day (around lunch time) and we wanted to grab lunch before we got on the plane. There were three places you could get food from, all right next to each other. One was a sports bar type of place (burgers, sandwiches and beer), one was a Pizza Hut to Go and one was a salad/health food type of place that had mostly different types of salads, smoothies and fruits.
As you would guess, the sports bar type of place was overflowing with people since it was Sunday and the football games were on. But between Pizza Hut and the health food place, guess which one had NO people on line and which one had 18 people on line?
Guess what most of those people on the Pizza Hut line looked like. Only 2 of the 18 weren't overweight.
How many of them do you think that if asked, would say that they would like to lose weight? My guess would be almost all of them.
So if all of these people want to live a healthier life and lose fat, what's stopping them from making the right or "healthiest" decisions?
I'm sure marketing has much to do with it. Whether consciously or sub-consciously, we're all brainwashed to some extent to make certain choices based on the messages of these companies that we're bombarded with daily.
Maybe it's the smell of the fast (fried) food.
Maybe it's the perception that healthy food is more expensive? For the record, in reality for one meal you're talking a $2 to $3 difference on average (isn't that worth eating better, feeling and looking better and making a contribution towards a longer life?).
I'm not sure what the answer is. But it's definitely something to consider when you're making your day to day decisions on what to eat (and what not to eat).
Be honest with yourself, ask yourself "am I REALLY trying everything to lose the weight I want to lose?"
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