Why We're Fat

Author's Perspective: Obesity is a growing epidemic in the United States and around the world. According to the CDC, childhood obesity has more than doubled and adult obesity has more than tripled in the past 30 years. Almost 1 out of every 2 people in America is either overweight or obese. Simply stated, people in America are fat and getting fatter for 7 reasons:

1. Addiction: We love junk food, fast food, and processed food because of the taste, convenience, and low cost. We can't stop eating this food even though we know it's bad for us -- because of the addictive chemicals in the food. It's convenient to just pick up some KFC or stop by McDonald's for a hamburger, some fries, and a diet soda. Most habits are driven by the addictive chemicals that food manufacturers put in fast foods and processed foods so that we will develop cravings for these foods and return to buy more of these foods (even though we know these foods are bad for us).

2. Habits: We have learned many of our poor eating habits from our parents; and, now we are passing our poor eating habits down to our children and our children's children. That's why it appears that diabetes runs in families. Most habits are driven by laziness and the addictive chemicals that food manufacturers put in fast foods and processed foods so that we will return to buy more of their food.

3. Knowledge: We lack the understanding of real nutrition and the super foods; and, how "real food" can help us physically, emotionally, and spiritually. We falsely believe that eating healthy is boring, time-consuming, and expensive and that vegetables taste nasty -- these are just excuses or due to the lack of knowledge. We also tend to believe in pills and fad diets because we really don't understand the science being weight gain vs. weight loss.

4. Laziness: We don't like to exercise or walk anywhere; plus, we don't like to take the time to prepare healthy meals. We lack the discipline and drive to want to change. We like taking pills: prescription, OTC, supplements because they're so convenient and they allow us to justify our poor eating habits. Being lazy also makes us susceptible to these ridiculous fad diets that just don't work.

5. Technology: We sit a lot, driving our car, using our computer, watching TV or playing video games. Technology encourages us to live a sedentary lifestyle that discourages us from being physically active.

6. Zombieism: We lack the hope and don't use our inner spirit, walking around like zombies allowing our flesh to rot; and do nothing to improve our health, relying on drugs and pills. Also, we don't provide emotional support.

7. Diets: We rely on various fad diets and detox gimmicks to lose weight. Most diets work temporarily, but they fail us for the long term. In fact, most diets actually cause more harm than good because they focus on losing pounds instead of focusing on getting healthy. Fad diets associated with specific foods include grapefruit, cabbage, lemon, green tea, etc. Ironically, most of these foods are actually good for us, but, they can't help you lose weight for any extended period of time. Instead, if you focus on getting healthy (with stable blood glucose levels), your body will be able to burn fat and the weight (fat) loss will occur as a byproduct of achieving better health!

Note: The good news is that you can overcome these 7 problems and live a better life with the Death to Obesity Weight Loss Program.