Being FAT, the war on obesity, and government interference

Truth be told, I have no real idea how to create a healthy recipe for those who wish to lose weight and be fit.  I have always believed that the war on obesity should be about getting fit and being fit.  I am saddened that the war is such a major issue that it has become a tool for government interference.  What is wrong with some people?  Even with government interference, it is still up to the person who is overweight or obese to lose weight and get fit.

 It is not to government interference or to anyone else.  Those who are overweight and obese have enough to worry about without the government interfering in our lives.  Most if not all of us have to deal with weighing too much and thus are at risk for health problems.  There is also enough prejudice and shaming that overweight and obese people have to deal with. 

We are fat.  We are not bad, lazy, or selfish people.  We are fat.  There are worse things than being a fat person.  Fat people who are not healthy and thin people who are underweight have to deal with the risks of obesity or being underweight.  However, it isn't about the increase of insurance rates, which only the overweight or underweight person themselves have to pay for.  It is up to us, overweight or underweight to get our own selves healthy, not the government, the media, or anyone else. 

Losing or gaining weight should never be about body shaming.  I believe that weighing too much or too little carries more risk as far as body frame and where fat is stored for instance.  The war on obesity should and really is about fitness, health, and overall well-being, not about looking like a fitness model, which is a goal that should not be criticized.  Nor should a person who wishes to gain weight is within thei own rights to do so.  It should be up to NO ONE else.

Take care

Right now I am too tired to make a comprehensive entry.  The truth be told, I have no clue why I am so tired.  I tend to get tired online.  I just wish I knew.  A little bit of exercise would go a mighty long way.  I read that somewhere online. That would also be worth checking out.

Motivational Song: "Set if Off" by Strafe

“Y’all want this party started right? 

Y’all want this party started quickly right? Y’all want this party hot?” 

Set it off, set it off, set it off (Set, Set, Set, set it off) Set It Off I suggest y’all Set It Off I suggest y’all Set It Off! 

Come on let’s Set It Off! 

Set It Off on the left y’all Set It Off on the right y’all 

Set It Off! 

Come on let’s Set It Off! 

On the left (Start it!) On the right (Start it!) 

On the left I suggest while we’re left (Start it!) 

On the left (Start it!) On the right (Start it!) 

On the left I suggest

From spark to flame (Our love will grow into a fire) 

A little thinkin’ (Seems to fill me with desire) 

Desires burnin’ (To you I’m turnin’) (Don’t turn away!) Live us this day! 

 You wanna party (The party’s starting with you) 

Come on you’ve got me (Wanting to be near you) 

 Out on the dance floor (What do we chant for?) 

Live us this day! Come on out we’ll play! 

We’ll share our secrets (With bodies words are spoken) 

Love talk is spreading (Where all the rules are broken) 

 A little love is fun (But it won’t get done) (If we all turn away)

 Give us this day! To show our gratitude (Ah - ooh well ooh!) 

To change our attitudes (Ah-ooh well ooh!) Come on we’re many 

With all that we feel the time is ideal to…

Writers : STEVE STANDARD
Copyright : BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
Lyrics Licenced & Provided by LyricFind

Back to Square One ...copy

Lately, I had made no blog entries, that is obvious.  I have lost the true intent of this entire blog in the first place.  I was a clinically obese diabetic with PCOS.  The main problem is, I still am the same clinically obese diabetic with PCOS.  I blame myself for this one.  It is my mind, my health, and my body.  The truth is, for a long period of time, I have just stopped caring.  Losing weight with PCOS and having other health issues I have allowed to overwhelm me.  I finally realized that being overwhelmed has simply been the problem all along.  That is why I have stopped.  Things have stayed the same over the years and I often felt like quitting, if I haven't done so already.  The only solution to this is to keep my plan simple and to be consistent.  Simple as that.

Motivational song: Cars by Gary Numan and Nine Inch Nails

Here in my car
I feel safest of all
I can lock all my doors
It's the only way to live
In cars
Here in my car
I can only receive
I can listen to you
It keeps me stable for days
In cars
Here in my car
Where the image breaks down
Will you visit me please
If I open my door
In cars
Here in my car
I know I've started to think
About leaving tonight
Although nothing seems right
In cars
In cars, in cars, in cars
In my car, in my car, in my car, in my car
In cars, in cars
In my car, in my car, in my car, in my car
(I've been sittin', I've been sittin', I've been sittin', I've been sittin')
In cars, in cars
In my car, in my car, in my car, in my car
(I've been sittin', I've been sittin', I've been sittin', I've been sittin')
In cars, in cars
In my car, in my car, in my car, in my car
(I've been sittin', I've been sittin', I've been sittin', I've been sittin')
In cars, in cars
In my car, in my car
(I've been sittin', I've been sittin')

Pouring my heart out on this particular forum entry...

Father,

I usually don't write prayers on this journal.  However, I felt it necessary to write one today.  I realize that I need to make changes to my diet and exercise regimen.  To be honest with You, I don't have a regimen.  I don't wish to remain the way that I am.  Losing weight is hard.  I  have a feeling that I am making it harder on myself.  I want to be healthy and not complain.  I want to not to just exercise, but to push through the exercise.  There are times when I don't wish to exercise, no matter how many pairs of shoes I have, how many track suits I have, or the amount of motivation I have.  I have considered myself lazy.  I don't believe that calling myself lazy and even not caring have made things worse, at least in my psyche.  The truth is, I don't really know where to begin.  I also know that I need to eat healthier; I need to make some changes in that area as well.

 Grant me patience and wisdom.  Make me wise as far as how to lose weight and grant me the patience to not give up, no matter how hard it will be.  My goal is that no longer how hard it is and will be, I will not JUST push through it, I will actually follow it.  I do procrastinate, I admit, but I do want to get healthy and be healthy.  I no longer want to stay stuck in the past as far as my mindset goes.  I ask for a change of perspective when it comes to how I really see myself.  I often don't see myself in a positive light and I would also like to.  I have become more self-conscious over the years.  I have also become less healthy over the years as well. 

I would like for nothing more to actually see myself as I truly am, and most of all, how You truly see me.  That may be the hardest thing to accomplish, seeing myself.  I constantly see a reflection and I am not happy with what I see; I want to change that.  I need help.  I need assistance.  I just don't know what to do and where to begin.  Over the years, I have made so many plans I have ended up not following them.  I would also like to think outside of the box and also be consistent, but that is hard to do.  Lord, guide me and help me see the truth about myself and about all else.  I thank You in advance for giving me the opportunity to write out this request to You.

In Jesus' name,

Amen

How to Start Exercising When You're Already Overweight

How to Start Exercising When You're Already Overweight by Alan Henry, 2-12-14, 11AM

 Healthy living isn't easy. For some, it comes naturally, but for those folks who are already overweight—large enough that it's difficult or even painful to do what thinner people can do—it's even tougher to get started. Here are some tips to help.

Ever since I was a teenager I've struggled with my weight. Not necessarily from a health perspective—I've always been pretty healthy, but I've struggled because I want to look better, feel more energetic, and get all of those great benefits that fitness offers. However, when you're already overweight, a lot of the activities that other people just pick up without trying are either impossible or feel like death. High Intensity Interval Training? Hot yoga? Insanity? Crossfit? Even jogging? You've got to be kidding.


It's not those workouts don't work. It's just that doing them when you're a beginner, or large enough that they do more harm than good is a ticket to hating and giving up early, and feeling ashamed for ever having bothered to try. Keep in mind, we're not just talking about someone who's a tad overweight, where you can push past the discomfort.We're talking about those of us who have enough extra weight on our bodies that jumping into a running regimen or Crossfit workout isn't just unpleasant, it's painful, and can be harmful to your health.
I talked to two fitness experts and friends of Lifehacker to get some tips on how to do just that: Dick Talens, co-founder of Fitocracy and personal trainer for Miss America 2013, and Roger Lawson II, fitness expert and trainer behind Rog Law Fitness and creator of the Lifehacker Workout.

Before You Begin: Cut Yourself Some Slack

 his may perhaps be the single most important tip to ensure your success: Approach everything you do from a place of self-compassion. It may sound silly, but there's hard science to back up the idea. 

 

Popular weight loss stories on TV almost always start with someone "fed up" with their looks or health problems. While those things can be triggers, they're never motivators that stand the test of time. Dismiss the people who'll tell you to "just go to the gym," or "just put down the fork," or that it all boils down to "eat less and move more." Soundbites don't keep you motivated.
Focusing on your clothes size, waistline, reflection in the mirror, and so on are all short-term motivators that don't adapt with you. Relying on them guarantees any stumbles you have along the way will make you feel horrible about yourself and set you back to square one. Instead, concentrate on the long term benefits, and use the immediate ones as a motivational push. In short, make your fitness plans because you love yourself and want to be the best, most healthy possible you that you can be—whatever size or shape that involves.

 How to start exercising when you are overweight

 

 

"Dancers" by Jack Horne

Dancers

Six youthful dancers at the peak of physical fitness,
But time was cruel: their beauty withered and arthritis set in.
They will remain young and beautiful for ever in the photo.

Jack Horne, 

Copyright 2011 

Poems with comments from readers

Motivational Songs To Jump Start Your Day

30 Motivational Songs To Jump Start Your Day
by Lisa Wright
3/25/15
We all need a little help in the morning sometimes, and who better to give you that boost than Kanye, Liam G or MIA? Here are 30 motivational anthems to kick start your day and help you conquer the world.

30 Snow Patrol – ‘Run’

Gary Lightbody apparently wrote ‘Run’ after going on a massive bender and falling down some stairs. “The words ‘Light up, light up’ gave this sense of a beacon. There had to be a light at the end of a tunnel,” he said.

29 Franz Ferdinand – ‘Do You Want To?’

Follow Franz’s lead and go where you’ve never let yourself before! Well, at least switch your usual lunch for an edgier meal deal tomorrow.

28 The Jam – ‘Going Underground’

If any song’s going to make you politically motivated ahead of the forthcoming election, it’s this anti-Conservative rant from The Jam. “You choose your leaders and place your trust/As their lies wash you down and their promises rust,” Paul Weller sings. Let that be a lesson.

27 Doves – ‘There Goes The Fear’

Two important things to know about ‘There Goes The Fear’. 1. It’s imperative you dance like your dad to the jangly bits that sound like the Grange Hill theme tune. 2. Make the most of the track’s passive motivational skills by letting the lyric “You turn around and life’s passed you by” give you the fear factor.

26 La Roux – ‘In For The Kill’

Do what La Roux says (go in for the kill, do it for the thrill, etc. etc.) on her sassy electropop debut and you’re sure to tackle whatever naysayers might come your way with aplomb.

25 House Of Pain – ‘Jump Around’

Two parts aggressively energetic, one part hilarious (“I never eat a pig ’cause a pig is a cop”), ‘Jump Around’ has featured in at least two action movies, ‘Daredevil’ and ‘Rush Hour’, so is certified motivation music.

24 Justice Vs Simian – ‘We Are Your Friends’

Combine forceful synth stabs with stirring lyrics – “We are your friends/ You’ll never be alone again” – and you have a track so powerful it’ll defeat even Hollyoaks Omnibus laziness.

23 Friendly Fires – ‘Jump In The Pool’

Something about this synthy, bubbly, giddy tune turns tedious jogs through rundown towns into excited dashes through vibrant metropolises. It’s the ultimate ‘pretending to be in a movie’ exercise song.

22 Arcade Fire – ‘Ready to Start’What better way to begin the day than with double-drum-kit, full-throttle Arcade Fire. Just make sure you pick the “Now I’m ready to start/My mind is open wide” lyrics as your mantra rather than the “Businessmen drink my blood” bits. That would be weird.

21 Be Your Own Pet – ‘Adventure’ Containing the word ‘adventuring’ 8 times and the word ‘adventurer’ 10 times, if Be Your Own Pet haven’t convinced you to head off on at least a mini-break by the time you finish listening to ‘Adventure’ you’re a stone-hearted individual.

20 Missy Elliott – ‘Get Ur Freak On’

Question: Wouldn’t life be 100% better if you lived everyday like you were Missy Elliot? Answer: Yes. Make sure you “Getcha getcha getcha getcha getcha freak on” and today will be a glorious day.

Numbers 19-1 here

Back to square one

Lately, I had made no blog entries, that is obvious.  I have lost the true intent of this entire blog in the first place.  I was a clinically obese diabetic with PCOS.  The main problem is, I still am the same clinically obese diabetic with PCOS.  I blame myself for this one.  It is my mind, my health, and my body.  The truth is, for a long period of time, I have just stopped caring.  Losing weight with PCOS and having other health issues I have allowed to overwhelm me.  I finally realized that being overwhelmed has simply been the problem all along.  That is why I have stopped.  Things have stayed the same over the years and I often felt like quitting, if I haven't done so already.  The only solution to this is to keep my plan simple and to be consistent.  Simple as that.

Motivational song for today: "Walk Right Now" by The Jacksons

Here, when all my work is done, babe

She calls and she says

Dear, can I come

I say to her

That you know our love has gone

But agressive heart

No, really not the one

She comes to the door

Crying at my feet

Guilt shines in her eyes

As she slowly sinks in deep

You know our love couldn't last forever

Persuade your way

But you ain't clever

I close the door and I say never

(I don't care)

What you're saying

(Walk right now)

I ain't playing

(Love elsewhere)

For you I'm praying

(Don't look back)

You ain't staying

Here, I'm crying

I can't sleep

I sigh

'Cause I thought this would never be

I say ooh

I'm screaming out for someone

And now she's knochin' on the door for me

She just won't leave me alone

She wants to speak with me

And persuade me in her arms

And now she's calling on the phone for me

Oh, just won't leave me alone

Deep down inside she's trying to be clever

To love once more then leave me forever

I close the door and I say never

(I don't care)

What you're saying

(Walk right now)

I ain't playing

(Love elsewhere)

For you I'm praying

(Don't look back)

You ain't staying

(I don't care)

What you're saying

(Walk right now)

What you're doing to me

(Love elsewhere)

What you're doing to me

(Don't look back)

Wooo!

I try so hard to cope with you

I can't bear the things you put me through

To love as friends

No, I wish that we could see

But persuasive heart

Just won't let pure friendship be

You know our love couldn't last forever

Persuade your way

But you ain't clever

I close the door and I say never

(I don't care)

What you're saying

(Walk right now)

I ain't playing

(Love elsewhere)

For you I'm praying

(Don't look back)

You ain't staying

(I don't care)

What you're saying

(Walk right now)

I ain't playing

(Love elsewhere)

For you I'm praying

(Don't look back)

What you're doing to me

(I don't care)

What you're doing to me

(Walk right now)

What you're doing to me

(Love elsewhere)

What you're doing to me

(Don't look back)

Wooo!

No, babe

(I don't care)

(Walk right now)

(Love elsewhere)

(Don't look back)

(I don't care)

(Walk right now)

(Love elsewhere)

(Don't look back)

(I don't care)

60 Pumped Up Songs To Inspire A Successful Gym Workout

60 Pumped Up Songs To Inspire A Successful Gym Workout
by Joel Brown

The power of music is mind blowing, music can be an incredible tool for motivation, especially in the gym, while your smashing out that next 12 km run or lifting your next challenging set of weights. So we have decided to compile a list of 60 awesome motivating songs for the gym (in no particular order), for you to add to your next workout playlist.

Please leave a comment with some of your favourite workout tracks that we may have ‘unknowingly’ left out of this list.

Motivational Workout Music For The Gym

1. Metallica – Enter Sandman (Rock/Metal) – Link

2. 50 Cent – Ok, You’re Right (Hip Hop) – Link

3. Linkin Park – Faint (Hard Rock) – Link

4. Dead Prez – Hip Hop (Hip Hop) – Link

5. Jay-Z & Linkin Park – Numb/Encore (Hip Hop/Rock) – Link

6. Godsmack – I Stand Alone (Rock/Metal) – Link

7. Fort Minor – Remember The Name (Hip Hop) – Link

8. Daft Punk – Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger (Electro) – Link

9. Eminem ft.Nate Dogg – Till I Collapse (Hip Hop) – Link

10. Rage Against The Machine – Testify (Hip Hop/Rock) – Link

11. Kanye West – Stronger (Hip Hop) – Link

12. Eminem – Lose Yourself (Hip Hop) – Link

13. Knife Party – Internet Friends (Electro/House/Dubstep) – Link

14. Rob Zombie – Dragula (Industrial Metal) – Link

15. Nas ft. Ludacris & Jadakiss – Made You Look (Remix) (Hip Hop) – Link

16. Rammstein – Du Hast (Heavy Metal) – Link

17. Pendulum – Tarantula (Drum N Bass) – Link

18. LL Cool J – Headsprung (Hip Hop) – Link

19. Disturbed – Indestructible (Alternative Metal) – Link

20. Guns And Roses – Welcome To The Jungle (Rock) – Link

https://addicted2success.com/motivation/60-motivating-songs-to-inspire-a-successful-gym-workout/

Motivation song (Great song to dance to): "That's Why" by The Party (MMC)

Ha ha ha ha
Well I tell ya
How old are we again?

[Chorus:]
That's why (baby, baby, baby)
That's why I've got to see you again (see you again girl)
That's why (baby, baby, baby)
That's why I've got to see you again (see you again)
Sometimes I get lost in my confusion
It's something that I need to talk about
Old romance is just an old illusion
Don't you know we could have worked this out
I see your face - and not just 'cause I'm lonely

I can't erase the touch of your hand
It's you I need and you that I want only
I'm tryin' baby just as hard as I can

[Repeat chorus]

Baby if you'll only take a listen
To my heart then I know you'll understand
One moment is worth all the forgiving
I'll never leave you darling never again
I've reached out to wherever you may be now
Why you turn your back I can't understand
So now I'm searchin' for words to make you see how
I love you just as much as any man can

[Repeat chorus]

So listen to me girl - we've been around the world
And we still need each other desperately
I'll make it up to you - do what you want me to
If you will bring your lovin' back to me
I see your face - and not just 'cause I'm lonely
Just want to feel the touch of your hand
It's you I need and you that I want only
I'm tryin' darlin' just as hard as I can
Listen girl, I need you desperately
I'll make it up to you
So listen to me girl - we've been around the worldand we still need each other desperately
And I'll make it up to you - do all that I can do
If you will bring your lovin' back to me

[Repeat chorus]

Motivational song for today: "Never Played the Bass" by Nabiha

Listen up, listen up!
Hey, hey!

He wanna take me to the aftershow party
But he can't get no admission
And nobody seem to know him at all so I say
Are you really a musician?

I can see you've got a heart of gold
But you ain't got no rhythm in your bones
I ain't got no defense,
Lucky you're the sweetest liar I know, I know, I know,
But you ain't never played the bass
You ain't never played the bass

Still the music don't feel like it did when I felt it with you
But you ain't never played the bass
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
No, no, no, no, no, no

He takes my hand and leads me to the bar buying drinks
While he's counting all his loose change
He's tripping honest without knowing that I already
Slipped my number in his wallet

I can see you got a heart of gold
Pretty sure the best is yet to know
And I ain't got no defense,
Lucky you're the sweetest liar I know, I know, I know,
But you ain't never played the bass
You ain't never played the bass

Still the music don't feel like it did when I felt it with you
But you ain't never played the bass
(No, no, no)
You ain't never played the bass
(No, no, no)
Still the music don't feel like it did when I felt it with you

Somebody call a doctor
Call him up quick
Been gettin' to my heart
Then you know me lovesick
[x2]

But you ain't never played the bass
You ain't never played the bass

Still the music don't feel like it did when I felt it with you
But you ain't never played the bass
You ain't never played the bass

Still the music don't feel like it did when I felt it with you

Somebody call a doctor
Call him up quick
Been gettin' to my heart
Then you know me lovesick
[x2]

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