Quick Fix Clutter... had enough already?!

I am soooo very tired of reading about the latest, NEWLY IMPROVED, SUPER-FAST way to lose weight. I've been seeing a lot of this junk on twitter lately. These obnoxious, grandiose weight loss promises are exhausting. Can we just stop for a second and take a look at the track record, take a minute to consider how fad diets have worked out for us all?

The diet/fitness craze that started in the eighties has continued ad nauseam through today. Meanwhile, over those thirty years, adult obesity has doubled and childhood obesity has tripled - http://1.usa.gov/gY12RG.

Something is very wrong here. Extreme manipulation of our bodies clearly does not lead to a healthier life; it leads to obsession and insecurity, which, in turn, lead to depression, overeating, isolation, and lack of physical activity. Super-sized portions and endless hours in front of flashing screens don't help either. We are surrounded by body-centric, quick fix clutter. Can we tune this crap out, please? Stop buying it so they will stop selling it? Maybe then I could stop choking on it like a cat with a hairball.

There is no quick fix. Everybody knows that, whether they want to believe it or not. We need to simplify, re-engage... eat things that are living instead of boxed, find out what the air outside feels like, take a walk with a friend... rediscover the ever-shrinking parts of life that are not filled with pre-packaged, plastic, electronically-operated, bullshit-infused distractions.

I've been staring at the computer screen for too long.

So with that, I am signing off from this lighted box and going to bed to listen to my dog chasing tennis balls in his sleep and my dreams calling me back to the hills of California.