Fed Up

"Sugar is 8x more addictive than cocaine."

"More people die from obesity than starvation.”

"This is the first generation American children are expected to live shorter lives than their parents.”



Those are just a couple of key points from this documentary that made me stop and think. I watched this documentary about 6 months ago and right away knew I wanted to watch it again. There is so much information in this movie that it is hard to absorb it in one take.

We all know obesity is a problem. It is something that is talked about so often, I feel like it gets exhausted and people start turning away because it's so repetitive. This documentary is different and talks about points that I had not heard before. It talks about the myths of "eat less , exercise more" and "a calorie in vs. a calorie out". Instead it talks about the direct impact of carbs and most importantly sugar.


An interesting part of the movie was when they talked about "TOFI", which stands for thin on the outside, fat on the inside. Even though someone may look skinny, they could still be just as unhealthy as someone who is obese. It all depends on what you eat and how much sugar intake you consume.

The scariest part was learning about how the government has tried to correct the issue, but they are limited by the power of the food companies. The food companies have so much money and power over the industry that they can do whatever they want. When ever the government tries to do something in order to help the obesity epidemic, the food companies lash out and say "why should the government be involved in our personal lives". People then agree with the food companies, which takes away any power that the government has on resolving some of these issues. Also, some companies that are invested in weight lose or even health insurance companies buy stocks in fast food restaurants. Why? Because it makes sure that they still have costumers.



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Update on 101 things to do in 1001 days

I promise I have been working on my 101 things to do. I admit have slacked some but I want to try to do as much if not everything on my list. There are some things on my list that are either progressive or  I have to do so many of, such as watching 5 documentaries. At first, I thought I would write about each one once I had finished all of them, but I think I will write about the progress instead. So here is some of the stuff I have done so far.

1. Try 2 new classes at the gym (1 of 2)

Cycle: I have wanted to try this type of class for awhile. I didn't understand how you could have a whole class based off of a stationary bike. It seemed really boring. I went there with my husband and since my sister and her husband just got a lifetime membership, they joined as well. When we first got there I think it was pretty obvious we were the newbies in the room. We didn't know how to set up our bikes and everyone else was already riding their bikes warming up.

Once the class got started, I looked at my watch thinking I had enough, but we were only 10 minutes in and the instructor said "we are almost done with the warm up". I was not sure how I was going to make it through the class. I'm not going to say it was not a good exercise because it was but I need more of a distraction then going up and down on a bike to trick my mind into thinking it's not actually exercising. I think I would enjoy an actual bike ride over riding a bike indoors. All I could think about in my head was this is why I play softball, I play for the sprint not the marathon. Running the bases is the most endurance I have.

2. Watch 5 Documentaries (1 of 5)

Code Black (2013): Watching 5 documentaries was put on my list because I specifically wanted to watch this documentary. I thought it would be more educational, for some reason, rather than showing the world how health care really works. I love how it showed the unfortunate side of healthcare being more than just caring for the patients and saving lives (which is the main reason people usually choose health care). In the movie someone said how for every 1 minute you are with the patient you spend about 4 minutes charting. It shows how our desire to care for people is limited by laws and protecting our selves from law suites and losing our license. I would recommend this documentary to anyone, expect maybe closing your eyes for the first 10 minutes or so if you don't like blood or watching the human body get cut open (my husband walked away in the first minute because he couldn't take it. In his defense we were eating lunch).

3. Go to a local Market

I don't really know what I was expecting to get out of this one. I guess I was hoping there was more to a market than produce and food. Maybe I went to the wrong market? Anyway, I went to the Dallas farmers market which I thought since it was in Dallas it would a be a big wonderful market but maybe it was the opposite? I don't think I have ever been to a market, hence the reason I put this on my bucket list, so I have nothing to compare it to. There were a couple of retail stores that were cute and centered around items about Texas and Dallas which was fun to look at since I am kind of a tourist. Overall experience, I don't think it was really worth the drive but I got a cool tank top out of it :)

 

 4. Find a podcast and listen to it

I had (may still have) a crazy dream to full time RV. Eventually I want to become a travel nurse and I thought this would be efficient and fun for someone who moves every 3 to 4 months. This dream of mine cannot start until my husband is done with school, so I started listening to a podcast about RVs called "Living the RV dream" and "Roadtrecking". I was hoping to learn something about RVs before I dived into it. Listening to these made very nervous but excited to do RVing. The podcast talked a lot about what could go wrong and how to fix it which scared me off a little bit but overall I think eventually  I would like to full time RV. Whether that is right away, we shall see. There was an RV show in Dallas that I went to look at with my sister. They had new RVs which were WAY out of my price range, but it was still fun to get the feel for the layouts. 

5. Do yoga every week for 3 months

I was hoping that if I made myself do yoga every week for 3 months it would become a habit. I was right. I started doing this in March 2016 and stayed with it until June I slacked a little bit and then in July I went on a couple vacations and have not gotten back into the groove of things. During those 4 to 5 months I went to yoga with my sister. There was a couple times our schedules did not line up and I went alone but for the most part we did it together. I am hoping we can start going again.

 I LOVE yoga. It is a fun, challenging, and some what relaxing way to get exercise. However I am super inflexible. I would say that most girls can reach down and touch their toes. I am not one of those girls. Yoga has made me a lot more flexible, but I would say I am still in the bottom 25% of flexible girls. The balancing part of yoga is what I love the most. I love holding those poses and watching myself grow as time goes on.


I have more stuff I crossed off my list, but for now I will leave it at that so this does not get too long. Hopefully I can try to stay on top of this so I don't write about something I did 6 months ago :) .