Dr. A. says it's not my fault!

     It is not my fault that I struggle to be healthy.  10,000 years ago there was no obesity, heart disease or diabetes.  People actually had to forage all day to get enough to eat and when they found it abundant they gorged themselves because they may have to go for long periods of time before their next meal.  Our bodies were designed to store and conserve fat and calories for those times when we can't find food...today that is not an issue.  Today in our part of the world food is readily available and abundant and we consume an easy 1,500 calories with only 20 calories used to obtain it.  Unless you exercise like crazy you are not going to be able to get rid of the extra calories and where do you think they go?  Calories consumed versus calories used is enourmously off balance especially when we are surrounded by food that is served on platter size plates with larger portions and are more calorie dense then anyone would have imagined even 40 years ago.
     To quote Dr. A "It's not your fault that you were born in a time of unparalleled plenty and physical ease, with a body that stores and conserves energy.  It's not your fault that you're confronted by food that's more plentiful and addictive than at any point in history, with a day-to-day lifestyle that most often finds us in a chair at our desk or on the couch in front of the television".
     Most people go through periods when they have a real desire to lose weight so they diet with a goal of getting healthy to live longer and then find themselves falling for the ancient instinct to eat whenever they can to satisfy their biological instinct and then put it back on which tips the balance and creates the yo-yo factor.  If I fall for it again it will be my fault!
     According to a 2003 Baylor University study, over 90 percent of us will be overweight or worse by 2032 unless we significanlty change our behaviors.  You can continue to yo-yo or you can take the steps necessary to find optimal health and in turn live a longer life!  Take Shape for life with Medifast!!