The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

A diet is all about choices.
About selecting the lesser of
two evils.
And about incorporating those
choices into a lifestyle.

Think of food divided into two groups.
The Angels and the Devils.
And then picture a midpoint between them
that is limbo- or neutral.

On the Angel end of the spectrum
there lies- not necessarily the good food-
but food that is good for you,
The fruits and vegetables
and fish and hearty grains.

The Devil side has all the bad stuff-
like greasy pizza and salty chips
and sugar shocking cakes, cookies and pies.
Sodas, starchy foods and butter.

The Neutral point is where we need to be.

Think of it as a teeter totter-
eat too much devil delight and you
get off balance.
Eat too much Angel type food
and you deny your body certain
oils and fats and other nutrients
that it requires to maintain
proper metabolism.

Here's a sample of choices that
you may face at breakfast:
Oatmeal or a donut?

Well, to burn off the oatmeal
you would have to do Tae Bo
for 10 minutes or change bed linens
for 28 minutes.

The donut?
Expect to kick box 20 minutes
or climb hills with a 21-42 pound load
for 27 minutes.

Lunch.
A slice of pepperoni pizza or a side salad?

Choose the salad and you'll need to
kick box only 10 minutes
or coach basketball for 18 minutes.

The pizza on your hips will require
stacking firewood for 59 minutes,
or working in chemistry lab for
238 minutes.

A large order BBQ ribs or 4 oz. salmon?

Ribs: Run 5 mph for 111 minutes
or hop on the tread climber for 185.
Salmon: Ski downhill 19 minutes
or hand-water plants for 27 minutes.

Like dessert?
Make the right choice here and
you'll have less calories to burn.
A slice of turtle cheesecake
will take firefighting by hauling the hoses
on the ground for 52 minutes
or playing basketball for 52 minutes.

A 100 calorie chocolate pudding cup?
Just fight those fires for only 12 minutes
or walk uphill 16 minutes.

It makes you think.

It's like a checking account-
Allow yourself so many calories a day.
Write yourself a check as you use them-
and don't get overdrawn!
That's what causes the fat person
to visit you in the mirror!

Let's quit teeter tottering around.
Let's do the limbo
and live!