I've just been watching E.R., and frankly, I don't get it. This woman is starving herself to death, for what? To save her son?How is that going to save her son? Yes, I know this is not a true story.It is only a fictionalized account of what some individuals do to be "heard",but the concept puzzles me.If you are passionate about something enough to die for it, wouldn't it be smarter to use some other path to obtain your goal, than to deny yourself food? In order to achieve anything in life, one must first have life! Logically, then, food supports life.I always thought that idea was kind of universally basic.Instinctively, all life seeks out food, in order to live.Man, is the only creature perverse enough to starve themselves on purpose.And, they do it for the most idiotic reasons. A hunger strike is stupid enough, but then we get down to the truly vain, who do it to be thin.When I first heard about anorexia nervosa, I thought the person was joking. When I finally understood that this was a real phenomenon, I was appalled.How did this occur? Was the first "victim" of this" disease" a misguided child who saw footage of Biafra, or the Sudan, and say to themselves, "Yes! That's the way I want to be! I want to look like a famine victim!" She sat right down,then and there, and worked out this whole vision of herself. Scrawny, with no muscles, no gently rounded curves upon her body, no fat to live off, in times of deprivation, and no padding on her limbs to keep herself from breaking bones if she fell? It is nothing short of amazing to me that girls will look at a skinny string-bean of a woman, and almost go insane, wanting to look like that! Do they think this is attractive? Being all straight up and down, and angular, with bones sticking out? Do they really feel they are more appealing to the opposite sex, if they look more like a guy? Here we are, in the richest, most well-fed country on the face of the earth,and there are youngsters starving to death in the midst of plenty! Then, add to that, this new stupid attitude of do not resuscitate.If you touch me to help me live, I can sue you! It is now assault if I try to force feed one who is dying of hunger. This stuff is asinine! Since when do Americans line up to die,willingly,voluntarily, and with no regard for the fact of their own impending doom? For passion? For Looks? For fashion?
Okay. I admit, I am off on a rant here, but sometimes you just have to speak out.When I look around, and I see these insane crazes going on, I can't sit idly by and watch it without saying a few words. If I reach only one person, it will be well worth my time to have written this. Look, child. God gave you that lovely little chubby body,and you have an obligation to your creator to feed it, dress it, keep it clean, and as healthy as possible.So, exercise it if you can, walk, dance,go places and do things, but feed it too!
And then, we come to the "food police". I'm not real sure who these people are that tell us what we should or should not be eating, but the rules are constantly changing,and I don't know about you, but am SICK of it! Now,here we go again, with 5 new food pyramids? Excuse me for living, but that is a bunch of bunk! First you aren't supposed to have carbs, then, carbs are a must! Then, it was eggs! Can't have'em!Oh, but now, eggs are good for you! And, don't even get me started on red meat.Well, you, whoever you are, can just stop talking about it, because I for one refuse to listen to you anymore. I am going to have three meals a day,plus a snack,eat a little bit of everything I don't hate, and not much of anything. I'm going to drink lots of water,(from the tap, thank you very much) force myself to have between 5 and 7 servings of fruits and vegetables every day,and that's it for this little black ducks rules! And as for you, food police, you can just go peddle your papers someplace else!
No crazes for me!
I'm going to go have a sandwich!
oui?
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