Still the new year! :)

Today is one of those days I have no idea what to write here so I'm just going to ramble.

I am a member of a weight loss website (www.livestrong.com) the daily plate section. I have found it helpful to reach out to people there to keep my focus, it's not always easy to keep away from the things I am surrounded by (I work at a chocolate company!) so it's good to be able to keep in touch there. Last night started the biggest loser, and again there were people there all helping one another toward the common goal of health and wellness. This got me thinking, how can we make this more global? How can people start encouraging one another in bigger groups? I mean, the whole country is facing a huge issue due to this food that we are consuming, and the rates at which we are consuming it are causing so many health issues, if we could move more people out to do things, and get them more active, while watching what they eat, what a difference we could make.

I'm just not sure how it would work. I mean with the web now all kinds of people can connect and share stories, but at some point if too many start sharing at the same place it becomes white noise. At the same time there has to be a way to get more people involved. So much of what we are being sold is excess. So much of what we see is "bigger pizza, bigger burger, bigger cars". Why? And how can we start the trend to "better portions, healthier burgers, cars for what you use them for"? The shift from the "I wants" to the "I needs" and the "Bigger is always better" to "What I need will do, thank you".

Actually that line above should sum up whatever decision a person makes, whether it be food, or cars, or houses. Well, perhaps a little more than one needs is fine, but an SUV to carry a two person family around? A 3 bedroom house for a married couple? A DOUBLE baconator? Really?

The thought process of excess is what leads to so many ills, weight issues, hoarding of things, hoarding of money, etc.

Well, It's obvious I'm not going to solve the problems today, but at least I've stated them to a degree, and I do think it all ties together more than we know. I wasn't much for the butterfly effect theory in the past, but the older I get the more I think things are truly connected more than we can know.

F2PH