Comments on: Deep Thoughts……More on Weight Loss, Health, and Living.

By: Candace Stupek

Candace Stupek — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 22:37:14 +0000

This is one of the better lifestyle articles I’ve read…simple and easy to understand. Everyone tries to make it sooooo hard…because they don’t want to change their lifestyle. Excellent writing!

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By: ChiChi

ChiChi — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:09:23 +0000

*if I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it*

And then we were warned of the Vitamin D deficiency…

By: Amanda

Amanda — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:49:17 +0000

Reminds me of an old song …”Ladies and gentlemen of the class of ‘99…wear sunscreen…if I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it.” (Baz Luhrman – Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen))…Brilliant

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By: Dan Hollingsworth

Dan Hollingsworth — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:32:50 +0000

Great post! Especially like the first statement. The only thing I remember from my high school health class 20 years ago is “Heed not the adipose physician.”. It has stuck with me all these years.

By: skustes

skustes — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:36:14 +0000

In the words of Aerosmith, “live and learn from fools and from sages.”

Cheers
Scott

By: Rafi Bar-Lev - The Fitness Adviser

Rafi Bar-Lev - The Fitness Adviser — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:23:53 +0000

Great Post. Keep fighting the good fight for eating real food. It’s one of the most important battles for the fitness world today to get out there to the general community.

-Rafi Bar Lev

By: Joanne of Open Mind Required

Joanne of Open Mind Required — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:57:59 +0000

I happen to agree with Jordan.

Back when I was first learning about health, I told people stuff I was learning. But they used the fact that I smoked as an excuse not to listen. Then when I quit smoking, I gained weight, and people used the fact that I was fat to reject what I was saying. I kept learning and sharing and started losing weight. Next thing you know, they wouldn’t listen because I drank coffee. So I gave up coffee and one day I told someone the bad news I had just read about grains. But they argued with me and eventually fell back on, “Well, why should I listen to you? You just ate a dinner role.” So I eventually lost 35 pounds (20 to go) gave up grains, coffee, processed food, and cigarettes. And I’m still fat. So nobody should listen to me?

Just a few days ago someone left a snarky comment on a blog about how they couldn’t get anything from my vegan to paleo video because they couldn’t get past the fact that I bought a mocha at Starbucks while receiving food stamps!

NEVER REJECT THE MESSAGE because you don’t like the messenger. Everybody is a teacher. And everybody falls down. Reject the message because the message itself is no good. In other words, judge the message, not the messenger. It could be the message is, as Mike says, not do-able, and that’s why the messenger fails, or maybe the messenger is just weak.

Everybody struggles. I have a preacher friend who gives me great encouragement and advice. He admits that he has trouble following his own advice, and I respect him more for it, because I know the advice is difficult.

Now, EE, would you like to tell me what kind of person I am?