{"id":416,"date":"2012-06-18T10:15:35","date_gmt":"2012-06-18T17:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gahealthguide.wordpress.com\/?p=416"},"modified":"2012-06-18T10:15:35","modified_gmt":"2012-06-18T17:15:35","slug":"accountability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devinephysiques.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/18\/accountability\/","title":{"rendered":"Accountability"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before really getting into this blog I would like to say that I realize many of you may not like what I have to say.\u00a0 I also realize that the environment does lead to health and obesity problems, I just don’t believe that it is the full cause of the obesity epidemic in our country.<\/p>\n

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Recently I was talking with a co-worker, who is morbidly obese, about weight.\u00a0 She was telling me how she grew up eating fast food and that all of her family is overweight… This story sounds pretty similar to my own.\u00a0 The difference is that I decided to change my body, she let her “circumstances” dictate hers.\u00a0 She is now suffering from many health ailments including hair loss at only the age of 33.\u00a0\u00a0 She said she doesn’t know what to eat to help lose weight, but as soon as I started giving her suggestions her response was “that sounds too hard” or “that is too time consuming.”<\/p>\n

Come on people… We have to be responsible for ourselves.\u00a0 We will not be able to change our bodies, our health, or our minds until we can hold ourselves accountable.\u00a0 So much of our society likes to blame everyone but themselves.\u00a0 They also tend to forget that we are in control of what we eat, no one is forcing us to eat anything.\u00a0 Do fast food restaurants make it easier to eat thousands of unhealthy calories? Yes.\u00a0 Are junk foods cheaper and easier to find than the healthier options? Yes;\u00a0 But if you truly want a healthy body, a body that works the way it is meant to, a body that will be strong for many many more years to come, then you will make the sacrifices necessary.\u00a0 Society may make empty, non nutritive calories cheaper and more accessible, but at the end of the day, we are the people that choose to eat the doughnut instead of the banana.<\/p>\n

It doesn’t mean you have to eat all organic, or even 100% natural; It means that you find ways (like buying at Costco) to afford the foods that will be good for your body.\u00a0 It means you cut out as much processed food and sugars as you can.\u00a0 In a lot of situations, a healthy alternative is very close–\u00a0 It just takes a little willpower and knowledge to choose the correct option.<\/p>\n

We only get one body, a healthy body not only makes us feel more attractive and healthier but it helps us to live a fuller life.<\/p>\n

Let’s learn to take responsibility. Let’s chose to make healthier choices. . .\u00a0 And let’s not forget what most bodybuilders and fitness experts will tell you:\u00a0 Genetics don’t determine your health or body composition–\u00a0 They only determine how easy or difficult it will be to stay healthy and achieve your fitness goals.\u00a0 You are the master of your own destiny.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Before really getting into this blog I would like to say that I realize many of you may not like what I have to say.\u00a0 I also realize that the environment does lead to health and obesity problems, I just don’t believe that it is the full cause of the obesity epidemic in our country. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3DfsS-6I","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/devinephysiques.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/devinephysiques.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/devinephysiques.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devinephysiques.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devinephysiques.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/devinephysiques.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/devinephysiques.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devinephysiques.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devinephysiques.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}