Friday, May 16, 2008

Freedom...

"It is easy to take liberty for granted, when you have never had it taken from you." - Dick Cheney

Freedom isn't free. It's not a right that everyone is entitled to. It's something that was fought for, died for, and unfortunately we as a country have taken much of it for granted. We have the freedom of choice of what to eat at any time of the day or night. From the fridge to the corner store, to even fast food restaurants open at all hours of the day or night. Freedom of choice, but it's up to us to make the right choices as far as our eating habits.

The more processed and preserved food we choose over making something from scratch, the more we perpetuate the cycle of obesity in our country and what we pass down to our children.

I am going to try harder to make better choices in what I eat and what I feed my family. Join with me to break this cycle in America!

"In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved." - Franklin D. Roosevelt


Matty
www.iweighedmorethanjared.com

Friday, May 09, 2008

Setbacks...

"Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we really are." - Arthur Golden

I've had some setbacks the past few weeks. Boy, can really bring you down, down to the ground and have you begging for mercy. But sometimes that's when break-throughs occur, some sort of enlightenment happens. Thomas Edison failed at creating a lightbulb over 10,000 times. But each time he was able to get back up and try again.

Reminds me of the movie, "Real Genius" starring Val Kilmer. His character's laser project failed spectacularly and thought he was at his absolute lowest. Then he had a break-through moment where everything seemed to click. He went back and solved the problems and succeeded (although to dire consequences - which were later rectified).

Setbacks are times to step back and maybe take new look at an old problem...

"You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you." - Walt Disney


Matty
www.iweighedmorethanjared.com

Friday, May 02, 2008

Boredom...

"Grasp your opportunities, no matter how poor your health; nothing is worse for your health than boredom." - Mignon McLaughlin


I struggle with boredom and have been falling into old habits of eating when I am not hungry and just bored. There are plenty of things I could be doing, but rather don't have the gumption or energy to do them.

That's when I (and possibly yourself) need to take a stand and just find something to do. Something that engages our brains and our bodies, something that takes our pre-programmed synapses of eating mindlessly and transfers that energy to something more productive.

Join with me, won't you? Let's try hard to re-program our brains to better ourselves when we are bored...

"Boredom is an emptiness filled with insistence." - Leo Stein


Matty
www.iweighedmorethanjared.com