How Did Canada Get So Fat?

How Did Canada Get So Fat?
I opened the paper this morning to find out that the
country I live in has just taken the number one spot as the
fattest country in the world. I don't know when it happened
but just like a cupcake sneaking onto the hips, Canada has
earned the title of having the largest obesity problem of
63 different countries in a recent survey by the American
Heart Association. I wish I could say this was another
American conspiracy theory but alas, it’s not.

To tell you the truth, I would have rather seen Canada in a
number one spot in the Olympics, but I guess for now, this
will be our claim to fame. It's baffling because as far as
resources go, we have access to everything we could
possibly need to stay fit. We have every tool we need to be
healthy and vibrant. We have access to medicare, lots of
money for food and gym memberships and plenty of leisure
time to use it all, and yet our men have the largest
waistlines short of the equator itself.

Maybe that is exactly the problem. We have it too easy.
Nothing requires the effort that would suck a few inches
off those thighs. While most countries are growing and
picking their foods in the backyard and biking to work, we
spend a couple hundred dollars on downtown parking and an
expansive, oops, I mean expensive meal. We need to get back
to basics and we need to do it fast.

We need to stop thinking that throwing money at fad diets
and fancy machines will fix our problem of obesity. What we
need to do is use our bodies the way they were intended to
be used, for working. We need to stop consuming more than
we need for optimum energy and performance and we need to
GOYA.

What's GOYA, well it means Get Off Your, you can figure out
the rest. Besides medical issues that are much more rare
than the number of people that use it as an excuse, you
only get obese by consuming too much and exercising too
little. When you think about that statement, that tells me
that a lot of people are wasting their lives standing on
the sidelines doing little more than watching TV and
stuffing their faces. That's sad.

It's sad because life is full of adventures to be had and
they can't be experienced sitting on the couch. Getting out
dancing, going to the beach for a swim, snowboarding in the
winter and dirt biking in the summer. These are all things
that make everyday of your life an experience worth the
living. An adventure.

I was recently on a trip to Mexico where a 40 something
couple had spent a couple of hundred dollars to do a tour
of a remote town. Once we got there this couple sat outside
the bus for a couple of hours until the tour was over
because they got winded when they tried to walk the
streets. I'm not talking crazy hills but normal rolling
streets that the villagers walk every day. They wasted
their money and didn't get to see some things that were a
once in a lifetime opportunity.

I'm upset that Canada has taken the lead on this dubious
title but my hope is that maybe it will be a wake up call.
Don't stand on the sidelines any longer. Get out and live
life to the fullest. Treat your body as your greatest asset
and GOYA.

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