But … it is a Holiday…

How many times have I heard in the last days, ‘…its Thanksgiving, I can eat and drink what I want…’ … …

It will be ‘ok’ to do so right?

I remember saying this myself.  I remember believing this myself.  And, as a mater of fact, for over 60 years I survived every Holy Day, Birthday, New Years, ‘…its the weekend’, ‘…I’m sad/happy…’, oh, what the hell I am gonna die anyway…’ … … until …

If you have not seen the movie Eating You Alive, it would be worth your time to do so.  Email me if you cannot find the method of ordering this movie.

In the last days, I have actually looked in the eyes of people who said they were planning to ‘eat, drink, and be merry’in great excess ….. and these were people who are suffering from Diabetes, Heart Attacks, High Blood Pressure, disabling Physical Conditions due to being obese and out of shape….

Mercy.

I have not experienced living around too many people who have had addictions to illegal drugs, but I think it is similar to people addicted to sugar, salt, fried foods/stuff…

And I AM ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE.

I told someone this week “…I am a smoker, two packs a day addiction.  It just has been 9+ years since I have had a cigarette…”.

I know what it is like to dig around in a ash tray to find a butt with enough at the lighted end, so I can light it without burning my nose hair, and get another drag, and hold the monster of craving at bay…. for a few minutes at least.

That monster of craving is not much different than the craving of Salt, sugar, fried food/stuff…..

Ok, I am trying to come off here non judgmental.  I am almost 10 years without lighting a cigarette, and about three years off the Toxic Standard American Diet.

Folks there is nothing Sacred, Holy, Patriotic, or Honorable about gorging your body with toxic substances and I don’t care if Grandma cooked it, or your family members ‘died for it’ on a battlefield somewhere fighting for ‘truth, justice, and the American Way’.

I am about as ‘hip’ on Holy Days and traditions as I am on enjoying Funerals because the family gets the wonderful opportunity to come together, visit, and eat tons of really ‘good’ food/stuff provided for the grieving family at the loss of a dear Momma, Daddy, Aunt, Uncle … …. Chances are that ‘that’ funeral food is why you are at a funeral in the first place ….

Oh, and just a personal note… my youngest is an RN.  He, and the rest of the ERs across this fruited plains are on duty… ready to treat the results of Life Style Choices ( better known as Chronic Diseases )

I do not plan to take a day off from my choice of eating for health today.

I will not be taking in animal protein, dairy, or processed foods/stuffs.

I refuse to injure, re-injure, re-injure, re-injure, and then bitch whine and cry about the results of self inflicted damage to my body.

Yeah, I know I am going to die someday, I just do not plan to die from foolish choices I make in a moment of … addiction …

Never counting calories, never measuring protein, never fearing carbs.

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( I do not plan for my children to watch me die a slow, self inflicted, Standard American Death because of selfish choices I made from an addiction to any substance such as cocaine, or traditional Holy Day foods/stuff )

 

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