my mom got me hooked on Sunday Morning on CBS--with coffee in hand, i rarely miss it. this morning was all about "size matters" and the obesity crisis in the US. if my memory serves me correctly, 1/3 of adults are overweight with another 1/3 weighing in "obese"...and what stopped me in my tracks is the prediction that Generation Y or the Millennial Generation will be the first that doesn't live longer than their parents' generation...the first, ever. and i can't remember the percentage of folks who believe that the fast food industry is to blame for the obesity epidemic....HUH? but it was a percentage--meaning, PEOPLE ACTUALLY WANT TO DISPLACE THE BLAME.
i like to eat. i like to eat really good food that tastes delicious and is made with butter. i realize how much like butter-cream frosting, in fact, i had butter-cream frosting for breakfast the day of Eloise's birthday party.
remember the saying, "past the lips, straight to the hips"? or "you are what you eat"? well, call me butter, sugar.
it makes me sad that we have a generation that as a whole, may not live as long as their parents's generation because of inactivity and diet. THINGS WE CAN CONTROL.
it made me so sad that Shane made a delicious pasta carbonera, with bacon, and i nearly had seconds.
while this post might seem silly and unfocused, it's just the beginnings of me trying to sort out how in the hell we raise a girl in this society to have a healthy and realistic body image while having a positive relationship with food....