I was having dinner with my girlfriend this past weekend...she brought steaks and I made a potato salad and we opened a bottle of red wine. For the record I do not know how to grill a steak so I was glad when she offered to do so. The reason I do not grill is well I do not eat a lot of red meat and I never grill..lol...I am actually serious, and the reason, is the known cancers associated with grilled meat so I tend to stay away for the most part. However she did grill in what I thought was the best steak I have had in many years.
So there we were enjoying our steak and wine when the topics of the day come up. Covid and how it has tanked the economy, put many...including myself out of work (yes still looking and available to interview...call me) and not to mention suicides and domestic abuse is through the roof...just talk to any cop and he or she will confirm that, then we get into the environmental impact of those disposable masks and more plastic bags caught in trees on a windy day...I actually had one caught in a tree outside my condo for nearly 2 years...gawd what an eyesore...I even asked some fireman who were there on an unrelated event (perhaps a fire...who knows..lol) to take it out of the tree, they laughed at me.
Anyways back to Covid...I checked what the death rates in Canada, and as of today, just over 9000 people, thats right people, we have tanked the economy, which some say will take decades to recover, all for 9000 people...oh and most of those people fall into the high risk, old, immune compromised, obese, etc,....yes I know the odd healthy person died. The odd healthy person dies every year anyway. I am not trying to be insensitive here people I am trying to put perspective to all this.
Did you know in Canada that nearly 70 percent of adults from 18 to 70 are either overweight or obese and last year nearly 60000 died from Heart Disease ....and we are worried about Covid.
Want to know what Obesity costs us as Canadians....well the last stat I found was over 4 billion...that is per year....yup...and yet we sit on our fat asses and we put a little mask on thinking oh my but I am protected from covid while I stuff my face with cheese doodles and say I do not have time to work out. Well when you are dead at the age of 50 from a Heart Attack because you are 50 pounds over weight...well I say jeez...put down the processed food and get moving. Ok..enough about the lecture, K and I were discussing dating as well and it is interesting how our, (not mine) but many peoples views have changed on body image.
Let me give you an example...Men in the 1960s...average man say 5 ft 10 weighed in at about 175...that same man today is 20 pounds heavier on average...and most of them are out of shape....I have been online dating and I see exactly what is out there. The funny thing is....almost every man describes himself at Athletic....which cannot possibly be true if the stats are 70 percent of the adult population is either overweight or obese...sorry but if you are 6 ft and weigh 205...and no you are not Husky or Muscular....you are obese....and I am always kind...I say sorry but I seek someone fit. They say they are but I actually believe they think that, that they do not see their own Fat. A man at 6 ft should be 180 not 205. The reason peoples perception has changed is because there are fewer and fewer in shape and Normal weight people out there. Take a look at Peter Estabrooks....he is the epitome of a fit man...yet some men may think he is skinny.....I will post a photo on Linkedin of me...you tell me if I am skinny...yet I have people say I am...for the record I am 5 ft 6 and 135 pounds...that is normal...and fat by Hollywood standards...lol.
It is getting harder and harder to imagine what the next 20 years will bring, I for one think an overhaul is needed. Its not just about working out....its about getting rid of process laden foods, that is what is making us fat, that and sugar.
Do I have all the answers...of course not, but instead of us being like sheep...sitting around...getting fatter...smoking...and killing ourselves through poor diet...smoking....Whatever...people will do what they want to do...Those Participation videos have done nothing...and it saddens me.
Put the fork down people....as Peter has said so many times...you can't outrun your mouth, no you cannot, but you can choose what you put in it, so fuel your body, get moving....and the little mask, what a joke, we worry about something that has killed so few and ignore what is killing Many. Well see you on the running trails....I am off to work out....If anyone seeks a Senior Sales Exec...give me a shout, have a great day everyone
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