I'm Perplexed

If you live in the United States and have made your millions in the United States why wouldn't you invest in the future of the United States? Now I'm certain you are asking yourself, what in the world is she talking about...well I just read my third article today on how Madonna is opening fitness chains however none of the new gyms are in the United States nor are there plans for an opening in the United States. I am left to wonder why? Here's the latest article I read.

Stargazing
Madonna to open chain of fitness centers

We’re no fans of hard candy, but we’d be willing to make an exception for Madonna.

The Material Girl announced this week that she’s opening a chain of high-end gyms around the world that will be known as Hard Candy Fitness. The 30,000-square-foot flagship will open Nov. 29 in a tony Mexico City neighborhood.

Oddly, while more locations are planned for Russia, Brazil, Argentina, Europe and Asia, none are immediately planned for the United States.

“Madonna’s touch will be everywhere,” says Mark Mastrov, founder of 24 Hour Fitness and one of Madonna’s partners in the venture. That must mean lots of mirrors for “voguing.

I must agree with the writer, it is odd there aren't any planned for the United States when we have an epidemic occurring here. We are obese and need help. Encouragement from a mega star like Madonna surely would influence some people to try to lose weight. At least I would think so. She has an amazing body and even if you think it's too muscular, you have to admit that to be over 50 and looking that good is a testimony in and of itself. I'm saddened by this. I wish she would reconsider but I wonder why she is trying out other countries...Is she upset with the US? Does she think it wouldn't be profitable because of our economic state? Does she think we won't join because there isn't hope? Well Madonna I hope the only reason is that you haven't found the perfect real estate yet because the United States Rocks. We are going on a healthy lifestyle regime here that will knock your socks off. Millions are joining the revolution and that includes kids, adults and aged. The United States is going to become more durable and ready for anything through fitness. Just watch with the legions of participants out there, we will survive and thrive with our new found dedication to the fitness process. And Madonna, I hope you join us with a grand opening of your vogue fitness center in the United States.

If you are making the decision to join the healthy living revolution, email me and let me know. We can work through this together and get on the right track for healthy living.

Blessings to all!

Fad Diets

As I was thinking about my blog post today and reading the articles that I get everyday in my alerts, I find myself frustrated. You see a lot of the articles refer to Fad Diets. In a matter of minutes I was inundated with the 21 pounds in 21 days diet, the potato diet, the breaking dawn diet, and the list goes on and on. Early this morning I read my daily devotional which had this to say:

When you see a shortcut, it's usually a temptation to cut the corner financially, ethically or morally - just take a little shortcut. But you are also saying, 'God, I think I can reach my goal a whole lot quicker my way than your way.'

So if I put these together, I think fad diets are a short cut that you think will get you to your goal weight faster but there is a higher power that is truly in control and will show you the way to lose weight correctly.

I have tried every fad diet in the universe. I swear if there was a diet out there I was on it for at least a day or two however I have found that every time I took the shortcut, I never won. I may have won for a few moments or even months but in the end the weight always came back. So this time I'm doing it right. I'm exercising, working out, eating my veggies and still binging occasionally just not as often as I did before. I'm human, you are human - be kind to yourself and know that you can do this the right way. If you think you can't just remember that shortcuts are temptations to do things the "easy" way but really if you don't do things the "right" way, it's not going to work.

Fad diets are so horrible. Take baby steps, try to get in 20 ounces of water a day then move to 30 ounces increase 10 ounces a week and eventually you will be at the amount of water you need in a day. But you have to take the baby steps to ensure success. This same technique works for diets. Add a vegetable a week and eventually you are eating main dishes of all veggies and your meat becomes the side dish. Then you are track to battling to heal all that ails you!

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You can do this!