I fear for my children

One of my favorite things to do before I go to bed is cozy up under my covers, turn out all the lights and for about 10-15 minutes, I watch infomercials. With all of the random concoctions that people come up with- mostly exercise related- it's no wonder that people become obsessed with their weight. Everyone's looking for the next way to shed the pounds, and these people know how to sell.

I often find myself thinking, "I need a Sauna Belt that allows me to sweat off the pounds while doing nothing./ I need an Ab Lounger (actually, those are pretty cool and if I could afford one, I'd buy it)!"

People's fascination with 'the next big thing' in weight loss scares me. Burn more calories than you take in= lost weight. It's always worked that way. Walking, a bit of cardio, lifting soup cans, do push backs off of your counter tops, stretch while watching T.V.- there are so many ways to stay fit, so why are we so lazy that we obsess and go into debt over a fitness program that claims the most amount of weight loss with the least amount of work???

I'm just scared for the way that body image will be percieved when I have children- if we can never be too skinny now, what is that stress going to do to them? Is laziness going to be so acceptable that fitness and health will be a thing of the past?

I hope not...