by Todd Harwood
I am not sure if I have just become more aware or the amount of people willing to torture and destroy their bodies and minds to lose weight is greatly increasing.
A female acquaintance of my wife had the surgery that straps off your stomach and only allows you to eat a certain amount of food a day. She is in her early 20’s and is clinically obese.
She has been struggling greatly. She can eat so little food she literally started to die. Not from not eating but from not getting ANY NUTRIENTS from the amount of food she can eat. She has been rushed to the hospital on many occasions and has also passed out while out and about in public. The doctors now have her on liquid vitamins and minerals, especially iron. This is to keep her body from eating itself to survive. Does any rational human being think that the complicated system that is our body, can survive with little or no nutrients?
Just this week I heard a commercial for an “all natural” drink you can take. This drink that they call, “Gastric Fill Technology” expands 50% in your stomach, forcing you to eat 75% less food. So what exactly is your body running on?
I know many people are desperate to lose weight. Take a very short moment, use some logic. In order for your body to function at even a standard level, you must put fuel into it. Even if the fuel you put in it is not “healthy”, it will at least run at some level. If you deprive your body of fuel, it starts to revolt. Headaches come, the body feels lethargic and fatigued, the body begins to shut down. These are very clear signals, it is up to you to take heed and do something about it. The body is screaming for you to put fuel into it so it can move you around, help you think, react, Live!
Really? Is this what we have come to? Are we (humans) that weak, that lazy, that we have to reconfigure the way our body was naturally formed and naturally functions because we want something and we want it NOW!?
Taking personal responsibility and eating what the earth has given us to subsist on, this is not as hard to do as the snake oil salesmen tell you it is.
In my experience (over 2 years Living Lean now) The Dolce Diet principles of Living Lean is the fastest and most effective way to shed weight. Hold on, not just shed weight but fuel your body. Yes you shed weight and shed it fast, and all this happens as you are blasting yourself with Earth Grown Nutrients. Fueling your body to not just function at a standard level but at the bodies optimal level.
Short cuts, pill, potions, drinks and messing with nature always come with a very heavy price, and the bill always comes due. There is absolutely no reason to torture, starve or mutilate your innards to lose weight. Take responsibility for yourself, the information is here, the nutrients are out there, now get up off that divot you have made in the couch and start Living Lean. You will thank yourself. I have.
Todd Hardwood is a member of MYDolceDiet.com. He frequently blogs about his journey to health & wellness. We appreciate his wit, honesty and passion for helping and inspiring others on their own paths to self-discovery.
