tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post3880855697833500960..comments2024-03-21T18:54:06.548-07:00Comments on Old Enough to Know Better: Sneaky Pie and Skulking Beer and Vegan Butter O My!Steve Perryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12079658447270792228noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-71824552360175991082013-05-08T09:19:22.967-07:002013-05-08T09:19:22.967-07:00Yep, it's not that we don't know what to d...Yep, it's not that we don't know what to do to stay relatively fit when it comes to diet and exercise, it's that the *doing* of it isn't easy. We are bombarded with commercials telling us to eat more junk; to drive instead of walk; and to see Dr. Darm for liposuction.<br /><br />My wife loves to bake, and she's gotten rid of a lot of sugar and fat in her recipes and kept the taste. Problem is, if you know it's low-fat and low-sugar? You'll eat more, because, well, it's low fat and sugar, ain't it? <br /><br />Like joining AA, the first step is recognizing that there is a problem. Too many of us won't go there. One of my favorite scenes in a movie is from *The Big Chill,* in which Jeff Goldblum's character says that rationalizations are more important than sex. The other characters look at him like he's crazy and say so.<br /><br />Yeah? When's the last time you went a week without a rationalization ... ?Steve Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12079658447270792228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-76861140146051491012013-05-08T09:01:18.115-07:002013-05-08T09:01:18.115-07:00My downfall came a few years ago when my dear daug...My downfall came a few years ago when my dear daughter discovered baking. <br /><br />"Daddy, try the pie/ cake/ streudel/ Tira Misu/ banana bread/ that I baked!".<br /><br />It was pre-diabetic heaven! How could I turn down delicious morsels baked by the most perfect, beautiful Tween on Earth when she practically begged me to try them? Fortunately she grew up a bit and started cardio-kickboxing, pilates, and yoga. <br /><br />The good side of my daughter's health nut status is that I lost 20 lbs in the last 3 years. The bad side is that now she gets mad at me when I drink a Pepsi.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15110047611982446569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-35354474718505211222013-05-08T06:26:16.962-07:002013-05-08T06:26:16.962-07:00Same here, made great changes last summer. dropped...Same here, made great changes last summer. dropped over 5 lbs that I never could previously and felt great. But insidious things crept in over the winter just as you described (pneumonia didn't help). And it seems harder now to get back to the changes made last summer!steve-vhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03889100992443991077noreply@blogger.com