Being thinner is better, right? We should appear ripped like the models and actors that surround us, pushing their make-believe impossibilities in to our real-life world, right? Society has always dictated what beauty is… Decades ago, being curvy, sensuous, and white meant that you were in a higher class, wealthier, and much more desirable. After the era of Twiggy, free love, and sex appeal, that ideal has obviously shifted. Drastically. Also, the idea that food is the culprit and Lucky Charms must be the problem (or maybe it’s that she’s eating them at night, or maybe it’s the combination?) means we have to take the first step of action to prevent further fatness? Reduce food intake, of course! I shudder at the implications of how our “logical” train of thought is to stop eating… because that makes things better, right?

Oh man, when did holistic health advertising get taken over by former car salesmen? Puulease. I’m here to break the news that you will still have issues after starting to pay attention to that which you may have been avoiding (and at first, those problems may suddenly seem ten-fold).

They do not magically disappear. And you will never, EVER reach perfect health. Because guess what? It’s an enigma.

I’m trying to save you a lot of pain and heartache here, because I long believed there was some pie in the sky that I would eventually obtain by living to the supposed holistic-T, and instead I got smacked around with a little reality.

Alright, so there is no possible way that you are ever giving up your double-shot non-fat mocha latte, no whip, unless of course ALL the Starbucks go out of business. You’ll eat more greens as long as you can have some Burger King fries every once in a while. You understand that maybe Snickers is not the best snack in the world, but you still need chocolate (duh). And since they actually ended up making a Sex and the City movie, those chilled pink-drinks found their way back into your heart. Welcome to a little area I like to call Damage Control. The secret to good health is not eating perfectly all of the time.