What's in your lunch box?

So, a few days down and I am feeling a little more comfortable at my new job.  Last night at work I noticed the food brought in!

The lunch room has candy and soda machines.  Sugar and salt are the staple!  My co-workers bring lunch boxes as well, so I took a moment to sneak a peak at what they were eating.  Most carried their leftovers from the night before along with snickers and kit-kats and soda and donuts and jerky and so on............The Lady sitting beside me had a Slim-fast drink, followed by a Butterfinger, a diet soda and then a package of Oreo cookies.

I amount of exercise is limited to the occasional walk to the rest-room.  Well, lets see, high intake of junk and low output of movement.  What do we think is happening here?

In my three days, I have scoped out my plan.  I park about a mile from work in the "over-fill" lot and walk to work.  I also take my lunch with me.  What is in my lunch box?

Two "True Green" veggie bars, three Morning Star farms vegetarian sausage patties, 1 large metal water bottle, Tofurky Jurkey, carrots, vitamins and a pack of gum.

At break time I walk around the building twice.  At lunch, I eat and climb the stairs a couple of times.  

What is my point?  It is astounding the amount of pills and potions designed for weight loss that sit at almost every desk.  Is this the trick to weight-loss?  No!  They take the pills for energy.  They pop a pill to stay awake, and back it with sugar and salt chasers!  With this new found knowledge within me, I awake this morning and turn on the television.  Show after show of how to eat, how to exercise, how to loose weight and what to wear to cover the fat!

Now, I am not passing judgement at all, but do you see a trend here?  What have we become as a society?   Work, work, work is the order for survival, and no one is able to live, live, live.  We need to take a moment to be selfish.  We need to actually feed ourselves and not just fuel up to keep working.  We need time to play, move, dance and enjoy our bodies!  I don't think people are actually sitting around to find ways to get to that heart attack faster, I think they are just locked in a mindset and a pattern of habit.

I am glad that I have my friends that blog.  They give me the perception that there are people out there working to change this path for themselves.  To you, I am proud.  For you I am happy.  Because of you, I know it can be done!