Accepting Responsibility

This is a picture my friend Brooke was able to take when we were at the mall on Monday. This man is sitting in the window of Areopostale, just sitting there. There was no one in the store. He wasn't waiting for anyone he had just picked the coldest store in the mall to sit in!


Taxes on Soda
This is an interesting article that isn't blaming soda per-say but asking for a tax on sugar-sweetened drinks that the proceeds would go to encouraging a healthier lifestyle, such as adding more bike lanes, and after school sports.

Blaming Vitamin D
"Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health released a study showing American youth are facing potentially severe health consequences from a lack of vitamin D, which is also known as the "sunshine vitamin." (http://www.naturalnews.com/025834_Vitamin_D_teens_health.html) " So what I'm taking from that is youth need to get off their lazy butts and get out in the sunshine! Drink some more orange juice! And talking about lack of vitamin D is to blame for Diabetes? People get diabetes from either it being hereditary or from being fat! If it doesn't run in your family then just eat healthy and you won't have a problem with diabetes. They also said, "also revealed an association between low vitamin D levels and cardiovascular disease as well as type 2 diabetes. " Duh cause you need to get off your lazy butt and do something! "If vitamin D is the key to preventing and/or treating childhood obesity and type 2 diabetes the benefits could be enormous. " What?!?! SERIOUSLY?! NO the key is to feed your kids healthy food, get your kids up and doing things don't let them sit on the couch all day watching tv or playing video games. GET ACTIVE!

Schools to blame
They start off by talking about obesity rates in children ages 6-12. They say, " it is becoming increasingly difficult for students to make healthy food choices". Why are they giving children choices? When I was a child if someone had asked me what I wanted to eat it would be pizza every time! Their children they aren't going to make healthy choices! I will admit that schools could do better but if you don't like what a school is feeding your child make their lunch. It isn't the schools fault that children are getting fat. You don't have to let your children eat that.

Schools trying

Who should really step in and fix the problem

Pediatrician suggests taking children away
I love this article. I think that taking children away is of course extreme and there are more problems in foster care and defax they don't need more on their plate. But I think maybe he was just making a point that it's 100% the parents fault that their children are obese and it's the parents that should be blamed. He doesn't like that parents are taking the easy way out for their children by giving children surgery for their obesity. THEIR CHILDREN!!! The only surgery they might need is to have their tonsils out.

I also didn't approve of the author of this articles solutions. The author was still just blaming junk food and fast food companies and the media for pushing such food. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BUY IT! You have a choice to buy this crap or not.

Obese Police
A Pakistan police commander ordered that officers either lose weight or lose their jobs. He said that it isn't right that one officer has to take the responsibility of six. That being overweight they can't do their job. If they aren't able to run after criminals then they will be taken out of the field. I think this is a wonderful idea. There are so many police officers here in Albany and I'm sure all over the United States who are simply ineffective as police. They can't do their job because their obese. I have seen some who I can't believe they even fit in their cars! I am dead serious. It is that ridiculous. They should be taken out of the field and put at a desk and if their aren't any available positions for that then their fired. If you can't do your job then you shouldn't have it!

Strange ties

It's strange how people have some weird connection to each other. A mothers intuition, twins, family members, even close friends.

That moment when you have the sudden urge to call or text someone and it turns out their having a bad day or dealing with something and needed a friend.

Those creepy stories you hear about twins feeling things that the other feels, sensing when the other is in trouble or sad.

A mothers intuition when she can feel that something is going on with her child.

When my g-daddy was in the hospital many years ago, just one of his many trips to hospitals, and everyone knew that things weren't looking well. His memory was slipping and he couldn't keep memories/time straight. The doctors told everyone that he would be ok again like always and that it was ok if we go home. We were heading back to Albany, from Smyrna where they live, and we were probably half way there when my mom just couldn't shake the feeling that something was wrong. She didn't want to leave yet so we turned around and headed back up to Smyrna. G-daddy passed away that very next morning.

This little old lady that my dad was an attorney for and pretty much guardian over was in terrible health, physically and mentally. She had been in several different nursing homes because frankly she was not a pleasant lady and with her deteriorating mental state things just got worse. She was in and out of the hospital several times because of different health problems all stemming from old age though, like falling and breaking her hip. She was in her 90's! Well one night my dad suddenly woke up around 4am and just knew that something was wrong with her. Thinking that no one would answer a phone at that time and thinking that she was probably fine just got hurt or something again he waited till he got up around 8am to call. The nurse told him that she had passed away during the night.