The Digital World Is What You Make Of It

I saw a guy on Good Morning America talking about how we've all become addicted to technology, with people falling into fountains (the original video was way too long so I found a 13second version), and what all.

What got me about the piece was what I see as directly connected with that addiction, is with all the attention being paid to the devices we love, apparently we're not paying attention to what those gadgets can provide to make our lives, as people who wish to control our weight, so much easier.

Sure texting is a wonderful addition to our arsenal of communication tools, but come on work with me here, palm sized computers are just the next step in the march toward connecting directly.

Just install a jack in the side of my head and plug me in! Are people not with me in the idea that once that happens we'll be enabled to make use, not only of more of the brain we were born with, but we'll also have access to all of the infiormation on the planet with nothin' more than the blink of an eye. We will know immediately when that fantastic everything bagle we're stuffing in our gob is equal to X number of calories, as they relate to the number of calories we have available to us for the day. We will know immediately how many laps around the track will be needed to counterbalance that snack. Right?

Right!  What I'm getting at is that we have that ability now, in the palm of our hand, if only we use the small amount of thinking power, we already have, to make use of the information available outside of us. 

I say keep on texting while walking. What the hell, at least you'er movin' around:-)

Hey did I mention that I'll be speaking today with Crystal Williamson today (5/7/11) at 10:30 AM Eastern - on her radio show? 

Well I am.      http://www.blogtalkradio.com/coachingwithcrystal

Celebrity Weight Loss

This is a link to the Good Morning America Celebrity Weight Loss page where various famous people extol the virtues of Jenny Craig. You will find a link to that program on that page - if you're so moved. 


This morning I saw actress Sara Rue talking about how she did it: she lost 50 pounds which equaled a reduction of four dress sizes by "turning over control of what and how she ate," and how much exercise she got to a personal coach. She is quoted as saying, "I'm a different person on the inside and on the outside," and further, "...I genuinely feel if I can do it, anyone can do it." Well yes she's right. I feel like that too, but the fact is that I did do it and she did something else altogether... Yes she's right, if she can turn over control of her weight to another person anyone can do that. I've done it and I'm sure that plenty of the people reading this blog have done it. But when you give away control and the weight starts to come back what do you do? Why, you have to make that call, you know the one where you turn it over again and you continue the process of having someone else take responsibility for your weight - oh and you get to pay them for that privilege. 


This is exactly what I feel keeps us prisoner of companies in business to "help us" lose weight (not forever because that would be a bad business decision - wouldn't it?) When a company is in business to make people thin - their niche market is people who want to lose weight meaning their ideal customer is not one of their clients! Their interest is in getting you to where you want to go - with the idea being -  you will be back, because after all they were the ones that did the trick not you.