Help yourself to happiness
Have you seen the latest ad slogan from the good folks at Golden Corral? As a guy that has struggled with weight and self-image due to my weight for most I my life I found the slogan striking. Help yourself to happiness Help yourself to happiness—by gorging at an all-you-can eat buffet? Thanks but no thanks Golden Corral . I have always had a love/hate relationship with food like many of you. First it was a bit of ignorant bliss since I grew up in a traditional Oklahoma chicken fry and mash potato house. I did not understand eating healthy because no one around me was doing it. Finally in college I took the big step to be in control of my health and sought some professional help. Years later I struggle everyday to make the healthy choice. I fight lifelong bad habits and a connection with food as comfort when bored or stressed. Of course I am not alone in our obese America . The numbers are terrifying and in reality we as a nation are slowly killing ourselves by not respecting our bodi...