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Obesity can be measured in many ways. It can range from being just a little overweight, all the way up to not being able to move around your own house. You read all the stories and wonder where you see yourself in all the obesity talk going on in the world. From New York to Paris and Beijing to Australia, everyone has an opinion on weight control or should I say lack of weight control.

I read an article that made me think about how people react to a positive or negative remark about weight. I believe people have a right to their views and we must ensure that we do not let ourselves get mislead into believing everything we read.

Researchers in Seattle calculated how many calories a dollar can buy: 1200 calories of chips, but only 250 calories of carrots. Lets look at this from many angles:

• When I read this my reaction was that money can "only" buy bad foods and not good foods. But then I said, wait a minute is that what this really means? Then I asked myself if the 1200 calories of chips are necessary to help me sustain life and if they have value? The answer is that they are empty and unnecessary calories therefore have little or no value to me.
• Then I asked myself if the 250 calories represented a small amount of carrots or just small compared to the 1200 calories of chips? You guessed it, small compared to the chips.
• Then I asked myself, how full do I feel after eating just a small 1200 calorie portion of chips compared to 2 whole bags of small baby carrots, yes 2 whole bags of baby carrots that I love to eat just as a snack.
• I eat smart now and I thought that 2 bags of little carrots take much more time to eat than a small bag of chips and I choose the carrots over the chips any day.

I concluded that eating 2 whole bags or 250 calories of carrots was not only healthier than the chips but also satisfies my need to eat a lot of food when I am hungry. Try to eat 2 whole bags of carrots compared to one little 1 dollar bag of chips and you will see what I mean.

Everything you read is not as it appears the first time you look at it. When I decided to take control of my weight I needed to be in charge of me. Food for thought.

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