Super-Size Me

In America, its pretty much always been "the bigger the better". We live in a country where food portions are out of control, where a huge majority of the population is overweight and/or obese, and yet we keep the same old habits! I personally live in the suburbs of one of the fattest cities in the world. Now some people may laugh and say "who cares", but that's what it feels like. It seems as if no one really cares that they're, to put it blatently, fat. In Morgan Spurlock's movie Super-Size Me, he conducted an expirement to see what would happen if he ate only McDonald's food for 30 days straight. Surprise, surprise, the excessive fast food eating lead to serious health problems for Morgan. His blood pressure sky rocketed, he gained a ridiculous amount of weight, and he always felt fatigued.

I felt that his expiriment was a tad extreme, because not very many people eat McDonald's for every meal (with a few exceptions). It did provide for some very eye opening finds though. With these findings he made millions of people realize that they shouldn't eat the junk McDonald's serves. Most do realize this of course, but for some it helped the fact really sink in. For me, it definitely did. I don't eat meat, so I never eat the fat laden burgers, chicken, etc. there, but I don't think I will be stopping by McDonal's anytime soon.

"It's the most wonderful time of the year"

"It's the most wonderful time of the year!" -right?

How could Christmas, let alone winter, not be? The 20 degree temperatures, the slippery sidewalk, car accidents, snow slush, and don't forget the excessive gift shopping and spending; all entities I love dearly. Don't get me wrong, Christmastime is one of the main things I look forward to in the year. I love ooh-ing and aw-ing at the pretty lights people put up and the all the nice food around the holidays. You can't forget decorating the Christmas tree!

It just seems to me that Christmas has become such a pagan holiday that I wonder why it is so great sometimes. I mean, the holiday was meant for celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ, but yet we rarely see Jesus as the main topic of the holiday. It has gotten twisted enough that all people care about are the presents and Santa Clause. I'm not saying I don't enjoy the presents under the tree or that I never wrote letters to Santa Clause. I just feel that people need to be more informed about the holiday; that's all.

Another topic has concerned me about the "holiday season" or more specifically, Christmas; the stress. I don't understand the reason why adults would want blow their brains out to keep up with the Jones' and try to buy everyone they know expensive Christmas presents. Obviously, this is mostly hypothetical, but I know people who do it. I know this is expected of people, but it is most definitely not helping me in looking forward to being an adult. I have seen my parents frantically try to decorate and buy things for Christmas parties and people and its not very pleasant. I just hope that this year won't be the same and that it can be a more enjoyable and relaxing holiday- haha, yeah right.