So where was I when the cost of groceries skyrocketed? I really haven't been looking that hard until today when I noticed that Washington State apples were $2.29 a pound. Apples for God sake! Apples from Washington State! Not from Chile, not from Mexico, but from here!
I was standing looking at these apples like they should have been made of gold, when I noticed an African-American man standing next to me. I turned to him and said something like, "Really, this is awful." And he said, "They want us to eat healthy, but the food is so expensive that you just can't do that. Junk is cheaper, " and he walked away.
This got me to thinking. The South holds the award for having two of the fattest states in the Union and my state is in the top ten. All I have to do is look around and the number of women with a rear end the size of Texas is huge, so to speak. Walk into any Walmart around here and the number of overweight men, women, and children hits you over the head. " Diet" is not a word used by the rank and file in the South or any where else, for that matter. But did I mention that along with obesity, we have the highest rates of high blood pressure, diabetes, and all the other horrors that go with being overweight.
That brings me back to the grocery store. Eating healthy is expensive and anyone who says that it isn't hasn't gone shopping for food recently. Think about how much a bag of groceries costs you, not including meat. Oh and fish? Forgetaboutit! Junk food makes you sick, fat, and stupid. Its also cheap. Something needs to change.
Obesity is a funny animal. People complain and even go as far as sueing fast food restaurants, for what they have become and take no blame for themselves. It always kills me when I see, some fat, bloated person, riding around a store in one of those carts meant for people who have real disabilities. Get out of the chair and walk your fat ass to the candy section!!! It does not help your cholesterol when you order five cheeseburgers and a DIET COKE from your favorite fast food place. Seriously. If people actually care than they need to at least make it seem like they are trying to do something about it. It won't just happen and all you fatties on your rascals just fuel the flame of nastiness. If your going to the 2nd or 3rd floor, walk! Quit taking the elevator, every little thing helps.
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