Laziness and Gluttony

Walter Linn wrote, "It is surprising what a man can do when he has to and how little most men will do when they don't have to."

That in a nutshell is what weight loss is for me. It is something that I do not want to do. I will go to extraordinary lengths to avoid it. I will equivocate, I will delay, I will employ every passive aggressive ploy I can to keep my ego from addressing the obvious---that I am overweight and I need to diet. I will stand in front of a full length mirror and convince myself that I look like an athlete when in fact I look more like a buddha.

Laziness is the most underrated of the seven deadly sins. Pride, envy and greed get most of the headlines, but laziness kills more people than all of the others when combined with gluttony. It is so easy to plop down on the sofa after work and convince yourself that you've had a hard day and you deserve this bowl of fudge brownie ice cream.

The tasks required of me lead a better life are no more onerous than to watch what I eat, and take a pleasant walk every morning. You would think I would make it a life style change. It is so simple and so logical, why would I only do it after I've gotten myself obese and left myself open to all sorts of life shortening conditions like diabetes, stroke and cancer? The answer is in the second half of the quote.