Earlier this week the Fox News Morning Blathering Gabfest ran footage of town hall meetings of health care reform and what should be done about it. Overheated tempers, physical violence. I asked myself a very simple question . . . 

Why don't people get this motivated and outspoken and vitriolic about their own personal health and wellness?

Let's be honest and not pull any punches here. First, its amazing how people whine and protest about government intervention into their lives, right up until they need someone to blame for their problems. Hey, the White House is still located in Wash, DC, isn't it? It must be their fault! Second, there are far too many health related illnesses and conditions stemming from laziness, slothfulness, personal indolence and a general apathy of taking responsibility for yourself and your body. Last time I checked, the Secretary of Commerce didn't tie your ass to a chair and force you to consume ungodly quantities of anything not categorized as a fruit, vegetable or whole grain. God forbid you gorge yourself with something that doesn't taste sugary sweet.

Side Note: you assholes that borrow a relative's car because it has a handicapped sticker, then park in a handicap spot and jog across the street? Someone who really is disabled needs that spot. Not you. Stop it.  

In case anyone hasn't figured it out, there are no free lunches. Everything comes with a price. Everything has to balance. It's the way of nature. The yin and yang of it all. You want your guilty pleasures? It comes with stipulations. It comes with a hefty price tag. And you will pay it. Now, or in the future.

Don't believe me? Then why are you bitching about the spiraling costs of health care? They didn't become what they are because of an undocumented bug in Windows, even though that's the second area you'll point accusatory fingers.

It's called cause and effect. Read this article, taken from Science Daily, located at http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090810024825.htm

Here's a snippet from what was said - Research has shown approximately 25 percent to 35 percent of American adults are inactive, Blair said, meaning that they have sedentary jobs, no regular physical activity program and are generally inactive around the house or yard. "This amounts to 40 million to 50 million people exposed to the hazard of inactivity," Blair said in an interview. "Given that these individuals are doubling their risk of developing numerous health conditions compared with those who are even moderately active and fit, we're looking at a major public health problem."

It's a good article, definitely worth reading the entire post. It states what the rest of us have been saying while many of you were trying to convince us the harmlessness of a bowl of ice cream. (True story. I work with a woman who was told "It's only one bowl. It's just a little bit. It won't hurt." That one time became a dutiful, daily religious experience. She now looks like she could play pulling guard or weak side tackle for the local pro football team. And not in a good way. Believe it or not, the government had nothing to do with it. I know, I was just as astonished as you.)

You can either choose to send your already high blood pressure temper towards a mind numbing, arm tingling stroke that your high cholesterol clogged arteries are on the verge of executing . . . 

Or you can decide today is Ground Zero. The day you take matters into your own hands, take charge of the direction of your own well being, and stop trying to set records for the amount of food stuffed in your face while awaiting the return of Grissom and his jar of bugs on CSI. 

Besides, do you really think Marg Helgenberger, now in her young fifties, is the hottest MILF on CBS because Cookies, Cakes and Pies Unlimited had a midnight blowout sale?

Hell no.