Fear-Based Buying

Something I've been noticing lately is how much fear-based negativity I see out on social media. I don't watch TV, so I'm not getting it on the news, though I know it's there, too.

I'm not sure how many more "worst things for you!" I can take.

Salmon is bad for you.

Vegetables are bad for you.

Diet Soda burns the enamel of your teeth and actually makes you fatter.

GMO's are going to lead to our eventual self-extinction.

Touching plastic leaches into your bloodstream, and lowers your immune system, IQ, and ability to finish sentences properl....See?

I'm not saying these things aren't true. It's just that I'm not sure what I can do about them, other than finding a plot of land hundreds of miles out in the country, living off the grid, and raising my own food on a self-sustaining farm. I don't even know how to start a compost pile, for goodness sake!

I'm not sure what I want to say here, other than I'm tired of feeling like people are trying to scare me, in order to control the choices I'll make. That's not a good feeling.

I try my best to buy farm-fresh, organic, free-range, eco-friendly, free trade when I can. I just don't like the feeling of being bullied into buying anything, or at the least, judged if I don't. I guess that's what I want to say. I want to tell the wolrd to stop judging me when I buy mac & cheese full of yellow dye every once in a while, and drink a Coke Zero with it.

I'll get off my soap box now.

(Just where did that expression come from? Did people really have boxes full of soap on which to stand? That just seems weird.)

Last Saturday was weigh in day at Weight Watchers. I was hoping to see a loss on the scale, especially after going through the agony of waking up early and working out every day. I wasn't disappointed. I lost 1.4 lbs last week, and since I started back at Weight Watchers a few weeks ago, I've lost my first 5 pounds. Yea, me!