i'm going to need you to do as i say

When I tell you to listen to this song:

J*Davey- Get Together, when reading the rest of this post.

I think it's about time you got a proper shot of my face this time around. Sooo, booga-wooga, here goes!

Better that that? Okay, let's try this again.

I hate this photo, but can you tell I have a serious thing for my D.I.Y pants? As in, creating them myself and all that junk and having my house permeate in the noxious smell of Clorox 'til I get so sick from coughing that I'm hacking up food like a cat whizzing out a hairball- true story. But that only happened once when I got too carried away with the special effects I was creating on a pair of black jeans, which turned burnt orange and black. So good. Thank god for grandmothers with sharp fingers. Last but not least (I feel like a cam-hog) but I really don't like the previous photo.. *Might remove it later*

That's a little bit better. I wish you could see my earrings! Absolute lust. LEOPARD. (Sorry for the shitload of flicks).

Onto other things. I learned some interesting facts about the U.S. and their food habits during my last Nutrition class. Did anyone notice just how high the rate for death from obesity has risen in the past 30 (THIRTY! cause I'm stressing it like a mother) years? Okay, well, it's gone up by 35% and it's CLEARLY rising. That's one point something percent for every year.

I felt really kinda sloppy eating some fries in class when my professor steadily turned his laser-point vision on my crouched over should-not-be-eating-during-class-time gobbling form, to mention that McDonald's and the places we like to eat from, the fast-food joints in particular, are considerably helping us gain weight, like that isn't obvious. Not to mention, said fries were from said food joint. My professor's an asshat for that one. Well, another thing that I'd like to point out is how much technology is playing a big role and how little education on proper eating habits are putting people at risk for stroke, diabetes, liver disease and a whole host of other things that inevitably lead up to DEATH. Not cool. But at least something is trying to get done, the government wants to put a hand in gradually changing the amount of salt in our food and actually making it: lower in sodium.

Just a quicky: has anyone ever read and examined sodium on the UAPC, sorry, packaging labels on food? Did you know that the "low sodium" content foods tend to have just as much, if not more, sodium as the regular foods? (Or light mayo, my specialty is Hellmans, has more of the things we're not supposed to eat in it?) And that no matter how little salt you try to involve in your diet, your daily amount of sodium will linger past the 2,000 mark at the very least? Now, think over the week, how much sodium you'll actually consume, when the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences recommends the highest amount of sodium to be 3,300 mg for a day, and just one meal at a fast food joint is at least 3,800. And if you're like me, on occasion, that's not all you'll be eating for the day.

And, this doesn't go for other continents besides North America, but the West has a serious issue with sugar. I mean, MAJOR, problem. Bloomberg is thinking of passing a tax to promote people from not buying sugary drinks, beverages and things of the like. Read it here.

I'm not trying to say these fast-food joints and other things, have got to go, because they're real life preservers when I'm out at sea during the day, but just know that keeping a healthy balance of food in your life is what makes the risk for such problems so much lower. I'm noticing a lot of people talking about how much their weight is bothering them and how the Beyonce diet (here) is going to help them. Well, IT'S MURDER TO THE HIGHEST DEGREE, just saying. It's unhealthy, point blank period.

If you're wondering what inspired this post, it's the fact that I'm bloated beyond belief every 21 days, for 4 days, and I felt like shit. Sorry guys, but you're not girls, and you will never have to understand. My rings can't fit on my finger kind of bloated and my jeans in this post were about to pop. But, don't take this post the wrong way. When you can eat food in moderation, and exercise you'll be fine! Just, look out for the supersize me combos and the 24 ounce jugs of Arizona ( I need to take my own advice, Arizona's Iced tea is addictive) because most of these things are actually several servings each. And not just one. Think 2-4 servings.

Be careful about what you pop into your mouth, be cautious with the labels, READ BEFORE YOU EAT. So, tell me now, what are some of your guilty pleasures, and do you think the government's lowering of sodium is good or bad? And the taxing on sugar, what's your opinion?

PS. This is for the Americans! I don't think Europe, or anywhere else for that matter, has the nasty shit KFC advertises in the U.S, but did anyone see the new KFC monstrosity: doubledown? What the fuck! is that shit?! No, don't answer that. The picture speaks for itself.