Thursday, October 18, 2007

Wednesday and the sun did shine

Sun shine was evident after a slow start. The rain from the night has brought down a lot of leaves and the lanes are covered. Should make for some interesting driving. Leaves are a problem to the railway too and often are the cause of train delays.

The day has certainly taken on a wonderful autumn hue. The sun is calling the last colours to the leaves and bathes everywhere with light. I can site or lay on the decking and see all the activity going on in the garden and get my back warmed; bliss.

It would appear that humans have a preoccupation with over eating and obesity. Last week it was not good enough to go for a brisk walk you have to jog. Seems to me that part of this problem is that humans life styles have changed so dramatically in the last twenty years that they have created the situation themselves. Low fat was the fad so everyone was onto low fat diets and did they loose weight? No, because the fat used in many products as a binder and filler was substituted with carbohydrates which is just as bad. People have less time to spend cooking so either use convenience foods are ready meals. Then they are told to eat "5 a day" so the food industry responds with various drinks, smoothies and the like to make it easier for consumers to get their 5. The core problem seems to be a human fixation with time.

Einstein saw time as an illusion and we dogs know that to be true. Take feeding dogs. Humans will spend a lot of money on tinned, dried or moist packet foods for us that saves soooo much time? Is it good for us, hardly as we often die earlier than we should and all the dried products inform that water must be available. Why? Look what do dogs eat in their wild state? Raw meat, bones and any other thing to survive including water of course. So why feed us with processed garbage that costs a fortune and does us little good. Time, because it is easy to open a tin or carton or packet. Look at the ads on TV are the people in a rush?Of course not because the emphasis is subtle and relaxed because your dog is being fed and it's oh so easy and quick.

Why do humans put on? They have become disconnected with who they are. They spend their time doing a not being. They are also unable to manage this thing called time. My bosses spend their weekends doing all sorts of activities that are mostly manual in nature, Yet both are overweight, even if by a few pounds. Now they organise their weekends by setting goals and targets and the more they set the more they achieve. They make food from scratch and cook a roast most Sundays and still have time to watch a bit of TV too. Yet they still have a problem with weight and time. Eating late or missing meals or worse snacking. Habitual eating habits are one of the main problems with humans as they fight to find time. Time to do what I ask?

It's been a sunny day with some cloudy spells but the evening is looking good so tomorrow if the cloud stays away it will be cold with a chance of frost, I reckon. See you tomorrow and enjoy the sun

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