More Cushin For The Pushin

Fat Chance

In the ongoing battle between individual liberty and government control, the government seems to be winning.

Cigarette smoking has gone from a habit to a crime. You can kiss goodbye to medical marijuana for glaucoma or terminal cancer because the U.S. has decided there are no legitimate medical uses for marijuana. Use a cell phone while driving and lose your car.

And soon, if your kids are too fat, the government may try to take them away from you. Instead of being a disease, being obese will become a punishable crime. A Harvard doctor who specializes in obesity, David Ludwig, has suggested in an article for the Journal of the American Medical Association that if your kids are fat, it’s child abuse and they should be put into foster care.

Yes, the fat police will soon be out to get you. In New York, they make restaurants put calorie counts on restaurant menus. Can New Jersey be far behind? Speaking of behinds, have you seen Governor Christie’s lately? Let’s take away his kids, why don’t we?

Fast food cashiers will have to become trained like bartenders. “I’m sorry, but you have already eaten one Angry Angusburger and a large onion rings. I’ll have to cut you off.”

Keep in mind the reason some kids are fat is because the family can only afford pasta in this economic climate. Who’s to blame for that - the parents or the government? A government that claims to want to protect you from yourself is a government addicted to power. The more they can forbid, the more they can control your life, the happier they are. It won’t be long before the FBI’s Most Wanted List will add two more felonious names - Baskin and Robbins.

Do you think the government can raise your kids better than you can? Do you think the government should tell you how to live your life? Don’t drink, don’t smoke, don’t eat junk food - you’d think the government works for the insurance industry. Oh, wait a second, they do. Ohhh, so that explains it.  

It’s time for some push-back before they outlaw Dunkin’ Donuts. If that happens, where will the cops hang out? 

My solution? We need to lobby to raise calorie limits. If we can raise the nation’s debt limit, we can raise the calorie limit. 10% over average body weight will no longer be called obese. Move the goal post out to 70%. Same for blood sugar levels. The medical drug industry kept lowering the blood sugar level that was considered dangerous until it created a condition called pre-diabetic - so they could sell us more pills. We can fight back. Just declare everyone healthy by law. Make it clear to Congress and state legislatures that we insist on a little more cushion for the pushin’. Keep your eyes on the Supersize.

Run With Sam: More Cushion for the Pushin'

I questioned this thought process when I borrowed my cousin's car, drove out the Fit3 store in the suburbs and was greeted by a 14 year old sales clerk who would be creating my insoles. Apparently he is also the employee trainer. If he was 14, then his little apprentice had to be 12. I made the 12 year old take pictures of me during the custom insole process. Please don't call the child labor authorities on me.  Basically what they do is take these cute pink insoles, put them in a little oven thing for 5 minutes and then have you stand on them and roll your foot back and forth. The insole conforms to your foot, thus it is "custom." Then they put them in your new shoes. I went with the same pair of Brooks Adrenaline, but a different color this time and yesterday was my first run in them. They feel good, but I can't really tell if it's just a fresh pair of shoes, or the custom insoles that are making a difference. I don't know if they would be worth the ungodly amount that they are (It was somethin' straight up crazy, like $80).

I've been debating the whole "stick with what works" versus "change it up" theory and I honestly don't know where I fall. I've always ended up buying different pairs of shoes for two reasons: 1) I'm too cheap to buy two pairs at once, 2) they usually get rid of that pair by the time I get around to needed a new set.

Haha, hmm...I would be skeptical of the 14/12 year olds helping me with my shoes, too:/. I don't have custom inserts, but I do have SuperFeet inserts, which I love! I have been meaning to get custom inserts made from my doctor's, but I haven't done it yet:/. I think those are REALLY expensive at first (I think they told me it was like $300 to make the molds, but then after that a new pair would only be like $80 or so). But I really want to do it!

I run in Mizunos, but posted a very similar post to your earlier this month. I also went and was fitted for shoe and had custom inserts made (not half off though-that's nice!). I love the inserts. I have really high arches and was having a lot of knee pain especially during my long runs and have not had it since using the inserts. So, far worth every penny!! Although next time I may save a few bucks and try the ones off the shelf first!

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