Mar 02 2009
I Blame the Recession - HASAY
Apparently when the economy tanks, lots of people turn to nachos and cheesecake for solace. At least that’s what Al Roker reported this morning during his Today show segment titled “Is the Recession Making You Fat?”.
Of course I stopped to listen, because if this is a valid excuse then I’m all for adopting it as my own and using it like a stabilizing crutch.
The specialists he consulted talked about people, in the throes of depression, turning to comfort food and alcohol for relief from the stress of their finances. They also explained that depression sucks the motivation out of you and pitches you in to something called the “couch potato syndrome”, thus preventing you from exercising, which could potentially improve your mood.
Here all last week I thought I was just slacking, but according to the experts there’s a name for it. Who knew?
In all honesty, I did manage to exercise three days out of seven last week. Then midway through, I was afflicted with a different type of malady that kept me from exerting myself and sent me headlong into a degrading spiral of coffee cake, cookies, potato chips and pizza.
Eventually the PMS subsided and I was left feeling defeated and two pounds heavier. My darling mother was also quick to point out yesterday that my face looked fat, which she of course amended with this little gem - “but you look better that way.”
Sweet, no?
Hopefully this week I can improve somewhat on last week’s three days of exercise trend. Unless of course we’re broke, in which case I reserve my right as a couch potato to saturate myself in saturated fat and blame the recession.
Here are some tips to keep your grocery bills (and your hips) trim.
The economy got you binging, HASAY will straighten you out, or at least get you informed .
You know what always makes me wonder about the Today Show?
Why does Al Roker always get saddled with those segments about depression, fat, weight loss, fat, misery, more fat, and more about why we’re getting fatter?
Do the producers do their planning meeting, see a story come up regarding fatties and their fat, and think Al Roker is just the man to give it to?
Then, have you noticed they always have him do the cooking segments, too.
So here Al, reflect on fat, then stand over here and comment on this delicious cake, have a taste, and rave about its yummy goodness to all of America.
Poor Al Roker. Give the man a break.