November 12, 2014
Don't Be Lazy and Self-Indulgent


Dear Dr. Laura, 

I was listening to your program during my dinner break at work when a caller asked how she could stop making "poor eating choices" despite being very disciplined about exercise. Your response was she should stop being "lazy and self-indulgent". She needed to keep making the hard disciplined food choices all the time, not just 2 weeks a month. I had just finished "indulging" myself with some treats that were brought in to work after finishing a healthy dinner I brought from home. 

This whole call resonated with me, because I too have fought this need to indulge my entire youth and adult life. I'm 53 years old, and 10 years ago I used to weigh almost 300 pounds. During that decade I pulled it together and especially in the last 5 years started working out with weights and cycling for cardio, and now weigh 195. (I'm 6 feet tall by the way.) I've played this call back at least 5 times now and I want to thank you for being so blunt about the simple formula of staying healthy: eat less, and move more. Kudos to you for your own fitness efforts. 

Warm regards, 

Glenn 




Posted by Staff at 10:58 AM