Battle of the Bulge
This summer, I cooled off with an excursion to a local water park featuring water slides, and a cool wave pool. I grabbed my bathing suit, packed a lunch and headed to Jersey. This day trip meant planning my meals ahead of time, which consisted of two Norwalk pressed green/vegetable juices from the best juice joint in NYC called, ‘Liquidteria,’ packed in a cold storage insulated bag with a cold pack, germinated sunflower seeds, sliced vegetables, and a lemon Lara Bar. Also, my friend made me an awesome coconut shake sweetened with stevia to drink during our car ride to the park. Delicious!
We arrived at the park and were stopped at the gate. “No Food is Permitted in the Park,” we were told! Caught! Poor shame, my innocent veggie food was condemned. The park offered an array of fake food offerings to choose from consisting of hot dogs, pizza, ice cream, and fried chicken. What’s a health nut to do? Answer: I argued! I declared, “My doctor has me on a special diet and I must eat my own food.” They allowed me to leave our food just outside the park on a picnic table under a large tent. Good enough. Hopefully, the woodchucks would leave my sunflower seeds alone while unattended!
When these situations arise I feel like the world is an insane place and that we have become so disconnected with what should be considered ‘normal’ and ‘natural.’ To me ‘normal’ means taking the best care of myself and eating natural food that comes from the earth. ‘Normal’ would never exist in a deep fryer.
Onward to the fun! Water slides are so cool! I am a fearless water slide warrior! I even went on the tallest water slide in the park! I could feel the cool change in temperature up at the top!
Any entertainment park holds lines of people that wait their turn for a thill ride, and there was plenty of time to observe and contemplate the crowd. Since this was a water park, there was a grand opportunity to get a good view of people in their bathing suits. My personal journey of eating primarily raw food for 20 years, practicing periodic cleansing methods and being a Colon Hydro-therapist has awarded me with some wisdom on the subject of toxicity. By no means am I perfect and prefer not to be so, and would not impose perfection onto anyone. This personal journey toward wellness takes much effort and consciousness to sustain daily. I feel great compassion toward all beings that struggle with weight issues, any physical/emotional dilemmas, ignorance or lack of discipline. All the work that I do is in support to help others overcome these struggles.
Obesity is an epidemic in this country. Over 58 million Americans are overweight. I witnessed an overwhelming amount of overweight people at the park. In particular, many of these people looked very bloated in their mid-section. The cause ranges from over-consumption of food, too much animal protein and refined food, imbalances in the body, lack of food combining principles, and poor food choices. These bellies ranged from a little pouch, to bloated, to pregnant sized gut, to a completely descended colon that is impacted with layers of mucus, waste and toxic gases collecting for years. We are becoming a toxic, weakened, numb, over-stimulated, addicted, medicated, sick society. This water park asked me to keep my veggies outside the park, yet offers these already sick and abused bodies more grease. Is it ‘normal’ to live this way?
There were many families at the park and the number of overweight children present was alarming. How will these children cope with keeping a healthy weight when they only know to live in a heavy body that causes their little hearts, and lungs to work excessively hard to carry around all that excess weight. The digestive system is burdened and overwhelmed. All organs, glands and systems are stressed. The cellular body becomes clogged. Their parents overfeed them with unhealthy food that creates their little arteries to clog at a young age. Their relationship to food begins now and becomes fixed. What will the future bring?
Finally, I saw some young people at the park in their twenties and early thirties. Most were an average weight and physically fit but my discerning Colon Hydro-therapist eye detects a level of toxicity found in the tissue. When the body becomes flabby, fleshy or loose we can guess that the tissue contains toxins, poisons, and gases along with fat. This level of toxicity stored away in the cells is found in our skin and soft tissue. The waste and gases age the body and will make the tissue quality sag.
Excessive fat cells may remain in the body forever. Dieting only works temporarily. Eating healthier and less food is the only solution. Statistics reveal that only 5% of people are successful on diets. A change in lifestyle is key to any long-term success. Looking to have a youthful body and to feel great at any age? It is essential to practice eating a super healthy diet along with periodic cleansing. Yes, you got it. Please include colonics as part of your health program and you’ll be on your way!
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Thanks for this post! I have been looking into doing my first cleanse soon. It really is quite scary seeing the ‘food’ most people eat and the state of their health. It kills me when people don’t connect the dots from the awful foods they eat to their malaise, lethargy, weight and skin problems.
donna,
i really appreciate the post. a great perspective and a vexing dilemma in our society for sure! i was hoping to add just one word to the conversation…Exercise!
I had precisely the same experience in a water park here in Northern California. We brought our own lunch and it was confiscated after security searched our backpacks. Trying to explain that we were vegans and there were no options for us in the park did not work. We had to take a break and come out all the way to the entrance to eat our food. Very sad… given that the only food that they served were the usual burgers, hot dogs, nachos, shakes, and ice creams. And then they are talking about a Health Care crisis in America. We need to revamp our kitchens and dietary habits and then we can start talking about solutions to the health care crisis.
I have worked at a resort breakfast buffet for the past few seasons so I did get your point.
It kills me when the kids want soda and the parents are like “No, milk or juice” as if either of them are any better.
Then they let them load up on waffles, pancakes, bacon, eggs etc.
My impression is that they are doing what they think is best. (The way they were raised) Maybe one day this will be as similar as cigarette smoking.
P.S. Most of the adults are in my opinion obese and the children are on their way there. (I cringe when I hear just eat another bite of meat,eggs or pancakes etc.)
1. Shakti- Well said.. I agree..
yes, exercise is essential to true well being!
lisa, i admire you taking the extra effort to bring your own food.please don’t let anyone change your resolve and convictions!
carrie, people are ‘conditioned’ to eat and behavior.. most people follow what they are taught and it is very hard to change. you seem very conscious!
I had the same experience at a waterpark, here in BC, where I had packed a lunch for myself and my kids that included raw fruit & veggies and bottles of filtered pure water. All of it contraband. It made no difference that I explained that after paying $25.00 each we would be in there for the entire day and no child should go all day eating ONLY french fries, hot dogs and hamburgers. Then, to top it off, you could not even get a drink of water at the concession – pop only. Unbelievable. I think it is important that we keep doing this and keep complaining when they won’t let us. Sooner or later they will get the message. Case in point, McDonalds now serves salads!
May I respectfully suggest that you expand your definition of what is “normal” and “natural” to NOT include water slide parks? A place that is entirely made of plastic, where the water is treated with chemicals and where one pays (as one commenter says) $25 to play in this unnatural place? What kind of food do you expect to find here? Food as unnatural and not-normal as the place itself, of course. Next time, try bringing your real food to a real place, out in the natural world of trees and waterfalls, not a man-made plastic fantasy place.
Debbie.. so true.. use your voice and vote with how you spend your $$!!
mari.. i love hiking and spend time in natural settings like near a lake or beach.. but to be honest ALL of us live to some degree unnaturally.. if you use electricity and flush a toilet that is unnatural.. please don’t judge!
It really upsets me when parks do that. Why? So people spend more money there? I understand some restaurants don’t allow outside food because of health codes, but why places like water and amusement parks. What about stating food allergies? There’s lots of hype about that now, so maybe places will be more lenient if that’s the reason (which, for my daughter, it is).
things are changing slowly..
I really resonate with your perspective Donna. I am on the last day of a 7 day fast/colon hydrotherapy cleanse. This will be my second one. I also do monthly treatments. Ever since I’ve been doing colon hydrotherapy, I seem to just look at people and think “they need to cleanse”. Also, I don’t remember when I was a teenager, seeing so many girls under the age of 18 with love handles and guts that hang out over their pants. Just from my own observation it looks like a generation of folks headed to (at minimum) type 2 Diabetes.
September 17, 2009