stevejobs
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Americans seem to me to be the most obsessed with caring about attractiveness and looking youthful (see diet regimes and Botox). Yet, one of the principle ways of becoming a good-looking, fit person is through proper dieting and regular exercise. However, we are by most accounts the most overweight population in the industrialized world. Instead of following this sensible advice, Americans look for the miracle cure in fad diets and exercise gadgets like ab crunchers which promise effortless weight loss and rock hard muscles.
Why do we continually fall for this sort of quick fix pitch? It is well known that there is a beauty premium when it comes to earning higher salaries, receiving promotions, expanding social networks, and finding and keeping intimate relationships. Like attracts like. Beauty attracts beauty. Unlike tv sitcoms like "King of Queens," beautiful women rarely fall for overweight slobs unless there is a compeling reason (like he's a billionaire). Men are genetically wired to seek out youthful, fit ladies and instinctively reject fat women.
How difficult is it to change our habits that make us the way we are today? Is it as simple as following Jared the Subway pitchman? Or do you need an external directive in order to get in shape? Is that why so many who need to be in shape for their livelihood like actors, models, and athletes find it necessary to have a personal trainer to keep them disciplined in the way they eat and exercise?
Why do we continually fall for this sort of quick fix pitch? It is well known that there is a beauty premium when it comes to earning higher salaries, receiving promotions, expanding social networks, and finding and keeping intimate relationships. Like attracts like. Beauty attracts beauty. Unlike tv sitcoms like "King of Queens," beautiful women rarely fall for overweight slobs unless there is a compeling reason (like he's a billionaire). Men are genetically wired to seek out youthful, fit ladies and instinctively reject fat women.
How difficult is it to change our habits that make us the way we are today? Is it as simple as following Jared the Subway pitchman? Or do you need an external directive in order to get in shape? Is that why so many who need to be in shape for their livelihood like actors, models, and athletes find it necessary to have a personal trainer to keep them disciplined in the way they eat and exercise?