You Are What You Eat In More Ways Than One

Posted on 27 May 2008 by Chastidy Craig

In this world of mass consumption, I think that there is a basic rule that people keep on forgetting, and it’s this: You are what you eat. This logic applies to life in many ways- from what people you choose as your friends, to what you put in your body. Statistics have proven that people who tend to hang around overweight people also tend to be overweight. People who exercise regularly tend to hang around other people who do the same.

This has really been my lesson for this week, mostly due to a happy hour conversation I had with me, my friend The Irishman and his friend Abby. We were in a bar downtown at about 4:30 in the afternoon and started discussing Abby’s past relationships and the complete lack of available men in the DFW area. She was on her second drink in less than thirty minutes, and complaining that all the men she dated were alcoholics. I’m listening to this conversation and seeing a very obvious answer to her problem. She likes men who drink because she drinks, and some people who like to drink are alcoholics. It’s simple. The people you hang around, you hang around for a reason. It’s because you have common interests, values and goals.

Now, my mind wanders to the reverse. Can you become thinner or more successful simply by choosing thinner, more successful friends? Can you make yourself happier by hanging around happier people? Research tends to think so, and the more I talk to people about this subject, the more I agree. If you want to start working out- get a workout buddy that’s as serious about it as you are. You are made up of your environment. If you surround yourself with beautiful and healthy things, you will be a beautiful and healthy thing. I honestly think that this realization might change my outlook on things. I at least want to try it and see how it works. I’ll let you know how it goes.

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1 Comments For This Post

1. Travis Erwin Says:
   May 27th, 2008 at 1:25 pm

   I am the fat guy hairy guy in my circle of friends and it hasn’t helped me much. Matter of fact, I’ve dragged a few of them down into the unhealthy realm that is my world.

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