Air Conditioning Causes Obesity

News Flash: Air Conditioning is the newly determined cause of Obesity! Now, understand this is my personal opinion and has not been (officially) endorsed by the AMA but I am convinced it is only because they don't know about my blog! Let me explain. Living in the deep south, outside rising temperatures during the spring, summer, fall and sometimes winter can present a problem. Since air conditioning is a (learned) necessity, we tend to hole up in the house to avoid the heat. If we go shopping, we drive in our air conditioned vehicles until we find a parking place close to the air-conditioned mall. We do as little as possible, citing the heat as a legitimate reason. It is a confirmed fact that sunlight exposure releases seratonin which, among other benefits, helps you maintain an adequate energy level. Since we tend to avoid the sunlight, does it not follow that our energy level plummets and the remaining energy we possess is diverted to food gathering. This in turn fills our tummies but leaves no energy for exercising. Voila! Weight gain, more weight gain, less exercise, more weight gain, no exercise, obesity! There we have it! I rest my case. Save the applause. Thank you.

Why me?

Hey! up front now. let me confess. Should I? Do I have to? Well honesty is important, so here goes. I'm old. Not just past 30 and teetering on the upside of middle age; not smack dab in middle age; not even on the downside of middle age. I rounded that bend and climbed that notable hill a number of years ago. Okay. Now enough confession. Let me not bore you with further details (whew! did I adequately evade the issue?) On to more titillating data. In my very favorite blog, Antique Mommy, I learned that scientific evidence now indicates that blogging is beneficial to your health! Therefore, I, as of today, am self medicating!

To prevent wasting your time, let me establish up front what is important to me: God and Christianity, family, friends, animals and common courtesy. Kindness, patience, and a servant's attitude are traits that I have seen deteriorate, evaporate and disappear from most venues. However, there are pockets still detectable across this wonderfully diverse nation of ours and it is this group to which I gravitate.

It is my firm belief that we can change the world one good deed at a time. You don't have to give huge sums of money, prepare meals in soup kitchens or provide free manual labor to make a difference. It is my hope that each day we can find one way to make a difference to someone, no matter how small the effort. Smile when you would rather not, let someone in traffic even when you are in a hurry, give a child your undivided attention. There are many opportunities. Use them and see if you don't feel better!