The devil made me do it.
--Geraldine (a.k.a. Flip Wilson)
When we first started hearing about the widespread occurrence of heart disease in America, we were told that we had to reduce the risk factors in our immediate environment that were causing the disease. Risk factors, like the devil, make us do bad when we want to do good. They also increase the possibility of harm. Our communities abound with risk factors: alcohol and tobacco billboards, pollution, landfills, and fast-food joints. Our refrigerators are full of junk food, alcohol, and lard. Our homes encourage sedentary living, with a TV in every room. On the whole, we have not yet internalized the behaviors and beliefs that would protect us from obesity, sickness, and disease. Granted, your environment can never be completely risk-free, but you can begin to eliminate those things (and people) that sabotage your efforts to become healthy and free.
Nothing is going to sabotage my eating and exercise program today.
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