Are Sports Making You Fat?

What is your favorite sport? Football? Basketball? Baseball perhaps? Whatever the case may be, chances are, your favorite sport is making you FAT. That's right, the kind of fat that hangs over your belt. The kind of fat that jiggles when you wave hello or goodbye. The kind of fat that makes brushing your teeth look like you're dancing to "twist and shout". How is this possible you ask? Well, it's because you aren't in the NFL, the NBA, or MLB. You are just you.... and you're lazy (and fat).

The problem with being a sports fans is the fact that you don't play, you WATCH. Watching is synonymous with sitting, sitting associated with eating, and you bet your ass that the NFL isn't synonymous with quinoa and eggs. All the time I see loads of pictures online of the barbecues, the fattening chips, cookies, sausages, beer. Does this mean you can never eat any of these food ever again for the rest of your life? If you are supremely healthy you can enjoy some things once in a while, but on a weekly basis, this type of binge eating and drinking is driving you to the morgue. Especially when football is on TV all weekend as well as Monday, That's three days per week that you are eating like shit.

Really, sports are not the issue. The issue is the associated "splurge" that goes along with being a sports fan. Why is it almost required to be in a situation where you are going to make bad decisions, and where good decisions are virtually impossible? Sports bars, casinos, restaurants - all each of these are generally geared towards poor eating. Just be more aware of your surroundings, root for the home team, and try to at least watch while running on a treadmill or drinking a protein shake :)