Comments on: Accepting Personal Responsibility

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:08:07 +0000

Its also about excuses IMO, people will blame others to as why they are unfit and eat crappy foods, but will often not do anything to change their way because they are lazy. Some people also just lack the education in nutrition and training TBH, the number of people I have come across who know so little about nutrition is alarming. Andy Fitness Uncovered

By: Ask The Dietitian

Ask The Dietitian — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:43:40 +0000

Great Post! Keep up the good work. And thanks for the mention.

By: family health tips

family health tips — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 03:50:04 +0000

That was a good post. I agree to that it is necessary that we should learn to accept personal responsibility in every aspect.
It we know how to do this it will be much easier for us to do decisions on our and accept its results

By: Jeff Kalhoon

Jeff Kalhoon — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 22:04:13 +0000

Good advice about starting a fitness blog. There’s something about sharing a goal publicly that really make one take action rather than keeping it all inside your head.

By: Slim

Slim — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:27:54 +0000

It’s not your fault seems to have worked for the people who sued the tobacco companies. Sure it is a fact that we blame others so that we can feel better about ourselves. Perhaps it is not understood when they say it’s not your fault that there might be a problem with addiction. Blaming someone else seems to have worked for smokers and the millions of dollars in revenue from lawsuits. Maybe eating should be like smoking tobacco, a legal venture where smokers/eaters are taxed for the privilege. It seems only right. We have banned smoking in public places, cigarette vending machines. Maybe we should put a scale at every candy machine and if you weigh so and so much, you will be taxed double of a normal eater. It’s not your fault might be a copout for not accepting responsibility for your actions, but when one considers the addiction to alcohol when it is in your blood stream as a sugar, wouldn’t it be the same if you are addicted to chocolate?

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 01:58:39 +0000

@waytolosefat – Fatmanunleashed and Andrewisfit are 2 of my personal favs, but there are a ton of great blogs out there. I keep finding more everyday.

@Mckenna – It would seem like common sense but I’m surprised how many people don’t get it.

@Metroknow – I really enjoyed that three part series you wrote. There are many useful suggestions for quiting the fast food addiction.

@Project Swole – I know many guys and girls in that same situation. Could be great looking but the extra weight hides most of that. The worst thing is they talk so much about losing weight, instead of taking any real action towards achieving it.

I found the best thing is to point them in the right direction and leave them to it. For all of us I think the key question is how bad do we want it?

@Nashville SEO Zombie – (great name)
Some people just need to hit rock bottom before realizing that.

By: Nashville SEO Zombie

Nashville SEO Zombie — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:40:04 +0000

Various things can cause weight gain, but many live in denial of their own situation. Whatever the reason for the weight gain, only you are responsible for improving your health.

Great post Steve

By: Project Swole - Weightlifting and Nutrition

Project Swole - Weightlifting and Nutrition — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:17:38 +0000

So many people don’t take responsibility for their actions. This girl that lives down the street from me would be cute if she didn’t have a monstrous pot belly. So I bring her to kickboxing and she quits after like the third class. Don’t talk to me about how you want to lose weight then, lazy.

By: Metroknow

Metroknow — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:09:40 +0000

I definitely agree. I mentioned a similar sentiment in a recent article on ways to avoid fast food – basically, if we all took responsibility for our own health we can effectively improve the system as a whole. It starts with recognizing that for most of us, our choices determine a good portion of our health consequences. Medicine should be able to focus on the consequences and causes that we don’t know how to prevent yet.

By: Mckenna Wilson

Mckenna Wilson — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 03:03:57 +0000

Great article. If we don’t take responsibility, how are we supposed to take action? Excellent stuff.