| You probably are very familiar with the benefits you | | | | is right. You get to make sure that other people's |
| get from NOT eating healthy. You get to eat food | | | | way of thinking is wrong, and make sure they know |
| that tastes good, you get to be lazy and sit on the | | | | you know they are wrong. |
| couch and veg out and watch TV. You get to not do | | | | These are the hidden benefits that many people get |
| all the hard work of exercise. There are many other | | | | for not eating healthy. Benefits that, if you are |
| benefits that people get from not eating healthy, and | | | | honest with yourself, you like getting as well. |
| many others that I probably did not list. I am not | | | | What I am also going to point out is the |
| going to list them all, because you know most of | | | | not-so-obvious cost of not being healthy. There are |
| them. I will list the benefits most people do not want | | | | benefits to eating junk food. But, as you know, |
| to admit, often, even to themselves. | | | | nothing in life is free. If there is a benefit, there is a |
| There are four main benefits that you probably get | | | | cost. What most people do not see is the cost, the |
| from not eating healthy, that you don't want to | | | | price you have to pay for the benefits you are |
| admit (along with the obvious ones): | | | | getting. |
| 1.Avoiding being responsible | | | | There are also tons and tons of hidden costs that |
| 2.Getting to be right and making others wrong | | | | most people never see. I will list some of the biggest |
| 3.Dominating others and avoiding domination | | | | ones. This is the price you have to pay to eating |
| 4.Justifying yourself and invalidating others. | | | | junk food: |
| These things are the hidden benefits. I will talk about | | | | 1.Vitality |
| each of them in more detail, and explain what I | | | | 2.An abundance of energy to do everything you |
| mean. You have to dig down and be honest, though. | | | | want to do |
| These four things are usually true for everyone, and | | | | 3.Happiness |
| the point of my sharing them is to make you aware | | | | 4.Love and closeness with others |
| of them, and for you to be honest with yourself | | | | 5.Satisfaction and fulfillment in life |
| about them. Most people do not think of these things | | | | 6.Healing symptoms and disease |
| as benefits. But if you look at them and are really | | | | 7.Symptoms and disease going away, |
| honest with yourself, you will see the benefit people | | | | 8.Relief from the suffering that goes with the |
| get from them. | | | | symptoms and disease |
| People get to avoid being responsible by putting the | | | | 9.Inner peace and harmony |
| responsibility on the medical symptoms and disease | | | | 10. Being symptom- and disease-free |
| care system. You live under the illusion that they will | | | | 11. Mental focus, memory, and clarity (no brain fog) |
| create a magic pill or invent some technique or | | | | 12. Being awake and fully alive every day (not just |
| system to make you thin and healthy without you | | | | dragging through stuff and surviving) |
| having to do a thing. They are responsible for your | | | | 13. Being present and having the ability to be with |
| health, not you. It is an illusion many of us believe. | | | | people |
| Because then we get to avoid being responsible for | | | | 14. No worry or fear |
| our own health and eat anything we want. We get | | | | 15. Being confident in yourself |
| to do what we want, and then blame all of our | | | | 16. Being complete and happy |
| symptoms on someone else. | | | | 17. The ability to deal with issues that arise simply |
| You get to be right and do exactly what you want. | | | | and with ease |
| You don't have to listen to all those doctors, all those | | | | 18. Having better health now, with security for |
| people, especially that annoying "health freak" in your | | | | yourself and your family later |
| family. Every family usually has one. You get to be | | | | 19. More time to do what you want to do |
| right about being able to do what you want. You get | | | | 20. Simpler choices |
| to make them wrong. And don't we all enjoy making | | | | 21. Looking great, feeling good, reducing fat, and |
| someone we don't like so very wrong? We all want | | | | having tons of energy |
| to be right and I can prove it. Have you every seen | | | | 22. Being satisfied and Not being hungry all the time |
| someone try and prove themselves wrong? Argue | | | | The list goes on and on, but these are some of the |
| that they are not right? People love to be right and | | | | big ones. |
| that includes being right with being able to eat | | | | These are all things you do NOT get if you avoid |
| whatever they want for whatever reasons they | | | | eating healthy. It is the price you have to pay to not |
| want. | | | | eat healthy. |
| You get to dominate others, and avoid others' | | | | If you are eating healthy, these same things are your |
| dominating you. You do not have to do what they | | | | rewards. These are the things you get when you are |
| say. You can do what you want. You can probably | | | | well. These things show up in your life as you are |
| even control people and make them angry by doing | | | | being healthy and well. So much so, that I want you |
| things your way, by doing what you want. | | | | to think of your own reasons why, things vital to |
| You get to justify yourself and invalidate others. You | | | | your happiness, freedom and life that you know you |
| get proof for yourself that what you are doing is | | | | would get you out of bed for in the morning wanting |
| right. You get evidence that the way you are doing it | | | | to eat healthy. |