Video Games

Have you been watching TV and an ad comes on and you think it is a new movie that is coming out? Well I have and it turns out to be a new video game. It amazes me on how video games look so real these days. Not only that but everything has to deal with killing, stealing, having sex, and so on. What ever happened to the good old video games like Super Mario Brothers, Tetris, and etc. I really don't understand how to play the new games anymore. Especially when it come to the controlers. I can't remember where the right button is to push to have someone shoot, or tackle and if I take my eyes off the screen to find the right button then I die or lose.

I am not saying that all games are bad, it just seems that everything has to deal with blood, sex, stealing and what ever else they think of. I know that they have to keep their product selling but what ever happened to Donkey Kong, where you hit things with a box or something and not shooting them and seeing blood all over. Why have games become so violent? I know it sells but it makes me wounder why we the people keep buying it and then turning around and blaming it for Tommy down the street going crazy and shooting up the school or something. I am by no means saying that video games cause people to do that stuff, but there are people who think that way. My response is where is the parents, or teachers, friends and so on. I think we have no one else to blame so we blame the video games.

I have a son who likes to play those type of games, but I make sure he realises that it is just a game, that you can't do that stuff for real. Also I don't allow him to be on it all day everyday. That is the problem, all this technology has become a live in baby sitter for some people. Maybe I am wrong and I am not saying that everyone is like that. But just take a minute and think. Todays parents both have to work, plus take kids to football, basketball, or volleyball games, and then come home make dinner, make sure kid does homework. So when the weekend comes and hopefully nothing is going on, parents just want to relax and not have to worry about anything. So then what does the kid do, play video games, watch tv, or talk on phone or on the web.

Times are rough and no one is perfect, but these video games are getting too real and some people take it for real. At least that is what I am told. I guess what I am saying is what happened to all the old cool video games with not so much violence. Bring back Tetris and the Mario Brothers. Well I am getting off my soap box now. Untill next time, have a great week!!!!

Get In Shape

It seems like America's new kick is to lose weight and have the perfect body. All those commercials with the newest work out, latest pill, drink, or work out equipment is the booming business right now. One night I counted to see how many adds there were on getting fit. I counted about 35 different ones.

If you shake this stuff on your food you can eat what ever you want and lose weight. If you use this work out video, then in 60 to 90 days you will lose five or more pounds. If buy this new boflex you will gain muscle and get a six pack.

Do you really believe them all? I don't believe in all of them. May the work out video's depending on what they are and some work out equipment. But I do not believe in those pills, drinks, and so on. Yes you might lose 20 pounds, but what they don't tell you is it is not fat you are losing it is water. Basically the human body is made up of alot of water,(sorry can't remember how much, just had a brain fart), therefore once you lose those pounds and quit taking the pill or drinking the shake you will gain it back plus then some. Then you think well they promised me my money back if I didn't like the results. WRONG!! The one thing they leave out of the commercial, radio, or billboard ad is that they give you a diet to go along with taking their product. So therefore it isn't that quick and easy fix. That is how they make there money. The real sad thing is that they don't have to tell you, because there are so many new diet pills and drinks coming out on the market everyday. Nothing is done to them unless you go to the FTC (Federal Trade Commission). Then the only time anything is done is when they get enough complants, then they will look into the product and possibly shut them down and make them pay people back, or just take it off the shelve and you recieve nothing.

I never knew that, I learned that in my Nutrition class. It really surprised me that anyone can come up with a gimic and put it out there and make money off of it without any consequences. But I guess that is what happens in the land of the free. What anyone can think up to make that quick buck they will. I guess as we the consumers need to be careful on what we buy or believe in anymore.  

There are some good weight loss products out there. I believe in some work out videos, you just have to remember that a good diet plus the work out will give you the best results. Then you also have to stick to it, you can't stop when you reach your goal. You need to keep that healthy diet and keep working out. Jenny Craig is another good one as well as some others.

What it all boils down to is you will not lose those 5 to 25 pounds in 60 to 90 days. If you do it write you can lose a pound a month or so. It seems like it will take for ever, but that is how are bodies work. There is no way around it. So eat good healthy food and work out at least 20 to 40 minutes a day or more. That is the key to take off the weight and be healthy as well.

Over the counter

The fun season is approaching us with colds, allergies, flu, and etc. It used to be if you were sick you went to see your physician and they would proscribe you medicine to make you feel better. Now that isn't the case. You can go to your local pharmacy, Rite Aid, or Walmarts and find the medicine you need to feel better. Does it always work? Not all the time. Everything that is on their shelves tells you what it treats, for instance, if you have a sore throught, congestion, tempature. You just have to take that pill or drink the liquid as directed and possibly feel better. Alot of times in the end you have to break down and make that doctors appointment because what you bought over the counter doesn't get you better. So there for you have spent money on a quick cure that didn't work and now have to spend more money for the doctor visit.

I know a lot of people who try to go on line and self diagnose themselfs. That doesn't work at all. What they don't understand is that is so you can read and get information on what you have. So that you can be well informed. But when people use it to self diagnose it can cause them worry and confusion. It is the doctor's place to do that. Not the computer.

Our world today has become the quick fix society. It doesn't work that way, there is nothing out there that is going to make you better in 24 hours. Don't get me wrong, I am not saying that all over the counter medicine is bad, or that all medical web sites are bad. We just expect too much sometimes.

We also now can get our flu shot at Walmarts or Rite Aide instead of having to make that doctor's appointment. It is easier because you don't have to site at the doctor's and wait that 30 minutes or longer just to get a poke in the arm and plus it is not as expensive. It just shows on how far our world has come in making it easier and less hassle to get certain things done.

All I am saying I guess, is when you go to get that over the counter medicine, or to self diagnose yourself. Be well informed and know that it may not always be true or that it might not always work. Alot of people take that route I think because they don't have insurance and can't afford that doctor's appointment. Just be well informed before you take that pill, drink that liquid, or believe what you read. Thats just what I think.