Monday, August 17, 2009

Musings on The Future and Weight Loss!

Logo of the Miss Universe event.

So it is that time of the year once again when the Miss Universe pageant is held and I am still waiting for truly Universal contestants to enter and compete. I blogged about this a while back and it has always been one of my pet peeves that the pageant is called Universal when in reality it is not.
Anyways, the pageant served as a reminder to me that I am still trying to shed an additional 6 kilos so I have been riding my bike and spinning daily( I also have fun riding and enjoy the health benefits, but mainly it is good ol' fashioned fun). A friend made me chuckle the other day by stating that I could eliminate all that hard work by simply moving to another planet that has less gravity! What a great idea! In the future, we could all move around to a different galaxy or planet to achieve the look we are striving for of simply adjust the artificial gravity on the spacecraft to instantly lose those pesky pounds. That almost sounds like those infomercials that promise you will lose 10 pounds in one week if you drink the swill they are peddling. I wonder if that is the nature of human beings even in the future to look for short cuts to problems instead of putting in the hard work required. Can you imagine the possibilities that will exist for con artists in the future? They will need to be up to date on the latest trends so they can try to get us to buy into whatever new contraption, clothing, electronic space age gadget they are selling. It could be possible that we will evolve emotionally enough to realize that hard work can be satisfying too, and that the process not just the outcome is very important to our own self worth. I enjoy the hour and forty-five minutes I spend pedaling and the outcome is also just as rewarding! I also enjoy seeing astronauts working out on the space station or the shuttle, I admire their dedication physically and mentally.
I hope one day that pageant will be Universal and we will have a gathering of beings who are admired for there hard work, natural beauty, and brains, that would really be a sight!


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