Something Else to Chew On



“Presidential candidates don’t chew gum” Theodore C. Sorensen

Week #11

The last few weeks I’ve dedicated my blog and my small steps to increasing healthy foods in my diet and decreasing a few unhealthy ones.  I plan to create my weekly menus, using my 'top 20 healthy foods' list.  I also decided that I should consider decreasing a couple of food items that have no health value what-so-ever. Remember…. I’m going trash the chips and sodas.

Well, I have another thing that I want to get rid of…it’s not exactly considered a food… it’s more like a habit.  I intend to cut down on/or get rid of the gum.

I noticed a lady a few weeks ago as she was chewing her gum.  For some reason I became transfixed on her mouth. I stood paralyzed for a moment in time watching and listening to her cracking that wad and chewing her cud. I wondered why I had suddenly found it so annoying.  I then began paying closer attention to gum chewers all week.   You know, I’ve yet to find someone that I’d like to walk up to and say “Excuse me, but I just want to compliment you and tell you how much I love the way you chew gum.”  Yeah, I know I'm being hard on some folks that are trying to gives up the cigs, or lose some weight, but I'm just being honest.

No matter how professional or classy one dresses, how articulate they speak, or what positive characteristics they possess…once that wad of gum meets their teeth….Sorry folks…it’s just not a pretty picture!  And there is no reason to believe that I look any better than the rest of you doing it.  So, I’ll be saving myself a few bucks in gum purchases this year, because I am going to have to find something new to chew on.

Small Step:     Put a wrap on the gum chewing