Starling Fitness: Daily writings on Fitness, Diet, and Health

I’ve seen the ads at the gym. They flash on the television while I’m sweating away on the elliptical trainer. Anna Nicole Smith is thin and beautiful again and the words, “Be Envied” burn themselves into my forehead. Isn’t that what we all want? Sure, those bitchy looks from women might sting a bit, but they wouldn’t give you those looks if you didn’t have something to be proud of, right?

Isn’t that what life is about? Survival of the fittest is all about being the Alpha. Anything below Alpha is going to envy me, right?

• About.com – What you need to know about Trimspa diet pills – by Cathy Wong, ND

The only thing that can wipe the slogan for the diet pills off my forehead is the knowledge that I am doing this to be healthy. I am exercising to be healthy. I am eating nutritionally to be healthy. I am limiting my portions to be healthy. Healthy shines through my skin and shows up in my hair and nails. Healthy reveals my firm and toned muscles under my skin. There is no fast forward to healthy. There is no pill that can give me that result.

Plus, when I finally get there, I will Be Envied, and I’ll know I earned it.