Don’t Buy Chocolate for Valentine’s!
If you’re one of the millions of people who will be buying a Valentine’s gift for your sweetheart on the way home from work today, do him/her a big favor and DON’T BUY CHOCOLATE! You would never hurt the one you love on purpose, yet many people wouldn’t hesitate at presenting their loved one with a big box of fat and calorie-laiden chocolate!
I know I’m probably ‘preaching to the converted’ by saying this to readers of a blog on a bodybuilding site, but I’ll say it anyway.
Yes, even one box of chocolate can be harmful if it supports unhealthy eating habits that are standing in the way of long-term body and health improvement! It’s a difficult thing for many people to change eating habits as part of a more healthy lifestyle, so don’t make it even harder by putting temptation right in front of their face! And if your loved one is not trying to change poor eating habits, all the more reason to forego the chocolate. Your loved one’s health should be the most important thing to you, and you can help by not making things worse. Some would argue that ‘it’s only once a year, one time won’t do any harm’. I say that it WILL do harm if its part of a continuous pattern of unhealthy eating, or if it provides an unnecessary temptation to someone trying to adopt a healthy lifestyle! A small thing like cheating with chocolate on Valentine’s can cause such negative feelings inside someone that it will set them back tremendously. I bet there will be more than one person out there who receives chocolate for Valentine’s for whom the act of eating that chocolate will lead to feelings of guilt, lower-self esteem, and will cause them to give up their dieting and exercise efforts. Please, help avoid such a tragedy by avoiding Valentine’s Day chocolate!
By all means celebrate Valentine’s Day, but show your sweetheart how much you truly care about them by buying flowers, jewelery, perfume, clothes, or any number of things that won’t have a negative impact on their body and health!
