Maybe it's a maturity problem....

I was listening to Michigan Radio on the way into work.

Jack Lessenberry was taking about the mayoral recall in Flint. Flint is trying to balance its budget (and having difficulties, obviously). The citizens of Flint don't want their taxes increased (who does?) but they also don't like the solution of laying off city workers. Flint needs to balance its budget -- you can't pay people if there isn't any money for it.

Lessenberry says that this is a maturity problem. People need to understand there are only two solutions to this problem --
1. get more money

OR

2. reduce the amount spent.

You might not like it -- but there it is.

The same can be said with the amount we eat. There are those who routinely swear they eat hardly anything! and they are gaining weight like mad. But your body can't make something out of nothing -- if you are gaining weight, you are eating more than you are expending.

It doesn't seem fair (much like the difficult decisions Flint is having to make) but you have two choices.

1. Eat fewer calories

OR

2. Expend more calories through movement.

That's it. There are no magic beans that are going to take care of this problem much like there isn't a money fairy that is going to give Flint enough magic money to let them balance their budget, keep city services the same AND keep taxes at their current levels.

As adults, we need to understand we can't always have it all -- but we can make the choice to maximize the enjoyment of what we have.