Bring on the Slim Fast!

While sitting in Fred Meyers and eating a pastry, accompanied by a diet Coke I scanned through an article written in USA Today on the subject of obesity in America. As if the pastry I had just consumed alone wasn't glazed with enough guilt. Expecting the article to be the typical ho hum and encouragement to put the pastry down, I read on. I was surprise to find a new take on the subject. The article suggested that our infulences around us would statistically predict who was or was not going to be over weight. In ther words, If I am a fatty my family will have more of a tendency to be fat. What surprised me though is that the influence did not stop there. It suggested that it did not matter how far away the friends I associated with were. They could be five miles or five thousand miles away. If they had a tendency to be obese, I would be influenced to to gain weight. If they were to lose weight I to would be encouraged to lose weight. The writer suggested that we choose our friends wisely when it comes to eating habits. Hmmmm..... The question that I couldn't help but to ponder??? Which one of you is going to pick up the jogging habit first?