Maxed Out and SuperSize Me - Movies to watch!!

I just finished watching Maxed Out and Supersize me.

In my recent theme of losing weight and getting out of debt, these movies are absolutely on target. The gluttony of fast food lovers, and the gluttony of credit card users.

I found these movies on
video.google.com Maxed Out and
video.google.com SuperSize Me

I'm not sure if these movies are going to stay on google video for long so it's a good idea to watch them now!! Alternatively, I believe you can rent both of these movies on DVD.

The topics of these movies are very similar in my opinion. While they both are completely in nature, one is about eating and the other about credit, they both talk about our societies lack of understanding about the problems that occur when you over use these services.

Fast food and consumer credit (credit cards) were invented roughly the same time, approximately 50+ years ago. Our generation is just starting to experience the problems that happen when you abuse these two industries.

We've never had this much fast food and credit cards prior to 1955. We don't know what to do with it.

Now we've got a bunch of overweight people, (myself included) who are in over their heads with debt ( myself not included ).

In Supersize Me, Morgan Spurlock has taken the challenge to eat McDonalds as his only food source for 30 days. He gained 25 pounds in the process, and his bodily systems were hurt in the process. He was strongly advised by his doctors not to continue the experiment as it was dangerous!!

In Maxed Out, there are two mothers who lost their children to suicide, because their children got in too much debt and killed themselves. How shocking and sad.

I love these movies as they help us understand the real downside to over use and abuse of credit and fast food.

I guess the opposite, healthy side of this discussion is to eat whole, unprocessed foods, and pay cash for everything!

I encourage people to watch these videos. They have changed my life.