Health and Fitness a dying trait

So other than having a big part in the athleteinyou.com site, I also work in the pharmaceutical industry selling legal prescription medications.  At times, this job requires me to travel - lately I have been travelling quite a bit.
Just last week I was at a National meeting and they are fun as you get to see so many of your friends from other parts of the country and have some great "catching up" time.
However, one thing I noticed is that we tend to hang out with those that agree or accept our qualities.  Hence, I hang out with healthy, attractive, very healthy oriented people.
While at this meeting, I had the chance to stop and look around at the different types of people out there.  In case anyone does not know much about the pharma selling industry - most of the sales people out there are extremely outgoing and very accomplished in their own right.  However, looking outside of my groups that I associated with, I was able to observe how many unhealthy people are out there!  Many men and women thrive to take on bad habits - such as excessive alcohol drinking and smoking.  Most of these people can't wait to get out of the daily meetings to participate in all of this.
Well don't get me wrong, I have my "social" moments too, however those that I am around like to let off a little steam but also can't wait to get their next workout in or work towards a healthy goal. 
When most ask me what makes me tick - it's my son and family, all of the amazing friends that I have in my life, and training for my next race.  Now those unhealthy types may look at me like I am too extreme from the other end.  Maybe I am - not everyone has to compete in multi-sport/bike racing, etc.  But it's good to have some type of a healthy goal.
When we read in the newpaper or watch the latest edition of nightly news - you can't run away from the fact that most Americans are fitting into the unhealthy lifestyle category.  The "norm" is now becomming overweight!  Why is it easier to eat badly and take up bad habits that put a strain on every part of your life?  We have all listened to the nutritionist or health trainer tell us how to eat and workout - everything they say is true but it mostly goes on deaf ears.  We choose to be the way we are, the way we eat (I do like to eat lots of bad food too), etc.
My whole point to this blog is maybe we all need to become redundant in promoting our lifestyles and reach out to as many as we can to convince to start living a better way of life.  As I stated before, the pharma industry employs some of the most outgoing people in the world!  If there are so many unhealthy types here, then what must the rest of this country be like?  My bet is all of those news reports are extremely accurate and this in an epidemic.  We are getting lazier/fatter, whatever - if this continues America will not be the best place in this world in years to come as our offspring will soon take over and they will have inherited unhealthy values.
We all need to do our part - maybe not tell everyone that they need to train for multisport - but seriously participate in a healthier lifestyle and make it permanent.
There are many college students on this site and all of you need to make it start with you.  Promote yourselves in positive ways by your actions.  When you get the chance to show somebody how to become active - Do it!  Nobody needs to always be a cheering fan in the stadiums (I do like to cheer at times too), but to actually go out and have someone cheer for you!  Clearly this message is not being promoted enough and not enough people out there are living a healthy lifestyle.
I know that I will do my part in always promoting a healthy lifestyle, raising my family to have healthy values, and cheering for anyone that makes a difference to live a healthier life no matter what their chosen activitiy!
Cheers to everyone already living their dream, and to those younger athletes that will be accomplishing much in the years to come.  I hope you all do your part to keep this lifestyle alive forever!