Why do we always want the quick fix?

All I ever see, and for that part I am the same way we want the quick fix for everything. We do not want to wait for anything. I have to say the quick fix is why we are having so big a problem with our governments, and our health. We do not have the patience to do it right. Weight loss, weight maintenance, and fitness is not about doing it quickly and going back to our lives the way they were so we can eat all of the junk foods we were eating, and stretching out on the couch watching endless TV or movies. Weight loss, weight maintenance, and fitness is a slow and sometime painful process of changing our lifestyle for the good. We need to realize that if we lose the weight slowly by eating correctly, not dieting, and do activities that we enjoy and can do the rest of our lives we will have a better chance of maintaining that weight loss and keep ourselves fit and healthy as possible.  We need to erase from our brains the thoughts and the words quick and fix. We need to impress upon ourselves the words, slow, patient, patience, and doing it correctly. We also need to learn to at least for ourselves and our families and close friends, be good to ourselves, it is not selfish to put yourself first when it comes to your health and fitness. Life is short, we need to live it as healthy as we can. We have to eat correctly and be activity to do that.  You noticed that I say be activity and activaties and not exercise. To me exercise is work, acitivity is fun and sometimes exciting. And activity can be exercise with out you say so. I love to walk, hike, and ride my bike. To me that is being active, it is not exercise. To me exercise is weight lifting, and going to the gym, and I dislike both of them. I want to be outside enjoying Mother Nature and getting as much sunshine and vitamin D as I can.  So lets slow down and lose or weight slowly, and the closer you get to your goal the slower you need to lose the weight so you have a better chance to keep it off. Set you goal weight to be the maximum you should weigh, then in your head and write it in your journal write down the lowest weight you feel you should weigh, normally about 5 to 10 pounds should be the range. And try to maintain your weight within that range. Most doctors say that you should stay within a 10 pound range over the course of a year. And it is unhealthy to have larger swings in your weight. And lets pick the activities that you enjoy and do not think of as work, which is what exercise is to me. And get out and be active.