Blog entry 4
After a recent conversation about how much a person should weigh and how obese our country is becoming, I decided to look some things up and do a little digging.
As it turns out, what I thought someone should weigh is so far off from what doctors says is healthy.
I am medium built and at the point in my life when I looked in the mirror and thought “man, looking good girl” I was about 130lbs.
I was toned and tanned and hadn’t yet become a Mommy.
NOPE! It’s not, in fact, according to some sites that would be the ideal man.
What? I don’t know that I personally would want to date a man that weighed 120lbs.
Of course dating a man that weighed less than I do is enough to make me cringe as it is, now that I am a Mommy and haven’t worked hard enough to lose that extra post baby weight and my daughter is almost two.
I know there are people who are dedicated and are healthy and fit perfectly into the range that make a lot of doctors smile. I am in no way promoting obesity but, and yep there it is, the but we have conditioned our minds in a way that we are now excepting of the “over weight” problem that we face as Americans that seeing someone who is “ideal” weight is less the norm and makes one think “huh, they must be a model” when in fact we are the one’s facing health issues that they are avoiding by eating cleaner and working out.
I for one will be getting off my fanny and hitting the gym right after I down this salad and sweet tea.Join FREE & Launch Your Business!
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Thanks for sharing. The irony in this is healthy foods are generally expensive, and junk food are cheap. Healthy foods are more difficult to find, as opposed to junk food where they are available almost in every corner. Also, our society is so dependent on cars, that walking anyway is difficult and often times impossible because of a lack of sidewalks. Thanks, Fred
You are so right I visited Norway once an made it back to the states with a whole new idea of how America is lazy.. LOL hate to say it but our nation makes it so comfy to get out of shape and lazy...
I do think that some of those charts are a little crazy. My BMI says I'm obese. My photo was taken just over a year ago. Do I look obese? Am I overweight? Yes...but not obese. I'm short so I have to make a big effort to keep my weight in check for health reasons. Weight is so hard on your joints and lungs!
Yes I was told that overweight an obese are the same thing I argued that as well but doctors say when ur a certain amount of weight along with your height and size.. its considered being obese...I said the same thing
That's propaganda to sell medicines. Many of the stuff we are taught about our health and illnesses is scare tactics, and people believe it...
I have learned when you hear something enough, you begin to believe it, and when you believe it, it becomes a part of you. Most illness today is stress and diet related. And that's coming from the 12 years of EMS work I've done.
AGREE with you. Follow the flow of money. I don't buy into that stuff either. SO many people do though.
The keyword here, I believe, is, "health issues"!! It appears to me that a number of countries in the west have a greater percentage of obesity among their population...... Too much fast foods, sedentary lifestyles, and lack of knowledge in nutrition etc. contribute to excessive weight gain....
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High Fructose Corn Syrup is a major culprit in obesity. It's a cheap sweetener in almost everything, especially cokes and candy. Cut that back and a lot of kids and adults wouldn't have to worry so much about their weight. That's my soap box...
your right about that... it causes so much damage to the body as well cavities and all it no good for us at all