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barelynangel -> RE: IfYouAreOverWeightHowDoYouExpectaDomToBelieveYouCanMeetHisNeedsWhenYouNeglectYourOwnHealth? (10/17/2009 11:53:17 AM)
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HI Kia, i know what you are saying but unfortunately appearance DOES MATTER. ITS ALWAYS mattered and will always continue mattering. Being overweight with all the knowledge and education we have now is a sign that someone is not taking care of themselves AS THEY SHOULD. People are being taught that, they are being told that overweight may be the reason our healthcare costs are so high, the baby boomers who are now being taken care of due to age are dealing with issues due to excess and more and more lack of exercise in their life and being told to lose weight. Young kids are more overweight than ever. ITS A PROBLEM. ANd i am part of it, i am not one of the non-overweight people so don't think i am one of them speaking. I am over-weight and out of shape.
Being overweight especially obese nowadays is an OUTWARD SIGN to anyone looking that the person on some level does not take the care they should with themselves. Because for MOST people this came about with excess, not eating healthy and lack of exercise. This isn't about skinny people, its a focus on a specific concept. You are on some levels passing the buck. Not-overweight (because not overweight doesn't mean skinng) could very well not take care of themselves, but not-being overweight is not an OUTWARD sign of that wherein people can draw their own opinions from.
Again, this isn't about skinny people its about an issue that is VERY REAL. Our country is over 60% overweight with i think 35% of that being obese. Its effecting our healthcare, its effecting the comfort of others on airlines it seems, its an issue. So saying well put the focus on skinny, to me doesn't ERASE the overweight issue but instead does a lot of what overweight people do --- put their hands over their eyes and pretend it doesn't exist.
Kia, sorry but the fat people are in better health concept is BS, we all know it. I don't know a doctor out there who advocates someone REMAINING FAT over losing weight. That is a concept people jumped on to use as an excuse.
The fact is kia, if people actually DID the fitness they are required to do, its likely they would no longer BE overweight at least not to the extent people are. So while fitness may be more important which i agree, the logistics is your body won't hold onto the fat if its getting the exercise and food it needs and so the average means of weight would not be 60% overweight. OUr body loves muscle so if a person is focusing on fitness and exercise, their body will become leaner because mucles is leaner than fat AND muscle burns more calories when its not in use. So if a person is fit as they should be, their body will show it.
I do get what you are saying but you are simply passing the buck. Being overweight is a OUTWARD sign that MOST of the people who are are NOT making healthy choices for themselves. non-overweight people don't have this OUTWARD sign, but they do have others.
Also, whether people like it or not -- when you are overweight you are limiting the playing field of people who will accept you or be interested in you. Appearances does matter, its a fact of life and with the education out there nowadays, its going to become more and more apparent that being overweight is an indication of people don't take care of themselves. This isn't a well skinny people do such and such also.
Also, many people have an issue with losing wieght because their metabolism is so screwed up from eating wrong and not exercising to begin with and its made losing weight hard but the initial cause was a choice they were making.
I wish there was an easy answer, but for MOST, being overweight is a choice and with that choice, they have to face the opinions of others and sometimes they just are not going to be flattering.
angel
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