The Obesity Epidemic

Key of Twilight · Big Hamster Joined: 17 Jun 2008 Posts: 97

People should not buy into what the mainstream wants them to think when it comes to body image. I laugh every time someone gets told they are overweight according to the "Body Mass Index" and believe it. The BMI was never meant to be a tool for diagnosing people as over or under weight.

read up on it....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_mass_index

holly102869 · Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 4:25 am Post subject:

That is not the only thing that Americans sterotype.
Not only do you have to be thin but pretty and never get old.

I am 38 years, old 4 foot 11 inches tall, and around 140 in weight and I am over 50% gray. The healthy weight of a person at 30 years and the same hight should weight around 132 pounds. ( At least that is what I was informed).So I am not doing so bad.

I am so tired of people saying cover your gray. Wear more make up. You are so pretty, but you should do this to bring out this or that.

There is an old saying you have to love yourself or you can't love anybody else. How are our children going to ever love themselves unless we stop this insane run of being thin, plastic surgery,etc.

I for one am trying to learn a hard lesson that the more people tell me this stuff the worse I feel. I have recently stopped coloring my hair and am falling in love with me. I have stopped saying I am not good enough. I am Beautiful no matter what anybody else thinks. I have to live with me. So I am going to be what I want to be and not what I am told I should be.
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lone-traveler · Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 3:47 pm Post subject:

Hey holly,

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Luvnlife · Lion King Joined: 22 Feb 2007 Posts: 1270 Location: US

I have no idea what I weigh as I have not weighed myself at all for almost 10 years. My baby who will turn 10 in Oct. was 2 months old the last time I weighed.

I had issues with weight when I was younger (early twenties) and I became anorexic. I am 5' 5" tall and at that time I weighed 99 lbs. My Dr. told me if I lost one more pound he was going to admit me to the hospital for treatment. I think my problem was that I was somewhat depressed during that time period. Yes there were magazines etc... telling me, an already thin person at 114 lbs. that I should be even thinner but that was not why I became anorexic. It was, like I said, a mild depression. I did not have much of an appetite and, in addition, everything else was out of my control. I could, however, control my weight. I had total control over what I ate.

Now I am not thin. I don't really see myself as fat either though but some of my family members do. I wear a size 12 to 14 pants. I could stand to lose a few pounds and I am trying but when you hit that 40-something stage of your life, it becomes a little more difficult.

My Dr. said I don't need to weigh unless there is a health-related issue that supercedes my desire to stay off the scales. One nurse tried to make me weigh and I explained to her that I don't, I won't and my Dr. is behind me on this decision.

My stepfather likes to make jokes at my expense about my weight. It really hurts. I'm not even that big, really. Why are fat people or people who are only a little overweight like me so often the targets of ridicule and rude comments?

Even though I am a little overweight, I do excercise all the time, I eat lots of fruits, veggies and yogurt and I excercise portion control. I would like to lose a few sizes and get down to a pant size 9 or 10 but I actually am probably a lot healthier at my size than a lot of my thinner counterparts are.

I am lucky in the husband department. He has never made a snide or inconsiderate remark about my weight and always tells me I'm beautiful.

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Ana · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 8:19 am Post subject:

Nobby · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 9:31 am Post subject:

Ah Ana you just had to go & get pickie!! Laughing

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Ana · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 10:56 pm Post subject:

So then, would you say that this kind of behaviour is learned, or not?
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Luvnlife · Lion King Joined: 22 Feb 2007 Posts: 1270 Location: US

Hi Ana;

You know.....

I don't know. I suppose it is as it seems to be something that we have incorporated as part of our societal standards.

It wasn't taught in the household I grew up in just like racism and sexism were not taught. I did grow up in a harsh environment and yet my mother did manage to pass along some important fundamental values to us.

I think parents play an important role in teaching values and helping kids form a good solid foundation. Having said that, I also believe that, though parents are important, they do not hold the same revered position that they did in past generations. That is to say, children today are guided, fed and influenced by many more outside sources than they were in the past. There are negative influences and messages everywhere you look. Television, radio, magazines, newspapers, friends, acquaintances etc.... Our world is falling down around our ears and our children can see that. I think many people are meaner, more emotionally withdrawn and much less sensitive to others feelings than generations past. I think the Obesity bias is just one small thing amongst many that point to how callous people are becoming.

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Silver Surfer · Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 12:05 pm Post subject: Re: The Obesity Epidemic

Obesity, is an almost impossiblity when (and what) people eat as God intended for them to eat.
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Luvnlife · Lion King Joined: 22 Feb 2007 Posts: 1270 Location: US

OK Silver....

Let's just suppose for a moment that you are right.

I eat a lot of fresh fruits and veggies. I eat yogurt. I drink 1 glass of 2% milk a day. I excercise portion control including small servings of meat at dinner. I mostly avoid breads and sweets. I have lost a little over the last couple of months but not a lot. I go to the gym 2X a week and walk 3-5 miles 5 or 6 times a week.

It sounds like you believe we are all alike and should all gain and lose weight at the same pace using the same methods. Do you believe everyones metabolism is the same? Do you believe that the chemical make up of one person can make them gain weight faster than another? What about people with thyroid problems or other health-related issues? Or people who are taking medications that are known to cause weight gain? What about people over 40 years old or women who have had 2 or more children? What about women who have taken birth control pills for years? Did you know that birth control pills and other medications do cause weight gain in some women but not in others?

I just need some clarification as what works for one person may not work for another.

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charity · Little Hamster Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 75