This is not a joke.
In looking at the photo’s, we have come to make judgments without really looking past the surface. Why is it some women are just not okay with being obese and they will go to any lengths to lose the weight? Why would some women risk their lives in being obese?
Why do some women never ever reach those high triple digits on the scale?
Obesity is not a disease that cannot be cured. It is a state of mind. Why do some women stop eating after one serving, and others have to finish two or three dinners in one sitting?
There has been hundreds of thousands of medical and physiological studies around the world asking this question. Why does obesity exist? In some cultures, cities and families it is considered ‘ok’, and you ‘belong’ to the heavy group. Acceptance of their weight, and not changing behavior is the road to obesity. There are some towns in the United States that being grossly over weight is just the norm.
This is not healthy living. The technology and resources that are available to main stream America is so over populated, there really is no excuse. The education, support and help is out there, however women have to reach out. They first have to know they are obese. After 250 to 300 lbs are women still in denial? If it is a medical condition, do they go on diets with doctors orders? Or do they even go as far as having medical intervention. There simply is no excuse.
Given, some women have the type of metabolism that they can eat anything, and don’t gain a pound. Then there are the majority of women who watch what they eat, work out, and have to maintain a sensible, healthy diet for themselves and their family. For young women and children to be obese should be against the law. They are minors and they are not purchasing food with their own money. These parents are raising human time bombs that can guarantee a short life due to Type II Diabetes, congestive heart failure, hardened arteries, and a multitude of other health risks. This is just as dangerous as feeding young children alcohol.
Sitting and waiting for my daughter to get out of school one day, I watched two or three very heavy, close to obese children struggle to tie their shoes or simply run to catch the ball. My heart sank for them. The extra weight and taxation on their little systems was almost too much to bear. It will only get worse for the majority of them. These children are this way for a reason. Their parents are most likely heavy, and if they are not heavy then the parents are in denial as to what they are feeding their children. There should be an intervention on the schools part, and I would go as far as to say mandatory dieting starting from what they eat at school. Extra credit if they lose weight. Incentives or training manuals, light-fare cook books sent home to the parents. Or even better yet, classes for these children to be educated on their own health and obesity.
The rich keep getting richer, and the poor keep on getting poorer? The healthy stay thin and the over weight keep on gaining weight? Where do we cross the line to intervene with a family member or a friend, to support and encourage women to eat healthy and prevent obesity? Who starts the action and how long do we wait until it is too late? Those of us that know how to stay fit, are we supporting someone we know to stay fit? Or do we turn a cold shoulder and walk away, thinking “it’s their problem for getting that way in the first place?” Well, ladies its time to share ourselves with the women in our lives. Become the leaders in health and well being. Promote healthy diets and lifestyles within our community of women.
After five children, three natural, two c-sections 18 months apart I lost every pound I gained. How did I do it? I worked my butt off (literally). I signed up to the gym, and partnered with my husband working out three times a week doing resistant training. I watched what I ate. I wanted to look good in shorts and I wanted to live a long, healthy life with perfect health. I turn thirty-five this year, and I have four daughters watching every move I make. Which message do I want to send? That working out, hiking, running, and challenging yourself to be the fittest and the healthiest you can be will ensure a happy, successfully healthy life. And that message is worth passing on.
Psst…Pass it on.
Bobbi Miller-Moro is an advocate of women’s health & well being. She is a spokeswoman for The Kennedy System work-out system, a writer, an artist, and filmmaker. www.MoroFilms.com and www.powerfulmothers.wordpress.com
