Not the solution, but worth addressing
This won't solve it all
But it's still worth mentioning
So consider this
RANDOM TANGENT ABOUT MY WEIGHT WITH OBSERVAIONS ABOUT WESTERN EATING
I would like to apologize beforehand to any whom I have perhaps made uncomfortable in light of issues pertaining to obesity. In my consistent desire to maintain a healthier lifestyle (a desire I have been far less considerate of this summer, I regret to admit), I continue searching for answers to the obesity epidemic. I do find it amusing how I pay attention to my weight as much as if not more than I did while I was in Korea, and yet losing weight remains far more challenging than it was back then. I realize that I rely too much on cardio exercising and not enough on body building. I also confess that my random extra calories I consume due to social or binge-eating would both contribute to my being healthier. Nonetheless, I binge ate and socially ate plenty while I was in Korea and I absolutely go the gym far more than I did while I was in Korea. In fact, by October (5 months before I flew home), I was no longer enrolled in a gym. The Eastern diet and the daily that was never less than 3 miles and constantly greater than 6 miles, I felt were more than enough to maintain a steady weight while I remained in Korea. I was correct as I returned home weighing 158 lbs., the lowest I've weighed since probably middle school when I could eat whatever the Hell I wanted and not gain a pound. Nevertheless, I took my eating habits with me back to America where I gained 12 pounds in 6 months when my body felt the difference. Mind you, I enrolled back into 24 Hour Fitness easily under 24 hours after I landed at LAX and may have not always paid attention to my weight, but I paid attention to it plenty. It was just a transition. The lowest I've weighed in the last two has been 167 and now, I range between 173 (on a really good day)-176 (on a really bad day). I have every intention of lowering my weigh down to the 170-172 range by the end of the month and I'm getting there, but it's been tough. Now that I've gotten my latest weight loss venting out of the way, let me continue with the entry.
Instead of the obvious concerns of obesity, I would like to start talking about anorexia. Now don't get me wrong; anorexia is a terrible problem in our society, but it will never touch on the epidemic obesity has been ever since the tobacco industry got canned at the end of the 1950's. Bulimia and anorexia are commonly a physical issue people develop, but who is kidding who? The bulk of it is people so obsessed with not being fat, that they think a calorie is poison. We all know these people. We've all met those who fixate on weight loss so much no matter how non-existent their body fat is, that you range between freaking about your own weight or just gawking at how dangerously ridiculous they are. And I hate to admit it, but I think we can all agree that it's far more an epidemic for women than men. Leave it to men to take anabolic HGH, consume 6,000 calories a day for protein, and burst out those abs at the gym in attempt to look like Hercules. Both genders are products of culture.
The greatest cure to obesity society can do is promote healthier lifestyles for the appropriate reasons. Ultimately, the vast majority of people who are listed as obese can address their problems with fr far greater efforts than they put forth. Yes, we can blame the abundance of fast food restaurants, high glucose and fructose-based products, and the everlasting abundance of processed junk-food that satisfies none of our health needs. There is no shame in condemning industries such as tv, film, and games (among others) the extraneously sedentary lifestyles these industries have preyed on. But at the end of the day, we have the choice. I love burgers, ice cream, and pizza as much as anyone. I do not have a model diet by any measures, but I know when to stop. When I weigh myself and don’t like what I see, my following meal will show. I generally avoid fast food with the exception of Subway. But at Subway, I am a complete sucker for its 6 grams of fat or less sandwiches. Call me a Jarod sucker, but I lost 40 lbs. over an 18-month period in which I ate at Subway A LOT. As far as the traditional fast-food locations; McDonald’s, Burger King, Wendy’s, Jack-in-The-Box, KFC, Taco Bell, etc., I mainly avoid those because I like higher quality restaurants when I’m with friends, out to have a good time, and willing to sacrifice health for fun. I’m not as thin as I’d like. I’m not overweight though. My BMI has been below 25 for nearly five years now. I could do more,, but I’m doing an infinitely better job than I did when I essentially neglect my weight my entire undergraduate college career. My doctor told me I finally had to lost weight, I was sick and tired of looking fat, and I finally did something about it.
The obesity epidemic will not cease until people value health for the right reasons. Looking at the abundance unhealthy corporations such as McDonald’s, Yum Foods, PepsiCo, etc; the billions and billions these corporation make annually of course run consistent with the obesity epidemic. But what weight loss companies and products? Look at the constant expansion of 24 Hour Fitness, Bally’s, and LA Fitness, Bally’s, and Curves. Walk into any of these gyms or weight loss center and jot down the endless collection of weight-loss drugs, protein shakes, and calorie-burning powders. In short, if you wish to use unhealthy food corporations that botanist wouldn’t even call food and the billion-dollar sales to these products, you will find that the amount of money going into these weight loss drugs (many of which any certified doctor would suffer an epic malpractice suit for prescribing) or gyms also make billions annually. Statistics can prove and or at least suggest a lot of conclusions, but it is hard to believe from looking at such numbers, that people really care about weight loss as a health concern so much as an appearance concern.
Such degrading expectations do a disservice to bulk of the population who know perfectly well they will never have the Barbie or Ken look Mattel evidently believes we should have. And honestly, how many people do you know who actually are that fixated on looking like fashion models? Does the majority of the public really not realize how fake those models are programed to look? The consequence too often results in parties giving and going the other way. The results has actually become the renaissance of celebrating obesity with beauty found in the larger person. Okay, so if you’re obese, then there’s more of you to love, but I’ll get far less time to love you when your stroke hits before you’re 60.
Obesity needs to be treated a concern, not a sin. The fat jokes and condescension inflicted on people who overweight may promote weight loss, but it won't promote health. It promotes insecurity on people concerned about an issue for the wrong reason.
But it's still worth mentioning
So consider this
RANDOM TANGENT ABOUT MY WEIGHT WITH OBSERVAIONS ABOUT WESTERN EATING
I would like to apologize beforehand to any whom I have perhaps made uncomfortable in light of issues pertaining to obesity. In my consistent desire to maintain a healthier lifestyle (a desire I have been far less considerate of this summer, I regret to admit), I continue searching for answers to the obesity epidemic. I do find it amusing how I pay attention to my weight as much as if not more than I did while I was in Korea, and yet losing weight remains far more challenging than it was back then. I realize that I rely too much on cardio exercising and not enough on body building. I also confess that my random extra calories I consume due to social or binge-eating would both contribute to my being healthier. Nonetheless, I binge ate and socially ate plenty while I was in Korea and I absolutely go the gym far more than I did while I was in Korea. In fact, by October (5 months before I flew home), I was no longer enrolled in a gym. The Eastern diet and the daily that was never less than 3 miles and constantly greater than 6 miles, I felt were more than enough to maintain a steady weight while I remained in Korea. I was correct as I returned home weighing 158 lbs., the lowest I've weighed since probably middle school when I could eat whatever the Hell I wanted and not gain a pound. Nevertheless, I took my eating habits with me back to America where I gained 12 pounds in 6 months when my body felt the difference. Mind you, I enrolled back into 24 Hour Fitness easily under 24 hours after I landed at LAX and may have not always paid attention to my weight, but I paid attention to it plenty. It was just a transition. The lowest I've weighed in the last two has been 167 and now, I range between 173 (on a really good day)-176 (on a really bad day). I have every intention of lowering my weigh down to the 170-172 range by the end of the month and I'm getting there, but it's been tough. Now that I've gotten my latest weight loss venting out of the way, let me continue with the entry.
Instead of the obvious concerns of obesity, I would like to start talking about anorexia. Now don't get me wrong; anorexia is a terrible problem in our society, but it will never touch on the epidemic obesity has been ever since the tobacco industry got canned at the end of the 1950's. Bulimia and anorexia are commonly a physical issue people develop, but who is kidding who? The bulk of it is people so obsessed with not being fat, that they think a calorie is poison. We all know these people. We've all met those who fixate on weight loss so much no matter how non-existent their body fat is, that you range between freaking about your own weight or just gawking at how dangerously ridiculous they are. And I hate to admit it, but I think we can all agree that it's far more an epidemic for women than men. Leave it to men to take anabolic HGH, consume 6,000 calories a day for protein, and burst out those abs at the gym in attempt to look like Hercules. Both genders are products of culture.
The greatest cure to obesity society can do is promote healthier lifestyles for the appropriate reasons. Ultimately, the vast majority of people who are listed as obese can address their problems with fr far greater efforts than they put forth. Yes, we can blame the abundance of fast food restaurants, high glucose and fructose-based products, and the everlasting abundance of processed junk-food that satisfies none of our health needs. There is no shame in condemning industries such as tv, film, and games (among others) the extraneously sedentary lifestyles these industries have preyed on. But at the end of the day, we have the choice. I love burgers, ice cream, and pizza as much as anyone. I do not have a model diet by any measures, but I know when to stop. When I weigh myself and don’t like what I see, my following meal will show. I generally avoid fast food with the exception of Subway. But at Subway, I am a complete sucker for its 6 grams of fat or less sandwiches. Call me a Jarod sucker, but I lost 40 lbs. over an 18-month period in which I ate at Subway A LOT. As far as the traditional fast-food locations; McDonald’s, Burger King, Wendy’s, Jack-in-The-Box, KFC, Taco Bell, etc., I mainly avoid those because I like higher quality restaurants when I’m with friends, out to have a good time, and willing to sacrifice health for fun. I’m not as thin as I’d like. I’m not overweight though. My BMI has been below 25 for nearly five years now. I could do more,, but I’m doing an infinitely better job than I did when I essentially neglect my weight my entire undergraduate college career. My doctor told me I finally had to lost weight, I was sick and tired of looking fat, and I finally did something about it.
The obesity epidemic will not cease until people value health for the right reasons. Looking at the abundance unhealthy corporations such as McDonald’s, Yum Foods, PepsiCo, etc; the billions and billions these corporation make annually of course run consistent with the obesity epidemic. But what weight loss companies and products? Look at the constant expansion of 24 Hour Fitness, Bally’s, and LA Fitness, Bally’s, and Curves. Walk into any of these gyms or weight loss center and jot down the endless collection of weight-loss drugs, protein shakes, and calorie-burning powders. In short, if you wish to use unhealthy food corporations that botanist wouldn’t even call food and the billion-dollar sales to these products, you will find that the amount of money going into these weight loss drugs (many of which any certified doctor would suffer an epic malpractice suit for prescribing) or gyms also make billions annually. Statistics can prove and or at least suggest a lot of conclusions, but it is hard to believe from looking at such numbers, that people really care about weight loss as a health concern so much as an appearance concern.
Such degrading expectations do a disservice to bulk of the population who know perfectly well they will never have the Barbie or Ken look Mattel evidently believes we should have. And honestly, how many people do you know who actually are that fixated on looking like fashion models? Does the majority of the public really not realize how fake those models are programed to look? The consequence too often results in parties giving and going the other way. The results has actually become the renaissance of celebrating obesity with beauty found in the larger person. Okay, so if you’re obese, then there’s more of you to love, but I’ll get far less time to love you when your stroke hits before you’re 60.
Obesity needs to be treated a concern, not a sin. The fat jokes and condescension inflicted on people who overweight may promote weight loss, but it won't promote health. It promotes insecurity on people concerned about an issue for the wrong reason.