Actually, diabetes occurs just as often in thin people as it does in heavy-set people. :-) Lots of things can kill me. A mugger, lightning and penicillin could all take my life. My bus might careen off a cliff. Does that mean that I shouldn't ever take the bus again? Of course not. But I have as much of a chance of dying on a bus as I do of dying from any kind of complications due to my weight.
I'm 5' 2" and my weight has been hovering around 190 for the past 2 years. I didn't seek to gain weight, in fact for years I tried to lose it. However, I'm by far healthier now than I was when I weighed 120. That's because when I weighed 120, I was dieting. I have a little theory. Each person has an ideal body weight. It is at this weight that their body is comfortable and works at peak performance. My body barely worked at all when I was 120 because that is NOT my ideal body weight.
I cannot stress this enough! I'm healthy! I'm not anemic anymore. My blood pressure is a perfect 115/85. I have great muscle tone and my cardio vascular tests have all come back in the pink. I don't get migranes anymore and I can't remember the last time that a cold lasted more than a couple of days. Even the symptoms of endometriosis have decreased dramatically since I stopped trying to lose weight and started to be happy with the person that I am.
While my dad's diabetes didn't set in til he gained a lot of weight, it's not necessarily the weight that brought it on. Maybe unlike what certain doctors claim or at least imply, it's the lack of health not the excess weight. It's my extreme lack of health for a while that caused certain symptoms of asthma and diabetes for me also. If I have/had diabetes, it's the not as common type where instead of avoiding sugar, sugar helps. Circumstantial evidence says that the reason I've felt extremely weak sometimes is when my blood sugar level gets too low. Interestingly, now that I'm exercising more, I don't feel weak and rarely get out of breath. Health is improving.
I do agree with the ideal weight for the individual, and some people may be better off being lighter, while others would be better off being heavier. My own ancestors on my mom's side would bulk up for winter and be (relatively) thin by spring, since there wasn't as much food available in winter that far north. While what they ate would change seasonally, the amount of physical activity stayed fairly steady.
I think I'd be well off around 220 or so, maybe even as high as 250, but the 300 I've been on average ever since high school is more than I feel healthy with. I'm big, and it doesn't bother me, but I'd rather not have to carry quite so much around all the time. My breathing and endurance would improve, and hopefully so would my knees. :)
Stay happy with yourself, Nevwyn, maybe we can talk fritters into the same, eventually. :)
The people who are skinny with diabetes tend to be more genetically likely to get it and it's generally a different type. Adult onset diabetes has been directly linked to obesity.
I'm not saying you're not healthy. I'm just saying there may be certain foods that may make you more likely to become diabetic if you eat them a lot.
I'm 5' 2" and my weight has been hovering around 190 for the past 2 years. I didn't seek to gain weight, in fact for years I tried to lose it. However, I'm by far healthier now than I was when I weighed 120. That's because when I weighed 120, I was dieting. I have a little theory. Each person has an ideal body weight. It is at this weight that their body is comfortable and works at peak performance. My body barely worked at all when I was 120 because that is NOT my ideal body weight.
I cannot stress this enough! I'm healthy! I'm not anemic anymore. My blood pressure is a perfect 115/85. I have great muscle tone and my cardio vascular tests have all come back in the pink. I don't get migranes anymore and I can't remember the last time that a cold lasted more than a couple of days. Even the symptoms of endometriosis have decreased dramatically since I stopped trying to lose weight and started to be happy with the person that I am.
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I do agree with the ideal weight for the individual, and some people may be better off being lighter, while others would be better off being heavier. My own ancestors on my mom's side would bulk up for winter and be (relatively) thin by spring, since there wasn't as much food available in winter that far north. While what they ate would change seasonally, the amount of physical activity stayed fairly steady.
I think I'd be well off around 220 or so, maybe even as high as 250, but the 300 I've been on average ever since high school is more than I feel healthy with. I'm big, and it doesn't bother me, but I'd rather not have to carry quite so much around all the time. My breathing and endurance would improve, and hopefully so would my knees. :)
Stay happy with yourself, Nevwyn, maybe we can talk fritters into the same, eventually. :)
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I'm not saying you're not healthy. I'm just saying there may be certain foods that may make you more likely to become diabetic if you eat them a lot.
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