American Obesity

Yesterday, I decided to run a few errands with my wife and while out, we decided to put the care through a car wash and remove all the winter crud and slush that had built up over the last couple of months.  We were not the only ones who had decided to wash their vehicle but we only had to wait about 10 minutes before it was our turn to enter the tunnel.

While out, I waited in the car while my wife visited a variety of stores to look for this or that...  and I played solitaire on the phone while I waited except for looking around at the people that passed by the car.  What I was amazed at was the amount of extremely obese people that walked by me.  There were obese males and females...  obese adults and children...  obese males and female of a variety of ethnic groups.

After losing 30 pounds and according to the charts, I was still considered to be obese, but if I lost another 30 pounds, I would be at the high end of my ideal weight for my height...  however, I think there is some flexibility depending upon one's age.

I started gaining weight at age 40 and over a 20 year period of time, I had added 30 pounds to my weight at age 60.  My age 60 weight is also my current weight at age 73.  Due to over 10 years of monthly steroid use to offset chemo sickness, my weight gained another 30 pounds which I have now lost.  As mentioned before, my goal for 2021 is to lose another 30 pounds by counting calories and reducing my food intake.

Obese parents typically have obese adolescent children and teenagers...  and if you wondered around the grocery stores, you would see them selecting for purchase food that is not healthy.  Not only are they eating fat creating food, but there is no desire in their minds to spend time outside exercising.

At age 40, I had stopped smoking and started running 2 miles a day during my lunch hour.  Once I arrived home, my wife and I would fast walk around the neighborhood for 90 minutes.

What kind of society are we creating?