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Today we're going from 'hmmm, it's a little chill, I'll put on a light sweater' to 'holy crap I'm melting to the pavement' in under 6 hours.
August 3rd, 2009
Ooooh, fat wank! This just makes me want to knit (or crochet) an adipose baby.
But first, a question to my f-list. You'll notice a bit of the way down the comment thread there's someone who posits the entirely unacceptable theory that people are in control of their bodies and can lose weight if they try. This is met with a lot of vitriol and hate.
Now, bearing in mind that 1) there are always exceptions and there are a few people with medical issues that may influence their weight and 2) by 'healthy weight' I would never mean a size 0 - more like a size 10-12 on an active, otherwise healthy person...
...do you ascribe to the 'it's up to what you cram in your pie-hole and what activities you do' mentality or are you on the side of the 'shut up, there's nothing I can do to lose weight!' crowd? (You'll notice I left off the 'you can either accept me as I am or bugger off' from the second, because, honestly, that's just true either way - if you accept responsibility for your weight or not)
Interesting note on the 'fat' vs. 'in shape' debate came up today in my belly dancing class (let me admit here I consider myself 'fat' - I can bring out my 'fat cred' stats if need be! - and moderately in shape). Someone had left some dumbbells in the aerobics room, right up front in the middle. Our belly dance instructor, a woman who can shimmy like no tomorrow, went to move them and self-admittedly could barely pick one up. The 'Abs-n-Back' instructor, a shapely little thing, also tried to pick one up, got it an inch off the ground, dropped it, and rolled it up against the wall whining about it being heavy.
I could see the weight listed on the side. 30 pounds. Thirty. Here are two 'in-shape' fitness instructors, neither particularly able to move a 30 pound weight. Seriously, people?
Anyway, they were still in the way so I trotted my (fat) ass up there and grabbed a weight in each hand (that would be a piddly 60 pounds) and moved them. Most of the people in the room were shocked. I hardly noticed the weight. I mean, it's only 60 pounds! Everyone was worried I'd hurt myself. But really, I know what 30 pounds feels like - that's about what my dog weighs, and I've had to carry her damn near halfway around the block when she gets spooked on a walk. We also spend weeks carrying her up and down the stairs when she injured her leg. So, really, to me, while I wouldn't want to carry it around all the time (this is where you can chirp in that I am already carrying around 60 pounds too much if you really want to - I totally know my problem is cramming junk food in my pie-hole and freely admit it!), across a room is nothing.
But that makes me wonder, then, who really is in better shape?
But first, a question to my f-list. You'll notice a bit of the way down the comment thread there's someone who posits the entirely unacceptable theory that people are in control of their bodies and can lose weight if they try. This is met with a lot of vitriol and hate.
Now, bearing in mind that 1) there are always exceptions and there are a few people with medical issues that may influence their weight and 2) by 'healthy weight' I would never mean a size 0 - more like a size 10-12 on an active, otherwise healthy person...
...do you ascribe to the 'it's up to what you cram in your pie-hole and what activities you do' mentality or are you on the side of the 'shut up, there's nothing I can do to lose weight!' crowd? (You'll notice I left off the 'you can either accept me as I am or bugger off' from the second, because, honestly, that's just true either way - if you accept responsibility for your weight or not)
Interesting note on the 'fat' vs. 'in shape' debate came up today in my belly dancing class (let me admit here I consider myself 'fat' - I can bring out my 'fat cred' stats if need be! - and moderately in shape). Someone had left some dumbbells in the aerobics room, right up front in the middle. Our belly dance instructor, a woman who can shimmy like no tomorrow, went to move them and self-admittedly could barely pick one up. The 'Abs-n-Back' instructor, a shapely little thing, also tried to pick one up, got it an inch off the ground, dropped it, and rolled it up against the wall whining about it being heavy.
I could see the weight listed on the side. 30 pounds. Thirty. Here are two 'in-shape' fitness instructors, neither particularly able to move a 30 pound weight. Seriously, people?
Anyway, they were still in the way so I trotted my (fat) ass up there and grabbed a weight in each hand (that would be a piddly 60 pounds) and moved them. Most of the people in the room were shocked. I hardly noticed the weight. I mean, it's only 60 pounds! Everyone was worried I'd hurt myself. But really, I know what 30 pounds feels like - that's about what my dog weighs, and I've had to carry her damn near halfway around the block when she gets spooked on a walk. We also spend weeks carrying her up and down the stairs when she injured her leg. So, really, to me, while I wouldn't want to carry it around all the time (this is where you can chirp in that I am already carrying around 60 pounds too much if you really want to - I totally know my problem is cramming junk food in my pie-hole and freely admit it!), across a room is nothing.
But that makes me wonder, then, who really is in better shape?