The best defense we may all have against invasion is the blockade of really fat people along every border. Judging by this story, finding the people won't be a problem. American waistline expanding Report: 61 percent of adults thought to be overweight Associated Press ATLANTA -- The American waistline continues to expand, with 61 percent of adults now considered overweight, the government reported Thursday. And a growing number of Americans are not just overweight, but obese, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. More than a third of adults, 35 percent, are slightly or moderately overweight, up from 33 percent in the last survey, which covered 1988-94. More than a quarter of Americans, 26 percent, are considered obese, or grossly overweight, compared with 23 percent in the last survey. The findings are part of the 1999 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, which measured the height and weight of 1,615 people over age 20. Those figures are used to calculate body-mass index, a formula involving a person's weight divided by his or her height squared. A body-mass index of 25 to 29.9 is considered overweight, while obesity is 30 or higher. People are getting heavier from a combination of too many calories and too little exercise, said Jeff Lancashire, a spokesman for the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics. He said an estimated 40 percent of Americans are physically inactive. "Over the last few years, we've seen that people's fat intake was dropping, but they're eating more calories," Lancashire said. "So while people are turning to the diet foods, they're eating twice as much." The government hopes to cut the obesity rate to 15 percent by 2010. ------------------ Mmmmmmm. Sacrelicious.
those numbers seem about right, our school muct represent at least 10% of the obesity rate(well maybe not). We have about 15-25 eigth graders significantly over 200 pounds and its not height or muscle mass, its FAT
Food is much cheaper than it was before. McDonalds and other fast food chains made an effort to make low-fat, filling food. They then noticed people like big macs and didnt care that it had over 80 grams of fat and 1000 calories. add french fries(50 grams of fat, 400 calories), and a coke(no fat, 100 calories) so the fast food chains didnt care either. havent eaten a big mac or any other hamburgers since i saw the numbers. I know i kind of strayed away from the subject, but i think this is a huge reason why.
Find out how fat you are!!! <a href="http://goodhousekeeping.women.com/gh/diet/fitness/00bmic15.htm">Body Mass Index</a> I'm apparently overweight by about 30 pounds. Ugh! ------------------ Mmmmmmm. Sacrelicious.
---------According to standards set by the World Health Organization, your BMI of 20.54 indicates you are at an acceptable weight. ------ WOOHOO! hehe. Us atheletes have to be at peak physical condition. Dang VJ, 15-20???? Man that's alot, we only had like 5-10 in our WHOLE high school. One of them is like over 400 and the other ones are around 250-350. Plus, I think I read somewhere that 100% of American's will be fat by like, I think it's the year 2050. LOL I think people need to get out and exercise more. People are sitting at home on their computer surfing the net and aren't doing any exercising or getting out. I mean truthfully how many of you can say that you go out and exercise after you come back from work? Some of you might but the majority of you come home kick back, get on clutchcity.net And now with everything getting so convienant (food,packages,flowers,groceries, clothes etc all delivered to your home)there really is no reason for people to go out. ------------------ Francis out top, 9 seconds on the clock, he gives a no look pass to Cuttino Mobley, 4 seconds left, Mobley passes to an open Langhi in the corner with 1 second left! Langhi at the buzzer.......YES!!! How Sweet It Is!!
I play sports, run, climb, ski, bike and follow a diet so I'm cool. Athletes shall rule the world ------------------ Ceo of the Walt Williams fan club. Web site coming soon atheistalliance.org
No offense to our high school athletes here, but being in shape as a teenager isn't exactly difficult. Thanks to a nonstop metabolism, your body is basically a fat-burning machine. Us poor slobs past the age of 26 have it a little harder. And, although I'm turning 31 on Tuesday, I'm happy to say I'm at a 22 BMI. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to Whataburger to get a large order of french fries ------------------
Rock's R us, i exaggerated there, but there has to be at least 7-13. Down in east texas, we like our fried chicken and greaseburgers. i Got a 20.76. Wahoo
While the BMI does give you an idea on you weight situation, it is not entirely accurate. For example, key in Shaq's height and weight, and it says he is obese. Try Hakeem and it says he is overweight. I'm not going to even dare try Thomas Hamilton's. Azim da Dream ------------------ We don't live for the destination. We live for the journey. http://www.clutchtown.com
Actually Rascal I have an unbelievably slow metabolism and train very hard to stay in the level I'm at. Although I must confess my workouts aren't exactely just my self, I get some help from my buddies at nutripeak.com ------------------ Ceo of the Walt Williams fan club. Web site coming soon atheistalliance.org
Azim is correct...the BMI is bogus BS. It doesn't take into account lean muscle mass. It just naively takes into account your body weight and height even though one person may have more lean muscle mass(like Arnold Schwarzenegger) than the other(like Tom Arnold). So, if you have a fat ass, the BMI is accurate. If you have a lean ass, the BMI is inaccurate. 61% of Americans probably have a fat ass and our as idle as a car in neutral. The BMI is a fat man's tool....just like a Big Mac is a fat man's best friend. It's funny how Americans do the exact opposite of what they are supposed to do to live longer, healthier lives. They all have an excuse whether it's "I don't have time" or "I'm always so hungry" or "This diet doesn't work" or whatever. The funny thing is if they would just be a little more conscious of what they eat and get at least 30 minutes of quality exercise 5 times a week...the quality of their lives would be much improved and it would make a dent in the millions of Americans who suffer from heart disease each year. I choose to be healthy. I choose to exercise almost daily. I choose not to be a bad statistic. As for those who wish to lead idle lives saturated in fattening food, may your trip to the grave be a hasty one. Hasta la vista, baby! Surf ------------------
I wouldn't exactly say its bogus. Just remember, if you quit exercising, all your muscle turns to fat. Someone like Arnold spends hours keeping his body in shape like that. How many people can actually do that? Kids in HS who bulk up, putting on all this muscle, lax off once they get out of college. Everyone comments that im a scrawny white boy that looks like a little kid. (usually heavy set people, and excuse for them to be overweight) I have no problem with this. ONce im 30-35 and have the body of a 25, i will have the last laugh when they are sitting on their couches watching football because they are too lazy to get up and do anything else. I feel sorry for few fat people. Its really not that hard to cut out what you eat. I offer them a good diet, but most of them feel its a bit too strict. People who do not care about their size just totally disgust me! ------------------ its all good and fun till someone gets hurt ... then its absolutely hilarious!
Look, just find away to go run between Michelobs and Rockets chat and you should be fine. It's really not that difficult. ------------------
I used Arnold as an example. Obviously, most people don't look like Arnold. Of course your muscles shrink and flab out on you if you stop working out. I work out hard 3 times per week every muscle group. I do this every week and have been doing this for several months now. I see no end to it just like Arnold doesn't quit working out. It should be a normal part of your routine. So, how hard is it to be a muscle-mass building weightlifter? Not that hard....hard if your training for the Mr. Olympia or Mr. Universe contest....sure. If you want to build mass, you have to lift heavy weights and low reps(like 4 - 7). You have to eat right and supplement with some sort of protein as your body needs at least .7 gram or higher of protein per pound of weight. In contrast, a seditary person takes in a normal 50 grams of protein per day. An active or weight lifting person needs 3 to 4 times that amount depending on body weight. I take in at least 150 grams of protein per day. You also have to eat more calories to gain muscle mass...like 2,600 calories a day instead of a regular 2,000. These are simple facts to live by and, putting this into perspective, this is not that hard to do. The most difficult part is adjusting mentally to lifting the heavy weights and removing the pain factor. Also, lifting with proper form is key. Last, give your body a few weeks to adjust to the nutrition change whereby you increase the protein supplementation and remove the bad, saturated fats that get most Americans in the overweight/obese category...such as Big Macs and huge-ass servings of chinese food, tacos, and the like. I would cut out fast food altogether as none of it is good really....a few exceptions maybe. Going to the store regularly can easily circumvent driving thru for fast food. Part of a regular exercise routine is........regularity. Of course, most Americans don't know how to do anything for a prolonged period. They may hit the weights or diet for about a month with some short-term goals like they are going to look great overnight and go from being a lard-ass, big mac eatin sugar machine to a healthy, lean, low % body fat person. It takes time for the body to adjust and, let's face it, most people cannot sustain anything. There is always an excuse. If you live by one rule...you can sustain anything. If you just say spend 5 times per week working out or doing cardio(like running), then over the next few months your body, look, and health will improve. It is not difficult. I don't care what you eat although you will see more benefit if you eat healthy meals and not so much food. Also, eating multiple times per day with smaller meals is much better than eating once or twice a day. This will keep your metabolism going with regular intakes of food throughout the day. Instead of eating 5 or 6 meals, you can supplement with a protein shake or carb/protein bar. What is difficult is trying to cram it all in one month with short-sighted goals. A prime example of the one month short-sighted goalsetting is going on these fad diets...like Atkin or Weight Watchers or whatever and then going off after you lost your weight. Then, you just gain IT ALL BACK and probably even more since you've been causing chaos to your body. It is really quite simple to manage weight...every person has a caloric intake point at which, if they exceed it, they will gain weight. This is true for everyone. The only way to sustain or lose weight is to either keep your caloric intake at a constant intake that is calculated according to your age/weight(don't have the formula handy) or create a caloric deficit by eating less calories or working out. The problem is most people don't do that obviously, hence, the 61% overweight and obese people who sit around, drive-thru, lounge around, smoke, drink, get up only to go to the crapper, etc etc etc. So, I do find the BMI index to be flawed because everyone has a different body fat % and amount of lean muscle mass. Just because your not huge like Arnold does not mean you do not have a lot of lean muscle mass. You really need to break out the calipers to measure body fat%. If your fat and you know your fat and you take the BMI calculation with your weight/height, then it is probably true that you are overweight and/or obese. Same if your thin. But, if your strong, lean with low body fat, and heavier...then obviously the BMI category you may fall into doesn't mean a whole hell of a lot. BMI just places you in a category where each category obviously has more or less risk factors for things such as stroke, heart attack, heart disease, etc.. Fun. Surf ------------------
Surf: You had me for everything in your post except for this. You DO NOT need that much protein in your diet to be healthy. The average American takes in far too much animal-based protein, in particular, for their own good. In countries where animal-based protein (and protein in general) is lower than America, there are far fewer incidents of common health problems in the US like heart disease, kidney disease and osteoperosis. In the case of osteoperosis, the cause is calcium loss (not lack - important distinction). So, many scientists tell people to drink more milk. The problem: milk has twice the amount of protein as calcium and protein is a calcium inhibitor. It actually has the effect of stripping the body of calcium when overingested. I agree that eating healthy and exercising are important parts of living a healthy life, but, unless you choose to be a bodybuilder, you don't need that kind of protein in your diet. The healthiest, longest living people eat balanced meals with not too much of any one thing. Being active and body building are VERY different things. Runners, for example, who have been shown to have long healthy lives in studies, actually take in very little protein. Many of them don't eat meat in an effort to curb their protein intake because they need long muscles rather than bulk. Being active is essential to good health. Being a body builder is not. The idea of diet is to have an eating routine you can keep your whole life without ever having to change it. That is real balance. You cannot maintain a 150-gram protein diet every day for the rest of your life without risking significant medical problems no matter how much you work out. The more research that is done on protein intake, the more it is believed that over-ingestion of it is damaging to many of the body's systems. For that matter, over-ingesting ANYTHING is bad for you. Balance is the way to a long healthy life. If you were just talking about body building as an example, I apologize if I went overboard. I just wanted to point out the distinction between an active healthy person and someone dedicated to building muscle. ------------------ Mmmmmmm. Sacrelicious.
Jeff, I was talking about building muscle mass with regards to higher protein intake. If you do not workout hard with heavy weights at 3-4 sets per muscle group, then I would not supplement with protein in large amounts. I am on a reduced-calorie diet to trim down a little to show definition. Therefore, I supplement with soy protein...not animal protein. The problem is I don't eat enough meat so I have to supplement. I am not a vegetarian...I just don't eat or want to eat enough protein from meat in my normal diet. I know protein comes from plenty of other sources but I don't take in enough of them to count...except maybe milk. But, most if not all body builders working out to build muscle mass supplement with whey(animal) protein usually in high amounts...usually 1 gram per pound of body weight. And, if you are healthy, supplementing with protein in that range has not been proven to cause any problems with your kidneys unless there were conditions which were pre-existing. I'm not talking about eating animal meat as a supplemental protein measure. That is a big NO-NO. Even if I'm only toning muscles, a little bit of protein supplementation can go a long way as when you burn calories...you burn not only fat but muscle as well. And, we all know you need protein to build muscles and aid in muscle repair. Again, I don't recommend supplementing protein if your sedentary or don't need to. If you don't know you need to, then you probably don't. Definitely not inferring high protein intake is associated with good health. Working out in any fashion is. Calorie restriction has been shown to aid health and prolong life. I'm also not referring to supplementing 150 grams of protein your entire life...only certain situations which I have pointed out do I find it necessary. Surf [This message has been edited by Surfguy (edited December 16, 2000).]
No...I'm just into weight lifting, diet, running, and cycling. At one time, I was not in very good shape and was overweight. I did fit the BMI index overweight category. I have changed my life through diet and exercise. It's just long term and consistency are the keys for me to a healthy life....whether it be diet or exercise. Don't want to burn yourself out, either. So, moderation and quality....not necessarily quantity...work for me. I have had great success in running. Whereas before I was never a runner...even growing up....now I can run farther quicker than I ever could when I was younger. I am 30 now. Building muscle mass while restricting calories are not a good combination. So, I work out hard and supplement with soy protein to help prevent muscle loss. Once I have toned down enough, I will turn to putting on more muscle mass....not a lot though. I don't want to be stereotyped as brawn with no brain. I actually enjoy weightlifting and exercise because you feel great afterwards(not necessarily during a lot of times) and watching the gains in performance as you keep at it. It's also a great stress reliever and is actually fun in an insanely painful kind of way sometimes....hehe. Don't get me wrong...I'm not perfect. But, my health pretty damn sure is...as I imagine a lot of people could say including yourself since your a vegetarian and all. Surf ------------------
I'm now working on my overall health. When I hurt my back a number of years ago, I went from being a pretty skinny 155 to a hefty 240 in just over a year (I'm 6'). That's what not being able to walk will do to ya'! Anyway, prior to my injury (and even while I had it for a time before it became severe), I was in good shape. However, I was not "healthy" really. I didn't become a vegetarian for the health benefits, specifically. It was a combination of health and my desire to not kill animals for food. But, when I stopped eating meat, I dropped nearly 20 pounds in less than 2 months without doing any exercising. Now, I'm down around 205 to 210. I'd like to be around 175 or 180. I'm not getting slowly back into regular exercise. Just doing mild exercise to strengthen my back, get my cardiovascular system back together and tone my muscles - nothing serious. I started walking a couple of times a day and doing some sit ups, back strenghtening things and stretching. If I could get flexible enough, I think I would probably like yoga. I definitely would like to practice martial arts again but I need to be able to breathe first! ------------------ Mmmmmmm. Sacrelicious. [This message has been edited by Jeff (edited December 16, 2000).]
