About 60% of Americans are obese. Obesity is a medical condition in which there is an excess of body fat accumulation. There are 3 classifications of obesity according to severity and are measured by the Body Mass Index (BMI). A BMI of 30-34.9 is Class I, 35-39.9 is Class II, and a BMI of 40 and above is class III. Your BMI can be computed by dividing your weight (in kilograms) by your height (in meters squared).
One question in the reality show The Biggest Loser is still fresh in my mind: “Have you ever seen an obese, OLD person?” Which points out that obese people never reach old age. Too many health complications arise from being obese. Some of these are diabetes (which may develop to even more complications), and cardiovascular diseases.
Almost every website blames the fast foods and restaurants who put too much calories in their food. It is true, though only partly true. These restaurants really do have too much calories in their food – some containing even more than your body’s recommended daily requirements.
These restaurants and food chains just do their job – make delicious food. In return, for our own health, we must do our job too. We must learn how to have balance even with these food factories all around us.
Obesity is mainly a result of an unhealthy lifestyle. It’s either you’re eating too much than what your body needs, or you’re not doing anything to burn off the excess. This is why all the food calories that are in excess are stored in your body as fat. For more information about how calories are turned to fat, read Calories Decoded.
One guy I know, who was obese since childhood, relayed his experiences to us. As a child, he was pampered by his parents, well, a little too much, and this resulted to always giving him ONLY what he wanted to eat. According to him, he became chubby and overweight. His problems started to sprout when he came to middle and high school. He was bullied and his life became miserable. What’s good was that he didn’t give up and he vowed to change his life by losing weight. He worked out, he followed a good diet despite the presence of peer pressure. He even made his friends watch out for him if ever he would stray away from his healthy pattern. Right now he has a normal BMI and he looks and feels good.
No matter how many websites and articles you encounter and read, they all boil down to the same thing. To achieve your IDEAL weight, you have to balance 3 things: exercise, diet and rest. It is never too late to change your lifestyle.
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