Obese and unable to shoot free-throws, but healthy.
When you think of fat, you don’t think of healthy. At one point in human history, pudge was desirable because it meant wealth, and wealth means food. However, these days, fat is bad, lazy, and unhealthy. However, fat might not be unhealthy (just genetic). For some people, you can be obese and healthy.
“Weight isn’t maybe the most important thing you should look at,” said Peter Janiszewski, an obesity researcher who worked on the study detailed in Diabetes Care. The goal shouldn’t be just lower numbers on a scale, but a healthy diet and exercise. “Even if the scale says zero change, you’re still getting a lot healthier and reducing your risk of disease.”
As someone who spent many years overweight, and who could still stand to lose about 15 pounds, I’ve been on both sides of the weight debate. I was relatively healthy, just fat. I figured I had to lose weight to remain healthy, so I went on a serious diet and exercise program and have mostly maintained my weight loss since then. Granted, I’m not 180 pounds anymore, but I’m not 250 pounds anymore, either. When I hit my goal, I immediately stopped dieting and exercising, which means I was thin, but not living healthy. I did watch what I ate, but the working out was important and I should have kept it going.
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