When I’m blogging about “fat chicks”, I really mean that large majority of women who are larger than the magazine says they should be…but haven’t been told by their doctor to lose weight.
Well I suppose, saying “who is fat?” is a matter of personal opinion. My opinion is that the media-saturated opinion is out of whack.
I recall long ago, that I learned (or perhaps this is just an urban myth that I believed), that in Texas to be a high school cheerleader if you were 5 feet tall, you had to weigh 100 pounds or less. For each inch over 5 feet, you could add 5 pounds.
It’s been my experience that the average female American is about 5 foot 5. So if I throw out numbers and weights, it’s with that height in mind. If you’re 5′10″, obviously the numbers should be different.
So based on the above formula, the average American high school girl to be a “hot cheerleader” would need to weigh 125 or less. But since we are talking about normal and not societies pressures. Add 10 pounds.
You go to college, you get a freshman 15 (maybe you drop a few of those before graduating, maybe not)
Now you’re 23 with a job and a degree and weigh around 150. Single people without kids have plenty of time to be at the gym…or playing rec league soccer or joining Team In Training or playing on the company softball team. Lose 10 of those pounds.
Add one pound for each year of marriage.
Add 10 pounds for each child that you have.
If you’re at about that number, you should feel good about yourself…and not be tricked in thinking that just because Jennifer Aniston is 38, you need to be as skinny as her. Face it, she’s a freak of nature. You’re husband doesn’t look like Brad Pitt, and he probably no longer has six pack abs (if he ever had them), so don’t put the pressure on yourself.
Now conversely, if you’re pushing 200 pounds (again assuming a 5′5″ person), then there are some health concerns that come in to play. Cholesterol, diabetes, lots of nasty stuff. Obesity is not cool. I’m not advocating that. If you doctor has told you to lose weight, for the sake of all who love you, please drop a few lbs. And keep in mind that you don’t need to go from 200 to 125….that’s a monster task….but 200 to 170, that’s a lot more managable.
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