A reasonable weight does a body good

<span style="font-size: large;">   A week or so ag<span style="font-size: large;">o, I saw a <span style="font-size: large;">professor who had ta<span style="font-size: large;">ught a class I attended in 1999 or 2000.  <span style="font-size: large;">I believe it was </span>a seminar in ag<span style="font-size: large;">ing.<span style="font-size: large;">  I was complet<span style="font-size: large;">ing my post <span style="font-size: large;">baccalaureate</span> certificate in Gerontolog<span style="font-size: large;">y at the time.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span>  In fac<span style="font-size: large;">t, th<span style="font-size: large;">e courses that I took in order to <span style="font-size: large;">rec<span style="font-size: large;">eive that 'deg<span style="font-size: large;">ree'</span> are ones that changed my personal approach to health.  <span style="font-size: large;">I learned that what one does <span style="font-size: large;">in their 20s and 30s has everything to do with what they will be able to do in their 80s<span style="font-size: large;">.  <span style="font-size: large;">I <span style="font-size: large;">changed my l<span style="font-size: large;">ifestyle then and have never once <span style="font-size: large;">faltered</span>.  No periods of time without da<span style="font-size: large;">ily </span>exercise and no yo yo<span style="font-size: large;"> dieting or w<span style="font-size: large;">eight fluctuations.  Prio<span style="font-size: large;">r to 1999, I had been pret<span style="font-size: large;">ty much like everyone else<span style="font-size: large;">.  I went on <span style="font-size: large;">a <span style="font-size: large;">"diet" to lose the ten or twenty pounds I put on b<span style="font-size: large;">y eating just whatever the <span style="font-size: large;">hell was in front <span style="font-size: large;">of me<span style="font-size: large;">.  I</span><span style="font-size: large;"> often ate enough to give myself a belly <span style="font-size: large;">ache.  I exercise<span style="font-size: large;">d only in spurts.  I like <span style="font-size: large;">who I am today so much better.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">   Anywa<span style="font-size: large;">ys, this professor was overweight <span style="font-size: large;">13 years <span style="font-size: large;">ago - perh<span style="font-size: large;">aps she was obese.  I do not remem<span style="font-size: large;">ber her having any <span style="font-size: large;">physical limi<span style="font-size: large;">tations, she was just over fat.  <span style="font-size: large;">When I saw her rec<span style="font-size: large;">ently</span>, now in her 50s or 60s, it was as <span style="font-size: large;">she was ente<span style="font-size: large;">ring a room.  She walked in </span></span><span style="font-size: large;">hun<span style="font-size: large;">ched over and leaning <span style="font-size: large;">heav<span style="font-size: large;">ily upon a <span style="font-size: large;">very large <span style="font-size: large;">walking stick<span style="font-size: large;">.  She was taking small, <span style="font-size: large;">hesitant<span style="font-size: large;">, </span></span>heav<span style="font-size: large;">y steps.  </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">  My <span style="font-size: large;">re<span style="font-size: large;">ason for sharing this it to make the point</span></span> that even if <span style="font-size: large;">a person does not s<span style="font-size: large;">how evide<span style="font-size: large;">nce of met<span style="font-size: large;">abolic syndrome due to obesity,  being o<span style="font-size: large;">verweight</span> is unh<span style="font-size: large;">ealthy.   <span style="font-size: large;">This woman was clearly disabled.  [of course,<span style="font-size: large;"> her difficulty ambulati<span style="font-size: large;">ng could be caused by somethi<span style="font-size: large;">ng else, but <span style="font-size: large;">bei<span style="font-size: large;">ng overweight surely exacerbates i<span style="font-size: large;">t]</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>

A reasonable weight does a body good

   A week or so ag o, I saw a professor who had ta ught a class I attended in 1999 or 2000.  I believe it was a seminar in ag ing.   I was c...

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