Jeez man, so I’m reading this article on CNN about how the nation is getting larger (no surprise there) and how clothes manufacturers are actually changing the size of the clothing – so whatever number you’re reading on your jeans may not even be your real size anymore.
The article continues to talk about BMI and how women with normal BMI’s are considering themselves to be normal as opposed to overweight. (You can calculate your BMI here.) But I’m saying, if everyone around you is obese, and you’re just a little overweight, that makes sense. We’re not constantly surrounded by twig women, well at least I’m not. The place I notice this most is on the subway when that oh-so-large person squeeze in the middle seat and now you’re squished becuase someone underestimated the size of their hips. booo.
So while the article is applauding the fact that we have a heathly senses of self, it also points ou tthat as a nation our BMI is increasing. There’s this scary map that shows average BMI by state. There is a lot of dark blue on there (BMI= 29% to 32.5% that’s obese).
So what’s a SASSY woman to do? I, for one, am not down for being obese. That’s no sexy now is it. Over the next month I’m going to explore different ways to tighten it up and lower that BMI.
Tell me SASSY women (and gents), is your BMI scaring you? Is it motiviating to you get it tight? Lemme know.
peace,
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I recently started working at a restaurant and being there I noticed just how big the portions really are. It’s not even a satisfying big portion, it’s just a big shouldn’t be finished portion. So it’s no surprise that we are getting bigger as a country.
Ideally, we should just all be more active….
I wonder which retailers are doing the vanity sizing? I’ve noticed that many of the brands that do vanity sizing have also added sizes “00″ and “0″ when years ago, those didn’t exist (Abercrombie & Fitch, for example).