I recently read the following quote by an very overweight actress (Gabourey Sidibie of "Precious"):
"I hate yoga so much. Like, if yoga was a person, I'd stab them." At the end of the day, "it doesn't make any sense to kill yourself, because who are you trying to be beautiful for? It's a mind game, not a body game."
It was made when asked about her exercise and desire to lose weight. MAYBE she was just being specific about yoga but the "because who are you trying to be beautiful for" bit quells that for me. Here's my problem with quotes like this. I understand that it is most important that you love yourself and not the image that others have of/for you. This 'self-acceptance' issues that many obese people have are real. A recent episode of Nip/Tuck (don't laugh, it was well written and if you got past the decadence and other things made some interesting points) addressed this issue directly. But this only distracts many from another (and I feel more important) issue of health!
Being overweight, even more so obese, is BAD FOR YOU And UNHEALTHY. I know that exercise hurts and is very hard. That's why they call it WORKING out!!! But, as I have said in previous posts, it is this short term of pain that prevents MUCH pain over the course of your life! It is very important to find a form of exercise that fits you mentally and physically; Some people can't run because of bad knees, some people aren't good with their flexibility so yoga would discourage them, some don't have the developed coordination for sports. But FIND ONE. There is a form of exercise for everybody.
Sunday, January 10, 2010
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