May 20th, 2011 → 10:34 am @ daped
A Conversation With ObesityBeater
Question: 23-year old obese female
” What I’m asking is, what do you do to keep yourself going, especially on the sluggish days when you don’t wanna move or can’t get outside due to the weather? I live in a very snowy/rainy region so this happens frequently. How do you make yourself go when you want to make excuses not to do it?? I need help with this BADLY. Before I was able to do it without hesitation and I actually enjoyed it. I’m not sure how to put myself back into a mindset where I can enjoy what I’m doing so that I can go longer and harder, yielding more satisfying results.” (more…)
Blog &General Balance Discussion &General Obesity &Weight Loss
March 10th, 2011 → 4:06 am @ daped
Greetings friends!
In our first article of this series we talked about how we can relate our weight loss goals to a journey – like a road trip – and how to be successful we must to know about our bodies. Or in keeping with the example, we need to “learn how to operate our car” before we can hit the gas and look forward to arriving at a skinnier, healthier body.
So, let’s review a few key points from our last conversation and then seek to understand why BMR is so important. (more…)
February 5th, 2011 → 3:34 pm @ daped
Greetings friends!
Have you seen this article: Doctors and nurses’ weight biases harm overweight patients ?
THE FACTS
1. 6% of moderately overweight people experience bias due to their size
2. 13% of obese people experience bias
3. 40% of severely obese people experience bias
4. of 600 doctors surveyed, 50% view obese patients as “awkward, unattractive, and non compliant”
5. 11 studies show that many nurses harbor negative opinions of these patients
Is anyone else besides me struck by this? I can understand the frustration with non compliant patients of any kind. Trying to help someone that doesn’t take the advice would be irritating to anyone. But to take it farther and openly describe obese patients (people) as “awkward” and “unattractive” I think says nothing except where we are in society. It’s a sad judgment that I think many overweight folks already know and feel (I know I did) but many don’t deserve … even from doctors.
What do you think?
Until next time,
Doug
