Tag Archives: healthy weight
Do you know your perfect weight
There is so much talk about ideal weight, goal weight, healthy weight and perfect weight. It’s confusing. Are those all ways of saying the same thing? Maybe, but I don’t think so. This difference, as far as I’m concerned is huge. Ideal weight: Some magical weight that isn’t just a number but at the same […]
How can Dad help his daughters to maintain healthy weights?
Is helping female children maintain healthy habits and a healthy self-image and a healthy weight is the mother’s job? There’s no denying that mothers are important when it comes to daughters’ health, habits, and self-esteem, but her efforts can either be reinforced or undone by the father. Parents can do a great job role modeling healthy eating […]
Is BMI a lot of BS?
Don’t take my word for it, ask your doctor!
Why is Santa Claus so fat?
Santa Claus is the most famous fat man in the world. He usually gets a pass for his heavyweight condition, except from nutcase, anti-obesity activist Meme Roth who says, “the customary image of Santa Claus is close to morbidly obese.” She believes he should be re-invented into a jolly old elf who resembles Jack LaLane because […]
Eat to Lose Weight!
Should I Have Weight Loss Surgery?
I’ll start this blog about candidates for weight loss surgery by addressing some myths. It’s not cheating. It’s not without its own serious risks, including death. It’s not considered a cure all by itself. It’s not cosmetic surgery. It’s not the quick and easy way to get skinny. Not everybody who seeks bariatric surgery will be […]
Unhealthy Weight or Unhealthy Habits?
I’m not a doctor. I’m not a scientist. I haven’t spent my life studying or researching this. No doctor, no research scientist, just a wife/mother/grandmother and I suspect I’m smart enough (I like to think that anyway) to have been one of the aforementioned occupations if I were interested enough to follow through. The point […]