I wanted to share an email I received this weekend in response to a video I did on “What Is Considered Fat?” Subject:
response to “what is considered fat”
Nov 17, 2008
“Hi there.I started to respond to your vid, but I couldn’t fit it in the response box
so here it is.
First of all, looking at your body I don’t think you’re fat. Your belly is tight, your arms are clearly muscular, not fat. And your boobs are just big, which isn’t fat but just reeaallly sexy.But to speak in general about fat and Americans:To me, it seems a bit silly how Americans view their weight problems.
Every time I see a docu on the subject people keep scratching their heads over it, but if you see how unhealthy u.s. citizens eat and drink, and how little they exercise or just move about in day to day life, the answer is quite easy. I don’t know if this fits you, of course. Just saying the general image.
Most Europeans cycle more, or walk more, and use healthier foods. And most Europeans are slimmer. I’m not trying to be nasty, just honest.
What we call fat over here, you wouldn’t even notice. What you call fat, we call massive.Again, to me, being fat constitutes unhealthy reserves of fat in an untrained body. You don’t have any of that, what I can see.Hope you like my honest answer.”
I have to say I totally agree with this response. As a child I spent most of my free time on my bike or running around the neighborhood. Today I hardly ever see kids on bikes or even outside playing after school. Kids are either in front of the television, on the computer or playing video games. What happened to our youth?
Then there are our food choices: Burger King, McDonalds, Wendys, etc. for fast food, but then regular restaurants like Chilis, AppleBees, Olive Garden, etc. Even their healthy choices are filled with fat, extra calories and lots of high fructose corn syrup.
You could walk into a grocery store and see pretty much the same thing. I tried to find a box of whole wheat crackers that did not have high fructose corn syrup in them. It is an impossible task. Who would think wheat crackers would have that crap in them? It just doesn’t end.
So many companies are marketing foods as “healthy” when they are really garbage. I wonder if it is like this over in Europe. When my son’s friends come over my house they think we are weird because we only have healthy food choices. We are considered “odd” because we eat healthy. What the heck is wrong with this country?
I was certified as a personal trainer by Cooper Institute.

