My Health Science Professor, Lynn Perkes said something in class which I thought was profound: "A healthy body weight is what a person weighs when they have and are consistently applying correct health principles overtime." I loved this concept because I feel so many people focus the majority of their attention on the appearance of their body instead of focusing on how to be more healthy. Granted, we should all spiffy ourselves up and use proper hygiene but we should not become obsessed with wanting an artificial barbie-looking body. While studying Health Science, I have come to realize that we cannot look at a person and assume that one-size-fits-all. In other words, there are correct lifestyles, but there is not a specific weight for everyone. Rather than focusing on losing weight, maybe we should focus on making healthier lifestyle choices and then weight which needs to be lost will happen as a by-product of healthy living. Maybe instead of losing weight as the goal we should shift our focus to health as our optimal goal.
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