I overheard some ladies talking yesterday and instructing their kids not to get in the ocean. Here are two of their reasons: 1) they just had lunch and lady said you'll get cramps, you can't swim for an hour, and 2) your face will turn to scales while food is in your stomach.
Later, a young woman was advising me on my newest problem, leg cramps, and she told me it was impossible for me to get leg cramps because I wasn't sprinting. She said that leg cramping is caused from dehydration and only a person who sprints will get dehydrated; not distance people, so she suggested I see a doctor.
We all know these are pretty ridiculous, have you overheard anyone advising others about "their myths?" The people making these comments were from England.
I heard on NPR yesterday a stat that completely astonished me. It was a segment on health and fitness and the commentator quoted a stat that 40% of Americans are 100+ pounds overweight. It could also have been that 40% of overweight folks are 100+ pounds overweight. Either way, that is the most horrifying thing I have heard in a long, long time.
I can certainly understand how it's possible, easy even, to put on a few pounds, but packing on that kind of extra weight is terrible overall.
So, in summary, it might be easier to lose weight running versus swimming or vice-versa but it certainly appears that a ton of Americans could really give a rat's behind about weight loss in the first place.
I heard on NPR yesterday a stat that completely astonished me. It was a segment on health and fitness and the commentator quoted a stat that 40% of Americans are 100+ pounds overweight. It could also have been that 40% of overweight folks are 100+ pounds overweight. Either way, that is the most horrifying thing I have heard in a long, long time.
I can certainly understand how it's possible, easy even, to put on a few pounds, but packing on that kind of extra weight is terrible overall.
So, in summary, it might be easier to lose weight running versus swimming or vice-versa but it certainly appears that a ton of Americans could really give a rat's behind about weight loss in the first place.
