Or is it better to be fit and fat?
I know it is better to be fit than fat. But would you consider a thin person fit even if they don't exercise at all? Or a fat person fit if they do exercise daily? Or don't you think a fat person can be fit? Especially if this person isn't morbidly obese and does workout everyday, they might not be considered the American ideal, i.e., a size 2 or lets face it a 0! However, what if this person works out everyday religiously and eats a moderate diet without being on a diet, but doesn't overdo fat intake, would you consider this person to be fit?
That was the topic of discussion today on Good Morning America (or some discussion similar)! There is a report that most American women would rather
To me if a person is thin and doesn't exercise at all, even to walk for 30 mins a day, they are not fit! How can they be? They wouldn't be able to lift weight, at least barely, they would not have much stamina, don't you think?
A case in point, my co-worker and friend, who is actually in her late fifties, the one who was recently in the hospital. She is a slim person, not thin, not petite but she is not tall, so I would say she is averaged sized, a size 8. She smokes, or used to, but didn't exercise at all. She refused to exercise, didn't like to do it. Even when some of us were either walking or going to the gym together, she doesn't do that she said.
Many of us feel that had she been even moderately working out, she would have responded better to the surgery she had recently, instead, it practically knocked her down! The doctor who did the surgery had perform that type of surgery on many people, her case was the only one that was so severe in the reaction. Although, many people are different, and react differently to the same things, perhaps she would have stood a better chance had she been a non-smoker and even moderately fit. We're all glad she is much better and will be returning to work in January, but my point in bringing that up is to point out that you can be slim, but it doesn't mean that you are fit.
As I grew up, I was never a thin person, but I was curvy (not fat) and fit. I was very active, I did everything! When I got older, wife, kids, being busy, my level of activities changed over the years. I found my weight fluctuating. I got to my best body ever two years after my son was born. I was determined to do it and did. Even then I wasn't skinny, or probably not fit by the American standard, but I was pretty darn fit and looked good!
Now I could lose a few pounds, and have been working on it on and off on reaching that goal (and I am on hiatus until after the holidays). More so because I want to be fit, being fit is better and means more to me than being thin. Of course, for me in the process of being fit, I will get thinner, but I will never be a size 0, 2 or even a size 8! But one thing I know, I will be darn happy with what I am and loving my body even more!