None of us likes to look in the mirror and see our fat rolls. We don’t like to feel them either when we zip up our jeans.
Fat, however, is much deeper than skin deep. It is not only about outward discomfort. Too much fat puts us at greater risk for pre-diabetes, diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, high triglycerides, gall bladder and liver disease, sleep apnea, stroke, heart attack, and joint problems.
So how do you know if your weight is too much? How do you know if your weight is putting you in the disease danger zone?
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Do you know the nutrition information for a kid’s Happy Meal?
Well, McDonald’s website doesn’t list it, but we can look at each piece of the meal: small fries – 230 calories, 11 grams fat, 160 milligrams of sodium; 4 piece chicken McNuggets – 190 calories, 12 grams fat, 400 milligrams of sodium; chocolate milk – 170 calories, 3 grams fat, 150 milligrams of sodium. That’s a grand total of 590 calories, 26 grams fat, and 710 milligrams of sodium.
As moms and dads we have the most influence with our kids when it comes to eating habits. What foods we eat in front of them, share with them, feed them (and give to them when they beg) is establishing their eating behavior.
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I recently spent time with my mom in the hospital. Sometime during the night (as I tossed and turned on hard plastic chairs) I realized that many of the nurses and healthcare workers were overweight – significantly overweight.
Of all people who “know better” you would think that healthcare workers would be at the top of the list. Every day they see the ravages of obesity-related diseases in people’s bodies. They see the medication’s side effects, the debilitation, and the suffering.
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