Then I Googled a little bit more and found....
The CDC says that,
Trends by State 1985–2010
During the past 20 years, there has been a dramatic increase in obesity in the United States and rates remain high. In 2010, no state had a prevalence of obesity less than 20%. Thirty-six states had a prevalence of 25% or more; 12 of these states (Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and West Virginia) had a prevalence of 30% or more.
Oregon came in at 26.8%
As all of this information was swimming around my beady brain, I decided to check out what obesity looks like in my town....At the grocery store, I saw some thin people, many over weight and some very over weight people. I also saw this family of stick people. They were very cute...everyone of them were super thin, I mean really thin ~ BUT FIT!... They were all dressed in athletic clothes...Dad, Mom, and 2 kids. Adorable!!
I checked out the carts of the obese people verses the stick peoples....What I saw does not surprise me at all. In the obese carts I saw chips, cookies, candy, prepackaged foods, and some fruits and vegetables.
In the stick people's cart I saw...Lean meats, Fruits and Vegetables.....That's it!!
Hummmm.....
Then I caught two snippets of conversations....
#1 ~ This very large lady was moving through the dairy section and I heard her say, "I'm on vacation, no way am I eating yogurt!"
#2 ~ This very large guy says to the cashier, "Don't go grocery shopping when you are hungry, look at this, I splurged on Pop Tarts." Then the cashiers says, "Well at least there is some fruit in them." His cart was full of chips, cookies and prepackaged foods - not a veggie or fruit in sight. Then he held up the line, waiting for the cashier to get a carton of cigarettes....filtered of course.....!
Hummmm.......
As I was waiting to check out, I realized that the 5 of us, in my lane ~ including the cashier were all over weight. All of us. 5 out of 5...That's 100%!!!
Hummmmm!!!
This is not an epidemic for others. This is an epidemic that I'm right in the middle of....I see it everywhere and I'm part of it!!!
I am part of the problem...
I am ONE (1) of the 190 million Americans who are obese!I am ONE (1) of the 26.8% of Oregonians who are obese!
ME.....Yeah me....GUILTY!
Well...I am not taking it anymore. I'm certainly doing my part to change the statistics, to change the face of my City, State and Country. I want a better statistic. I want to be on the side of the healthy, fit and thin statistics. I'm doing my part. I'm changing and I am working hard to get there!!
How about you....Are you working hard to change the face of your statistics?
How about you....Are you working hard to change the face of your statistics?
Keep focused!
